JAKARTA. The Indonesian Association of Beef Cow Breeders (GAPPSI) asked the government to imports more breeders rather than beef cows. GAPPSI secretary general Dayan Antoni said the target of self sufficiency in meet supply could be a reality only if feedlot cows could be produced in Indonesia. For that purpose, more business players are needed to invest in cow breeding farm, but unfortunately few investors are interested in that venture as the profit is not as good as in importing live feedlot cows, Dayan said here on Tuesday. "Breeding business is not interesting as it would take at least three years and the cost is not small especially for feed. It would take 2.5-3 years from the time the breeders were inseminated to produce cows ready for slaughtering," he said. The cost from the time of insemination to be ready for slaughtering is around Rp17.5 million or Rp43,000 per kg of meet of live cows. The cost is high mainly because of the rising price of feed from year to year, not to mention the cow death risk, he added. The time for fattening before the cows are ready for market is much shorter, he said. He said the government plan to increase import quota by considering breeder imports would be an interesting incentive to expand cow breeding farms in Indonesia. He said other incentives including import duty exemption for breeder cows, cheap credit and provision of revegetation for fodder, is also needed to attract investors to cow breeding farm. "The incentives are necessary to boost domestic production of beef cows to be self sufficient in beef supply," he said. In 2015, there were only 1,000 breeder cows imported into the country by PT AustAsia Stockfeed , a subsidiary of SANTORI of the JAPFA Group. The government has determined to import 600,000 live cows this year to make up for shortage in domestic supply. ' The number, however, is expected to be raised to meet the real market demand. Business players grouped in the Association of Meat Producers and Feedlotters (Apfindo) said the 600,000 cows to be imported this year would not be enough. According to Executive Director of the association Joni Liano,in a discussion between the government officials and Apfindo, it was agreed that there was a shortage in supply of 780,000 live cows and 90,000 tons of meat in the country this year . Acting Director General for Foreign Trade Karyanto Suprih said imports would be made from Australia . High demand in the Ied ul Fitri is considered in the determining the number of cows to be imported. The country is heavily dependent on import for beef despite effort to reduce dependence by improving distribution of live cows from various producing regions in the country such as Est Nusa Tenggara. Last month, the first cattle ship landed at Jakarta Tanjung Priok port carrying live cows from East Nusa Tenggara. The agriculture Ministry said the ship was starting regular service transporting live cows from East Nusa Tenggara to Jakarta .
Gappsi calls for priority imports of breeder cows
JAKARTA. The Indonesian Association of Beef Cow Breeders (GAPPSI) asked the government to imports more breeders rather than beef cows. GAPPSI secretary general Dayan Antoni said the target of self sufficiency in meet supply could be a reality only if feedlot cows could be produced in Indonesia. For that purpose, more business players are needed to invest in cow breeding farm, but unfortunately few investors are interested in that venture as the profit is not as good as in importing live feedlot cows, Dayan said here on Tuesday. "Breeding business is not interesting as it would take at least three years and the cost is not small especially for feed. It would take 2.5-3 years from the time the breeders were inseminated to produce cows ready for slaughtering," he said. The cost from the time of insemination to be ready for slaughtering is around Rp17.5 million or Rp43,000 per kg of meet of live cows. The cost is high mainly because of the rising price of feed from year to year, not to mention the cow death risk, he added. The time for fattening before the cows are ready for market is much shorter, he said. He said the government plan to increase import quota by considering breeder imports would be an interesting incentive to expand cow breeding farms in Indonesia. He said other incentives including import duty exemption for breeder cows, cheap credit and provision of revegetation for fodder, is also needed to attract investors to cow breeding farm. "The incentives are necessary to boost domestic production of beef cows to be self sufficient in beef supply," he said. In 2015, there were only 1,000 breeder cows imported into the country by PT AustAsia Stockfeed , a subsidiary of SANTORI of the JAPFA Group. The government has determined to import 600,000 live cows this year to make up for shortage in domestic supply. ' The number, however, is expected to be raised to meet the real market demand. Business players grouped in the Association of Meat Producers and Feedlotters (Apfindo) said the 600,000 cows to be imported this year would not be enough. According to Executive Director of the association Joni Liano,in a discussion between the government officials and Apfindo, it was agreed that there was a shortage in supply of 780,000 live cows and 90,000 tons of meat in the country this year . Acting Director General for Foreign Trade Karyanto Suprih said imports would be made from Australia . High demand in the Ied ul Fitri is considered in the determining the number of cows to be imported. The country is heavily dependent on import for beef despite effort to reduce dependence by improving distribution of live cows from various producing regions in the country such as Est Nusa Tenggara. Last month, the first cattle ship landed at Jakarta Tanjung Priok port carrying live cows from East Nusa Tenggara. The agriculture Ministry said the ship was starting regular service transporting live cows from East Nusa Tenggara to Jakarta .
