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Robust demand growth, supply bottlenecks define India's dairy industry

Decades of rapid growth are tapering off as the old dairy farming model reaches its limits. The industry's next chapter of development requires politically painful reforms.

Indonesia announces its ruminant meat import targets for next year

Agung Hendriadi, food security agency head, Indonesia Agriculture Ministry said the country will need to import 129,000 tonnes of beef and buffalo meat for the food industry, 60,000 tonnes of buffalo meat for retail and 550,000 feeder cattle, reported Reuters.

Vietnam's central region seeks to improve beef cattle quality

Gia Lai Province, which has the largest beef cattle herd in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) region, has undertaken many programmes to develop the quality of its animals by crossing native cows and hybrid bulls, Vietnam News Agency reported.
Robust demand growth, supply bottlenecks define India's dairy industry
Indonesia announces its ruminant meat import targets for next year
Vietnam's central region seeks to improve beef cattle quality
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