Vinamilk imports 200 more dairy cows

The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) imported more than 200 organic dairy cows from Australia in October.
Vinamilk imports 200 more dairy cows ảnh 1The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) imports more than 200 organic dairy cows from Australia in October (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam DairyProducts Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) imported more than 200 organic dairycows from Australia in October.

These pregnant cows are expected to produce 8,000 litres per cycle.

These cows were sent to Vinamilk’s Organic Milk Farm Da Lat in the CentralHighlands province of Lam Dong, bringing the total number of cows at the farmto nearly 1,000.

At this farm, dairy cows are fed with 100 percent organic food and cavortfreely in the fresh grasslands of Da Lat every day. Favourable weatherconditions and professional equipment such as a closed waste treatment system,renewable energy biogas and solar energy as well as automatic cooling fansystem will provide the most favourable habitat to improve the milking abilityof cows.

From the beginning of this year, Vinamilk has imported more than 400 dairy cowsto the Thong Nhat high-tech dairy farm in the central province of Thanh Hoa andVinamilk Organic Farm Da Lat, increasing the number of cows in Vinamilk’s farmsand farmers to over 120,000, with an output of about 800 tonnes of raw milk perday. The increase of cows reflects the commitment of Vinamilk to ensure rawmilk sources for domestic production and export.

Next year, Vinamilk plans to import steer cows and A2 cows to serve the diverseneeds of consumers. These cows must meet the standards of appearance andhealth, genealogy and reproductive capacity of the mother and genetic potentialof the father, before being imported to Vietnam.

In addition to expanding its raw materials, Vinamilk constantly improves itsmachinery and technology, expanding its production scale and offering productsthat meet the needs of consumers. -VNA
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