Indonesian farmers determined to rebuild after devastating FMD outbreak

Mark Phelps
July 22 2022 - 10:00am
BACK IN BUSINESS: Siswantoro says he is confident the foot and mouth crisis has passed, as he goes about restoring the productivity of his Holstein dairy herd.
BACK IN BUSINESS: Siswantoro says he is confident the foot and mouth crisis has passed, as he goes about restoring the productivity of his Holstein dairy herd.

AFTER seeing the production from his Holstein cows drop to almost nothing after FMD struck two months ago, Javanese dairy farmer Siswantoro says he's hoping to soon get back to something like 80 per cent of pre-disease production.

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps

Journalist

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