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Livestock experiencing heat stress due to hot weather

BY MUHAMMAD BASIR ROSLAN KUALA LUMPUR: Feedlot manager Muhammad Zubir Mohamed sighed heavily when a worker informed him of the death of yet another cow. It was 7 am and he was getting ready to leave for his feedlot in Bangi, Selangor, when he got the bad news. Over the past three months, the feedlot […]

200 take part in agriculture programme

BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA & NATASHA JEE SERIAN: Farmers and livestock breeders are urged to play their respective roles in helping the Sarawak government achieve its goal of making Sarawak a net exporter of agriculture products by 2030, said Kedup assemblyman Martin Ben. “I believe that we have the potential to be an agricultural hub […]

More plans to help farmers, livestock breeders

BY NATASHA JEE & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA SERIAN: The Agriculture Modernisation, Native Land and Regional Development Ministry has more plans in store to further assist local farmers and livestock breeders to help them increase food production, thus enabling the state to be a net food exporter by 2030. Its minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas […]

182 receive project funding

SERIAN: A total of 182 Tebedu constituents here received livestock and agriculture assistance today. Of the number, 68 were recipients of livestock projects and 144, agriculture projects. The handover ceremony was officiated at by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas at Tayung Langui Hall, Kampung Pichin. Uggah said the allocation approved for both […]

Big plans for family’s business

Have you ever heard that a person’s career is not necessarily related to his or her Bachelor’s degree? This is further supported by a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which showed that only 27 percent of college graduates work in a field related to their majors. And yes, this is what […]

Farmers welcome govt help

PADAWAN: Twenty-seven farmers in Mambong and Tarat state constituencies received assistance for their livestock rearing projects here on Tuesday (Jul 14). The handing over ceremony was graced by Agriculture, Native Land Regional Development Assistant Minister Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn. He explained that the RM330,000  assistance in the form of cash and kinds was part […]

Livestock project recipients can’t wait to start

SERIAN: Participants of the People’s Livestock Project from Tarat thanked the state government for its continuous efforts to enhance the lives of rural folk. They received livestock and certificates under the Agriculture Facilitation Programme from Assistant Agriculture Native Land and Regional Development Minister Datuk Roland Sagah Wee In at a ceremony in Kampung Chupak here […]

Not maximising environment’s economic potential

Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other’s work. – Ann Rule, American author of true crime books It is a pity that there still exists a majority of Iban parents in the rural areas, especially those staying in longhouses or in individual kampung houses, who are not making […]