Dairy Farming
Eyeballing the local dairy industry to sufficiently produce milk for consumption, while trying to reverse the high dependency on its importation is like taking the bull by its horns.
The dairy industry in this country has been in failure mode for almost forever and as the consequence, it has made dairy produce an expensive delicacy rather than that of necessity. It has totally endorsed a new definition to the expression Milk Money, making it ever so contrary to what it really means.
Milk is a natural fuel for the human body and the goodness that is associated with consuming it is universal. It would be sacrilege to prevent it from being available in abundance and reasonably priced. Milk along with its derived products are only accessible to the rich in this country and therefore the lower income groups have been deprived of it due to the many and repeated blunders of the irresponsibility shown by the administration of this country.
The dairy industry in this country has been in failure mode for almost forever and as the consequence, it has made dairy produce an expensive delicacy rather than that of necessity. It has totally endorsed a new definition to the expression Milk Money, making it ever so contrary to what it really means.
Milk is a natural fuel for the human body and the goodness that is associated with consuming it is universal. It would be sacrilege to prevent it from being available in abundance and reasonably priced. Milk along with its derived products are only accessible to the rich in this country and therefore the lower income groups have been deprived of it due to the many and repeated blunders of the irresponsibility shown by the administration of this country.
What is preventing the country from successfully producing its own milk? There have been many Dairy projects in the country which never really met its mark and statistically there seem to be no change in the percentage of local milk production all these years. Only a handful of organisations reaps the benefit of being successful in dairy farming in Malaysia, but this is simply not enough to revert 'Milk Money' to its original the expression.
Malaysia was very much an agricultural country before it was killed by a grander political agenda which labelled it non-dynamic, decades ago by bright sparked politicians. Now, has the Gods cursed the country, preventing it from rekindling the spirit of revamping agriculture in this country for good, or is it just us, not doing a good enough job?
A strict National policy, “Don’t drink UDDER milk, but produce and drink your own.’’ should be a motto worthwhile inscribing into the mentality of local dairy farming operators and policymakers, especially the lackadaisical Government concerned institutions.
The matter of successfully setting up and implementing a farm for livestock producers is not a feat that is out of this world and beyond our capacity. Our country has the resources to meet the requirements to incorporate similar systems as in other livestock and dairy farming countries have, but the real question is how serious are Malaysians in taking up this profession and turning it into a viable and sustainable business.
Many businesses have been formed here, without question, the majority of these foreign acquired trades is flourishing here without any issues and some of them are even, on par and competing with world-class organisations .
The other obstacle is the trend, attracting many young people to secure jobs in the city has made farming less attractive; even farmers’ children tend to move away to the cities by pursuing other professions after branding farm life as a bore.
How do we reverse this process and lure young blood to the open fields of Agriculture and livestock farming way of life?
Ways must be found to entice and mould young minds to pursue agriculture as a solid profession. The whole concept of farming in our country needs to undergo a rebranding which is to educate the people about its importance by painting a fresh dynamic picture of it and imprinting it in people’s minds. The sooner we achieve this the faster MILK MONEY can retain its original meaning and value.
MILK MONEY… means a small amount of money or petty cash, but unfortunately, you need some serious money to include milk in the daily local diet. Milk cost at least three to almost four times more than petrol. Try drinking that! EDit .
May 8, 2014
There have been many Dairy projects in the country which never really met its mark and statistically there seem to be no change in the percentage of local milk production for all these years. Malaysia was very much an agricultural country before it was killed by a grander political agenda which pronounced it non-dynamic, decades ago by bright sparked politicians. Now, has the Gods cursed the country, preventing it from rekindling the spirit of revamping agriculture in this country for good, or is it just us, not doing a good enough job? A strict National policy, “Don’t drink udder milk, make and drink your own.’’ should be a motto worthwhile inscribing into the mentality of local dairy farming operators and policymakers, especially the lackadaisical Government concerned institutions.
Milk Money
08-07-14
There have been many Dairy projects in the country which never really met its mark and statistically there seem to be no change in the percentage of local milk production for all these years. Malaysia was very much an agricultural country before it was killed by a grander political agenda which pronounced it non-dynamic, decades ago by bright sparked politicians. Now, has the Gods cursed the country, preventing it from rekindling the spirit of revamping agriculture in this country for good, or is it just us, not doing a good enough job? A strict National policy, “Don’t drink udder milk, make and drink your own.’’ should be a motto worthwhile inscribing into the mentality of local dairy farming operators and policymakers, especially the lackadaisical Government concerned institutions.
The matter of successfully setting up and implementing a farm for livestock produces is not a feat that is out of this world and beyond our capacity. Our country has the resources to meet the requirements to incorporate similar systems as in other livestock and dairy farming countries, but the real question is how serious are Malaysians in taking up this profession and turning it into a viable and sustainable business.
Many businesses have been formed here, without question, the majority of these foreign acquired trades are flourishing here without any issues and some of them are even, on par and competing with world-class organisations.
The other obstacle is the trend, attracting many young people to secure jobs in the city has made farming less attractive; even farmers’ children tend to move away to the cities by pursuing other professions after branding farm life as a bore. How do we reverse this process and lure young blood to the open fields of Agriculture and livestock farming way of life.
Where there’s light, there has to be darkness and light does not always mean better, photosynthesis, photo developing are some of the processes that need darkness as a criteria to function; therefore both have its purposes in the Universe.
This simple reason is good enough for one to mould young minds to pursue agriculture as a solid profession, working on the earning, economics along with the pros and cons of life styles to undertake the challenges of farming.
The whole concept of farming in our country needs to undergo a rebranding which is to educate the people about its importance by painting a fresh dynamic picture of it and imprinting it into people’s minds. The sooner we achieve this the faster MILK MONEY can retain its original meaning and value.
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