Prime Minister J.Erdenebat visited a cattle farm and a herder’s home in Tuv (Central) province on Sunday. Thirty out of the total 1,472 dairy farms in Mongolia are located in Bayanchandmani soum of Tuv aimag.
The intensified farming used to supply only up to 10 percent of the domestic milk consumption of urban areas 5-6 years ago. The share of farms in supply of milk increased to 30 percent as of today, as the number of dairy farms rose.
The Premier visited “Montarimal” LLC’s farm, which sells over 370 tons of milk, 7 tons of meat and more than 50 breeding cattle every year. The Montarimal became the best farm of Mongolia in 2011. Starting off with 12 cows in 1992, the Montarimal is now operating with more than 300 cows of Holstein, Alatau and Normande breeds from Canada, France, Germany, Czech and China. The farm has a fodder mill, incorporating 25 ha field with irrigation, and 200 ha without irrigation. The farmers grow beet, oat, sudangrass and pea. The fodder meal production meets the cattle farms' needs, said the director R.Tsogtbuyan.
The farmers expressed their consent to the idea that Mongolia should somehow limit the dairy imports to protect the domestic productions.
PM J.Erdenebat said, while mentioning that the wintering conditions have gotten critical in more than half of the country’s territory, the Government has been taking actions to support the herders. “The herders also have to try their best to overcome the difficulties. As for intensified farming, the Montarimal and similar companies are not facing as much difficulties in the winter. I got familiar with the operation of this model farm. However, there are still number of things to improve. The government will put more efforts in this direction”, he added.
Prime Minister J.Erdenebat visited a cattle farm and a herder’s home in Tuv (Central) province on Sunday. Thirty out of the total 1,472 dairy farms in Mongolia are located in Bayanchandmani soum of Tuv aimag.
The intensified farming used to supply only up to 10 percent of the domestic milk consumption of urban areas 5-6 years ago. The share of farms in supply of milk increased to 30 percent as of today, as the number of dairy farms rose.
The Premier visited “Montarimal” LLC’s farm, which sells over 370 tons of milk, 7 tons of meat and more than 50 breeding cattle every year. The Montarimal became the best farm of Mongolia in 2011. Starting off with 12 cows in 1992, the Montarimal is now operating with more than 300 cows of Holstein, Alatau and Normande breeds from Canada, France, Germany, Czech and China. The farm has a fodder mill, incorporating 25 ha field with irrigation, and 200 ha without irrigation. The farmers grow beet, oat, sudangrass and pea. The fodder meal production meets the cattle farms' needs, said the director R.Tsogtbuyan.
The farmers expressed their consent to the idea that Mongolia should somehow limit the dairy imports to protect the domestic productions.
PM J.Erdenebat said, while mentioning that the wintering conditions have gotten critical in more than half of the country’s territory, the Government has been taking actions to support the herders. “The herders also have to try their best to overcome the difficulties. As for intensified farming, the Montarimal and similar companies are not facing as much difficulties in the winter. I got familiar with the operation of this model farm. However, there are still number of things to improve. The government will put more efforts in this direction”, he added.