Given the challenging conditions of today's dairy industry, dairy farmers are seeking solutions to enhance their bottom lines. Crossbreeding dairy cows with beef bulls is one such solution that has emerged with the potential to result in wins for both the dairy producer and the environment.
This business case report examines the environmental, production, and financial considerations and impacts related to crossbreeding dairy cows with beef bulls. It provides detailed information for stakeholders to check-in on the revenues and the impacts on reducing the greenhouse gas emissions. The report, therefore, shows how small, relatively inexpensive changes can have the potential to make large impacts for the dairy farmer, the beef market, and for the environment.
The Governments of Indonesia and Central Kalimantan have ambitious targets to both grow the palm oil sector and improve environmental quality by reducing deforestation, and smallholder farmers are an important part of the picture.
A growing number of government, business and civil society, including Unilever and IDH, have a goal of transforming the Indonesian rural economy by 2020, to deliver net positive environmental impacts and improve smallholder farmer livelihoods.