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        "msgid": "cattle-and-beef-stocks-running-low-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-06-16 00:00:00",
        "title": "Cattle and beef stocks running low",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Cattle and beef stocks running low JAKARTA (JP): Beef may become a rarity soon due to a sharp decline in imported cows and beef, the chairman of the Indonesian Retail Merchants Association (Aprindo) said yesterday. Steve Sondakh told members of the House of Representatives that stock in supermarkets and other retail outlets was sufficient for only one month. He declined to give details of stocks in warehouses of Aprindo members.",
        "content": "<p>Cattle and beef stocks running low<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Beef may become a rarity soon due to a sharp<br>\ndecline in imported cows and beef, the chairman of the Indonesian<br>\nRetail Merchants Association (Aprindo) said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Sondakh told members of the House of Representatives<br>\nthat stock in supermarkets and other retail outlets was<br>\nsufficient for only one month.<\/p>\n<p>He declined to give details of stocks in warehouses of Aprindo<br>\nmembers.<\/p>\n<p>Steve said the 80 percent drop in the value of rupiah against<br>\nthe U.S. dollar since July last year had made imported live<br>\ncattle exorbitantly expensive.<\/p>\n<p>As the result, he said, the meat supply from cattle-rearing<br>\nfarms, which mostly use live cattle from Australia, had fallen<br>\nsharply, he told the House's Commission III for agriculture,<br>\nforestry, transmigration and food affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia imports both meat and live cattle from Australia to<br>\nmeet local demand.<\/p>\n<p>\"Without further help to import more cows, we will face a<br>\nscarcity of beef in the domestic market in the coming months,\"<br>\nSteve said.<\/p>\n<p>The cattle-rearing program needed both technical and financial<br>\nassistance, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Agriculture, in cooperation with other<br>\nagencies, has been developing cattle-rearing farms in seven<br>\nprovinces of East Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, Lampung, South<br>\nand West Sumatra and West Nusa Tenggara since 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the ministry imported 350,586 live cows from<br>\nAustralia, New Zealand and the United States for the project.<\/p>\n<p>Steve said that it would be futile to rely on local meat<br>\nproduction because it had also been declining since early late<br>\nlast year due to the soaring price of feedmeal.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are also facing a crisis in poultry meat because the<br>\nsoaring prices of feedmeal. Only big scale livestock and poultry<br>\nfarms can survive in this situation,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the ministry, Indonesia's production of<br>\nlivestock meat reached 1.71 million tons last year, while<br>\nconsumption stood at 1.75 million tons.<\/p>\n<p>This year, meat production is expected to reach 1.92 million<br>\ntons, with consumption at 1.93 million tons. (gis)<\/p>",
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