The Trauma of Cattle Ranchers
February 9, 2011
IT didn’t take long for Edris Kurbi, a rancher in Dusun Manjung, Wonogiri, Central Java, to receive the offer of Rp14.5 million from a broker. On Saturday of two weeks ago, the buyer immediately came to pick up the males from the Simmental herd that he owns. The Organizing Member of the Cattle Group in Ngudi Rojokoyo, Wonogiri, was happy because he could pocket huge profits. When he bought cows, he only had Rp11 million. “After subtracting ex
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