Rough going for Cattle Trade
The sight of an empty livestock pen aboard the Camara Nusantara I caused ripples of panic in the agriculture ministry last December. Ten government agencies and state and region-owned enterprises gathered at the agriculture ministry in Ragunan, South Jakarta, early in January to discuss what to do.
Since December 11, the vessel, owned by the Indonesia National Sailing Company (Pelni), has been unable to transport cattle, with breeders and traders bristling at the government's benchmark price of Rp35,000 per kilogram of live cattle.
February 2, 2016
The sight of an empty livestock pen aboard the Camara Nusantara I caused ripples of panic in the agriculture ministry last December. Ten government agencies and state and region-owned enterprises gathered at the agriculture ministry in Ragunan, South Jakarta, early in January to discuss what to do.
Since December 11, the vessel, owned by the Indonesia National Sailing Company (Pelni), has been unable to transport cattle, with breeders and traders
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