Australian charity to send Northern Territory cattle to Cambodian families
An Australian charity has bought 150 Brahman breeders from a Northern Territory Government research farm to send to Cambodia. Cows for Cambodia loans Cambodian families pregnant cows to look after until they have a calf, which the family keeps as payment. The Northern Territory cattle, bought from the Kidman Springs Research Station south-west of Katherine, will be a significant boost to the charity’s herd, bringing it to about 400 head. Charity founder Andrew Costello said cattle in Cambodia were “inferior” to the bos indicus cattle in the NT. He said he bought the select Brahman cows bred at Kidman Springs because of their high fertility rates. “That is of high interest to us in Cambodia because we really want our cows to conceive as quick as they can,” Mr Costello said. “Because as soon as the family gets a calf, the sooner they can break the poverty cycle.”
