5,000 Cattle Import From Australia

 Minister of  Rural Economic Development  P. Harrison  said, that  Sri Lanka will import 5,000 heads of high yield cattle from Australia in May to boost local dairy production.

They are being kept  at the government farms. We will get their offspring hopefully by next year. We will import another 5,000 in May to be distributed among farmers.

“We will plan for more imports of cattle from Australia depending on the success of this project, ” he said.

Sri Lanka produces only 40 per cent of its dairy requirements. The rest is imported from other countries such as New Zealand.