President @edmnangagwa is today launching the Zimplats Palmline Investments Cattle Ranching Project in Ngezi. Under the project, Zimplats has 3 types of cattle; the Commercial/Beef Herd (1493), the Waygu (Japanese Cow) herd (178) and the Dairy herd (851).
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Zimplats Cattle Ranching Project herd breakdown :
*Commercial /Beef herd*
- 1 460 cows and heifers and 33 bulls.
-target 2000 cattle by Dec 2021 and 5000 breeding cow herd by 2026.
- beef sales to the local market to commence in October 2021.
*Commercial /Beef herd*
- 1 460 cows and heifers and 33 bulls.
-target 2000 cattle by Dec 2021 and 5000 breeding cow herd by 2026.
- beef sales to the local market to commence in October 2021.
*Dairy herd*
- 666 cows and heifers
- 178 F1 Waygu & Jersey cross calves
- 7 bulls
-targeted to have 1500 Jersey and Jersey X Dairy heifers by June 2022 and 5000 Jersey and Jersey X by 2026.
- Average production of 3100 litres per day with a target of 13000-16000 litres per day
- 666 cows and heifers
- 178 F1 Waygu & Jersey cross calves
- 7 bulls
-targeted to have 1500 Jersey and Jersey X Dairy heifers by June 2022 and 5000 Jersey and Jersey X by 2026.
- Average production of 3100 litres per day with a target of 13000-16000 litres per day
*Waygu herd (Japanese Cow)*
- 178 F1 Waygu calves of various ages.
- Plans for further investment into core breeding herd through acquisition of 20 full blood cows in 2021 and 2022 and 10 full blood bulls in 2022.
- 178 F1 Waygu calves of various ages.
- Plans for further investment into core breeding herd through acquisition of 20 full blood cows in 2021 and 2022 and 10 full blood bulls in 2022.
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