Kuwait: Fodder crisis to hit milk, meat market

Pakistan are directing animal feed towards China KUWAIT CITY, Dec 21: While the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of its variant continue to affect more than one sector globally for the second year in a row, Head of the Union of Fresh Dairy Producers Abdul Hakim Al-Ahmad warned of a looming crisis related to lesser quantities of dry and green fodder, such as wheat, barley, lentils, shamrocks, Sudan grass, sorghum and green barley, reaching the country, reports Al-Qabas daily. He indicated that demands were previously directed at the government to intervene in saving the owners of farms and livestock pens from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the availability of fodder, but they were not responded to. Al-Ahmad explained that the current situation portends serious repercussions on food security, especially with the continuation of the COVID-19 crisis for an unknown period. The reason behind this is that the countries producing animal feed, most ...