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A shipment of live Australian stud beef cattle and dairy goats has been successfully delivered to the Republic of Botswana, marking a milestone in agricultural cooperation. The consignment, which included the first Murray Grey, Australian Limousin, Shorthorn, and red factor Charolais cattle in Africa, was warmly received by the Botswana cabinet and senior officials. Sourced from nine Western Australian studs, these animals will be used in government-owned artificial breeding facilities to produce semen and embryos, which will be available to farmers at subsidized prices. This initiative is part of the Thuo Letlotlo program, designed to boost the genetic quality of Botswana's beef breeding herd and diversify its gene pool through top international genetics. The program aims to increase the national cattle herd to 3.5 million and the national goat flock to 4 million by 2027.
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The historic shipment of live Australian stud beef cattle and dairy goats touched down safely at their new home in the Republic of Botswana last week. Western Australian stud cattle breeders contributed the majority of the 92 bulls and heifers which received a welcoming fit for royalty with the entire Republic of Botswana cabinet, including president Dr Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, first lady Neo Masisi, vice president Slumber Tsogwane and Federal minister of agriculture Fidelis Molao, and a large crowd of dignitaries to celebrate the livestock's arrival at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in the southern African country's capital city Gaborone. The shipment consisted of 80 stud British, European and Bos Indicus breed bulls and heifers sourced from nine WA studs and were accompanied by project overseer Thapelo Setlalekgosi, 3in1 Agric, Gaborone, on the chartered air cargo Boeing 747-46NF flight from Perth through to the final handover of the cattle to the Republic ...
Source: Farmweekly
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