Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Cambodia Gets First Commercial Cow Farm

Monday, January 10, 2011
By Jenara Nerenberg
FastCompany.com

The country's current supply of fresh milk is entirely imported, but that is about to change with the introduction of New Zealand's Holstein cows.

Cambodia is set to get its first commercial cow farm this year with construction on a 247-acre farm breaking ground this month.

Cambodia's current supply of fresh milk is 100% imported and the cow farm is meant to change that--and as Cambodia is still largely agricultural, it's surprising that commercial cow farms don't already exist.

There was talk of an earlier joint cow farm venture between Cambodia's Mong Reththy Group (MRG) and the British farming company, Lordswood Farms, last year, but it's not clear if that panned out.
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