* Says farm will produce 10,000 litres of milk daily
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has said the Ikun Dairy Farm in Ikun-Ekiti would serve as a prototype for National Livestock Transformation Plan in addressing farmers-herders crisis in the State.
Mr Fayemi said this during an inspection of the newly-arrived 227 cows at the Ikun Diary Farm from the United States of America (USA) and the expansive land for the cultivation of hays.
He said the integrated farm, designed to commence production of 10,000 litres of milk daily, is a joint project of Ekiti State Government and Promasidor Diary Company (the latter is the majority shareholder).
Mr Fayemi said the new pregnant cows would be confined to their sheds in the farm.
He said about 500 hectares of land had already been acquired to grow fields that will be used to take care of the animals to prevent them from roaming about.
The governor said appropriate measures had also been put in place to connect water directly from Ero Dam to achieve a seamless water supply and irrigation process on the farm.
”The capacity of the Dairy Farm, being put to use for the first time in the last 40 years, has been expanded to run 24-hour operation in raising of cattle and production of milk.
”The dairy farm will also demonstrate Nigeria’s capacity to be a milk-producing nation rather than being a milk importing nation,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor visited the facility in company of the General Manager, of the farm, Hermann Kibler, and the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Olabode Adetoyi.
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