TheDairySite Latest News: Malaysia
10 October 2018

MALAYSIA - Nestlé (Malaysia) Berhad is investing over RM100 million to expand its MILO factory in Chembong, Negeri Sembilan, in line with its strategy of driving strong, profitable and sustainable growth and investing in Malaysia as a key manufacturing...
17 April 2018

MALAYSIA - The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) has produced a new breed of cattle called the Kedah-Kelantan (KK) breed which has the potential of providing lucrative returns to small and medium-scale livestock breeders....
05 March 2018

MALAYSIA - The Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) has refuted social media postings that thousands of heads of cattle have been culled as a result of tuberculosis (TB)....
27 February 2018

MALAYSIA - Fonterra Brands Malaysia believes 2018 will be another good year for Malaysian companies in the food and beverage industry....
21 August 2017

MALAYSIA - The Holstein Milk Company, via its subsidiary Farm Fresh, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to jointly establish an industry centre of excellence (UPM-FarmFresh ICoE) to further boost the country’s...
11 July 2017

MALAYSIA - After Kuala Nerus, Marang and Kuala Terengganu last month, haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS) disease is now killing cattle in Dungun....
17 May 2017

MALAYSIA - Fonterra has reopened the doors to its milk powder manufacturing plant in Malaysia following a NZ$7 million investment to boost manufacturing efficiencies and ensure it continues to meet world class health and safety, and food safety and quality...
13 March 2017

MALAYSIA - Malaysia will tap countries that are advanced in the dairy industry on the structure, tasks, responsibilities, roles and functions of the National Dairy Board (NDB)....
17 February 2017

MALAYSIA - The Veterinary Services Department has been directed to cull livestock found to be infected with the contagious brucella virus after sick cows were found in three farms....
06 December 2016

MALAYSIA - Fonterra, a global leader in dairy nutrition, has committed to invest RM20 million in its Malaysian manufacturing operations in FY17 with work set to begin from September 2016....
20 January 2014

MALAYA - A consumer group in Malaysia has called on the authorities to ban antibiotic use in animal feeds following the EU ban on antibiotics in animal feed....
12 November 2013

MALAYSIA - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants farmers, livestock breeders and fishermen to be more innovative and progressive to boost income and their standard of living....
30 October 2012

MALAYSIA - By January, the Melaka Government will allocate RM1 million to re-start cattle farming in the state, through a profit-sharing system. ...
20 January 2010

MALAYSIA - Malaysia will build feed mills to support and develop the livestock industry as part of efforts to increase beef supply for local consumption. ...
28 October 2009

MALAYSIA - Fonterra have invested NZ$12 million on a plant expansion in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....
30 September 2009

MALAYSIA - More than 30 trucks loaded with buffaloes, cows, goats and milk containers protested outside the state secretariat main gate....
02 March 2009

MALAYSIA - Livestock breeders here are worried because Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has resurfaced and killed more than 20 cattle in the past two months. ...
09 July 2008

MALAYSIA - The livestock industry in Kuala Lumpur is bracing itself for a shortage of feed following the Indian Government’s decision to ban the export of maize....
30 May 2007

MALAYSIA - Animal protectionists are winning the agriculture public relations battle said former Congressman Charlie Stenholm at House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry hearings in May. ...
12 March 2007

MALAYSIA - They won't be running anywhere, but some very pampered cows in Malaysia are quenching their thirst with a soft drink. ...
25 January 2007

MALAYSIA - The Sabah Dairy Farmers Association welcomed the announcement by Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail that there will be a new fresh milk price structure for dairy farmers soon. ...
16 January 2007

MALAYSIA - The dairy farmers in Sabah are asking Sabah International Dairies Sdn Bhd (Sadar) for an increase in the price of fresh milk bought from them, which has remained the same at RM1 per litre for the past 26 years since the State's dairy farming...
21 December 2006

MALAYSIA - Sabah has huge potential to set up a National Breeding Centre (NBC) in the country, said Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail. ...
08 November 2006

MALAYSIA - Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shariff Omar today warned Kelantan residents not to bring in cattle from Thailand without a permit. ...
26 September 2006

MALAYSIA - Dairy farmers running out of pasture land for their cattle, have been thrown a lifeline by the Johor Government. ...