First Australian Dairy Cows Arrive in Indonesia for Free School Meals Scheme

IMPORT - JAKARTA. About 50 Australian dairy cows have arrived in Indonesia as the first cattle imports under a plan to boost milk production needed for President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meals programme, Indonesia's agriculture ministry said.

Indonesia plans to import 1 million dairy cows from 2025 to 2028 to support the scheme, which will launch early next year and eventually aims to offer free meals to more than 80 million school children.