Govt to re-compensate north east farmers

In his address during a special full council meeting in Masunga on September 4, Molebatsi explained however, that the cattle that died would not be replaced, but rather that farmers would instead be compensated in monetary terms. He said for each animal lost, farmers would receive P2,500. The assistant minister pointed out nevertheless that the arrangement was such that compensation would cover those farmers whose cattle had died from the time of restocking until February this year. So far, he said the ministry officials had registered about 1,000 cattle, whose entire compensation amount will total about P2.5 million.

Meanwhile, the assistant minister, informed the councillors about the phasing out of the current livestock identification system which involves the use of boluses. He indicated that the bolus system was being replaced with ear-tags adding that the tags would be available for purchase by individual farmers at Livestock Advisory Centres (LACs) countrywide at P20 per set.