{"id":112867,"date":"2018-03-29T18:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escaesco.com.br\/lab\/anba\/?p=112867"},"modified":"2018-03-29T20:00:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T22:00:48","slug":"thousands-of-cows-but-not-a-pasture-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/thousands-of-cows-but-not-a-pasture-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of cows, but not a pasture in sight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Unusual is an understatement! The image most commonly associated with dairy cows of Dutch breeds is one of lush green, where the animals are happily grazing. Just look at the labels of dairy products available in supermarkets. However, in Saudi Arabia, the Al Hamra farm has 20,000 head of dairy cows of European breed in the middle of the desert.<\/p>\n<p>ANBA visited the property located about 80 kilometers from the capital Riyadh last year as part of a Brazilian delegation. Not one piece of green in sight, only sand and bare land. The animals are kept in covered, acclimatized pens and are feed on hay, alfalfa and corn silage. Most of the feed is imported.<\/p>\n<p>Milking is fully automated, and the size and cleanliness of the facilities impress, but you would be wise not to get too excited. This reporter decided to check out the milking up close in the exact moment in which the cow decided to relieve itself of lunch and, what is more, wagging its tail! Fortunately, management had given us white coats.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Continues after the images)<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-112867 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/thousands-of-cows-but-not-a-pasture-in-sight\/img_4149-2\/'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4149-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-112812\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-112812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4149-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4149-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4149-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-112812'>\n\t\t\t\tNot a piece of green in sight \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/thousands-of-cows-but-not-a-pasture-in-sight\/img_4157-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4157-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-112838\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-112838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4157-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4157-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4157-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-112838'>\n\t\t\t\tAnimals stay in covered pens \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/thousands-of-cows-but-not-a-pasture-in-sight\/img_4120-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4120-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-130162\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-130162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4120-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4120-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4120-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-130162'>\n\t\t\t\tCows are milked in large and clean facilities, but you would be wise not to get too close \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/thousands-of-cows-but-not-a-pasture-in-sight\/img_4142-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4142-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-112810\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-112810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4142-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4142-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4142-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-112810'>\n\t\t\t\tThe feed is stored in silos and most of it is imported\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/thousands-of-cows-but-not-a-pasture-in-sight\/img_4147-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4147-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-130164\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-130164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4147-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4147-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4147-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-130164'>\n\t\t\t\tCalves freshening up \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The farm was founded in 1977 via a partnership between the Saudi and the Irish, but currently the Saudi have full ownership. It belongs to the Almarai food and beverages group. Many Irish staff still work there, along with employees from many nationalities. The veterinarian that was our guide, for instance, is Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by S\u00e9rgio Kakitani<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANBA visited the Al Hamra farm, in Saudi Arabia, which achieves high productivity, even in the middle of the desert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1454,"featured_media":130168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[208],"tags":[238,518,396,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-112867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"tag-agribusiness","9":"tag-dairies","10":"tag-livestock","11":"tag-saudi-arabia"},"wps_subtitle":"ANBA visited the Al Hamra farm, in Saudi Arabia, which achieves high productivity, even in the middle of the desert. 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