Essequibo cattle farmer Surendra Sukhdeo may have been able to minimise his losses if he had followed the Guyana Livestock Development Authority’s (GLDA) advice, GINA says.
Nigel Cumberbatch, head of the GLDA said the farmer’s plight stems from a number of issues, mainly poor nutrition as a result of inadequate foraging and mineral deficiency based on the location of the farm.
Cumberbatch also told GINA that the farm which is located in the Boeraserie Conservancy closer to East Bank Essequibo does not have adequate grazing for the number of animals on the farm. He further advised that for every head of cattle there needs to be at least one acre of grass to take the animals through the dry season.