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 dairy production aspirations and deliver improved farming sustainability through research.
The ICoE - another example of private-public partnership - and which is expected to be ready by February 2018 will be spread out over 60ha of the University Agriculture Park in Serdang and aims to enhance the existing infrastructure of UPM Dairy Units, Teaching and Learning, Research and Showcase.