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Kenting Farm (Kenting Dairy Farmland)

 

Kenting Farm, or Kenting Dairy Farmland, is located in Hengchun Township in southern Taiwan's Pingtung County. It covers an area of 1,149 hectares of pasture and research facilities. The farm is managed by the Taiwan Livestock research Institute's Hengchun Station.

The farm was first established in 1904 during the Japanese colonial occupation of Taiwan (1895-1945). Since the land in this region is too dry and too windy for crop farming, it was earmarked for pasture. In the wide expanse of grassland, cattle graze freely under the imposing present of Mt Dajian. Meanwhile, the farm's research facility is involved in the testing and promotion of meat products, as well as in disease prevention among livestock.

Local and international visitors to the Kenting Farm can sample the freshly pasteurized cow's and goat's milk at the visitor center. They can also wander around the expansive and idyllic pasture where cattle graze.