¹Doctoral Program of Development Studies, Graduate School, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia

²Lecturer at Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia

Email: agungsugandapertanian@gmail.com

Government of Indonesia has implemented various programs to increase cattle population and beef production. In 2021, Ministry of Agriculture introduced a special program is called Cattle Corporation Village (CCV) program. The study aims to identify the capability of member of small scale farmer group empowered by CCV program on cattle breeding and fattening, availability of forage in the location of the beneficiary group, utilization of infrastructure and group cages support, and corporate institution formed by group. The study was conducted in two CCV located in Cianjur District and Boyolali District in 2022. The primary data obtain by surveys, direct observation, and interviews by purvosive sampling method. The results of the study show: (1) capability of farmer is encouraged to raising breeder and feeder cattle with integrated corporation farming; (2) the productivity of breeder and feeder cattle is supported by the sufficiency of forage: grass and agricultural waste; (3) infrastructure provided by CCV program needs to be improved; and (4) CCV program is designed as profitable cattle production models suited to small scale farmers with an economic scale and integrated upstream to downstream. With this program, farmers are empowered and assisted in accessing business credit financing to support integrated corporation farming.