A new generation of Boer hybrid sheep in Suining, Jiangsu Province has been established

Introduction: an adult breeding sheep can be sold to 20000 yuan, and a small lamb can be sold to 8000 yuan This "high price sheep" is the Boer sheep introduced from abroad by Suining County, Jiangsu Province At present, the number of Boer sheep in Suining county is more than 500, and the first generation of Boer crossbred sheep has reached 335000, which has formed a certain scale Suining, located in the north of Huaihe River, is a relatively poor county in Jiangsu Province However, the whole county has 1.53 million mu of arable land, green trees, and an annual output of crop straw and leaves of 800 million kg Suining has a unique resource advantage in developing goat industry Suining is also known throughout the country for raising sheep with straw It is determined to be a national straw sheep demonstration county In order to make the goat industry bigger and stronger, Suining has introduced nearly 100 Boer goats from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Germany since 1996, and cooperated with Yangzhou University, Nanjing Agricultural University and Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences to study the hybrid improvement technology of Boer and Suining white goats, which greatly accelerated the pure breeding progress of Boer goats After the improvement of goat breed, scale breeding is the key Suining County has formulated a series of supporting policies, successively supporting Suining sheep farm for more than 2 million yuan, making it a key breeding livestock farm in Jiangsu Province In addition, the poverty alleviation fund was used to support 6000 extremely poor households, with 3 ewes per household and 3 sheep per capita per year In more than one year, the extremely poor households were lifted out of poverty Gaozuo town and Gupi town are also farmers who buy Boer rams, with a subsidy of 3000 yuan for each ram Under the strong promotion of the county, nearly every family in Suining has raised sheep According to the person in charge of Suining county Party committee, the whole county raised 1.3 million goats last year, with a total output value of nearly 200 million yuan and a net profit of more than 100 million yuan Goat breeding industry has become a pillar industry to drive farmers' income in Suining (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: