Decrease of livestock stock in Hohhot

Introduction: after 16 consecutive years of animal husbandry in Hohhot, the first year of this year witnessed a negative increase in the number of livestock According to the annual statistics of animal husbandry this year, the number of livestock in stock in the city is 2.776 million, a decrease of 364000 and a decrease of 11.6% compared with the same period last year Among them, the largest decline was in small livestock, which decreased by 268000 over the same period of last year, a decrease of 13.8% The main reasons for the decline of livestock stocks in Hohhot are as follows: first, the disaster is serious This year, there is no rain and continuous drought in spring and summer In addition, the grassland is heavily infested by insects, which seriously affects the growth and biological yield of forage Due to the lack of forage, the number of herdsmen has increased By the end of this year's animal husbandry year, 1.272 million large and small livestock have been put on the market in the city, with a rate of 54.5%, 17 percentage points higher than the average rate of the whole region Second, the survival rate of reproduction is low Due to the serious disaster this year and the poor condition of livestock, the survival rate of livestock reproduction is low At the beginning of the year, the number of breeders (large and small) was 1.295 million, but by this year's animal husbandry year, only 875000 of the young animals were breeded in the city, with a survival rate of 67.6% Third, the ban on animal husbandry and house feeding has increased the market Due to the large-scale ecological protection and construction in the whole city, grazing is prohibited in the ecological construction area and captive breeding is implemented However, due to the insufficient preparation of farmers' forage and feed, and the insufficient preparation for the construction of the shed, the number of livestock out of the shed is increased As of June 30, the selling rate of 964000 livestock (large and small livestock) in the city has reached 41.3%, among which 208000 livestock (small and large livestock) have been sold in Qingshuihe County, with a high selling rate of 61.5% 4 Adjust the structure of animal husbandry and eliminate a large number of inferior livestock The proportion of cattle, sheep and other large animals raised has been adjusted from 8.4:85.7:5.9 in the past to 12.1:82.0:5.9 now The proportion of sheep is decreasing year by year, the proportion of cattle is increasing year by year, especially the number of cows is increasing rapidly By the end of June, the number of dairy cows in the city had reached 125600, an increase of 62.1% year on year The proportion of basic female livestock in the herd has increased from 55.5% in the previous year to 67.6%, 13.8 percentage points higher than the average level of the whole region The structure of animal husbandry is becoming more and more reasonable, the structure of herds and the structure of herds are optimized and upgraded, which greatly reduces the number of Low-yield and low-quality livestock and improves the quality of herds 5 Rely on technological progress to fatten and speed up the turnover of herds Through the implementation of livestock "seed project", the introduction of foreign excellent varieties, hybrid improvement of local varieties, and short-term rapid fattening, increased the rate of marketing, and accelerated the turnover of livestock In the three years of the implementation of the "seed project", the city has introduced more than 150 foreign high-quality sheep, more than 400 improved pigs, and tens of thousands of improved cows and frozen beef cattle semen every year to accelerate the improvement of local livestock As of June 30, the proportion of improved and improved breeds of large livestock, small livestock and pigs in the city has reached 50.7%, 85.7% and 86.9% respectively, 33.1, 15.9 and 41.2 percentage points higher than before the implementation of "seed project" At present, the annual number of fattening sheep in the city is up to 1.118 million, with a high rate of 57.5%, the highest level in history.