Guizhou Yanhe goat goes to the big market

Introduction: in Tongren area, Guizhou Province, famous and excellent breeds such as South African Boer goat and Sichuan Nanjiang Yellow Goat were introduced to improve the local "Yanhe brand" goat The high-quality commercial sheep became the best-selling products in Guangdong, Fujian and other places Tongren area has a mild climate, lush water and grass Developing goats has unique natural conditions Goats distributed along the river, Sinan, Yingjiang, Dejiang, Songtao and other places in the middle and lower reaches of the Wujiang River, "eat Chinese herbal medicine, drink mineral water", have high glutamic acid content, fresh and tender meat, enjoying the reputation of "monosodium glutamate mutton" In the 1980s, Tongren District registered "Yanhe brand" goats The beauty of the goats along the river is that they are small, slow growing, low rate of going out of the market, and fail to play their due economic benefits Guangdong merchants want to sign a long-term supply contract with Tongren, but they require that the individual live sheep must be more than 30 kg, while the average individual local goat is only 23.5 kg The market demand challenges the improvement of goat breeds in Tongren area In 1997, the local and county animal husbandry departments at a high price of 12000 yuan each introduced 62 South African Boer breeding sheep, and then introduced 117 Nanjiang improved yellow sheep from Sichuan Province In the villages where more than 1000 improved ewes were raised in a centralized way, 92 quality improvement points were set up, and the technology of artificial fresh and refined transportation and distribution was carried out At present, 25000 hybrid goats have been produced and 18000 have been sold Hybrid goats do not change the fresh and tender meat quality of local goats, and their individual growth speed is significantly accelerated They can reach more than 50 kg in a year According to the market requirements, 30 kg can be released in three months The price of hybrid goats is more than 80% higher than that of local goats Through variety improvement, the commodity rate has been greatly improved, and more than 800000 of them have been sold in the region every year, an increase of nearly 70% over 1997.