Shaanxi pig farmers have slaughtered and eliminated sows

Introduction: Shangluo, Shaanxi - recently, the price of livestock and poultry in Shangluo City has been at the lowest price in the same period since 1999 In some places, the number of farmers has decreased and the enclosure has been empty Shangluo City has taken urgent measures to reduce the loss of farmers According to Zhang Minquan, director of the animal husbandry bureau of Shangluo City, the price of pigs and some eggs fell from the end of 2005 to a low in March and April this year The price of pigs fell to about 4.6 yuan per kilogram, and that of eggs fell to about 4 yuan per kilogram, while the cost of pigs was about 5.2 yuan per kilogram, and that of eggs was about 4.4 yuan per kilogram In this way, some places have seen the phenomenon of fewer farmers and empty pens Some large pig farmers have slaughtered and eliminated sows, and even sold the sows that have just been put into production, while the eggs of the chicken factory have also been sold as commercial eggs, and some incubators have closed down Animal husbandry is a pillar industry in Shangluo City, especially the output value of pigs accounts for 70% of the output value of animal husbandry in the city, accounting for more than 32% in the rural economy Therefore, all parts of Shangluo City have issued relevant measures to ensure the healthy and stable development of animal husbandry Luonan County Finance provided 500000 yuan to support large-scale breeding and animal husbandry community infrastructure construction, accelerate pig breed improvement, support cai'an food company, a leading agricultural product processing enterprise, to expand production scale and implement protection price acquisition Shangnan county government will reward 5000 yuan to each household whose scale aquaculture reaches the standard, and Zhashui County will discount 50% of the loan to scale aquaculture households In addition, Shangluo Animal Husbandry Bureau, in consultation with Shangluo Office of the Provincial Rural Credit Union, has granted 300 million yuan of credit support to 10000 farmers of the Zhengda model ecological pig breeding project planned and developed by Luonan, Shangzhou, Danfeng and Shangnan counties and districts, in an effort to protect the interests of farmers.