Sichuan: grass planting and animal husbandry adjusting structure

Introduction: November 21, 2001, Sichuan Daily News: Guangyuan City actively explores a new way to adjust the structure of animal husbandry varieties and herbivores Despite the severe drought this year, the total output value of animal husbandry in the city can reach 2.4 billion yuan, accounting for 45% of the total output value of agriculture The average annual income of farmers in the city is 98 yuan, and the income of animal husbandry is 49 yuan In recent years, the city has made great efforts to adjust the structure of animal husbandry varieties It has basically formed a breeding, expansion, promotion and application system of livestock and poultry breeding, which is based on three-level improvement stations (sites) of cities, counties and townships, with the main body of breeding and commodity farms 330 pig improvement stations (sites) have been built in the city 108 cattle improvement stations have been built, and more than 35000 cattle have been improved by annual cold matching They also introduced a large area of giant high type Angora rabbits, with an average annual output of 1.12 kg At the same time, Boer goat and Nanjiang Yellow Goat were introduced into the city, which greatly promoted the improvement of local sheep In order to realize the transformation from the original grain consumption type to the grain saving type, the city vigorously promotes the family ranch with the main content of "planting grass and raising livestock, supporting grass and livestock" They have successively introduced ryegrass, alfalfa, chicory, chuanyesong vanilla and other high-quality forages from the United States, New Zealand, the Netherlands and other countries The planting area has reached 300000 mu, and the average planting area of 80000 families is 1-2 mu, with a total annual production of 1.5 million tons of forage By vigorously adjusting the structure of animal husbandry varieties and herbivorous structure, the characteristic animal husbandry of Guangyuan City has been greatly developed, and the tax revenue of animal husbandry has been more than 100 million yuan in successive years.