Suggestions on reducing feed cost

Introduction: on January 20, at the invitation of the National Commission of animal husbandry economics, many authorities from government departments, scientific research institutions and feed enterprises gathered at the Institute of rural development of the Chinese Academy of social sciences to discuss the current rise in the price of animal products and the operation situation of feed industry, and explore effective ways to reduce the production cost of animal husbandry Participants generally believed that the main reason for the long-term rise in the prices of pigs and eggs since this year is due to the rising prices of raw materials such as grain and feed and the increase in transportation costs The rising of feeding cost can't be ignored to promote the price of animal food Different from the previous fluctuations in the price of livestock products, this price increase did not make the majority of rural farmers increase their breeding capacity rapidly The reason is that the raising cost is increased after the price of feed materials is increased, and it is difficult to judge whether the high price of pigs and eggs can be maintained after a feeding cycle In this way, farmers in rural areas face the market risk that higher investment may not be able to get higher returns It is precisely because of the increase of market risk that the momentum of farmers to expand production is restrained Therefore, how to reduce feed and feeding costs has become an important issue for the further development of animal husbandry It is reported that the relevant departments of the Ministry of agriculture have taken measures to speed up the development of methionine production, increase the import of animal derived feed and protein feed, so as to stabilize the price of feed materials Some scholars have pointed out that there is still a lot of room to reduce the cost in pig production For example, the reasonable proportion of sows that can be bred in the pig stock should be less than 8%, but now it is up to more than 10% Calculated by 300 million pigs, only this item means that the feeding cost of 6 million sows can be saved In addition, the repeated introduction of pig breeds costs a lot and is not a long-term solution As a professional branch of China Society of forestry, animal husbandry and fishery economics, the National Commission of animal husbandry economics is a national academic group of animal husbandry economic research in China Liu Yuman, chairman of the Committee and researcher of the Rural Development Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the professional committee will continue to organize academic research and discussion activities, aiming to provide reference and theoretical support for the macro decision-making of animal husbandry of the government departments, provide a communication platform for people from all walks of life who care about China's animal husbandry, offer suggestions for the development of animal husbandry, and provide feed, breeding and animal product processing Large and medium-sized enterprises in the field provide consultation and suggestions.