The output value of animal husbandry in Heilongjiang province increased by 6% in two years

Introduction: facing the situation of poor sales of bulk grain crops, Heilongjiang Province adjusted the agricultural structure in time and vigorously developed animal husbandry By the end of last year, the output value of animal husbandry in the province had reached 22.4 billion yuan, an increase of 6.5% over 1999, accounting for 31.6% of the total agricultural output value According to statistics of relevant departments, the output of meat, eggs and milk in Heilongjiang Province reached 1.75 million tons, 813000 tons and 1.9 million tons respectively last year, an increase of 17%, 8.6% and 33% over 1999, showing a good momentum of rapid development In recent years, Heilongjiang Province has taken animal husbandry as a strategic measure to speed up the strategic adjustment of agricultural and rural economic structure and increase the income of farmers It has given full play to the advantages of abundant grain, forage grass and straw, highlighted the development of cows, beef cattle, pigs, sheep and special breeding, and accelerated the construction of animal husbandry "half of the country" Heilongjiang Province has also increased the promotion of animal husbandry science and technology, and accelerated the introduction, expansion and application of improved varieties At present, the proportion of high-yield dairy cattle and high-quality beef cattle has reached 15%, 5% higher than two years ago At the same time, the extension range of silage planting and utilization technology is increasing, which makes the scientific and technological content of animal husbandry in the whole province further improved The development of animal husbandry has greatly promoted the increase of farmers' income Bai Renhe, deputy director of the animal husbandry bureau of Shuangcheng City in Heilongjiang Province, said that all the fresh milk produced by 120000 cows in the city was purchased by Nestle in Switzerland In the past year, Nestle paid farmers 500 million yuan of milk capital, which promoted the development of local related economy by 600 million yuan, equivalent to the income of 600000 farmers from "cattle" It is reported that in order to meet the needs of the rapid development of animal husbandry, Heilongjiang Province will actively promote the conversion of farmland to grass, artificial grass planting, and vigorously develop the production of high-quality forage such as alfalfa and forage crops dominated by silage corn, so as to move forward to the goal of a large Province of grass industry