Zhejiang: two Changshan geese compete with one pig

Introduction: September 3, 2001 Zhejiang Daily News: one day in the middle of August, we went to Jingwu village, Zhaoxian Town, Changshan County for an interview Just entering the village, a group of "gagaga" white geese blocked our way "This is a kind of Rhein goose If you raise two, you can earn more than a pig," said the accompanying village cadre Jingwu village is a professional village for raising pigs In recent years, the price of pigs has fluctuated from time to time It is difficult to prevent and control swine diseases, and some pig farmers have lost money Therefore, villagers began to look for a new way of breeding with low investment and risk In March last year, through the contact of the town, the County Agricultural Bureau helped villagers to introduce more than 500 Rheinland goose seedlings from Jiangsu Each goose seedling was 14 yuan, and the villagers paid 5 yuan The Agricultural Bureau subsidized 7 yuan, and the towns and villages each subsidized 1 yuan In order to help the villagers master the technology of raising geese, the County Agricultural Bureau held training courses in the village for many times By the end of November last year, geese began to lay eggs According to Chen Chunlin, director of the village committee, his family raised 26 kinds of geese last year, 22 of which were female geese By May of this year, each female goose had laid more than 80 eggs, with the price of each egg ranging from 1.5 yuan to 2.3 yuan After deducting the cost, the income reached more than 2600 yuan In the first half of this year, his family listed 34 middle pigs and earned more than 4000 yuan The benefit of a goose is almost the same as that of a middle pig However, the cost of raising pigs is high and the risk is high He has better pig raising technology and large-scale breeding, so he has such good benefits However, the cost of raising geese is low, the market risk and technical risk are small, and the eggs are sold by an incubator in Jiangshan City Every time they are transported by car, the net income of 75 yuan for each goose is stable Some goose farmers, after tasting the sweetness, concentrate on raising the goose Chen Gentu, a villager, raised 15 kinds of geese last year, with a net income of more than 1600 yuan This year, he changed the pigsty into a geese pen, bought 30 kinds of geese seedlings, and expanded the scale of raising geese In April this year, more than 300 new goose seedlings were planted in the village After more than a year's practice, goose farmers have found out the way to market In the second half of the year, the price of eggs is better, up to 4 yuan each As a result, they began to reduce feed input in May, and added feed in September The eggs produced in October became "golden eggs".