As the banner of traditional animal husbandry, Keshiketeng Banner has continuously increased its efforts to improve breeds, built a strong improvement technical team, boosted the high-quality development of animal husbandry, and showed a strong momentum in the development of the beef cattle industry, which also paved a new way for farmers to increase their income and get rich.
Coming to the cattle improvement training base in Tuchengzi Town, Keshiketeng Banner, the reporter saw that the enclosure here was clean and tidy, and the cattle were strolling leisurely, which was a leisurely scene. These hundreds of fat and strong beef cattle are Simmental beef cattle introduced by the base in 2018. In the past, the local cattle bred here were small in size and slow to grow meat, and the farmers did not have a high income. In response to this situation, the base has purchased 15 varieties of high-quality frozen sperm and improved cattle breeds, and provided cow ovulation and artificial insemination services for willing farmers, expanding the coverage of high-quality beef cattle improvement.
Keshiketeng Banner Tuchengzi Town Cattle Improvement Training Base Improver Chen Jiufeng: The development of beef cattle breeding industry, improve the quality of beef cattle is very important, we actively introduce advanced improvement technology and high-quality breeding cattle, the use of our cold match improvement technology to produce calves fattening cycle is short, seven and a half months can be slaughtered, the price is about 20,000 yuan, is more than 3 times the price of ordinary calves, mainly can also be used as a breeding bull.
On the one hand, it hires professionals to train local farmers, and on the other hand, it reduces the cost of breeding and improves the survival rate of cattle by carrying out beef cattle custody business.
Li Chunyang, general manager of the cattle improvement training base in Tuchengzi Town, Keshiketeng Banner: Up to now, our training base has 4 fixed lecturers, carried out 3 sessions of free breeding technology training, benefited more than 200 people, and trained more than 20 adult improvement personnel. Truly let local farmers learn to raise cattle scientifically.
In order to avoid the risk caused by the fluctuation of forage prices and the lack of forage supply, the cattle improvement training base in Tuchengzi Town has given full play to the advantages of convenient storage and advanced machinery, and has established four 4,000-ton capacity grass storage warehouses, which are sold to local farmers at a price lower than the market price in winter and spring, and provide farmers with free feed processing services, which can save about 1,500 yuan per ton.
Li Xuelong, a villager from Shahutong Village, Tuchengzi Town, Keshiketeng Banner: Our family has raised more than 100 head of cattle, and since last autumn, we have saved nearly 50,000 or 60,000 yuan in feed processing costs.
Jirandi, deputy mayor of Tuchengzi Town, Keshiketeng Banner: In 2024, Tuchengzi Town will continue to consolidate the construction of the cattle improvement training base, expand the scale of the shed, introduce advanced fattening technology, and incorporate it into the training content, expand the coverage of estrus "double calves", embryo transfer, and self-breeding and self-breeding in the same period, and achieve the goal of 3,000 tons of scientific concentrate feed with an annual production ratio.
According to the annual statistics of animal husbandry in 2023, there are 530,000 beef cattle in Keshiketeng Banner, and 250,000 are slaughtered annually. Next, we will continue to follow the development idea of "increasing cattle and stabilizing sheep" to promote the improvement of beef and sheep breeds and create brand advantages.
Li Jincheng, deputy director of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau of Keshiketeng Banner: Closely focus on the construction of an important national agricultural and livestock product production base (goal), highlight the development of beef cattle, beef sheep, dairy, grass four leading industries, build a "combination of agriculture and animal husbandry, planting for breeding, planting and breeding, and promote breeding by breeding" development pattern, highlighting the animal husbandry brand building and base construction.
All-media reporter: Geng Yanru, Liu Xueming (g)