The Science and Technology Courtyard is a new exploration of science and technology volunteer service for rural revitalization. A few days ago, the China Rural Professional and Technical Association issued the "Reply on Agreeing to Establish the "China Rural Professional and Technical Association Science and Technology Academy", and three science and technology courtyards in Wuqing District were selected, and Tianjin Wuqing Beef Cattle Science and Technology Courtyard is one of them.
Beef Cattle Science and Technology Courtyard is located in Youzhangbao Village, Wangqingtuo Town, Wuqing District, relying on Tianjin Wansheng Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Wansheng Animal Husbandry"), covering an area of 469.19 acres. Since the preparation for construction in August 2020, Wansheng Animal Husbandry has cooperated with Tianjin Agricultural University. In 2023, Wansheng Animal Husbandry and Tianjin Agricultural University signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to jointly build an industry-university-research practice base from the aspects of agricultural science and technology innovation, strengthening talent team building, and cultivating scientific and technological innovation platforms, and carry out in-depth cooperation in animal disease investigation, animal diagnosis and treatment, training and publicity, scientific planning, technological innovation support, and convenient service to the masses, so as to promote the deep integration of industry, university and research. After years of development, today, the science and technology courtyard has 6 industry experts and talents, and has obtained 7 patents, which has driven more than 200 households in the village to increase their income, and has promoted an increase of more than 350 yuan in total.
Recently, the reporter walked into this science and technology courtyard
Learn about the "high-tech" cattle breeding~
Part. 1
The "two-way rush" between colleges and universities and "small courtyards"
At half past seven in the morning, Cao Zhi came to Wansheng Animal Husbandry to start a day's work. As the person in charge of the enterprise, Cao Zhi inspects the cowshed every day, records and collects production data, analyzes it and applies it to breeding and breeding, house feeding, disease prevention and control, and uses the "database" he has mastered to draw a flow chart of beef cattle breeding.
When the breeders fill the troughs with carefully proportioned feed, the beef cattle scramble to grab the troughs. "This feed of ours is nutritious, and the cattle love to eat it!" Cao Zhi said with a smile, "This feed is specially prepared by experts from the College of Agriculture according to the characteristics of beef cattle, as well as whole corn, straw, etc., which is very cost-effective to ensure that beef cattle at different stages and different body conditions can obtain the corresponding nutritional needs." ”
"If it weren't for the help of Ding Xiangbin, Dean of the College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine of the College of Agriculture, my 'crossover' would not have been so smooth." Cao Zhi said truthfully.
Before 2020, Cao Zhi was mainly engaged in manufacturing production, and by chance, he had the opportunity to open a new factory, but this time he no longer wanted to choose the manufacturing industry he was familiar with, but wanted to "cross the border" to animal farming that he had always been interested in. "From the choice of which animal to breed, we thought it through, and I started from my personality and finally chose to breed beef cattle." Cao Zhi said, "Because of the 'cross-border', there are many things I don't understand, I immediately turned to my alma mater, Tianjin Agricultural College, and was warmly received by Dean Ding Xiangbin, who helped us scientifically plan the living area, office area, isolated feeding area, forage storage area, etc., so that our company can meet the customs isolation requirements." ”
In this way, the "stunned youth" of the industry and the "old mage" of science and technology hit it off.
Ding Xiangbin led undergraduate and graduate students to Wansheng Animal Husbandry for many times to carry out teaching and practice activities, and the company provided office and experimental places for Dean Ding Xiangbin and his team. At present, the two sides are cooperating to carry out research on biological breeding of cattle, such as the mining and identification of key genes of high-quality beef cattle, the large-scale production technology of improved breed cattle embryos, and the research on the breeding technology system of gene-edited cattle, etc., and the paper will be written on more than 400 acres of farms.
Part. 2
A "five-star hotel" for imported cattle
The company cooperates with large agricultural and livestock technology companies in Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay and other countries to provide domestic customers with high-quality imported breeding cattle, and provides technical advice on domestic dairy cow and beef cattle breed improvement and farm management. The company independently operates the self-built quarantine farm approved by the General Administration of Customs and can accommodate 18,000 imported breeding cattle at a time, and is equipped with rainwater drainage system, sewage drainage system and complete video surveillance facilities.
At the beginning of last year, under the supervision of Tianjin Customs, more than 9,000 imported breeding cattle were transported to Wansheng Animal Husbandry after completing port quarantine, unloading and transshipment, and needed to stay in a "five-star isolation hotel" for another 45 days.
Why "five-star"? Cao Zhi explained: "First of all, we have a good environment, there are canals, there are many green plants, the cowshed is big enough to provide shade, and there is a sports field outside the cowshed, so it is good for isolated cattle to live in our place." Secondly, we pay attention to the details of management, and after the quarantined cattle come in, we feed them in a scientific way. On the premise of good food and shelter, the cattle who came to us for quarantine were in good spirits and rarely got sick. ”
Today, Wansheng Animal Husbandry has hired more than 60 villagers to work here, with a monthly salary of more than 5,000 yuan, making the villagers' rural revitalization and prosperity road wide and wide. "The model of the science and technology courtyard will help cultivate professionals who 'know agriculture, understand agriculture, and love agriculture', and promote the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. In the future, we will further give full play to the advantages of teaching and scientific research, and build the science and technology courtyard into a demonstration and training center for new technologies, new models and new methods of beef cattle breeding, so as to promote the healthy and sustainable development of the beef cattle industry. Cao Zhi said.