Rural revitalization, industry first. The industry is connected to the "money bags" of the masses on the one hand, and the driving force of rural revitalization on the other. In 2024, Yongjing County will seize the policy opportunity, take "improving the quality and efficiency of the industry, increasing the production and income of farmers" as the goal, firmly take the cultivation and expansion of the cattle and sheep industry as a key measure for the adjustment of the agricultural industry structure, continue to introduce excellent varieties, expand the scale of cattle and sheep breeding, broaden the channels for farmers to increase income, and make every effort to promote the development of the cattle and sheep industry, adding new momentum to rural revitalization.
At noon on May 17, the cattle and sheep trading market in Yongjing County was very lively, the cows barked one after another, and the vehicles ready to transport the cattle drove in one after another. Tong Nanhai, a merchant from Guangdong Province who was particularly active in the trading market, said that he was sure to buy 25 cattle that day.
In 2024, in order to build a good breeding system, effectively optimize the breed structure and significantly improve the breeding efficiency, Yongjing County will list the beef cattle industry as a key industry for vigorous development. To this end, we took the initiative to expand our thinking, introduced relevant policies, and vigorously encouraged enterprises and the masses to adopt the way of cattle breeding outside the province, which greatly promoted the beef cattle industry to make great strides in the direction of rapid development, and showed the determination and action of Yongjing County in the development of the beef cattle industry.
Walking into the sheep farm breeding base in Wangtai Town, rows of standardized breeding pens come into view, and the fat and strong sheep are leisurely chewing the forage, a pleasant and peaceful scene. Relying on its own geographical advantages and resource endowments, the local government has unremittingly studied and explored on the road of animal husbandry industry modernization, focused on the development of high-quality and efficient modern and large-scale animal husbandry-based breeding models, and successfully embarked on a new path with unique characteristics that can effectively promote the high-quality development of the animal husbandry industry, which has injected a strong impetus into the local economic development and the people's income increase.
In mid-May, Yongjing County carried out a unique cattle and sheep herd expansion and supplemental column centralized distribution activities. At the distribution site, the town and village cadres conscientiously and responsibly organized the farmers to line up in an orderly manner according to the lottery number and claim them in turn. At the same time, the site also issued cattle and sheep breeding management and forage planting technical guidelines. The technical staff of the County Agriculture and Rural Bureau also came to the scene to explain in detail the precautions for the management of cattle and sheep breeding for the farmers, and carried out targeted training on key technical issues such as enclosure disinfection, disease prevention and control, and scientific breeding. The staff of the PICC Property Insurance Company took active action and handled breeding insurance for the masses on the spot. It is understood that the cattle and sheep expansion and supplementation activities are expected to award and distribute 10,000 sheep, which undoubtedly injects a strong impetus and strong guarantee into the development of the local cattle and sheep industry.
In recent years, Yongjing County, based on its geographical advantages, has actively implemented the development ideas of the whole industry chain of cattle and sheep in the county, and has always adhered to the "three modernizations" development model of agricultural mechanization, integration of planting and breeding, and standardization of enclosures. At the same time, firmly grasp the key links such as "large-scale demonstration driven, family decentralized breeding, high-quality forage guarantee, cattle and sheep insurance, and sales channel broadening", go all out to expand and strengthen the cattle and sheep industry, and continue to drive the masses to increase their income and get rich.
Yongjing County is tightly holding the "bull's nose" of the development of the cattle and sheep industry, moving steadily forward on the road of rural revitalization, and writing a magnificent chapter of industrial prosperity.