The farm has two pairs of Landrace pigs and a pair of Northeastern pigs as the initial breeding pigs. To expand the pig herd, it is not enough to rely on the imported female breeding stock - it is too much of a waste of precious semen from well-bred boars. One sow can only produce one pig per year.
Two litters are produced, and one boar can breed 20 to 30 sows every year, and artificial insemination can breed nearly a thousand sows a year.
Therefore, he specially collected the most representative local high-bred pigs, Lingao pigs, as the female parent, and used artificial insemination to quickly expand the population. The local pig industry is quite developed, and every farmer raises pigs. Unfortunately, the breeding level is too poor.
According to modern animal husbandry standards, the pigs were all malnourished, so Yang Baogui reluctantly bought a dozen sows that were reasonably good for breeding. In addition, he carefully selected and raised more than a dozen sows to be used as female breeding stock.
Because Xiong Buyou talks about protecting purebred Lingao pigs all day long - every time he talks about Lingao Animal Husbandry Station hybridizing purebred Lingao pigs, Xiong Buyou is always filled with indignation. Yang Baoyou specially obtained them from farmers.
Several pigs were fattened and bred, and it turned out that the Lingao pig was not a pig species suitable for large-scale production in modern agriculture - its growth period was too long and its weight gain was unheard of. He asked the locals and only then did he know that fattening a pig cost 200
It takes 24 months for a pig weighing around 500 pounds to be put on the market. Compared with modern pigs, it is not economical to keep pigs for only one year.
"It's understandable that the Lingao Animal Husbandry Bureau turned all Lingao pigs into hybrid breeds. Otherwise, how could it have been able to satisfy such a large number of exports?"
"You are also turning Lingao pigs into hybrid breeds."
"I still have a few purebreds - I have to keep a few breeding animals of each breed. It's very important to keep the original breed."
Most of the rows of newly built pig pens in the pig farm are still empty. The winter in Lingao is not very cold, but the summer is hot and humid, with a lot of rain, and there are also problems with typhoons. So when Yang Guoguo presided over the construction of the farm, he chose
An open pigsty with a single slope is used to facilitate ventilation and heat dissipation. Moreover, the materials used in the pigsty are very sophisticated, and the floor is all smoothed with cement. The entire pigsty strives to be strong, able to withstand strong winds, and has good rainproof performance.
"Summer typhoons are no joke," Yang Baoguo said. "Now greed makes things cheap. If the pig pen collapses and the pigs are crushed to death, we will lose."
Wu Nanhai noticed that there was a large area of land surrounded by strong bamboo fences near the pig pen. The soil was messy and messy, and there were several black mud ponds.
"This is a stadium for pigs," Yang Baoguo said. "Although we don't raise running pigs, moderate exercise is good for pigs to increase their appetite. The mud pond is also their favorite activity - it can also prevent diseases."
Many plants have been planted around the pig house and sports ground, including windbreak saplings, pumpkins are planted at the root of the pig house walls, and zucchini are planted on shelves above the open-air pens of the pig house. Not only can it provide shade and cooling to the pig house, but it can also
Can be used to supplement feed.
"This pig's life is really carefree. The surrounding environment is also very hygienic."
"Of course, animals also experience psychological stress. Don't think that pigs like dirty and smelly environments. Only when they live a happy life can they get less sick, grow faster, and have good meat quality. Only breeding pigs can be in love."
"Look, this is the purebred Lingao pig." Yang Guogui pointed to a dozen weaned piglets sleeping in the pig pen. "Lingao pigs do taste good, especially the roasted suckling pig." Yang Baogui smacked his tongue.
He said, "So raise some alone and let Xiong Buyou make roast suckling pig for you."
Strict pen feeding is implemented here. Yang Baoguo told Wu Nanhai that there are 9 types of pig houses of 1 month old here to adapt to different conditions. Each pig pen has a different area and size due to the number of pigs raised, and the equipment structure is also different.
Slightly different. In addition, there are breeding rooms and sow farrowing rooms specially used for breeding.
"The so-called scientific pig farming does not necessarily require full-price feed, antibiotics, disinfectants and vaccines - this is a helpless move under modern commercial mass production. For people like us with limited conditions, there are many simple and effective technologies.
It can be used, and you can still achieve good results - it is just that the scale and efficiency of breeding are worse. But it is absolutely environmentally friendly."
"Let's just say this pig house is good." Yang Baoguo showed him the floor of the pig house, which was a one-meter-high iron grid floor made of stone piers.
"This technology is called 'online breeding' - the feces and urine of the young pigs will leak and be absorbed by the bedding on the ground. If the net is clean and dry, the young pigs will not easily get dysentery. The survival rate will be much higher. It's simple.
The principle is not difficult to implement.”
"It's a bit like raising chickens on a high bed and on a flat bed."
"Yes, these technologies are actually similar." Yang Guogui said, "There are also automatic drinking fountains. Last time I went to the Works Energy Commission to ask them to make them, these people insisted that they didn't have plastic rubber. What kind of plastic rubber did they actually want?
Well, just use a lever switch. It doesn't matter if there is a little water leakage. But using an automatic waterer not only makes the pigs' drinking water hygienic, it is also good for the environmental hygiene of the pig pen. The pigs will get sick less often and it will not take a day.
Feed them antibiotics at night..."
The Works and Energy Commission Machinery Factory makes a traditional drinking water dispenser. Except for a few parts that are made of metal, all are made of ceramics and bamboo. The water flows out from an elevated reinforced concrete molded water tank, and thick bamboo pipes are used for transmission.
Water pipe. As long as the pig bends a bamboo lever, the water will flow out of the ceramic jar that holds the water and flow into the drinking tray below. This device has some leakage, but it is cleaner than pouring water into a stone trough, which is wasteful.
Also less.
"Another example is the feeding of feed. Here we still use the traditional 'thin soup feeding' feeding method. The pig food is very thin. If you feed it full, it seems to save feed. In fact, too much water affects the pig's digestion. On the contrary,
It is not easy to gain fat. As for feeding pigs cooked food, it is even more unnecessary. Not only will the nutritional value be damaged, but also easy to cause nitrite poisoning. It costs labor and fuel. In addition to swill, general feed can be fed raw. This native method
A lot can be done with small improvements.”
Yang Guogui is now focusing on expanding the breeding of Northeastern folk pigs. In modern society, apart from using Northeastern folk pigs as hybrid female parents, meat pigs are basically no longer raised because their fat deposition rate is too high.
, are pigs that like to grow fat. The demand for pigs in modern society is to grow as much lean meat as possible: in addition to lean pigs, there are also so-called "running pigs", and the simplest ones include things like clenbuterol. So this
Breeding pigs are not popular. But for Chuanchuan Group, in addition to providing meat, pigs are also responsible for the task of supplying fat, an industrial resource.
Besides pigs, cattle are the largest group of livestock in feedlots. Hainan’s main export products in history include cattle. There are many local buffalo and cattle in Lingao. Li District is the main supplier of local cattle. From Lingao
Gaoli District Trade and Changhua Fort continuously transported more than a hundred cattle, which greatly expanded the scale of the cattle farm.
Cattle in cattle farms are mainly used as livestock power. Currently, they are not used much in field work. They are mainly used for cargo transportation. Oxen-cart transportation is now becoming the main land transportation method across the group. Yang Guoguo wants to engage in breeding and rapidly expand the cattle herd.
, and the demand for animal power must be taken into consideration. It is only the best choice to speed up the import of cattle from Changhua. After being transported, they can be put into service after a little rest and recuperation. The cattle have low feed requirements and there are no worries about feed supply.
He screened the cattle shipped from various places and found that the buffalo meat was of coarse quality and was mainly used for pulling carts on farmland, so he controlled the scale of buffalo breeding and mainly raised various kinds of cattle. The cattle can not only be used to pull carts, but also can be used to pull carts.
Suitable for both meat and skin.
The cattle in the cattle farm are resting at this time. It is now afternoon and the weather is hot. Several agricultural workers are spraying water around the cattle shed to cool down. Because these cattle have to bear heavy road transportation tasks every day, they are particularly well taken care of. Not only do they add more milk every day
Eat the best food and make sure you get enough rest.
“There are so many cattle,” Wu Nanhai said. “It seems that beef is becoming more popular quickly.”
"Actually, the ideal breeding species for us are cattle and sheep - just eat grass. Pigs need a lot of grain. Green fodder can only be used as a supplement. The habit of raising pigs here is to eat rice when fattening, which is too wasteful."
"The purpose of planting sweet potatoes on a large scale is to ensure feed grain. In fact, cattle also have to eat grain. They need to eat corn and so on."
"Traditional cattle raising is simply grass-fed cattle. You can also feed specialized green fodder. Corn-raised cattle can only be done in countries with superior natural conditions like the United States." Yang Baoguo sighed. He has a unique affection for North America.
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They walked through the bullpen specially used for breeding breeding bulls. The fences here were very thick. The bulls had bad tempers and were big and strong. They had to be careful whether they were feeding or handling them. However, the local breeding bull Yang Guogui looked at it.
They are not eye-catching, and only a few are raised to maintain the original breed. The local cows that are pregnant now are worthy of the frozen sperm of several well-bred cattle brought from modern time and space for different purposes.
Breeding cows are bred with seeds in the spring. Pregnant cows are raised in separate rooms. A sign is hung in front of each cow pen, which states the cow number, age, conception date, expected date of delivery, own breed and breeding breed.
Seeing Yang Guigui coming over, several cows stretched out their heads, stared at him with pairs of big, gentle and moist eyes, and mooed.
"You see, they all know me." Yang Guoguo said jokingly, stroking the neck of one of the cows. "This cow is very valuable. It is pregnant with a black-and-white cow. We will rely on its children for future milk."
"As he said that, he checked the trough to see how the cattle were feeding, and then compared it with the blackboard hanging on the wall to see if the breeder had accurately recorded the feeding situation. Yang Guigui had very strict control over the feeding.
, fodder, concentrate, and salt are all timed and quantified.