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Ractopamine, a lean meat agent, is banned; scientific pig farming to increase lean meat percentage is the right path
What is the lean meat agent (ractopamine)? Why is it banned in pig farming? This article explains the principles and harms of these substances, and shares safe and scientific feeding and management methods to increase the lean meat percentage of pigs, helping farmers raise pigs in compliance and consumers eat meat with confidence.
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How to Choose a Diesel Chaff Cutter? Livestock Farmers Should First Look at the Basic Parameters
The diesel version of the chaff cutter is a common forage processing machine in livestock farming. This article explains the meaning of the basic parameters of the chaff cutter and key points for choosing one, helping farmers understand indicators such as power and productivity, master usage and maintenance precautions, and select a suitable model.
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How to Check Milking Machine Subsidy Amounts, plus Farmer Application Process and Points to Note
Milking machines fall within the scope of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies, and the subsidy amount is determined by each province through classification and tiering. This article explains how to check milking machine subsidy amounts, the application process, and points to note during processing, to help dairy farmers successfully obtain their machine purchase subsidy.
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How to Choose and Use a Chaff Cutter and Kneading Machine? A Worry-Free Guide to Feed Processing for Cattle and Sheep Farms
A chaff cutter and kneading machine can cut and knead straw and forage grass, improving feed palatability and utilisation rate, and is a common machine on cattle and sheep farms. This article introduces the working principle, purchasing tips, operating steps and maintenance points of the chaff cutter and kneading machine, helping farmers avoid detours.
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DeLaval 9JGJ-2×6 Milking Machine: Parameters Explained and Buying Points
The DeLaval 9JGJ-2×6 milking machine is a common milking equipment for medium-sized dairy farms. This article explains the meaning of its model designation, the key points for checking its basic parameters, and methods for use and maintenance, and notes what to pay attention to when applying for agricultural machinery purchase subsidies, helping farmers make informed purchases.
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Sri Lanka on the Brink of Bankruptcy, Repaying Debt with Tea: Has the Organic Farming Revolution Worsened the Food Crisis?
Among the countries whose economies have been hit hard by the pandemic, Sri Lanka's situation is especially dire. Tourism revenue, a major source of foreign exchange, has plummeted, remittances from overseas workers have declined, and on top of an already severe debt crisis, Sri Lanka's risk of default has risen sharply this year. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (W
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Engineer Turned Tea Farmer for 10 Years Wins Grand Prize at Hsinchu County 2021 Oriental Beauty Tea Black Tea Competition
Hsinchu County held its annual Oriental Beauty Tea summer tea competition finals this morning. This year there were a total of 10,726 jin of submitted tea samples, with total registration points reaching 943. Although this year adopted online livestreaming, the judging process still invited professional Tea Research and Extension Station experts to carry out the judging work.
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A middle-aged couple switches to farming - from a two-fen plot to 1 hectare, growing perfect golden passion fruit
The sweet-and-sour taste of passion fruit is so addictive after one bite, making it a refreshing summer fruit. The vine-ripened red passion fruit at "Shihui Organic Farm" in Qishan, Kaohsiung, naturally ripens on the vine and drops into pre-set hanging nets. The farmers use nets to protect their hard-earned harvest, and also net the most perfectly balanced sweet-and-sour flavor!
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Organic and eco-friendly farming exceeds 16,500 hectares; this one cooperative alone contributes nearly 150 hectares
Organic agriculture benefits environmental sustainability and is also an important production method for safe food. Since the "New Agriculture Innovation Promotion Program" in 2016, the Council of Agriculture set a target of 15,000 hectares of organic and eco-friendly farming area in Taiwan, China by 2020, with a growth target of 10%, or 1,500 hectares, each year thereafter.
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Experts urge rice farmers to switch to organic farming: helps make land sustainable and prevents lodging disaster losses
As extreme climate becomes increasingly severe, the first rice crop harvest period every June often encounters days of torrential rain, causing rice ears to turn green-yellow, lodge and sprout, and farmers rushing to harvest green-cut rice, resulting in agricultural losses; the government must allocate funds to purchase the disaster-affected rice. Liu, head of the Department of Agriculture at Mingdao University
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