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Breeding seedlings on demand: farmers can grow whatever they want to plant
In recent years, the state has strongly supported the development of the national seed industry, issuing multiple documents and formulating multiple policies to push the national seed industry toward takeoff, and the dominant position of enterprises has gradually been clarified and strengthened. Yet since the founding of our country, a very large portion of scientific research investment has been placed in research institutes
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Vegetable breeding must be closer to market demand
When people mention breeding goals, they often first think of high yield, disease resistance, and stress resistance. But as living standards improve, market demand is becoming increasingly segmented; as breeding technology advances, breeding results are becoming more precise, so today's breeding goals are increasingly showing a trend of diversification.
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What provisions are contained in the Regulations of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on the Administration of Breeding Livestock and Poultry?
Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the protection of livestock and poultry breed resources, breed cultivation and the administration of breeding livestock and poultry, improve the quality of breeding livestock and poultry, and promote the development of the animal husbandry industry toward industrialization and high yield, high quality and high efficiency, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and in light of the actual conditions of the autonomous region
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China's first livestock and poultry breeding and slaughter welfare standard officially launched
Recently, the Chinese Veterinary Medical Association, together with more than 30 leading breeding and slaughter enterprises in China's livestock industry, officially launched the drafting of China's livestock and poultry breeding and slaughter welfare standards at the Chinese Veterinary Conference. This will become the first industry standard in China's animal husbandry and veterinary field covering pigs,
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Central finance provides 1.2 billion yuan to support livestock and poultry improved breeding stock subsidies
To support raising the level of improved breeding stock in animal husbandry and promote the sustained and healthy development of the livestock industry, in 2015 the central finance, through the modern agricultural production development fund, allocated 1.2 billion yuan to support the livestock and poultry improved breeding stock subsidy work, encouraging breeders to purchase improved frozen semen and breeding sires for livestock breed improvement.
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Potato variety breeding accelerated to support staple food product and industry development
On March 2, Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong visited the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to investigate the breeding of varieties for potato staple food products and industry development, and held a symposium to hear about research progress. Yu Xinrong stressed that confidence in the development of potato as a staple food must be firm
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Rising Temperatures Reduce Wheat Yields: It Is Not Too Late to Breed New Varieties
If adaptive measures are not taken, for every 1°C rise in temperature in the future, global wheat production could fall by 6%, which would cause a worldwide reduction of 42 million tonnes, equivalent to 1/4 of the current global wheat trade volume. In feeding the global population, wheat plays
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China's domestically bred grandparent stock layer chickens break the monopoly of imported breeds
In recent years, through the joint efforts of the government, enterprises and research institutes, China's layer chicken seed industry has achieved remarkable results. At present, domestically bred grandparent stock layer chickens have occupied half of the market, breaking the previous monopoly of imported breeds. This is what the author learned at the foundation-laying ceremony for the new site of the national-level layer chicken core breeding farm of Hebei Dawu
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A Fresh Approach to Protecting Local Livestock and Poultry Breeds
Data shows that over the past hundred years, 450 local cattle breeds worldwide have become extinct; over the past 60-plus years, more than 70 sheep breeds have gone extinct or are on the brink of extinction. Likewise, many of China's local fine livestock and poultry breeds are also under pressure from high-yield foreign breeds, and some are even endangered
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The development of a commercial breeding system should be oriented toward end-user demand
The development of modern biotechnology and information technology has provided internal impetus for commercial breeding, while the globalization of the seed industry has become a catalyst for commercial breeding in China. To accelerate the development of China's commercial breeding system, enterprises should be the main actors and the market should be the guide, while
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