What are the taboos in cattle farming? These points need attention
SummaryIntroducing breeding stock from non-local sources: if breeding cattle are available on the local market, they should be bought nearby; introducing breeding stock from non-local sources increases transport costs and makes it easy to be cheated. Not vaccinating: skipping vaccines to save costs is the biggest taboo. Incomplete disinfection of pens: incomplete disinfection easily triggers a series of infectious diseases. Failure to stock feed in time: not storing enough crop straw will raise farming costs. Blind farming: when raising cattle, you must understand the market and have certain farming skills before starting.
1. Introducing breeding stock from non-local sources
Breeding cattle should be bought as close to home as possible. If breeding cattle are available on the local market, you can buy them directly locally; this makes it harder to be cheated, saves some of the cost of traveling to inspect and transport, and the breeding cattle also adapt to the new environment more easily, without major rejection reactions.
2. Not vaccinating
Cattle can develop various diseases during growth, such as anthrax, septicemia, viral diarrhea, foot-and-mouth disease, sarcoptic mange, and bovine pleuropneumonia. During cattle farming, vaccines must be injected to prevent the occurrence of important diseases and avoid unnecessary economic losses. Do not skip vaccinating cattle just to save this tiny bit of farming cost.
3. Incomplete disinfection of pens
1. Sterilization and disinfection is a task that general farms must do daily. Do not skip disinfection just for temporary ease, which can trigger a series of infectious diseases and cause unnecessary economic losses. If there is a lot of dust in the cattle farm, it easily causes respiratory diseases and also spreads some infectious diseases.
2. Cattle farms can use plant ash water for sterilization and disinfection. It is an alkaline solution with good germ-killing power. First mix fresh plant ash with water and stir, then boil for about 1 hour, and filter to make 30% hot plant ash water. It can be used to disinfect cattle sheds and clean tools; this not only sterilizes and disinfects but also saves some farming costs.
4. Failure to stock feed in time
Cattle feed is mainly roughage, and roughage is generally made up of crop straw, including rice straw, soybean straw, corn straw, wheat straw, and so on. Generally, during the crop harvest season, sufficient crop straw should be collected in time. Once the harvest season has passed, buying crop straw or other forage grass on the market costs about 1-2 times more than usual, or even higher.
5. Blind farming
Before farming, you must conduct market research and have certain technical knowledge. Do not start just because you think raising cattle makes money and looks easy to farm. You can first visit and learn at a nearby farm; if conditions allow, you can work at a farm for about 1-2 years. This not only lets you experience the process of cattle farming and see whether it suits you, but also lets you learn certain technical knowledge about cattle farming.