What should you pay attention to in ecological farming? Doing these 5 things well is what makes it truly ecological farming
SummaryChoosing a site: choose a natural, pollution-free area with a relatively large surface, so that poultry and livestock can move freely and grow naturally, such as large plains and woodland. Compound feed: it can increase the growth rate of poultry, but no growth promoters may be added. Disease prevention work: ecological farming uses a free-range model, so it is relatively prone to bacterial and viral infections, and active disease prevention is needed. Collecting manure: poultry and livestock manure not only pollutes the environment but also breeds disease, so manure must be cleaned up promptly to keep the environment hygienic.
Modern ecological farming is original ecological farming; it is different from both free-range farming and factory farming, yet it combines the advantages of both farming models. The poultry raised by modern ecological farming has good quality, high yield and a fast growth rate, so the economic benefits also increase more and more. There is no unified, fixed model that defines modern ecological farming, but if you want to do modern ecological farming well, you also need to pay attention to these aspects.
1. Choose a suitable natural ecological environment
Choosing a suitable natural ecological environment is relatively important for poultry farming; if there is no natural ecological environment, then naturally there is no so-called ecological farming. So you need to choose a natural, pollution-free and relatively large area where poultry can move freely and grow naturally, and this can also improve the quality of the poultry. The more suitable natural ecological areas are plains and woodland.
2. Use compound feed
Compound feed can increase the growth rate of poultry and increase the economic benefits for the raiser. If compound feed is not used, it will fail to meet consumer demand and will also affect the raiser's enthusiasm. However, growth promoters may not be added to the compound feed used in ecological farming, because this affects the quality and taste of the poultry, which will affect market sales and fail to meet consumer requirements.
3. Do disease prevention work well
Because the poultry in ecological farming today is all raised in a free-range model, and the sites are almost always outdoors, they are more susceptible to bacterial and viral infections, so disease prevention work is an area that needs key attention. Generally, the local animal disease prevention department will formulate a special immunization program according to the epidemic situation, and in addition to carrying out these drug-based prevention measures, drugs will more or less leave residues that affect the quality of the poultry, so raisers can use some Chinese herbal medicines for prevention, such as purslane and wudiancao, which boost immunity. Chinese herbal medicines do not produce drug residues the way Western medicines do, so this can improve the quality and yield of the poultry.
4. Pay attention to collecting poultry and livestock manure
Poultry manure causes environmental pollution, and manure is also relatively prone to producing and spreading disease. Since most poultry in ecological farming is raised outdoors, if the poultry manure is not treated in time, it will produce disease and affect the health and yield of the poultry. So during the farming process, poultry manure must be cleaned up on schedule to ensure environmental hygiene and reduce pollution.
5. Publicity work for ecological farming
A product's visibility is very important; if you can build visibility, you can expand sales and increase economic returns. So you can establish a brand for ecological farming and do good publicity work, letting consumers understand the benefits of ecological farming and the quality of the poultry raised through ecological farming. Only by raising visibility can consumers accept it more easily, so establishing an ecological farming brand is relatively important work.