Cattle Farm

As beef cattle prices rise further, the profits from cattle farming grow further, and more and more people are raising cattle. So the first step in raising cattle is inevitably to build a cattle farm and prepare the feed. So how should a cattle farm be built? In this article today we tell you the principles for choosing a site for a cattle farm.

The principles for choosing a site for a cattle farm require careful consideration, coordinated planning and fairly long-term planning. They must be linked to agricultural and livestock development plans, farmland capital construction plans and future residential construction, and must meet the needs of modern cattle farming. The chosen site must have room for development. The site selection principles are as follows:

1. Terrain: open and neat, square or rectangular, avoiding narrow, long or polygonal shapes; a place with a gentle slope, higher in the north and lower in the south, and generally flat. It must never be built in a low-lying area or at the mouth of a low wind gap, to avoid drainage difficulties or water accumulation during the flood season and difficulties in keeping warm in winter.

2. Water source: there must be an adequate water source that meets hygiene requirements, easy to access, ensuring water for production, daily life and people and livestock. The water quality must be good, free of toxic substances, ensuring the safety and health of people and livestock.

3. Soil quality: sandy loam is the most ideal, sandy soil is fairly suitable, and clay soil is not suitable.

4. Climate: local climate factors must be considered comprehensively, such as the maximum temperature, humidity, annual rainfall, prevailing wind direction, wind force, etc., in order to choose a favorable terrain.

5. Social connections: it should facilitate epidemic prevention, be 500 m downwind from villages, 500 m from major traffic routes such as highways and railways, and more than 1500 m from chemical plants and livestock product processing plants. Transportation and power supply should be convenient, and surrounding feed resources, especially roughage resources, should be abundant. As far as possible, avoid having farms of the same scale nearby, to avoid competition for raw materials. It must meet veterinary hygiene requirements, with no sources of infection nearby.