Grassland Animal Husbandry Responds to Cold Wave and Snow Disaster: Ministry of Agriculture Makes Arrangements

This website news  In response to the large-scale windy and cooling weather expected in the near future, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture recently issued a notice requiring relevant departments in Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places to effectively carry out prevention and response work for cold wave and snow disasters in grassland animal husbandry.

According to the weather forecast from the Central Meteorological Observatory, in the near future, the central and eastern parts of northwest China, north China, northeast China and other areas will experience strong winds and sharp temperature drops, with local temperature drops reaching 10-14°C. Northeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Heilongjiang and other places will see moderate to heavy snow, with local blizzards. The Ministry of Agriculture requires agricultural and pastoral departments at all levels to strengthen cooperation with meteorological departments, improve the consultation mechanism for major disastrous weather and the specialized operation mechanism for monitoring and early warning of cold wave and snow disasters, and widely publicize the adverse effects of cold waves and snow on animal husbandry through various forms such as mobile phone text messages, the internet, radio and television, so as to raise the disaster prevention and mitigation awareness of farmers and herders and their ability to save themselves and help each other.

⟦NL> At the same time, all localities should, in view of the disaster prevention situation faced by grassland animal husbandry production, organize experts and animal husbandry service forces to help farmers and herders calculate their forage accounts well, guide farmers and herders to make good forage reserves, accelerate the pace of livestock slaughter and marketing, reduce the pressure on forage and feed in pastoral areas, and minimize the breeding risks brought by disasters. Guide farmers and herders to reinforce sheds and pens, add insulation facilities, strengthen the feeding and management of basic female livestock, do a good job in preventing miscarriage and protecting fetuses, and ensure that basic female livestock and young livestock safely pass the winter and spring.

In addition, all localities should accelerate the establishment and improvement of emergency response plans and related work procedures for cold wave and snow disasters in grassland animal husbandry, strengthen the implementation of responsibilities, and strengthen emergency duty and emergency response. Once a disaster occurs, emergency response procedures at the corresponding level must be launched quickly, and personnel must be organized to go deep into herder households to understand the disaster situation, guide farmers and herders in carrying out various tasks such as snow removal from livestock sheds and pens, cold protection and warmth preservation of livestock housing, livestock diet matching, forage and feed storage and transportation, young livestock care, and animal disease prevention and control, striving to minimize disaster losses.