How Is a Sheep Farm Approved? A Full Analysis of Common Sheep Farming Models

In recent years, the price of mutton has risen to a certain extent, and many farmers want to step into this project. Raising sheep may seem not difficult and has a certain prospect, but engaging in farming involves issues such as the site, so let us take a look below at how to get approval for a sheep farm? What are the common sheep farming models?

1. How to get approval for a sheep farm?

1. Enterprises or individuals applying for large-scale livestock and poultry farming, whether rural collective economic organizations, farmers and animal husbandry cooperative economic organizations, or other enterprises or individuals, must obtain the consent of the township (town) people's government and submit an application for a large-scale farming project to the county-level animal husbandry department for review and filing.

2. When the local rural collective economic organization, farmers and animal husbandry cooperative economic organizations apply for large-scale livestock and poultry farming, after review and approval by the county-level animal husbandry department, the township (town) land office shall actively help coordinate the land site selection and go to the county-level land and resources management department to handle the land filing procedures. If cultivated land is occupied, a guarantee letter for restoring cultivation must be signed, and in principle no deposit or security money shall be collected; if the original site cannot be restored to cultivation, replacement cultivated land must be supplemented separately in accordance with the law.

3. When other enterprises or individuals apply for large-scale livestock and poultry farming, after review and approval by the county-level animal husbandry department, the county (city) and township (town) land and resources management departments shall actively help coordinate the land site selection and go to the county-level land and resources management department to handle the land filing procedures. Among these, if the land for production facilities and green isolation belts occupies cultivated land, a guarantee letter for restoring cultivation shall be signed, and if the original site cannot be restored to cultivation, replacement cultivated land must be supplemented separately in accordance with the law; if the land for ancillary facilities involves the occupation of agricultural land, the approval procedures for the conversion of agricultural land shall be handled in accordance with the prescribed approval authority and requirements.

4. Land for large-scale livestock and poultry farming shall be obtained by lawful means such as lease and subcontracting in accordance with the "Rural Land Contracting Law," the "Land Administration Law" and other laws, regulations and relevant provisions, and the lawful rights and interests of the land owners and original users of use rights shall be effectively safeguarded. After the relevant procedures for large-scale livestock and poultry farming land are complete, the county-level land and resources management department shall promptly carry out land change surveys and registration work. If construction truly requires the occupation of large-scale livestock and poultry farming land, new farming land shall be correspondingly implemented anew in accordance with the planning layout and the requirements of the farming enterprise or individual, and the lawful rights and interests of the farming enterprise and individual shall be protected in accordance with the law.

2. What are the common sheep farming models?

1. Multi-storey sheep house

The multi-storey sheep house is mainly used in the hot and rainy, humid areas of the south. In summer, the sheep rest and move on the floor boards, which can achieve the purposes of ventilation, coolness, heat prevention and moisture prevention; in winter, the sheep can move and rest on the lower level.

2. House-style sheep shed

The house-style sheep shed is one of the sheep shed types commonly used by farmers, mostly used in the flat plains and areas with poor soil in the north. During construction, the main consideration is heat preservation, and the sheep shed is mainly of brick and wood structure, with walls built of bricks or stones. The roof has 3 types: double-slope ridged, single-slope ridged and flat-roofed. The sheep shed mostly faces south, with a rectangular layout, an exercise yard and feed troughs in front, and generally no feed troughs inside the shed.

3. Canopy-style sheep shed

The canopy-style sheep shed is suitable for use in warm climate areas. Its features are low cost, sufficient light and good ventilation. In summer it can serve as a shade shed, and on snowy and rainy days as a place for supplementary feeding. This kind of sheep shed has walls on three sides, the opening of the sheep shed is on the sunny side, and the front is an exercise yard. The flock enters the shed at night in winter and usually spends the night in the exercise yard.

4. Fixed feed trough

Around or in the middle of the sheep exercise yard, fixed feed troughs are built with cement or bricks. The feed trough should be wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with a rounded bottom, and a guardrail made of steel bars on the edge of the trough to prevent sheep from stepping into the trough and to reduce feed contamination by manure and urine.