China's total output value of the livestock industry has exceeded 2.9 trillion yuan
The latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture shows that in 2014 China's total output value of the livestock industry exceeded 2.9 trillion yuan, per capita meat availability reached 64 kg, income directly from livestock and poultry farming accounted for 1/6 of cash income from household agricultural operations, and the number of national-level leading enterprises in livestock industrialization reached 583, accounting for 47%.
The Ministry of Agriculture stated that livestock production has maintained steady growth, breeds have become increasingly diverse, the foundation of the livestock industry has been continuously strengthened, operating systems and mechanisms have been continuously reformed and developed, and the construction of modern animal husbandry in China has advanced steadily.
According to the introduction, China currently has 583 national-level leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization in the livestock industry, accounting for 47%, and the pace of industrialized operation of the livestock industry is accelerating. The integration of “production, processing and sales” in the livestock industry and the integrated development of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries are accelerating, forming a large number of diverse, mutually beneficial and win-win production and operation models with shared interests, such as “enterprise + farmers”, “enterprise + cooperative”, and “enterprise + base”.
In addition, standardized large-scale livestock and poultry farming has become the main force safeguarding the supply of livestock products. Since 2010, the Ministry of Agriculture has launched and implemented standardized livestock and poultry farming demonstration creation activities, and large-scale farming has become the main force safeguarding the effective market supply of livestock products. In 2014, the proportion of large-scale farming nationwide for hogs, laying hens and dairy cows reached 42%, 69% and 45% respectively.
⟦NL> Breakthroughs have also been made in scientific and technological innovation in livestock and poultry breeding. In recent years, the Ministry of Agriculture has successively issued and implemented genetic improvement plans for hogs, dairy cows, beef cattle, mutton sheep, laying hens and broiler chickens. A improved breed breeding system has initially taken shape, and the capacity for improved breed selection and seed supply has been significantly enhanced. Since the “12th Five-Year Plan”, a total of 39 new livestock and poultry varieties and complete sets of lines have been cultivated nationwide, among which independently cultivated complete sets of laying hen lines have accounted for more than 40% of the national market share.
While the industry has achieved breakthroughs in development, the grassland ecological environment is recovering at an accelerated pace. Monitoring shows that the overloading rate of livestock on key natural grasslands nationwide dropped from 30% in 2010 to 15.2% in 2014. Last year, the comprehensive vegetation coverage of grasslands nationwide reached 53.6%, 2.6 percentage points higher than in 2010.
In addition, the income growth level of herders has also accelerated markedly. According to statistics, the per capita net income of herders in 268 pastoral and semi-pastoral counties nationwide reached 6,287.7 yuan in 2014, an increase of 1,793.3 yuan over 2010, with a growth rate of 39.9%.