Some Suggestions on the Development of Modern Animal Husbandry

Modern animal husbandry is a manifestation of the modernization of agriculture and animal husbandry, and its development is the trend and direction of the entire livestock industry in the future. How to build standardized, intensive and large-scale breeding demonstration zones well is the key to advancing the development of modern animal husbandry; how to follow the development requirements of "high yield, high quality, high efficiency, ecological soundness and safety", advance the construction of standardized large-scale livestock and poultry farms, realize standardized large-scale production and industrialized operation of livestock and poultry, raise the level of livestock product quality and safety, and promote the coordinated and sustainable development of animal husbandry is the broad and prosperous path to the success of China's animal husbandry development.

Although in recent years governments across China have successively proposed vigorously developing modern animal husbandry, in exchanges with animal husbandry authorities in various places, the author has found that in the process of developing modern animal husbandry, grassroots animal husbandry departments generally encounter the following 3 problems:

First, the construction of standardized large-scale breeding and improved breed breeding systems is relatively lagging, and the capacity for self-breeding and self-raising is insufficient. Most breeding lacks standardization and large-scale operations, and generally purchases feeder livestock from other places, conducts short-term fattening and then sells them. Local livestock sources are very limited, the proportion of breeding females is relatively low, the construction of improved breed breeding systems lags behind, and the scale of breeding cannot adapt to the rapid development of the fattening industry, resulting in a relatively prominent problem of shortage of livestock sources. Second, livestock product processing enterprises generally have characteristics such as small scale, low level, low technological content and short industrial chains. Most livestock products can only be exported as raw materials or primary processed products and cannot undergo deep processing; professional animal husbandry cooperative organizations are still in the initial stage and have weak driving capacity; the building of livestock product brands is seriously lagging, and there is a lack of leading enterprises in the industrialization of animal husbandry. Third, the level, capacity and means of livestock product quality and safety monitoring and the equipping of relevant instruments and facilities are relatively lagging.

The author puts forward several suggestions on how to develop modern animal husbandry.

First, accelerate the transformation of the mode of animal husbandry production. Strengthen the promotion of standardized modern animal husbandry production methods, especially increase support for the construction of improved breed breeding and promotion systems and standardized large-scale breeding. The promotion of improved livestock and poultry breeds is a long-term and complex task, not something achieved overnight. It is necessary to further improve the improved breed cultivation and promotion system, formulate plans for the breeding and promotion of improved livestock and poultry breeds, rationally lay out regional improved breed promotion centers, and continuously increase support and subsidies for improved breed promotion, so as to further accelerate the pace of improved breed popularization, increase the rate of improved livestock and poultry breeds, and enhance market competitiveness. At the same time, increase support for standardized large-scale breeding, increase investment in standardized large-scale breeding, give priority to supporting the development of standardized large-scale farms (communities), and, in conjunction with the renovation of old villages in rural areas, demonstrate and drive the implementation of the rural breeding "three withdrawals and one entry" project (withdraw from free-range raising, withdraw from courtyards, withdraw from villages, and enter farm zones), establish a scientific and reasonable long-term reward and support mechanism, and realize the healthy and stable development of the animal husbandry industry.

Second, vigorously develop industrialized operation of animal husbandry. First, increase support for leading enterprises, guide them to vigorously develop deep processing, continuously extend industrial chains, strive to create famous and high-quality products, and improve their brand effect and economic strength. Second, develop specialized cooperative economic organizations for animal husbandry. On the basis of adhering to the principles of "run by the people, managed by the people, and benefited by the people", clarify the independent legal person status of specialized cooperative economic organizations and safeguard their equal subject status in the market. Take measures such as policy support, project-driven development and demonstration and promotion to support farmers in independently establishing specialized cooperative economic organizations, so that they truly become spokespersons for farmers' interests. Third, strengthen the construction of socialized service systems. Vigorously develop wholesale markets at production areas, establish a number of livestock product distribution centers and direct-sale specialty stores, develop modern marketing methods such as chain operations and e-commerce, and expand the areas covered by transactions. Establish and improve livestock product information network services and market price information forecasting systems, analyze and release livestock product price trends in a timely manner, and help farmers avoid market risks.

Third, strengthen livestock product quality and safety monitoring. It is necessary to comprehensively strengthen management of all links in the production, processing and circulation of livestock and poultry products and build a long-term mechanism for quality monitoring throughout the entire process from production areas to markets. At the same time, do a good job in the construction of testing centers at the grassroots level, especially at the county level, improve the equipping of equipment and instruments, and improve the ability to test animal diseases and inputs such as feed, additives and veterinary drugs, especially illegal additives such as "clenbuterol" and "melamine"; do a good job in the construction of township-level grassroots epidemic prevention, quarantine and livestock product quality and safety supervision institutions, uniformly solve the problem of workplaces, improve office conditions, improve the equipping of equipment and instruments, and allocate precise, rapid and real-time testing instruments and equipment that are easy to carry and operate to carry out rapid testing of feed, veterinary drugs and livestock products; equip standardized large-scale farms and livestock and poultry and their product trading markets (slaughterhouses) with livestock product quality and safety testing equipment, carry out daily testing work, and further enhance the safety level of livestock products.