The development of China's beef cattle industry is full of vitality and momentum

Affected by the concept of healthy life, the share of high-protein and low-fat meats such as beef in the Chinese diet has increased significantly in recent years, and the industry predicts that China's per capita beef consumption is expected to continue to grow
in the future.
Aiming at the huge development potential of the beef cattle industry, many regions have continuously adjusted the rural industrial structure, and built the beef cattle industry into a strong engine
to promote rural economic development and promote farmers' income and prosperity by strengthening the breeding of improved seeds, developing large-scale breeding, and expanding the intensive processing industrial chain.

Encourage "bull gas" to breed good seeds

High-quality breeding is the basic guarantee
for the high-quality development of beef cattle industry.
However, affected by various factors such as farming traditions, beef cattle breeding in China started late, and the development and utilization rate of its own varieties was low, which could not meet the diversified market consumption demand
.
In recent years, with the long-term and stable policy support of government departments, the breakthrough and application of scientific research results, and the innovation and development of enterprises, China's beef cattle industry has gradually broken the shackles of breeds and formed a complete breeding system
of fine breeds.

"Radish horns, literal mouth, jujube red, pillar legs, four hooves are not exposed, and the two heads are together, this is the biggest feature
of our early victory cow.
" In Longdong Zaosheng cattle breeding base in Yongzheng Town, Zhengning County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province, there are many bright coats and plump body of Zaosheng cattle, general manager Lu Kangkang introduced, the breeding cattle here use the "six-star" method of listening to music, sleeping in soft beds, drinking warm water, doing massage, eating cooked food, and frequent physical examination, to protect the rumen health of cattle and prevent cattle diseases
.

Zhengning County is the main production area of China's famous beef cattle breed Zaosheng cattle, and is also an important base county of characteristic beef cattle industry in Gansu Province.

"Early victory cattle is an important part of China's beef cattle genetic resources, with strong adaptability, disease resistance, rough feeding resistance, rich fat deposition, excellent meat quality and other characteristics, is an important basic cow breed
for the development of high-end beef cattle industry.
" Li Shien, vice president of Qingyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, introduced that in order to protect the excellent local germplasm resources of early victory cattle, Qingyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences adopts advanced experimental instruments and equipment at home and abroad, led by nationally renowned experts and professors, to do more in-depth research
in the purification and rejuvenation of early victory cattle, seed preservation and breeding.
At present, the project of frozen essence and embryo transfer of Zaosheng cattle is underway, and more than 200 frozen embryos of Zaosheng cattle have been produced, which has made due contributions
to the revitalization of the seed industry, independent and controllable seed sources and the high-quality development of animal husbandry in the city.

Like the Zaosheng cattle in Zhengning County, Simmental cattle bred in the Horqin Zuoqi Houqi (hereinafter referred to as "Kezuohouqi") in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are also very famous
.
In recent years, Kezuohouqi has been working hard to strengthen the breeding of beef cattle breeds, adhere to the direction of Simmental cattle improvement without wavering, adhere to the cold matching method of cattle without loosening, accelerate the cultivation of new breeds of beef cattle, and enhance the core competitiveness
of the industry.

Comparing the production data of China and other beef cattle producing countries, the most obvious difference is that the weight of beef cattle in China is too low
.
Since 2021, Kezuohouqi has carried out the pilot work of genealogy registration of high-quality breeding cows, established electronic archives of improved breeding cows, and strengthened policy publicity and guidance for the majority of farmers and herdsmen, encouraging farmers to introduce high-quality cows and expand the scale of
high-quality cows.
The high-quality Simmental breeding cows raised by herders Bu and Bai Yi and Xue Jianmin weigh up to 2,300 jin, the price is up to 200,000 yuan, and there are sales records
of 40,000 yuan for calves sold in 47 days.
This year, the flag adopts the high-breeding mode of capable breeding cows, and applies practical breeding technologies such as concentrate supplementation and separate feeding of female calves to achieve one calf
per year for breeding cows.

Make the "cow strength" supplement chain

"Corn planting + beef cattle breeding + meat processing + product sales" has strung together a complete beef cattle cycle industrial chain, and in Jilin Province, this industrial "golden chain" is still elongating
.
In the first three quarters of this year, the number of beef cattle raised in Jilin Province reached 5.
748 million, a year-on-year increase of 12%, ranking first in the country and 7.
2 percentage points
higher than the national average.

As the main producing area of high-quality corn in China, Jilin Province produces more than 40 million tons of straw every year, and in the face of a series of environmental problems caused by straw burning, the local government has skillfully turned straw into feed, thereby promoting the rapid development of
the beef cattle industry.
The construction of "straw to meat" and tens of millions of beef cattle in Jilin Province has also been rated as an excellent project
linking poverty alleviation and rural revitalization by the state.

At the same time, Jilin Province has built a number of large-scale farms and breeding communities, introduced and cultivated a number of slaughtering and processing enterprises, expanded the industrial chain of beef cattle intensive processing, and realized local processing and transformation and value-added
.
Data show that in the first three quarters, Jilin Province promoted 201 large-scale projects of industrialization of more than 1,000 head of beef cattle, and 19 farms with more than 10,000 head of cattle; 11 new beef cattle slaughtering and processing projects; The province's beef output reached 320,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.
4%, 4.
8 percentage points
higher than the national average.

At present, Jilin Province is focusing on consumption improvement and market development externally, and formulating and introducing the "Jiniu" meal brand and format innovation implementation plan to strengthen the brand, expand the market and increase sales
.
At present, 3 brands such as Jilin Haoyue, Huaniu and Benfu Beef have emerged in the industry
.
Haoyue brand has more than 7,000 stores across the country, and its marketing volume in the first three quarters reached 8.
633 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26%.

In the first three quarters of this year, the output value of beef cattle breeding in Jilin Province is expected to reach 44.
8 billion yuan, accounting for 44% of the total output value of animal husbandry in the province and 32% of the total agricultural output value of the province.

Industry insiders pointed out that the development of the whole industrial chain is conducive to building the core competitiveness
of China's beef cattle industry.
For enterprises, the development of the whole industry chain improves the utilization rate of resources and facilitates overall management; For farmers, the development of the whole industry chain has increased the purchase price of beef cattle, established brand credibility, formed order agriculture, and reduced production risks
.
In-depth layout around all links of the whole industry chain is the only way for the high-quality development of
the beef cattle industry.

Doing "cattle things" is the same as being rich

Jianggu, a town in Zhenyuan County, southeast of Guizhou Province, is filled with lush corn in the mountains in the height of summer, but this is not extensive traditional corn cultivation, but silage corn
, a special ration grown by villagers for beef cattle.

Cai Wenzhen, a 60-year-old villager in Baiguo Village, Jianggu Town, has a 60-year-old son who goes out to work, and he and his daughter-in-law are at home with their grandson
.
Her family grows silage corn and sells it to the farm, earning 10,000 yuan a year; When the farm is not working, doing odd jobs or harvesting silage corn in the farm is 80 yuan a day, and the income can be increased by about
5,000 yuan a year.
"It's a pity that there is little land at home, and some people in the village can grow tens of thousands of pieces of silage corn when they grow it
.
" Cai Wenzhen said that she is very satisfied
that she can work at the doorstep of her home to increase income and take care of her family at the age of 60.

Zhenyuan County takes the beef cattle industry as the center, and "tailors" revenue methods for different labor groups: land subleasing revenue is realized in the form of "cooperative + company" through land circulation without labor; Weak laborers do what they can in cooperatives and receive wage income; Those who have labor and are willing to breed should sign a cooperation agreement with the farm, feed the cows and calves that have been successfully bred, pay the feed cost and enclosure, and finally the farm will recover beef cattle at the market price to help farmers increase their income
.
At present, the beef cattle breeding industry in Zhenyuan County has driven more than 300 farmers to demonstrate the planting of 4,500 mu of silage corn, about 1,750 mu of ryegrass, gaudan grass, sweet sorghum and other pastures, and developed more than 20 large, medium and small cattle breeding companies and cooperatives, with an average income of 25,000 yuan
.

Like Zhenyuan County, Shuangjiang Lahu, Wa and Brown Dai Autonomous County (hereinafter referred to as "Shuangjiang County") in Lincang City, Yunnan Province, has also embarked on the road
to prosperity through the beef cattle breeding industry.
In the beef cattle farm of Tang Xingping's family in the village of Shahe Township, a group of beef cattle in the village of Shahe Province, a group of beef cattle with shiny hair, fat and strong, farmer Tang Xingping said while busy adding forage: "This year, more than 20 heads have been sold, the current price is about 35 yuan a kilogram, and there are still more than 20 heads
.
" "In recent years, as the beef cattle market has become better and better, Tang Xingping has successively expanded the scale of beef cattle breeding and doubled his income
.

Not only in Shuangjiang County, but also in the whole country like Tang Xingping like many farmers, through beef cattle breeding, they are more and more stable on the road to prosperity, and they are more and more energetic
.

(Gao Jiaodi, comprehensive arrangement)

China Food News(November 11, 2022, Version 02)

(Responsible editor: Gao Jiaodi).