(Walking to the grassroots level in the Spring Festival) Northern rural farmers find the "secret to getting rich" and raise sheep to make "sheep" wealth

　　China News Service, Ulanqab, January 20th: Farmers in northern rural areas find the "secret to getting rich" and raise sheep to make "sheep" wealth

　　China News Service reporter Li Aiping

　　The 51-year-old Wang Jun began to "tinker" with hundreds of sheep in the huge yard early in the morning, adding grass to them.

　　In the sound of "baa", "baa" and "baa", Wang Jun ran a few steps, holding the newly born lamb, looking for the mother goat to feed.

　　Wang Jun, a farmer in Debaotu Township, Huade County, Ulanqab City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, said in an interview with reporters here recently: "By raising sheep, he can earn more than 100,000 yuan a year."

　　Under the reporter's questioning, Wang Jun talked about the harvest of "sheep" fortune. "You don't have to worry about food and clothing anymore. You have also purchased a new four-wheeled vehicle, and the house has been completely renovated."

　　Wang Jun revealed that many villagers see that raising sheep can make them rich, and now everyone is very enthusiastic about raising sheep and they are very serious about raising them.

　　"Our secret to getting rich is to raise sheep earnestly to make money." The shy farmer suddenly said humorously.

　　In Debaotu Township, the reason why the villagers chose to make "sheep" money was once "forced".

The picture shows the sheep raised by Wang Jun.

Photo by Li Aiping

　　Official information shows that the topography of Debaotu Township is hilly and shallow hilly. The climate is arid and semi-arid monsoon climate, with frequent droughts, annual rainfall of about 200 mm, severe wind erosion and desertification, and extremely poor groundwater resources.

　　"We have been in drought for ten years and nine years, and the only income of the villagers is to raise sheep." "The main purpose of farming is to provide fodder for sheep. The more sheep are raised, the more income there is. This is a benign trend. Cycle." Wang Jun told reporters in an interview.

　　It is worth mentioning that in this township, farmers can only choose to feed their sheep in their own homes.

　　Niu Lin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Debaotu Township in Huade County, explained in an interview: "Because the country has a grazing prohibition requirement, for ecological reasons, house feeding is the best way."

　　One detail is that in this township, among the 1,824 peasants who have lived for a long time, the number of basic ewes raised reaches about 40,000. Most of the farmers' wealth is related to sheep.

　　What makes the villagers feel motivated is that in addition to raising sheep spontaneously, the township government has also created another "platform".

　　According to Niu Lin, in recent years, we have also relied on 3 local sheep-related animal husbandry enterprises to promote the construction of mutton sheep fattening and improved breeding bases, pure-bred A-level Suffolk embryo transfer pregnant ewes, mutton sheep improved seed project, and embryo transfer laboratory construction. and other projects, in order to break through the bottleneck of breeding and extend the industrial chain.

　　In addition, in order to promote the development of the sheep industry and increase the income of farmers, the township also adopted the guidance of the government, coordinated bank loans to meet the capital needs of the villagers, and promoted the efficient development of the breeding of mutton sheep, the improvement of livestock breeds, and the fattening industry.

　　Regarding the plan for the new year, Niu Lin said that he will make good use of the breeding advantages of about 40,000 basic ewes, and make efforts to promote the intensive breeding of house feeding and fattening, so as to achieve 20% fattening, 2 batches of fattening a year, and 4 fattening 10,000 lambs, achieving the goal of slaughtering more than 100,000 lambs per year.

　　In Niu Lin's view, through the breeding of fine breeds, improvement of animal breeds, and the leadership of demonstration households of house feeding and fattening, the local area can not only promote the balance of grass and livestock, but also organically combine ecological benefits, economic benefits and social benefits. .

　　Niu Lin told reporters that the villagers here are on the right track to make "sheep" money. The most common thing that people say is, "Good days are coming, we must work hard and work hard."

　　"Next year, when you come to us, there will be more and more farmers like me with an annual income of 100,000 yuan." Farmer Wang Jun said firmly.

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