Recently, millions of livestock in Hejing County, Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang have been switching from winter pastures to spring pastures.
Cai Ren, a 45-year-old herdsman, doesn't talk much, but he is an expert at herding cattle and sheep. He manages his family's more than 400 sheep, more than 100 yaks and more than 50 horses in an orderly manner. For this transition, Cairen still followed the traditional transition method of the past, riding a horse and driving the livestock from the "Dongwozi", all the way west, and traveled 100 kilometers to the spring pasture. Along the way, they had to climb mountains and cross ravines. After five days of long journey, Cairen's family has successfully arrived at the spring pasture.
In addition to traditional transitions, more and more herders prefer mechanized transitions. Although this will incur certain costs, it is very efficient.
In order to prevent the herdsmen from losing livestock due to bad weather, Bayinbuluke Town established a herding protection team composed of animal husbandry doctors and epidemic prevention personnel. Village cadres also prepared forage along the way to ensure the transition in spring. convoy.
Zhang Yong, deputy director of the Party Leadership Group of the Bazhou Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau in Xinjiang, introduced that satellite positioning technology is used in livestock transfer work to understand the progress of livestock transfers in real time, facilitate better management of pastoral areas, and reduce the labor intensity of herdsmen. The local government passed Use technology platforms to dynamically grasp the comprehensive production and development of animal husbandry.
(Produced by Yin Lin Bater Dara Shen Kailong: Zhao Yamin Video Source: Xinjiang Bazhou Media Center)
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