Lesson 3: Livestock development
(Baonghean) Western Nghe An accounts for 84% of the province's total area (the whole province is 16,487 km2), of which there are 603,166 hectares of unused land in low mountainous areas, which is an advantage for raising cattle and buffaloes, taking advantage of natural food sources.
Cattle raising is concentrated in the districts: Thanh Chuong (nearly 47 thousand heads), Tuong Duong (nearly 33 thousand heads), Ky Son (29 thousand heads), etc. Cattle raising has been a habit of the mountainous people for generations, but only in the past 6 years, when implementing Decision 147/CP, the quantity and quality of the herd has been improved. Recently, the direction of industrial dairy farming of TH Company associated with modern milk processing industry, dairy farming has become a strength of Western Nghe An.
Reality shows that the current status of large-scale cattle raising in the West has not yet fully exploited its potential. Small-scale households raising 1-3 cattle account for 63.33% of households; the scale of 4-6 cattle is 31.67% of households; The scale of cattle herds with more than 10 cattle is very rare. Although the quality of the cattle herd has improved, in general, it still needs to be strongly improved. Previously, mountainous districts mainly raised local yellow cattle. This breed is small in stature but easily adapts to grazing. After 6 years of improvement, with the Zebu and Sind cattle herd programs, the weight of the local cattle breed has been significantly improved. The proportion of cattle herds
Dairy farming in Dong Hieu - Nghia Dan
Promoting the results of the 2006-2010 period, the 2011-2015 period, the Provincial People's Committee decided that for the socio-economic development of Western Nghe An, it will continue to develop the strength of large-scale cattle and dairy cattle breeding associated with industrial milk processing to create jobs, exploit the potential of the region and increase budget revenue. Specifically, by 2015, the buffalo herd in the region will be developed from the current 223,500 to 253,000, with the output of fresh buffalo meat for slaughter of about 4,730 tons/year, an average annual increase of 1.9%; the cow herd from the current 244,310 to 437,000 at the end of the period and to achieve the output of fresh beef of about 10,660 tons/year (an average annual increase of 4%). At the same time, continue to reasonably plan grasslands, corn areas and other types of food for cattle and dairy cows.
In the processing industry, there are currently two modern, large-capacity milk factories in Nghia Dan and Cua Lo Town. The province will call for two more investment projects in two more frozen meat processing factories in Nghia Dan and Anh Son, to develop livestock farming in the Western region.
The most important solution to develop the buffalo and cattle herd today is the support policy to develop the total herd and barns. Starting from 2012, our province has applied the policy: providing 100% of the cost of buffalo semen, dairy cow semen, meat cow semen, breeding materials and supporting 50,000 VND/head for pregnant buffalo and cow herds; supporting 60% of the value of male buffaloes from other regions, crossbred bulls for meat to directly breed with female buffaloes, especially in mountainous districts without conditions for artificial insemination. Particularly, Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Que Phong districts support 80% of the value of male buffaloes from other regions, meat bulls. In addition, to encourage the development of the total herd, the province and the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development create conditions for loans of 4 million VND/head and support interest rates for 12 months, to buy commercial buffalo and cows.
In recent years, the Western region has often had epidemics, especially foot-and-mouth disease. The province has increased support for veterinary work and vaccinations. Specifically, it has provided 100% of all types of livestock vaccines for mountainous communes in Region III and Region II. It has compensated 100% of livestock that died after vaccination. Regarding dairy cows, priority has been given to the best land, red basalt land, over 7,000 hectares, to develop grasslands to ensure a source of fresh food for the herd and implemented many other priority policies.
All of these policies demonstrate our province's determination to develop the large livestock herd in the Western region, successfully implementing the plan to exploit the region's strengths during this period.
Hoang Chinh
