Con Cuong focuses on fighting the cold to protect "industry"

Khe Ran village, Bong Khe commune has 100% Thai people living. The whole village has 345 buffaloes and cows. Normally, people graze buffaloes and cows 1-2 kilometers from their houses. During these rainy and cold winter days, people have kept buffaloes and cows in sheltered barns to provide them with adequate food and water.

Ethnic people in Con Cuong district have proactively used tarpaulins to cover barns to keep cattle warm. Photo: Ba Hau

Mr. Lo Xuan Noi in Khe Ran Village, Bong Khe Commune said: “In the past, regardless of rain or cold, buffaloes and cows were let loose to graze on the mountains, so they often got cold, hungry and died. Thanks to propaganda officers, the family proactively kept buffaloes and cows in captivity, covered the barns to avoid wind, and fed them enough food to ensure their health.”

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(Baonghean.vn) - In winter, low temperatures combined with high humidity make the bodies of buffaloes and cows spend a lot of energy to fight the cold, reducing resistance; creating opportunities for disease-causing microorganisms to invade.

Bong Khe commune currently has nearly 1,500 buffaloes and cows. With the determination not to let livestock go hungry and cold this winter, based on the direction of the province and district, Bong Khe commune has taken active measures to prevent cold for livestock. The commune has established a steering committee to prevent hunger and cold for livestock, and at the same time directed villages and households to focus on preventing cold, checking the number of households with or without barns to mobilize organizations to go to the grassroots to help people build barns.

Mr. Vi Van Nghi in Thai Son village, Mon Son commune proactively finds fresh food sources for cattle during the cold rainy season. Photo: Ba Hau

Mr. Luong Van Nam - Vice Chairman of Bong Khe Commune People's Committee said: "Through propaganda work and local practice, people have actively participated in preventing cold for livestock, taking advantage of fencing materials, covering barns; many households have also prepared rice husks and firewood to make fires to warm cattle.

The family of Mr. Vi Van Nghi in Mon Son commune (Con Cuong) as well as many other households have proactively prepared conditions to ensure that buffaloes and cows are not affected by the severe cold weather. Along with taking advantage of food sources such as straw, banana trees, corn plants, etc., the family also grows elephant grass, as well as reserve food sources to supplement the buffaloes and cows. Along with that, proactively clean the barns, light fires to increase the temperature, and at the same time comply with periodic vaccination for cows according to the instructions of the veterinary station...

Straw is now used by people in Con Cuong district as a source of food for cattle in winter. Photo: Ba Hau

Mon Son is a highland border commune, with low temperatures and lots of fog in winter. Due to the habit of the mountain people often letting their buffaloes and cows roam freely in the forest, diseases and frostbite often occur. To proactively cope with the weather and protect the herd of nearly 2,000 buffaloes and cows in the commune, from the beginning of winter, the commune has encouraged people to bring their buffaloes and cows home, keep them in barns, and not let them roam freely in the forest.

Learning from experience from previous years, this year, right from the beginning of winter, Con Cuong district has deployed propaganda to villages so that people should not be subjective and negligent in raising livestock, especially buffaloes and cows.

Mr. Vi Van Binh - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Con Cuong district said: Con Cuong has 32 thousand buffaloes and cows. Thanks to the promotion of propaganda work since the beginning of the cold season, most of the livestock of local people have been kept in captivity, carefully covered, ensuring food reserves.