Laying Hens Into Low Valley And Vigilance Against The Mistakes Of Pig Industry

Reporters interviewed learned that Shanxi's laying hens due to the cost of farming and price upside down into the trough of the process, fully exposed some of the current problems faced by laying hens.

Local grass-roots cadres and masses believe that the problems and situations of layer farming are exactly the same as those of pig breeding in recent two years.

Governments at all levels should learn lessons from pig production and take early guidance and support measures to avoid laying hens in the same way as pig farms.

Since October last year, laying hens culture has fallen into a trough because of the cost and price of farming, which fully exposed the two major problems faced by laying hens.

The first is blind breeding, which results in a surplus of layers.

Liu Pingguo, an animal husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of Shanxi Province, said: "the market price of pork and other agricultural and sideline products is not high enough. The market price of eggs has been declining since last October. The main reason is that there is a surplus of chicken farming, resulting in an egg market."

Statistics show that in the third quarter of last year, the total number of chicken stocks in Shanxi reached 77 million 268 thousand, an increase of 5.21% over the same period last year, and the total output of eggs reached 363 thousand and 700 tons, an increase of 3.14% over the same period last year.

When consumption is relatively fixed, supply is much more obvious.

He Binghui, President of the chicken breeding Association of Jinyuan District, Taiyuan, said that the threshold of laying hens was relatively low, coupled with the blindness of some farmers' breeding. In the first half of last year, when the efficiency of laying hens was higher, some new farmers began to enter the market. The original farmers began to increase their breeding capacity, which eventually led to an increase in the number of laying hens and increased egg production, and egg market prices continued to slump.

Two, the level of laying hens is low, and the ability to resist market risks is poor, mainly due to the lack of large-scale aquaculture and lack of deep processing.

Reporters in Taiyuan Jinyuan District, Lvliang Wenshui county and other layers of chicken breeding area learned that the local layer chicken breeding mainly family scattered, although most of them have thousands of scale, but there is still a long way to go from scale, standardization and other modern farming.

Reporters in some of the above areas of culture areas, many laying hens are located in farmers' homes, there are also some rural idle factories.

The henhouse is low and simple, with simple ventilation facilities and breeding facilities.

Chicken dung and other piled up in the hospital, close to the chicken house, emitting a pungent odor.

Managers are mostly family members or employ surrounding villagers.

He Binghui and others said that this simple breeding method is the mainstream mode of laying hens in rural areas. Although the cost of investment is reduced, it is not conducive to the prevention and control of epidemic diseases, and the output and quality of eggs are not easy to guarantee.

Decentralized farming also makes farmers lack the ability to resist market risks.

In addition, due to the lack of egg deep processing projects, most farmers can only produce primary products, with poor market competitiveness and low added value of products.

Shanxi grassroots cadres and masses and some experts believe that the problem of laying hens in some areas is similar to that of pig breeding in the first half of 2006.

The state should draw lessons from pig production and take early guidance and support measures so as to avoid laying hens in the same way.

Li Rugang, general manager of Wenshui elephant and poultry industry Co., Ltd., said: "governments at all levels have introduced a lot of support policies in the past two years in the breeding industry, but they always feel a bit lagging behind.

At the level of laying hens, governments at all levels should deal with them early. "

Shanxi grassroots cadres and masses believe that with the support of pig production and other experience, in supporting the laying hens breeding, governments at all levels should strive for both symptoms and root causes.

First, take measures to subsidize layer farmers, stabilize feed prices, and help farmers to overcome their difficulties.

Secondly, we should improve and standardize the breeding system of layer chickens, and strengthen the construction of veterinary system at all levels, and enhance the service of layer farmers.

Liu Pingguo, Li Qin and other animal husbandry experts said: "subsidized scattered farmers are also necessary, but we should increase subsidies for breeder farms, and adopt breeder breeding strategies in the low season of laying hens.

At the same time, we should give play to the role of grass roots veterinarians, strengthen prevention and control of epidemic diseases and provide guidance for farmers.

Third, strengthen the macro regulation and control of layer farming, guide and support large-scale farming.

He Binghui said that in the process of supporting the scale breeding of the laying hens and regulating the scale of farming, the government should increase support and fully mobilize the strength of the non-governmental intermediary organizations such as the chicken Association and the leading companies of agricultural industrialization, so as to give play to its coordination, organization and promotion.

Finally, we set up a risk fund for laying hens.

Li Rugang said: "laying hens breeding cycle is relatively long and risky, and insurance companies generally do not accept aquaculture insurance.

Governments at all levels should establish a risk fund at the policy level and reduce the risk of farmers' breeding through subsidies.