Zhou Yang's question reminded Kang Aihua of the bad things that happened during this period!
A very important task of the Provincial College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry is to research and cooperate with the Provincial Improved Breed Station to jointly promote excellent livestock varieties and promote the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in the region.
Saibei Province itself is a major livestock province, supplying a large amount of meat to the country every year.
Especially important is the heavy responsibility to ensure the supply of meat to the capital.
Because of this, both the country and the province have high hopes for their College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.
As a key scientific research project of the Provincial College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry in recent years, Landrace pigs have always been one of the excellent livestock promoted by the province!
However, over the years, the Long White pig breed has been optimized generation after generation, but it still cannot be truly recognized by the people, which makes her anxious.
So when she heard that Zhou Yang was going to breed Landrace pigs on a large scale, she personally brought people over to inspect it.
To be honest, she didn't have high expectations before coming.
After all, I learned from my old friend Yang Yunzhao that Babaoliang Village is just a remote mountain village below Yunshan County.
But this time, it is only a small production team that wants to raise Landrace pigs, not even a large team.
Fortunately, Yang Yunzhao has repeatedly emphasized that people who want to raise Landrace pigs are unusual, so she came.
But after arriving here and looking at the huge pig farm in front of him, Kang Aihua felt a little surprised and shocked.
This pig farm is not only large in scale, but also well planned.
Not only does it have a huge pigsty, it is also equipped with a large number of related facilities, and even the sanitation situation that the village does not pay much attention to is also taken into consideration, as evidenced by the huge septic tank next to it.
It can be seen that the person who can design such a pig farm is indeed extraordinary.
What makes Kang Aihua even more delighted is that according to the person in charge of the pig farm, only one-third of the pig farm has been built at present, and two-thirds of the project will be completed gradually.
According to Kang Aihua's estimation, when the pig farm is fully completed, it will be able to raise at least two to three thousand pigs at the same time.
This scale alone is second to none in the entire province.
It can be seen that the person who took the lead in doing this is really courageous!
If we can really cooperate with this pig farm, maybe this year's promotion task can be completed.
But before she could talk to them, Yang Yunzhao exposed her secrets, which made her somewhat unhappy.
However, Kang Aihua also knew that Yang Yunzhao did not really want to undermine her, but he did not want to make the two parties unhappy in the future.
After understanding this, she straightened her thoughts, and then said to Zhou Yang: "Comrade Zhou Yang, Lao Yang is right, there are some things we should really say clearly!"
"To be honest, our College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry has indeed encountered some problems in promoting Landrace pigs. If you want to raise them, you should consider them carefully!"
Zhou Yang frowned and said, "Dean Kang, what you just said was promotion rather than research, right?"
"It's promotion!"
Then Kang Aihua continued: "We have been researching Landrace pigs for more than ten years. There is definitely no problem with this breed. Now we are just encountering problems with promotion!"
"Due to various reasons, the promotion of Landrace pigs has not been very smooth. Various production teams and farms in our province are not very accepting of Landrace pigs, so our current promotion work has encountered some problems!"
In fact, what Kang Aihua said was a bit evasive.
In fact, their promotion efforts have now come to an almost complete halt.
At the beginning, they thought that ordinary people would like this kind of foreign pigs very much. After all, the growth cycle is so short. Once they are bred on a large scale, the benefits will definitely be very high.
But they ignored the current social environment and the people's acceptance of new things. When they began to promote Landrace pigs on a large scale in accordance with the province's requirements, they found that their previous ideas were too simple.
Not only do ordinary people dislike Landrace pigs, they also show great resistance!
Compared with the strange-looking white pigs, ordinary people are still more accepting of the black pigs that have been raised for thousands of years.
The original task set by the province for them this year was to promote the export of two thousand piglets. As a result, more than half a year has passed and not even half of the task has been completed.
Seeing that it was already August, even Kang Aihua, the vice dean, was starting to get anxious.
After hearing this, Zhou Yang immediately understood what was going on.
Although Landrace pigs have various advantages, for ordinary people, after all, this is a matter of annual income, and no one dares to take risks casually.
More importantly, this thing is a foreign pig. In this era of limited information and special conditions, people are naturally repulsive towards foreign things.
What's more, some of the characteristics of Landrace pigs are indeed unacceptable in this era!
The first is the carcass lean meat rate!
If this thing is placed decades later, this will definitely be a huge advantage, but now, it is a complete disadvantage.
In this era where most people like to buy fat when buying meat, isn’t it nonsense when you talk about the lean meat rate?
Secondly, it has high stress resistance and poor nutritional requirements for feed.
This means that the mortality rate of piglets is high and breeding is difficult, which is even more unacceptable to ordinary members.
For now, a piglet costs at least seven or eight yuan. Once it dies, it will be completely wasted.
Therefore, in comparison, black pigs are more popular.
The reason why Landrace pigs in the previous life can replace black pigs and become the first choice of domestic farmers is mainly due to two external factors.
The first factor is the development of the national economy!
After the reopening, the domestic economy took off rapidly and the demand for meat exploded.
Black pigs have obvious disadvantages due to their slow breeding cycle and poor profitability. Landrace pigs have outstanding advantages of rapid growth and development and saving feed, so they are naturally favored by farmers.
Another reason is that since the 1980s, the country has implemented the "vegetable basket" and lean pig projects. Landrace pigs have received policy support, so they have been vigorously promoted, eventually replacing the local black pigs.
But now it is only 1975, and neither of these conditions are met. Pre-cooling of Landrace pigs is promoted, which is completely foreseeable.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yang showed a smile.
This matter is indeed a bad thing for the Provincial Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College and Kang Aihua himself.
But for Babaoliang Village, it is a great thing.
If Landrace pig promotion encounters problems and the task cannot be completed, it will definitely affect the scientific research funding of the Provincial College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry next year. This is a big deal.
Therefore, now it is not he who wants something from the other party, but Dean Kang in front of him who wants something from him.
If you have a good chat, you might get something unexpected!
At that moment, Zhou Yang carefully reviewed the matter in his mind, and then he had a bold idea!
pS: The second chapter has been delivered. Try to get the third chapter out before eight o'clock!
