Babaoliang Village. Zhou Family!
On the big bed, Zhou Yang felt particularly happy as he listened to Qin Xueyi's unhurried talk about the research progress of their laboratory.
According to Qin Xueyi, he has been studying the subject of Landrace pig breed improvement since he first arrived in Babaoliang Village in September last year.
Although agricultural and animal husbandry schools have been working on this topic in recent years, there has been no progress due to reasons such as the number of livestock and lack of funds.
But with the arrival of Gu Ning and others, as well as the injection of large sums of funds from the village, their research has ushered in a dawn.
A few months ago, Qin Xueyi was accidentally inspired by Zhou Yang and believed that the purpose of optimizing and improving the Landrace pig breed could be achieved by crossing local breeding pigs with Landrace pigs.
His idea also received support from Gu Ning, who then led the researchers in the laboratory to carry out research in this area.
One and a half months ago, the sows raised in the village gave birth to piglets one after another, including more than a dozen Landrace sows that they used as experimental subjects.
After comparison, Qin Xueyi and others were pleased to find that the cross between local breed pigs and Landrace pigs not only produced a larger number of piglets, but also the disease resistance and growth rate of the piglets born were greatly improved, with obvious advantages.
Especially in terms of disease resistance and adaptability, it is completely unmatched by the old breeds of piglets.
Since all sows are in their first litter, the number of piglets they carry is generally small. Ordinary Landrace sows can only give birth to seven or eight, and those with one less can even only have six or seven.
But after crossbreeding, sows can give birth to at least 10 piglets, and as many as 12 or 3 piglets.
Moreover, there are always one or two piglets from ordinary Landrace pigs that die due to various reasons, but the survival rate of crossbred piglets is significantly higher.
Subsequently, Qin Xueyi and others sent relevant experimental data back to the school. After demonstrating their research results, the school immediately applied to the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry for achievement recognition.
After receiving the application, the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry immediately sent an expert team to Babaoliang Village for investigation and review. After a series of rigorous review discussions, the experts unanimously believed that they had made a major breakthrough on this topic.
However, since the improvement of new livestock breeds is an extremely cautious matter, the province decided to send their research results to the capital for review.
Once this result passes the review of the capital, it will be great. Their new variety may even be promoted nationwide.
After listening to Qin Xueyi's words, Zhou Yang was also a little excited.
He said happily: "Teacher Qin and Professor Gu, that's great. Congratulations!"
To be honest, Zhou Yang really didn't expect Qin Xueyi and others to achieve a breakthrough so quickly.
You must know that variety improvement, like their research, does not happen overnight. Sometimes it may take three to five years to achieve a breakthrough, or it may even take decades of hard work to succeed.
But Qin Xueyi and the others have only been stationed in Babaoliang Village for more than a year.
A breakthrough on such a major topic was completed in such a short period of time. The efficiency is really shocking.
Facing Zhou Yang's congratulations, Qin Xueyi said modestly: "We can achieve such achievements only because of your inspiration and the strong support of the village. Thank you, and thank you to the folks in Babaoliang Village!"
"Hahaha, that's right. This is also a good cause of planting in our school. If it weren't for Dean Kang's generosity last year, there wouldn't be such an important way to get rich in the village!"
Then Zhou Yang said again: "So, let's not thank you again and again. Tell us what are your plans next?"
At this time, Gu Ning said: "Comrade Zhou Yang, we plan to cross-breed all the remaining sows in the village, and then conduct long-term observation of the new breeds. But after all, this is related to the interests of the village next year, so we want to ask for some advice. your opinion!"
Zhou Yang immediately said: "This is a good thing, I fully support it, and I will also try my best to persuade other cadres in the village to cooperate with you!"
"That's really great!"
Then Gu Ning said again: "In addition, we think that with the current scale of the pig farm in the village, the number of 200 sows is still a bit small. We hope to increase the number of sows to 500, or even 800!"
"Professor Gu, the number of 500 is not a big problem, but is 800 a bit too much?" Zhou Yang frowned.
"Comrade Zhou Yang, it seems you don't know much about the current situation in the village!"
"What's wrong?"
Gu Ning immediately said: "We have been paying attention to the village's autumn harvest during this period. According to our statistics, the village has harvested more than 3,500 tons of sugar beets, more than 2,500 tons of corn stalks, and more than 1,000 tons of other crops. Straw."
"In other words, even without purchasing straw from other villages, theoretically the raw materials that can be used for feed in this village exceed more than 7,000 tons!"
"One ton of raw materials can produce 1.6 tons of biological feed. With 7,000 tons of raw materials, more than 11,000 tons of feed can be produced. However, a sow consumes only about 1.2 tons of feed in a year, and 800 pigs only consume more than 1,000 tons of feed. !”
Perhaps because he was worried that he would not be able to convince Zhou Yang, Gu Ning said again: "Comrade Zhou Yang, let me calculate another calculation for you. A sow can give birth to piglets twice a year, and one time is calculated as 10 piglets, that is, 20 piglets." Piggy.”
"At the moment, the normal price of a piglet is about 10 yuan, and 20 piglets are a profit of 200 yuan. If 800 sows are not included in the added value, the profit is about 160,000 yuan a year."
"What does Professor Gu mean by added value?"
"The village has its own pig farm. These piglets can be raised and sold for money. This saves money on buying piglets and directly improves the efficiency of pig farming!" Gu Ning said.
"Well, Professor Gu, you have successfully convinced me, let's do what you want!" Zhou Yang said.
"Thank you for your support!"
At this time, Zhou Yang suddenly remembered the incident that Wang Ping told him the day before yesterday, and then said to Qin Xueyi: "Teacher Qin, I have something to ask you!"
"Don't take it seriously if you ask for advice. If you have anything to do, just say it!"
"It's like this. The county is going to the pastoral area to buy cattle, sheep, mules and horses again. Party Secretary Wang and the others are not sure whether to buy a batch back. After all, you are experts in this field. Considering the situation in our village, do you think it's useful? Don't you need to join in the fun?" Zhou Yang said.
Qin Xueyi thought for a while and said: "My opinion is that it is not necessary!"
"What's the reason?"
“Not a good deal!”
Then Qin Xueyi said: "First of all, the output ratio of raising cattle and sheep is too small. Compared with raising pigs, cattle and sheep require too much feed, and the time for slaughter is too long. One cow and sheep can raise several pigs. ."
"Secondly, the village's raw material reserves are too small and the feed production capacity is too weak. It is simply not enough to support us to feed so many large livestock!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yang said with some surprise: "No, Professor Gu just said that there are more than 7,000 tons of raw materials in the village, which can produce more than 11,000 tons of feed. How can there not be enough?"
Qin Xueyi smiled and said, "Then do you know how many livestock there are in the village now?"
"I really don't know this!" Zhou Yang said.
"I know!"
Then Qin Xueyi said again: "There are 528 sheep, 58 cattle, 42 horses, 21 mules and 33 donkeys in the village now!"
"So many?" Zhou Yang said with a surprised look on his face.
He remembered that most of the cattle, sheep, mules and horses had been disposed of in the beginning of spring, but he was relieved to think that the livestock had the ability to reproduce.
However, Qin Xueyi smiled and said again: "This is just the number of large livestock. In addition, there are 200 large sows, 460 pigs about to be slaughtered, 1,460 newborn piglets and 12,000 pigs in the village. A chicken!”
"Do you know how much feed so many animals consume in a day? It's more than 10 tons. And as the cubs of those animals grow up, the demand will increase."
Qin Xueyi's words really shocked Zhou Yang. He really didn't expect that the current breeding industry in the village was so big.
Especially the chicken farm, which started in February, has grown to more than 12,000 chickens in just a few months.
With so many cattle, sheep, mules, horses, pigs, chickens, and livestock, plus an unprecedented bumper harvest, Zhou Yang really didn't know how terrifying the village's income would be this year.
Seeing Zhou Yang's shocked look, Qin Xueyi, Gu Ning and others couldn't help laughing.
At the same time, everyone's face showed great pride and pride. After all, they also had a share of the credit for the development of the village!
Afterwards, everyone exchanged opinions on the development of Yang breeding industry in the village.
Finally, after Zhou Yang's strong effort to persuade him to stay, Qin Xueyi and others left after eating the mutton stew at Zhou's house!
PS: Happy New Year’s Eve!
Today is the Chinese New Year. Lao Cang also gives himself a holiday and writes a big chapter of 3,000 words!
At the same time, I wish all book friends a happy New Year, all the best, and a good mood every day!
