Talking about the future, Yang Ye said frankly that it is his dream to build the best milk source in the country and even the world.

And good milk must come from good cows, good cattle must have good feed, and good feed must have good grass.

Lao Tzu said: "Deep roots, the way of longevity." ”

Planting forage grass can be said to be a solid foundation for the dairy industry.

"It is foreseeable that in the future, with the integration of the dairy industry, the government and dairy enterprises will work together to promote the scale of upstream farming, and a large number of retail investors will withdraw from the market. The number of dairy cows will increase, and the current level of pasture in the country is less than 25% compared to the developed countries in the West. If China's ranching level were to expand from 50 percent to 50 percent, what a market size it would be!," Yang envisioned.

In this regard, Qi Zheng raised his eyebrows and said: "Difficult! In the long run, the import of high-quality forage grass is inevitable. China regards ensuring food security as a basic national policy, and the basic cultivated land is generally used to produce grain, cotton, oil, fruits, vegetables, and other bulk agricultural products, and there is basically no pasture in the agricultural planting structure, and even if a small amount is planted in some places, it can only be planted in saline-alkali land, barren land, and land returned to forest. It can be said that the development of the domestic forage industry is at most to alleviate domestic demand. ”

There is no way, Qi Zheng understands the country's strategic decision-making, 1.4 billion people have the biggest problem of eating, and when land resources are limited, ensuring food production is undoubtedly the first place.

Yang Ye retorted: "In fact, by making good use of China's existing grassland resources, we can break the situation that China's supply of high-quality forage is largely dependent on foreign countries." Unfortunately, most people's understanding of alfalfa, or pasture, has not yet begun. ”

Cattle are herbivores, of which about 80% of the feed comes from pasture, 20% is mainly corn, soybean meal and other concentrate feed, high-quality forage is the first guarantee for dairy cows to produce good milk.

In China, for a long time, the common people have basically adopted the feeding mode of "straw + concentrate" for the breeding of grass-fed livestock such as cattle and sheep, but they do not know the scientific feeding method of taking forage as the staple food and supplementing with concentrate.

There is a general consensus in the industry that the importance of forage in grass-fed livestock is not fully recognized.

There is a proverb in the West: God has given humans two treasures, one is a cow and the other is alfalfa.

For a long time, alfalfa has been known as the "king of forage", as the "first workshop" of dairy cow production, because it is rich in protein and trace elements, it is recognized as a high-standard high-quality forage for dairy cows.

However, in China, under the influence of traditional farming culture, grass has always been treated as a bad thing, such as "cutting grass and eradicating roots", "grass and trees" in traditional culture. Concepts such as "good land is not planted with grass", "pasture grass is still planted", and "pasture grass can be replaced" are very common.

In some countries, forage has become a mainstay industry. Taking the United States as an example, in the 50s of the 20th century, alfalfa was included in the list of strategic materials, and the annual output value of forage was about 11 billion US dollars, second only to corn and soybeans.

In contrast, China is a country lacking in high-quality forage, especially high-quality leguminous forage, which directly leads to high-yield livestock, such as high-yield dairy cows, and even pigs, chickens, etc., can not give full play to their production potential, and the quality of livestock products produced is low.

Especially in the context of the strong development of the dairy industry, the "ration" alfalfa of dairy cows is not enough to support it.

The shortage of alfalfa is already a pain in the development of China's dairy industry. In the development of the dairy industry, alfalfa comes first. Therefore, vigorously developing the alfalfa industry has become an urgent task to revitalize the development of the dairy industry.

Moreover, with the continuous growth of the people's rigid demand for meat, eggs and milk, the original staple food structure is no longer sustainable, and the contradiction between people and animals competing for food is becoming increasingly prominent, and it is imperative to develop grain-saving animal husbandry.

On the basis of the existing land resources and the forecast of future population and food demand, the comprehensive development of forage industry can not only reduce the use of feed grain and ensure the effective supply of meat and milk, but also improve the farmland soil and ensure national food security.

"The development of the forage industry has its peculiarities. Generally speaking, forage processing and production requires a certain scale, and only after the scale will the cost of machinery be reduced and the efficiency will be improved. Speaking of the most familiar pasture field, Yang Ye talked eloquently.

"There are two main forms of forage utilization, one is direct grazing and the other is processed into hay or silage. Because pasture is an intermediate good, its ultimate value depends on animal husbandry. Therefore, it is best to implement grass and animal husbandry joint ventures through the combination of grass and pasture. ”

"When I was at Yili Ranch, it was a combination of grass and pasture. Grow your own grass, raise your own cattle, return a large amount of cow manure to the field to improve the soil, improve the quality of forage grass after fertilization, and high-quality forage helps cows produce good milk, which is interlocking, and the conversion rate of forage is very high. ”

Yang Ye believes that the combination of planting and breeding, grass and livestock is one of the cores of establishing a pasture agricultural system.

It is necessary to change the traditional system of "planting grass without raising livestock, and raising livestock without growing grass" and take the road of combining planting and breeding, which can be regarded as a revolution.

Qi Zheng nodded, "Jiagu Ranch is also a southern region that traditionally does not produce forage grass in the case of more people and less land, which strongly drives the planting of large areas of forage and promotes the rapid development of the forage industry through the development and growth of leading breeding enterprises. ”

"In this regard, you are an expert, and the construction and operation of Jiagu Ranch depends on how much you have to worry about! If you feel that it is necessary to add equipment and additional facilities, the company will provide financial satisfaction. ”

"Those who get the milk source get the quality, those who get the quality get the market, those who get the market get the benefits, and those who get the benefits get the world." I hope that Jiagu Dairy can lay half of the dairy industry under your leadership. ”

Yang Ye was relieved when he heard this, knowing that he had passed the interview with the big boss.

Hearing the ambition shown by the big boss, Yang Ye's face did not change, Jiagu invested so much, it was not a joke to think about it, there was no grand goal, and there was no need to dig himself up.

He said: "If you want to do it, you have to do a dairy industry with roots, this root is a grassroots root, and the more difficult the place, the more opportunities there are to take root, and this root is also to take root in the countryside, develop agriculture, and repay the society." We have to give the best grass to the cows, so that the cows can give us the best milk. When the core competitiveness of forage and the core competitiveness of animal husbandry are combined, Jiagu Dairy has all possibilities. ”

Qi Zheng praised his statement of "doing a dairy industry with roots", from agriculture to animal husbandry, planting grass is the best bridge. The people of Jiagu should also be like grass, even if the conditions are difficult, they must take root in the ground and grow upward. Jiagu Dairy needs this tenacious spirit that is deeply rooted in the wilderness.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the pasture where you will take root in the future, and it will be your territory in the future. Qi Zheng stood up and invited Yang Yedao.

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