Since the beginning of this year, Qingshui County has taken the structural reform of the agricultural supply side as the main line, seized the opportunity of the "grain to feed" policy, adjusted the planting structure, vigorously promoted the planting and storage of high-quality forage such as whole silage corn and alfalfa, continued to improve the planting income, grass-fed livestock production efficiency and breeding efficiency, realized the organic combination of grain and feeding, planting and breeding, agriculture and animal husbandry, and injected new vitality into rural revitalization.
Strengthen organizational leadership and work responsibly. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the grain to feed project, a leading group for grain to feed work has been established, headed by the deputy county magistrate in charge, and the main leaders of the county finance, development and reform, agriculture, auditing, animal husbandry and other departments and the township mayors are members to coordinate and solve major problems in the work of grain reform and feeding. The leading group has an office, the office is located in the county animal husbandry center, and the director of the county animal husbandry center and the director of the office specifically organizes the implementation of the grain reform and feeding work, and at the same time sets up a technical service group for the grain reform and feeding work.
Extensive publicity and mobilization to expand the scope of benefits. During the implementation of the project, the county animal husbandry center and the townships made full use of various forms and methods such as training courses, Qingshui animal husbandry public accounts, WeChat groups, village group meetings, and on-site observation and learning exchanges, and actively and widely publicized the great significance, policy content, subsidy conditions and subsidy standards of grain reform and feeding work, so that the grass-fed livestock farms and forage processing enterprises and other business entities in the county can accurately grasp the policy content, and help the storage subjects to improve their understanding and master the technology. Enhance their enthusiasm and initiative in developing high-quality forage such as silage corn. The beneficiaries of the project cover 144 grass storage households (main body) in the county, and the number of beneficiary households is increasing year by year, especially actively mobilizing poverty alleviation households and monitoring objects to take the opportunity of grain to feed, actively participate in forage corn planting, and increase indoor income through order acquisition.
Introduce suitable varieties and speed up the popularization of science and technology. In recent years, the county animal husbandry center has strengthened the cooperation with Gansu Agricultural University and the Institute of Animal Grass Research of Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and screened out forage corn varieties such as Keda 101, Dajingjiu and Wenyu No. 3 suitable for planting in our county through scientific and technological projects, as well as silage black and white film, RKW 2-in-1 silage oxygen isolation film and other silage special membranes and promoted them, which further enhanced the empowerment of science and technology. In the whole plant corn planting link, according to the climatic characteristics of the county's towns and towns, according to local conditions, the introduction and screening of suitable ground corn varieties for planting in our county are planted according to the different types of early, medium and late maturing, so as to extend the time limit of the whole plant corn silage as much as possible, avoid the impact of rainy days on the progress of harvesting and storage, and solve the problem of relatively concentrated maturity caused by single variety planting and insufficient manpower and material resources in the process of storage, thereby improving the yield of whole plant silage corn and ensuring the smooth progress of grain reform and feeding.
Full technical service to improve the quality of silage. The county animal husbandry center takes the grain to feed project as the central key work to grasp, strengthens work measures, relies on work responsibilities, and implements the "administrative and technical double package" mechanism, that is: "leading cadres package townships, technical cadres package villages, farms, households". The technical service team of the grain to feed project of the county animal husbandry center has carried out full-coverage technical training for the main body of storage and large farmers through a combination of on-site guidance and special lectures. During the storage period, 42 professional and technical personnel of the organization unit were instructed at designated points in the field (household), and on-site training was conducted on the whole process of storage to accurately grasp the silage harvest time, production process and key points, and promote the use of silage additives to ensure the quality of silage.
Set up a harvesting team to speed up the harvesting process. The county animal husbandry center coordinated the formation of a silage harvesting team in the county, and carried out harvesting from the western area (Guochuan, Jinji, Tumen, Yuanmen and other townships) to the eastern area (Huangmen, Xincheng, Baisha, Qinting and other townships) according to the maturity of the whole corn. Give full play to the role of the county's agricultural machinery service cooperatives, adhere to the combination of fixed-point harvesting and processing and mobile transportation services, the combination of large machinery and small machinery, seize the silage season, and carry out storage operations in echelons, which effectively solves the problem of missing the best harvesting time and long harvesting time caused by insufficient silage harvesting machinery, further shortens the silage harvesting time, improves the storage efficiency, and ensures the quantity and quality of silage corn harvesting.
Innovate systems and mechanisms, and establish advanced models. The county animal husbandry center and the township governments continue to innovate the system and mechanism, summarize experience, demonstrate and drive farmers and growers to establish linkage, and actively carry out silage corn purchase silage. Encourage Minfeng Huinong, Jiatai Animal Husbandry, Qindi Cooperatives, etc. to purchase the forage corn planted by the surrounding masses in accordance with the model of "order planting and contract acquisition", so as to achieve a win-win situation in planting and breeding. Chuangsheng, Qianghui, Ronghe and other farmer cooperatives have built 6 demonstration sites for 1,000 acres of forage corn planting in accordance with the model of "land circulation and centralized contiguity"; Muyuan Shengshi, Zhenhui, Fengkun, Tumen Liangshan and other farmer cooperatives have built 21 demonstration sites for 500 acres of forage corn planting in accordance with the production model of "combination of planting and breeding, circular development". Through typical demonstrations, silage corn planting has been gradually popularized and normalized, harvesting has been mechanized, silage cellars have been standardized, high-quality forage grass planting has been diversified, agriculture and animal husbandry have been more closely combined, and farmers' incomes have increased significantly. At the same time, laboratory testing and on-site tasting activities of whole silage corn were organized, and the results were used as an important basis for the project funding arrangement in the coming year. It comprehensively improved the feed quality of whole plant silage corn and the understanding of the importance of silage corn forage quality by the main body of storage, improved the implementation effect of the grain to feed project, and promoted the high-quality development of animal husbandry.
In the next step, the county animal husbandry center will continue to deepen the work of grain to feed, further optimize the structure of the planting industry, and improve the production capacity of forage. At the same time, strengthen technical training and on-site guidance to improve the quality level of silage. We will actively explore the establishment of a long-term development mechanism to ensure the continuous and healthy progress of grain reform and feeding, achieve a "win-win situation of planting and breeding", let more cattle and sheep eat "canned grass", further drum up the "money bags" of farmers and herdsmen to increase their income, and strive to find a new path for the development of modern animal husbandry with ecological cycle, high quality and safety, green and efficient.