Ministry of Agriculture deploys grassland animal husbandry to deal with cold wave, ice and snow disaster

In view of the upcoming large-scale gale and cooling weather in the near future, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture recently issued a notice requiring relevant departments in Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Xizang, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places to do a good job in preventing and responding to cold wave ice and snow disasters in grassland animal husbandry.

According to the weather forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, strong winds and strong cooling will occur in the central and eastern part of Northwest China, North China and Northeast China in the near future, with a cooling range of 10-14 ℃ in some areas. Northeast Inner Mongolia, northern Heilong River and other places will usher in moderate to heavy snow, local blizzard. The Ministry of Agriculture requires agriculture and animal husbandry departments at all levels to strengthen cooperation with meteorological departments, improve the consultation mechanism for major disaster weather and the professional operation system for monitoring and early warning of cold wave ice and snow disasters, and widely publicize the adverse effects of cold wave ice and snow on animal husbandry by means of mobile phone text messages, network, radio and television, so as to improve farmers' awareness of disaster prevention and reduction and their ability to save themselves and each other.

At the same time, in view of the disaster prevention situation faced by grassland animal husbandry production, various localities should organize experts and animal husbandry service forces to help farmers and herdsmen calculate forage accounts, guide farmers and herdsmen to make forage reserves, speed up the progress of livestock fencing, and reduce forage pressure in pastoral areas. minimize the risk of breeding caused by disasters. Guide farmers and herdsmen to strengthen sheds, increase thermal insulation facilities, strengthen the feeding and management of basic female livestock, do a good job in flow prevention and fetal protection, and ensure that basic female livestock and calves can spend the winter and spring safely.

In addition, all localities should speed up the establishment and improvement of emergency plans and relevant work regulations for cold wave ice and snow disasters in grassland animal husbandry, strengthen the implementation of responsibilities, and strengthen emergency duty and emergency handling. In the event of a disaster, emergency response procedures at the corresponding level should be quickly launched, and farmers and herdsmen should be organized to go deep into herdsmen to understand the disaster situation, and guide farmers and herdsmen to do a good job in snow removal in livestock sheds and fences, protection against cold and warmth in livestock houses, allocation of diets for livestock, storage and transportation of forage, conservation of young animals, and prevention and control of animal diseases, and strive to minimize disaster losses.