Does donkey milk have a "money" scene?

When it comes to donkey products, the first feeling is donkey meat and donkey gelatin. After lifting the veil of the donkey industry, it is eye-opening to look at donkey milk and its development prospects.

Studies by China Agricultural University and Camerino University in Italy have proved that donkey milk is the best substitute for human breast milk because its nutritional composition is closest to that of human milk. The content of selenium in donkey milk is 8 times that of milk, the content of vitamins is 5 times that of milk, and the content of whey protein is 50% higher than that of milk, which has better anti-oxidation, anti-aging effect and improve human immunity.

The dusty memory is engraved with the value of donkey milk. Plutarch, an ancient Roman historian, recorded that Cleopatra likes donkey milk bath, which makes her skin delicate and tender. In some countries in South America, people even regard donkey milk as a panacea. Sun Simiao in the Tang Dynasty wrote Qian Jin Yao Fang and Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty recorded the medical value of donkey milk.

In the market segment of the dairy industry, donkey milk can be described as "upstart". Donkey farmers have begun to taste the sweetness of increasing income from donkey milk. Affected by regional market factors, there is a great difference in the price of donkey milk between the eastern and western regions, but it is consistent to increase the income of donkey farmers. A member of the Tianlong Donkey raising Cooperative in Liaocheng, Shandong Province, said he made a "donkey milk fortune" last year. At first, the price of milk was 20 yuan per jin, but then it went up to 30 yuan. A pregnant donkey can pick milk for 6 months in a row, about 1 kg a day, and a female donkey can earn more than 5000 yuan for milk. Because it is an animal husbandry gathering area, farmers and herdsmen in some areas of Xinjiang have obtained general benefits from donkey dairy industry. At present, tens of thousands of donkey dairy breeding bases are in the ascendant. Although the yield of donkey milk is not high, the benefit of breeding is very high. Judging from the general sampling survey, farmers in Xinjiang currently raise two female donkeys and can increase their income by 3600 yuan a year by relying on donkey milk.

The strong demand for donkey milk consumption has given birth to the emergence of the leading enterprises in the donkey milk industry and connected small production with the big market. Xinjiang Dawakun Animal Husbandry Science and Technology Co., Ltd. has set up a donkey milk processing plant in Yuepuhu County, Xinjiang, which is known as the "hometown of donkeys in China". According to the relevant standards and requirements of the dairy industry, aseptic workshops and automatic donkey milk production lines have been built, with a daily processing capacity of 10 tons, filling in the gap in domestic donkey dairy processing. Relying on Xinjiang Donkey Industry Engineering Technology Center, Xinjiang Yukunlun Natural Food Engineering Co., Ltd. has completed a total investment of 135 million yuan. build an annual production line with an annual output of 80 tons of freeze-dried donkey milk powder and 500 tons of ultra-high pressure sterilized liquid donkey milk, and launch a series of donkey milk products. These all sound exhilarating.

It is true to put it into practice. The rise of donkey dairy industry is the result of market segmentation of deep dairy industry. Donkey milk has opened another door to the dairy market, and the prospect is promising. However, in order to expand and strengthen the donkey dairy industry, there are still many practical difficulties. First of all, relative to the demand, the supply of living resources in the national donkey industry is seriously insufficient. At present, there are about 6 million donkeys in the country, and the annual processing capacity of donkey skins in Liaocheng, Shandong Province alone has reached 4 million, not to mention the amount of live resources needed for donkey milk production. In such a large market, it is impossible not to increase the number of donkeys. Second, although the donkey dairy industry has profound potential for development, the market promotion is not enough. Most people have never seen donkey milk products, let alone consumption. Thirdly, it is the quality assurance of donkey milk. In terms of quality, there is no difference between donkey milk and other milk. The problem of quality must be prepared in advance, because if the quality is there, the donkey dairy industry will exist; if the quality is not there, the donkey dairy industry will not be there.

The value of donkey milk found that there is a long-term process to realize the value, to turn the nutritional value of donkey milk into solid industrial development, real dairy farmers to increase income, healthy residents' consumption, but also to make full efforts. Only in this way can the donkey milk industry go high and far.