Pig farming will be designated as a no-breeding area in 2017. What does it mean?

For pig farmers, the term "pig ban zone" in 2017 should be no stranger to them, so what is the meaning of pig ban zone? what is the basis for the designation of pig farming ban zone in 2017?

What is the meaning of the pig forbidden zone? From the legal concept, the "prohibited culture area" refers to the area where the construction of breeding farms and farming communities is prohibited, that is, the construction of breeding sites above the scale set by the provincial people's government is prohibited. The Hubei Provincial people's Government has determined that the scale breeding standards of our province are as follows: live pig ≥ 500head (annual fencing), cow ≥ 100head (stock fencing), beef cattle ≥ 50head (yearly fencing), egg fowl ≥ 5000 (yearly stockpile), meat fowl ≥ 10000 (yearly fencing). For farmers below the scale, it is not to prohibit their breeding behavior, but to guide them to do a good job in the prevention and control of aquaculture pollution.

In addition, the Technical Standard for the Division of Livestock and Poultry breeding areas in Hubei Province (for trial implementation) stipulates that livestock and poultry farms that have been retained and improved with the approval of the local people's government due to teaching, scientific research, tourism and other special needs are not included in the closure and transfer of livestock and poultry breeding projects. The establishment of this regulation is actually an opening for a large-scale farm with clean breeding and green development.

"restricted maintenance area" ≠ "minor maintenance area"

The "restricted area" is an area in which the pollution discharge of livestock and poultry breeding is limited in a certain area, combined with the regional environmental capacity. The restricted area is not a restriction on the amount of livestock and poultry breeding, but a restriction on the total amount of pollutants discharged from livestock and poultry breeding.

In the restricted area, livestock and poultry farms (residential areas) must achieve full resource utilization of wastes or meet the discharge standards of urban domestic sewage, that is, COD is lower than 150mg/L and ammonia nitrogen is lower than 40mg/L. In other words, as long as we can do a good job in the prevention and control of aquaculture pollution and do not cause pollution to the environment, there is no limit to the amount of aquaculture in the restricted culture area. For farms (residential areas) that cannot do a good job in pollution control in restricted areas, the local people's governments at or above the county level shall close down and transfer within a time limit.

"suitable breeding area" ≠ "random breeding area"

In order to carry out breeding activities in suitable breeding areas, we should also reasonably plan and distribute livestock and poultry breeding behavior on the basis of regional environmental carrying capacity, so as to realize the recycling and comprehensive utilization of wastes or meet the national sewage discharge standards for livestock and poultry breeding (that is, COD is lower than 400mg/L and ammonia nitrogen is lower than 80mg/L). The difference between the suitable cultivation area and the restricted area lies in the different discharge standards, and the emission requirements of the restricted area are more stringent. In the suitable breeding area, the problem of aquaculture environmental pollution can not occur either.

≠ of manure returned to the field discharges pollutants to the environment

Many places have doubts about the return and utilization of livestock and poultry manure, liquid manure, biogas residue, biogas slurry, etc. when they see liquid fertilizer and biogas liquid returning to the field, they think that they are "discharging pollutants into the field" and polluting the environment. In fact, there is an essential difference between returning manure to the field and discharging pollutants into the environment.

The discharge of pollutants is the behavior of discharging the products that have no use value in this production link and will not enter the next production unit into the environment for disposal, which will only increase the load of environmental pollution and will not bring any economic value-added. As long as manure is returned to the field in accordance with the relevant provisions of the regulations on pollution Prevention and Control of Livestock and Poultry farming, harmless and in line with the needs of land consumption and utilization, it will not lead to pollution, but will provide nutrients for soil and plants. improve the efficiency of planting production units.

The regulations on the Prevention and Control of pollution from large-scale farming of Livestock and Poultry, which came into force on January 1, 2014, is the first legal document specifically aimed at the prevention and control of pollution from livestock and poultry breeding. It is clear that the development plan of animal husbandry should take into account the environmental carrying capacity and the requirements for pollution prevention and control of livestock and poultry breeding, make a rational layout, and scientifically determine the variety, scale and total amount of livestock and poultry breeding. The regulations clearly define the criteria for the division of prohibited breeding areas, applicable objects (livestock and poultry farms, breeding communities), incentives and penalties.

From 2014 to 2015, the State Council successively promulgated the Environmental Protection Law and the Ten articles on Water, which clearly required that the site selection, construction and management of livestock and poultry farms, breeding communities, designated slaughtering enterprises, etc., should comply with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations.

Since 2016, the State Council has successively issued "Ten articles", "Technical guidelines for the delineation of prohibited areas for Livestock and Poultry breeding", "13th five-year Plan for Ecological Environment Protection", which requires a clear and reasonable determination of the layout and scale of livestock and poultry breeding and strengthening the prevention and control of pollution in livestock and poultry breeding. After the delineation of the no-breeding area is completed, all regions will close or relocate the livestock and poultry farms (residential areas) and professional households in the restricted area by the end of 2017.

Which areas will be designated as "no-breeding areas" for livestock and poultry?

1. Drinking water source protection area

2. Nature reserves

3. Scenic spots

4. Urban residential areas and cultural, educational and scientific research areas

5. Other areas where the construction of farms is prohibited according to laws and regulations.

With the intensive introduction of environmental protection policies, the pressure on environmental protection in the aquaculture industry continues to increase. Since the beginning of this year, the scope of the national prohibited breeding areas has continued to expand, and the designated areas have gradually shifted from the initial southern water network areas to inland, western and northern areas. up to now, more than 19 provinces have designated prohibited breeding areas from west to Shaanxi and north to Liaoning. The demolition of pig farms in the prohibited areas in the southern water network area has been completed more than half of the year, but next year will still be a year for the delineation of prohibited areas and the closure and demolition of farms in the restricted areas. It is also the deadline for the demolition of farms in the restricted area, and the production capacity of the pig market may continue to decline due to its impact.

Pig prices are high and environmental protection is on the ground. on the one hand, they are dismantled and built at the same time, on the one hand, individual farmers who are passively out of the harvest year, and on the other hand, large-scale enterprises that expand at high costs at the time of transformation, and the pig farming industry ushered in an unprecedented reshuffle, mixed with joys and sorrows. Pain and happiness, this is also the inevitable stage of industrial development. With the further withdrawal of retail investors, large-scale farming will accelerate to fill its vacancy, and the future market pattern of pig farming industry will mainly show the competition among large-scale breeding enterprises.