The total output value of animal husbandry in China has exceeded 2.9 trillion yuan

According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture, in 2014, the total output value of animal husbandry in China has exceeded 2.9 trillion yuan, and the per capita amount of meat has reached 64 kilograms. The income directly engaged in livestock and poultry farming accounts for 1% of the cash income of family agricultural operation. There are 583 leading enterprises in the national industrialization of animal husbandry, accounting for 47%.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, animal husbandry production has maintained steady growth, varieties have become increasingly diversified, the foundation of animal husbandry industry has been continuously consolidated, and the management system and mechanism have been continuously reformed and developed, and the construction of modern animal husbandry in China has been steadily advanced.

According to reports, at present, there are 583 leading enterprises of state-level agricultural industrialization of animal husbandry in China, accounting for 47 percent, and the pace of industrialization of animal husbandry has been accelerated. The integration of production, addition and marketing in animal husbandry and the integration of primary, secondary and tertiary industries have been accelerated, and a large number of production and management models with various forms, such as "enterprise + peasant household", "enterprise + cooperative", "enterprise + base" and so on, have been formed.

In addition, standardized scale breeding of livestock and poultry has become the main force to ensure the supply of livestock products. Since 2010, the Ministry of Agriculture has launched the establishment of standardized demonstration activities for livestock and poultry breeding, and large-scale farming has become the main force to ensure the effective supply of livestock products in the market. In 2014, the proportion of live pigs, laying hens and dairy cows reached 42%, 69% and 45%, respectively.

Obvious breakthroughs have also been made in scientific and technological innovation in the livestock and poultry breeding industry. In recent years the Ministry of Agriculture has successively issued and implemented genetic improvement plans for pigs cows beef cattle meat sheep laying hens and broilers. The improved breed breeding system has been initially formed and the ability of breeding and seed supply has been significantly improved. Since the 12th five-year Plan, a total of 39 supporting systems for new breeds of livestock and poultry have been cultivated throughout the country, of which self-cultivated laying hens have accounted for more than 40% of the national market share.

At the same time of the breakthrough in the development of the industry, the ecological environment of the grassland is speeding up the recovery. Monitoring shows that the overloading rate of livestock in the country's key natural grasslands dropped from 30% in 2010 to 15.2% in 2014. Last year, the comprehensive vegetation coverage of grasslands across the country reached 53.6 percent, an increase of 2.6 percentage points over 2010.

In addition, the income growth level of herdsmen has also accelerated significantly. According to statistics, the per capita net income of herdsmen in 268 pastoral areas and semi-pastoral counties reached 6287.7 yuan in 2014, an increase of 1793.3 yuan or 39.9% over 2010.