Ministry of Agriculture: strengthen the response to cold wave, ice and snow disasters in grassland animal husbandry

Tianshan Network (Reporter Pan Linqing Wang Yu reported) in view of the large area gale cooling weather that will occur in the near future, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture recently issued a notice, requiring the relevant departments of Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang and other places to do a good job in dealing with cold waves and ice and snow disasters in grassland animal husbandry.

According to the forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, in the near future, there will be a large area of gale cooling in central and eastern China, with a cooling range of 8 degrees Celsius to 14 degrees Celsius in some areas, accompanied by obvious precipitation. Northern Xinjiang, northeastern northwest, central-eastern Inner Mongolia, northern and western North China and other places will have light to moderate snow or sleet.

The general office of the Ministry of Agriculture recently issued a circular on strengthening the response to cold wave ice and snow disasters in grassland animal husbandry, and animal husbandry (agriculture) departments at all levels should strengthen cooperation with meteorological departments to improve the operational mechanism of monitoring and early warning of cold tide ice and snow disasters. we should improve the ability of forecasting, early warning and service for disastrous weather, and make full use of traditional media such as television and radio to publicize the knowledge of disaster weather prevention and response. And with the help of Weibo, mobile phone text messages and other new ways to timely inform the public of disaster prevention information, to improve the vast number of farmers and herdsmen awareness of disaster prevention and self-rescue, mutual rescue ability.

In addition, all localities should, in accordance with the relevant requirements of the "Ministry of Agriculture grassland animal husbandry cold wave ice and snow disaster emergency plan," implement work responsibilities and strengthen emergency duty. Once a disaster occurs, it is necessary to quickly activate the corresponding level of emergency response, and promptly send emergency experts to go deep into herdsmen to understand the disaster situation and help solve outstanding problems. 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, collocation of livestock diets, storage and transportation of forage, conservation of young animals, and prevention and control of animal diseases, and strive to minimize disaster losses.