This shepherd is really good at helping to get rid of poverty.

Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, Rain Water is rich. Wei Changguang, head of the Guangchanglong Sheep raising Cooperative in Liyang Village, Lingnan Town, Heshan City, rode his motorcycle back and forth between the new and old sheep houses, clinging to his sheep raising career.

The four rows of brand-new fence houses and bungalows under the dense forest are particularly eye-catching, with a mixer parked on the construction site and covered with cement, bricks, pipes and steel bars under the shed. Migrant workers wearing straw hats and trousers are concentrating on shoveling sand and gravel. This is a semi-cold mountain area, with a high altitude, a warm and cool climate, lush vegetation and winding paths, and the new base is built here.

"Sheep farming has relatively high environmental requirements. Here, it is far away from people, isolated from pollution sources, and the air is good, so it is more suitable for raising sheep." Wei Changguang said.

The door-to-door son-in-law had some business acumen. A few years ago, he quit his high-paying job as a cook in Nanning and wholeheartedly became a shepherd in his wife's hometown. In March 2012, Wei Changguang invested 90,000 yuan to establish a demonstration base for captive breeding of improved breeds of goats. "Live sheep start at 60 jin, with the heaviest 150 jin, with an average of 18 to 20 yuan per jin. Sheep dung is bought and used to raise earthworms. " Wei Changguang's success stirred up the villagers' desire to get rid of poverty. In August 2013, Guangchang long Sheep raising Cooperative was established, with 27 members, distributed in Xiabai, Tangcun, diligence and thrift, Li Chao and other villages in Liyang Village, with more than 2,000 goats.

"after 20 years of raising sheep, life has changed a lot. The clay tile house has been replaced by a two-story building, the road has been opened, and there are new means of transportation. What the state advocates, I will follow the cultivation of what is right. " Pan Zhengjie, a 74-year-old poor family, raises 80 sheep and earns 8000 to 10000 yuan a year.

"the cooperative provides technical guidance, and you don't need to worry too much. If you vaccinate the goats, go to Xiao Wei." It is the consensus of the members. Not long ago, the goat of Jiang Cheng-compensation, who raised sheep in Li Chaotun, suddenly lost weight and hurriedly telephoned Wei Changguang. Diligent and thrifty Qin Gui Dynasty sheep can not be sold, but also looking for Wei Changguang.

"in 2014, the Poverty Alleviation Office invested 150000 yuan as equity funds for poor sheep farmers. The 50 poor households covered can receive a dividend of 280yuan a year, which can be received for two consecutive years, and will be returned in the form of two sheep cubs per household two years later." In Wei Changguang's view, when farmers join the co-operative, on the one hand, technical sales are helped by others, so they no longer have to "run around." when the price is high, they can sell it themselves. if the market is "not as expected," the cooperative will underwrite it, and there will be no worries. On the other hand, it can better integrate the resources of small retail investors, keep warm together, and achieve win-win results. In addition, the Government will give certain policy preference and financial assistance to cooperatives that absorb poor families into their societies. At the same time, a new policy has been introduced this year, under which poor households can voluntarily apply for microcredit support to invest in cooperatives, which to a certain extent solves the problem of insufficient funds for the development of cooperatives, helps cooperatives become bigger and stronger, and better lead people out of poverty and become rich.

With the continuous growth of the breeding scale, the number of goats has grown from 60 at the beginning to 310 now. The eight double-story old shacks originally built in Tangcun with a total area of more than 600 square meters have become overcrowded and the expansion is imminent. Wei Changguang aimed the expansion of the new site at the hills of the old Liyang village, which left a piece of homestead after the overall relocation of the aborigines. But it takes a lot of money, which makes Wei Changguang sad.

If you are in trouble, find the secretary. "thanks to Xie Dong, the first secretary of our village, and the cadres who hung up, they helped me get the funds for the demonstration project of non-grain feed utilization. The 1.2 million yuan solved a large amount of expenses needed for infrastructure construction, sheep breeding and adding feed processing equipment." In March this year, the construction of the new base covering an area of 20 mu began, and it is expected that 750 square meters of fence houses and 600 cubic meters of grass sheds will be built when it is completed by the end of the year.

"according to theory, the new base is about 2000 meters away from the village committee on a rugged mountain road. After the old Liyang village moved out, almost no one lived there, but the city still has to build cement roads and pull power lines. It can be seen that in order to develop sheep farming and other industries, the city has made great determination and great cost, and is sincere in helping us build nests and attract Phoenix." Wei Changguang was full of gratitude when he saw that the village cadres came one after another, and the poverty alleviation work was done one after another. The good development model and policy gave Wei Changguang a shot in the arm, and he confidently planned for the future. "next, I will take advantage of the wind and mobilize poor households to plant 50 mu of pasture."