Common problems of planting grass and raising sheep

Raising sheep is the first choice of many farmers at present, but at present a very realistic problem lies in front of everyone, general place is not suitable for large-scale breeding, then how to do? Growing your own grass and raising sheep became a breakthrough. So what problems do you encounter if you plant your own grass and raise sheep? Let's get to know each other together with the pro-agricultural network.

1. Yield size

Yield is the most worrying thing for many people who plan to plant grass and breed. In fact, the daily grass planting yield of more than ten tons per mu, serious or even dozens of tons, is greatly suspected of exaggeration. The land needed to grow more than ten tons is absolutely very good. There is so good land for growing other cash crops that it is not more worthwhile to grow grass. Normal land can be planted with grass up to 10 tons is very good, this is also said to be fresh grass, such as dry also about 4 tons. Generally, the constant is lower where it is slightly worse. So growing your own grass often isn't as economical as people think.

2. Labor costs

The level of labor cost is the most direct comparison between planting grass by ourselves and buying grass. At present, the labor cost of planting grass by ourselves seems to be a bit high. Generally, the area of planting grass should not be too small, too small a waste of time, and secondly, the management after planting requires a lot of time, plus the influence of some fertilizers and pests, the cost is even higher, and the cost of one mu of grass is close to one thousand yuan. Compared to buying pasture by himself, it seems that it will be more affordable to change the land planted with pasture to planting cash crops.

3. Income from planting

Raising sheep in our country is a large-scale breeding, in the north is good, the land is relatively flat and fertile, and the planting income will be relatively high. In the south, however, most of the areas present uneven distribution, and the soil is relatively barren, so the income will be lower. If the yield of one mu of pasture in the north is 10 tons, the yield in the south is about 9 tons. Normally, a sheep consumes about 0.6 tons of fodder a year, and one mu of land can maintain about 6 sheep consumption. If you grow cash crops to buy fodder, you can support more than 10. So pasture yields are also a big problem right now.

4. Storage problems

Finally, there is the problem of forage storage. There will be such problems in planting grass and breeding by oneself. The forage is seriously insufficient in the early stage, and it is inconvenient to store forage in the later stage. After all, the grass must be harvested in time after it matures, otherwise it will die. How can so much grass be stored? After all, grass generally had to be dried and stored. Silage would easily rot. Drying also required a large area, and drying was a time-consuming and laborious job. Daily storage should also be kept in order to prevent leakage from damaging pasture.

The above are all aspects of planting grass that you need to consider. You'd better think about how to solve these things before planting grass and raising sheep. The advantage of raising sheep relative to purchasing pasture is that you don't have to worry about the lack of pasture supply. The disadvantage is that it takes time and effort and may not save much capital. It may cost more. So we have to think it through.