Breeding Prospect of Black Goat

Advantages of Black Goat Breeding

1. High reproductive performance: ewes generally produce 1.7 fetuses per year, 193% of first births, and 246% of 2~4 fetuses. Newborn and bimonthly male lambs 2.35 kg, female lambs 2.22 kg.

2. Fast growth and development: The body weight and height at 6 months old were 25.5 kg and 58.2 cm for rams, 23.8 kg and 55.1 cm for ewes. The body weight and height at 12 months old were 37.2 kg and 65.8 cm for rams, 34.9 kg and 60.7 cm for ewes. The adult body weight and height were 74.6 kg and 76.7 cm for rams, the highest body weight was 125kg, 56.2 kg and 68.5 cm for ewes.

Prospects of Black Goat Breeding

1. Abundant labor resources

China's labor resources are the richest in the world, and every year a large number of rural surplus labor force flows into cities, forming the most Chinese characteristics of the migrant workers during the annual Spring Festival. Although most of them are accepted by township enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises, they have made great contributions to the development of cities and the take-off of local economies. However, we can still see that their educational level is relatively low, their technical level is limited, and it is increasingly difficult for them to find jobs in cities, which has caused certain pressure on social security and social stability in cities. How to settle and mobilize this part of surplus labor force is also a major issue that successive governments have to solve. With the development of black goat breeding, reasonable allocation of labor resources, house feeding and large-scale sheep production will be an important way out.

2. Rich feed resources

China has grassland and grassland area of more than 400 million hm (Ministry of Agriculture, 1994), accounting for 40% of the land area, second only to Australia, ranking second in the world. And the state is implementing the conversion of farmland to forests and grasslands, and improving the ecological environment, which will further increase the grassland area and improve the pasture varieties. In addition, China's agricultural areas can produce about 500 million tons of crop straw and other feeds suitable for sheep production every year. All of these provide basic material foundation for the development of mutton sheep industry in China.

3. China has excellent black goat breeds with high reproduction rate and has characteristics.

For example, Weiyan black goat with high reproduction rate in Hunan Province is suitable for large-scale captivity or stocking in agricultural areas. High-quality black goats can be introduced for vigorous promotion and breeding, which is beneficial to improve the economic benefits of black goat breeding and promote the entrepreneurship and prosperity of black goat breeding in rural areas of China.

4. Expansion of domestic market demand

With the improvement of national economic power and the improvement of national living standards, economic, healthy, nutritious and environmentally friendly food has attracted more and more attention. Mutton is fresh, delicious, juicy, low in cholesterol and rich in nutrition, which has become more and more fashionable for people to sell. The demand of domestic market has been further expanded, especially in Guangdong, Fujian and other coastal provinces and cities where mutton consumption is relatively low. In recent years, mutton consumption has also increased significantly.