Amuer Forestry Bureau: Zhang Xinghai who made a fortune of "sheep"

He persisted in raising sheep for six years, and his dream of starting a business for six years was unwavering. He is Zhang Xinghai, a professional sheep farmer in Longhe Forest Resources Management area of Amuer Forestry Bureau.

Zhang Xinghai, 56, used to be an oil saw in the Changshan district, where he has been working for 16 years. In the spring of 2010, seeing the characteristics of high price and fast reproduction in the goat market, he decided to engage in goat breeding and invested 20,000 yuan to buy more than 30 local goats and embarked on the road of starting a business.

Although the Longhe management and protection area solved the goat breeding site for Zhang Xinghai, because he had no breeding experience, not only did the population size not expand a year later, but more than 30 basic sheep and lambs died of illness, resulting in a loss of 15000 yuan.

Get up from where you fall. Zhang Xinghai, who refused to admit defeat, began to humbly learn breeding experience and advanced management models from other farmers and consult professional and technical personnel about epidemic prevention. With the technical knowledge, he can inject the sheep with anti-epidemic injections, feed insect repellents, treat sick goats, and increase the survival rate of goats by 85% to 90%.

With the expansion of the size of the sheep, in 2014, Zhang Xinghai built a new enclosure with more than 100 square meters of ventilation and good lighting at the back of the original house, and the management area solved more than 200 iron tiles for him. The careful help of the management area has not only strengthened Zhang Xinghai's determination to start a business, but also strengthened his confidence in taking the road of standardized and scientific breeding. He insists on green farming, herding sheep for two hours every morning and evening, allowing sheep to eat grass freely in the mountains and forests, improving the quality of goat meat and reducing breeding costs.

Zhang Xinghai calculated that it takes two years to raise a sheep. After deducting the cost of feed and epidemic prevention, the cost of a sheep is about 270 yuan. According to the current market price of 26 yuan per kilogram of whole sheep, a sheep can earn more than 500 yuan and produce more than 30 fences a year, so it can earn more than 15000 yuan a year.

Today, the number of goats in Zhang Xinghai's family has reached nearly 300, making it a major farmer. When he became successful, he often introduced the Sheep Sutra to some new sheep farmers to help them embark on the road to prosperity. Driven by his demonstration, at present, another household in the management and protection area has joined the ranks of breeding.