Chen Xiangyang: the leader of green cattle raising

Walking into Huji Village, High-tech Zone, Haian County, Jiangsu Province, Haian Xiangyang Dairy Farm, a modern dairy industry production base, is presented to the author. Rows of standardized dairy houses have a reasonable layout, healthy and well-bred cows feed leisurely, energetic workers work nervously in different positions, dozens of high-definition cameras record data and transmit them to the host computer in real time, and various production systems regulate the words and deeds of workers at all times, all of which reflect the management wisdom of farm director Chen Xiangyang.

In early 2003, Chen Xiangyang became the head of the dairy farm under the expectant eyes of the people. When it first took over, there were 47 cows, of which only 17 produced milk, with a total construction area of less than 1000 square meters and a total debt of nearly 2 million yuan. How to get the enterprise out of the predicament and stabilize the production as soon as possible to achieve economic benefits is the problem he thinks most about. With years of experience and a willingness not to admit defeat, he played a set of "combined punches". Through the bank loan of more than 200,000 yuan to Shanghai to buy improved breed reserve dairy cows, lease 50 mu of land, invite Nanjing dairy farm construction experts to design high-standard barns in line with the characteristics of dairy production and eliminate inferior cattle. At the same time, send technical personnel abroad for further study, strengthen the internal management of the enterprise, improve the rules and regulations, and so on. With the high-quality milk source and the reputation of integrity, the enterprise has gradually improved, and the production level has also been continuously improved. Yili Group, a famous domestic enterprise, has been recognized as the only milk source base of the group in Nantong.

After becoming the milk supply base of Yili Group, Chen Xiangyang realized that "only by relying on science and technology can we seize the opportunity to achieve leapfrog development." He actively planned to build a cow analysis laboratory, invested more than 500,000 yuan, introduced automatic testers from Germany, insisted on testing and keeping samples for each batch of products, and did not leave the field for unqualified products. In 2010, Xiangyang Dairy Farm ranked second in the comprehensive evaluation of more than 40 milk source bases of Yili Group in the province, won the first place in Suzhou area, and was selected as the special milk source production base for Shanghai World Expo. The production scale has also increased from more than 40 cows to 320, and a national livestock and poultry standardization demonstration farm has been established.

The pursuit of green development has always been one of Chen Xiangyang's goals. With the expansion of the breeding scale, the amount of manure and sewage treatment in the cattle farm is increasing. At the end of 2015, Xiangyang Dairy Farm built 13000 cubic meters of biogas fermentation tank, installed dry-wet separation equipment, transformed the pipe network line of manure, sold dry manure to organic fertilizer plants, and manure was used for biogas power generation. Finally, biogas slurry was provided to farmers free of charge, and manure was effectively used. At present, the biogas power generation system can generate more than 1800 kilowatt-hours per day, and it has transmitted 50, 000 kilowatt-hours of electricity to the power supply companies by the end of May. The development and growth of dairy farms has also solved the problem of comprehensive utilization of local straw resources. last year alone, Xiangyang Dairy Farm purchased more than 8000 tons of green straw, and 3000 mu of farmland straw was effectively utilized, which really realized the virtuous cycle of agricultural development. Chen Xiangyang was successively named as "the leader of developing agriculture through science and technology in Nantong" and "the first ten outstanding young farmers in Nantong".