The "silver" of raising geese under the forest is rolling.

Trees into a forest, grass in the forest, grass can give birth to "gold"; under the forest to raise geese, the ground fat geese strong, strong "silver" rolling. Recently, the sound of "quack, quack" one after another in the demonstration base of Li Zhen, a soap household in Huimin County, came from the woods. Ten thousand white geese were grazing leisurely in the shade or chasing and playing in the canals. The goose driver is like a haughty "commander", raising his red whip and shouting and commanding his "thousands of troops and horses" looming in the green trees. If he is not there, the spectacle of the scene cannot be described in words.

"We have divided these ten thousand goslings into four areas. our current area is the second area, with a total of 2500, with an effective woodland area of 1500 mu, surrounded by a simple net half a meter high. Don't underestimate these little guys. In less than half a month, the grass and vegetables in these 1500 mu of woodland will be 'wiped out' by them, leaving behind the droppings of these little guys and becoming organic fertilizer in the woodland. " Li Jinbo, the person in charge of nursery stocks in Ruyuan, pointed to the woodland behind the goslings and told the reporter.

Every spring and summer, weeds and wild vegetables all over the land are full of weeds and wild vegetables that "let the wildfire burn forever and still flourish as soon as the spring breeze blows." it really gives seedling growers a headache, and every year a large part of the money is devoted to weeding, in addition to growing again and again, to increase the cost of production. For ten thousand mu of high-standard seedling planting demonstration base, the weeding task of 12000 mu is a costly, time-consuming and arduous task. Once, Li Jinbo and several seedling planting representatives went to the south to inspect seedling planting techniques. The southern goose raising project under the forest caught Li Jinbo's eyes and decided to raise geese under the forest in the 10,000 mu of forest land in Shuanghe Forest Farm.

After returning from the inspection, it was precisely because of the high profits of raising geese under the forest that Li Jinbo, as a businessman, resolutely invested more than 500,000 yuan and successively introduced Wanxi White Goose and Taizhou White Goose in two batches, with an investment of about 130000 yuan. four breeding sites were set up near the main ditches of the base forest farm, eight standard greenhouses were built, and small ditches were opened in each side of the woodland to introduce water to facilitate the white geese to drink water and cool down.

According to conservative estimates, raising geese under the forest can save about 200 yuan in labor and pesticides for weeding per mu of land in a year. At the same time, goose manure is excreted directly in woodland as the best natural organic fertilizer, which can save about 130 yuan per mu of fertilizer cost. " Li Jinbo made an account for us. It is understood that the nursery stock base has 12000 mu of all kinds of seedlings, mainly white wax, Sophora japonica and other conventional tree species with a DBH of about 5 cm, with large plant spacing and overgrown weeds in the forest, providing rich natural feed for raising geese under the forest. The geese raised under the forest mainly eat grass, and the cost of each goose is only about 40 yuan, but if it is kept in captivity, the cost of each goose is at least 80 yuan. At the same time, the geese grazing under the forest belong to pure natural green food, and the market price of finished geese is at least 2-3 yuan higher than that of captive geese.

The mode of raising geese under the forest mainly uses rich weeds in the forest to graze to achieve natural and healthy breeding, can also save herbicides and reduce artificial input, reduce environmental pollution, and can also use the feces produced by geese to mix with leftover grass dregs and leaves to quickly replenish soil nutrients and promote forest growth. In addition, the forest can also reduce direct sunlight, reduce the temperature inside and outside the goose house, and realize circular breeding as a whole. Li Jinbo's model of raising geese under the forest is a new bright spot in forestry development, which leads to an ecological three-dimensional breeding road and plays an important role in improving the ecological environment. "We are planning to invest 600000 yuan to expand the scale of breeding and processing, so as to allow more people to join the ranks of geese raising, so that 700000 goslings can be hatched annually and 1 million commercial geese can be produced, which will drive 300 local farmers and increase farmers' income by more than 60,000 yuan a year." Speaking of development prospects, Li Jinbo is full of confidence.

In order to ensure the healthy development of the economy under the forest and improve the scientific and technological content of the products, Li Jinbo organized experts in forestry, animal husbandry and planting to carry out scientific and technological training and service activities among farmers, with both centralized training and decentralized guidance. It has strengthened the prenatal, mid-production and post-natal services for farmers, so that the majority of forest farmers can learn scientific management, scientific management and master the latest scientific and technological knowledge. Realize the maximum value of under-forest development and the best combination of ecological, economic and social benefits. Through raising geese under the forest to get rich quickly, increase the investment in forestry, enhance the confidence in the development of forestry, and create a new way for rural construction.

(Li Ning, Shen Jianqiang)