Gulan Town, Changshou District, Chongqing: the layer industry is upgraded in the "transformation".

As soon as the button is pressed, the funnel-shaped feeder automatically slides back and forth and evenly distributes the crushed corn and soybeans in the feed trough. Tens of thousands of laying hens stick their heads out of their cages and enjoy the "delicious meal" in front of them with relish. Recently, the reporter saw the laying hens of Liang Bonian, a big chicken farmer, eating happily in the A5 and A11 districts of Gulen benchmark chicken farming cooperatives.

Liang Bonian is a laying hen farmer in Nanzhong Village, Gulen Town. Before the regulation of the Peach Blossom River, he raised 7000 layers in the village. The feces of the chicken farm have caused serious environmental pollution to the Taohua River and its surroundings. After the Taohua River carried out pollution control, he closed the chicken farm, rented two breeding areas in the Benchmarking Chicken Co-operative, and raised 55000 laying hens.

Liang Bonian's "metamorphosis" upgrade is the epitome of the upgrading of the laying hen breeding industry in Gulen Town.

Gulen Town is a major livestock and poultry breeding town in our region, with a perennial stock of more than 1 million laying hens and more than 40, 000 other livestock. As a big town of livestock and poultry, the Gulen people are proud and confused. Farmers are mostly decentralized management, management level, anti-risk ability is low, in case of a downturn in the egg market will be a loss. At the same time, the serious problem of environmental pollution also affects the sustainable development of the industry.

In 2014, the battle for pollution control of Taohua River in our district began, and aquaculture pollution became the number one goal. 165 farmers along the Taohua River in Gulen Town have become the object of renovation. 80 households have reached the standard of governance, 65 households have been closed, 7 households have been relocated and 12 households have changed production.

In the view of many people, the pollution control of the Taohua River is a heavy blow to Gulen's livestock and poultry industry. However, in the eyes of the Gulen party committee and government, this is an excellent opportunity for transformation and development. "the battle for pollution in the Peach Blossom River is a good opportunity for the upgrading of livestock and poultry breeding in our region." Luo Fangquan, secretary of the town's party committee, said.

Through the pollution control of the Peach Blossom River, Glenn explored the way of intensive farming. Zhang Qilin, chairman of the Gulen National people's Congress, said: "We should guide farmers to carry out intensive and large-scale farming to strengthen their muscles and bones. The establishment of cooperatives is a good way for intensive farming. "

The Benchmarking Chicken Co-operative is the "benchmark" of Gulen's intensive farming. "now there are 600000 laying hens, with an annual output value of more than NT $100 million!" Zuo Hongjie, head of the benchmarking professional chicken cooperative in Gulen Town, told reporters that they developed together, set up cooperatives and adopted the road of standardized and intensive production, resulting in a substantial increase in efficiency.

Zuo Hongjie said that cooperatives not only implement unified epidemic prevention, feed, training, packaging, and sales, but also implement the model of companies selling feed at low prices and farmers using eggs to charge accounts, and more importantly, let eggs appreciate. The cooperative spent 500000 yuan to introduce this egg cleaning machine to wash, wax, screen and sell the eggs. The eggs are bright in color, uniform in size and improved in quality, and they will naturally increase in value. At present, the cooperative has signed supply and marketing agreements with a number of food companies to supply 5000 kilograms of eggs per day, which is 0.4 yuan / kg higher than the market price.

After the "five-unified" management of cooperatives, the management costs of farmers' feed and epidemic prevention have been reduced, the better quality of eggs has led to higher prices, and farmers will naturally expand their scale when they have a profit, thus promoting the increase of feed consumption. and then promote the development of feed factories. In this way, all the companies and farmers in the cooperatives have made a profit, forming a sound path of development.

Liao Xiaomei is also a farmer who joined the cooperative earlier. Before joining the club, she raised 8000 laying hens, but the benefits have been stagnant. After joining the cooperative, she expanded the scale of breeding to 40,000. "now all I care about is feeding the chickens, and handing them over to the co-operatives for sales, epidemic prevention, pollution treatment, and so on. Once the chickens are fed, they will make money." Liao Xiaomei said. At present, more and more laying hen farmers are required to join cooperatives and take the road of large-scale and intensive breeding.

Large-scale and intensive farming brings new effects. At present, more than 600000 laying hens in Gulen Town have achieved intensive production, and 75 large farmers have been cultivated, with a large-scale rate of more than 87.1%. The cost of raising laying hens in Gulen town has been reduced by about 10%, the quality of eggs has been improved, the risk resistance and profitability of farmers have been enhanced, and the pollution of breeding has been greatly reduced.

The town of Gulen is changing from a big town of layer industry to a strong town of layer industry.