Luo optical fiber mulberry leaf pig raising "planting and construction" cycle to get rich

Mulberry leaf

Mulberry leaves, in the eyes of most people, are used to raise silkworms. However, according to Luo Optical Fiber, Group 5 of Fengxiang Village, Shanling Township, Qianjiang District, mulberry leaves can be used not only to raise silkworms, but also to raise pigs. He broke the traditional concept, planted mulberry, raised silkworms and pigs, and "planted and built" started the model of circular economy.

Make a cocoon to get rich

Luo optical fiber is an authentic farmer. In 2008, the local government made great efforts to plant mulberry and sericulture, not only organizing large sericulturists to visit and study sericulture demonstration gardens in other villages and towns, but also sending professional and technical personnel from the agricultural service center to guide the construction of mulberry gardens, the construction of silkworm sheds, and the management of sericulture.

Sericulture has low cost and high benefit, so Luo optical fiber saw this business opportunity, so 50 mu of land was contracted for mulberry sericulture. He knows very well that sericulture benefits are high only if the sericulture technology is good. Therefore, as soon as he was free, he went to other towns to study and visit, and went to the farm bookstore to inquire about the techniques of sericulture.

As the saying goes: planting is gold, pipe is silver, sericulture is the treasure pot. It means that good management of mulberry garden is the foundation, scientific sericulture can achieve maximum benefit.

In order to grow a good mulberry garden, after planting mulberry seedlings, Luo optical fiber conscientiously did a good job in the management and protection of weeding, fertilization, loosening the soil, fixing poles, brushing, disease prevention and pest control, and the mulberry seedlings grew lush.

In the aspects of disinfection of silkworm houses and prevention and control of silkworm diseases, Luo optical fiber flexibly applied what he had learned, and finally relied on mulberry planting and sericulture to get rich.

Mulberry leaves raise pigs

In the process of sericulture, Luo optical fiber summed up a truth: in late autumn, the temperature is relatively low, the cocoon quantity is also low, and the benefit of sericulture is far worse than that of previous seasons. For this reason, he decided not to raise silkworms in late autumn.

But Luo optical fiber found another problem. When silkworms are no longer raised in late autumn, mulberry leaves will be wasted, and large areas of lush mulberry leaves will fall in vain, which is a pity.

How to make use of these mulberry leaves? He kept thinking and finally came up with a way to feed pigs with mulberry leaves. He also found cases in other provinces and cities where farmers raised ecological pigs with mulberry leaves, which strengthened his thinking.

It is understood that mulberry contains 17 natural amino acids, 6 vitamins and 8 minerals, and the protein content in mulberry leaves is as high as 36%, and is rich in inorganic salts such as crude fat, calcium, potassium, magnesium and so on. The pork raised with mulberry leaves was detected by the testing center, and the higher nutritional contents of protein and amino acids were generally higher.

As a result, Luo optical fiber picked back the excess mulberry leaves and fed them to fat pigs. That year, after killing the New year pig, he unexpectedly found that the pork was tastier than ever. "practice has proved that raising pigs with mulberry leaves can indeed improve the quality of pork." Luo optical fiber said.

conserve energy ,reduce emissions

Then, Luo optical fiber built pig farms and biogas digesters. At present, his pig farm keeps 100 heads, with an annual output of 200 heads.

The manure discharged from the pig farm is discharged into the biogas digester through pipes, which is fermented to produce biogas, which is used for lighting and cooking; too much waste and endless pig manure are used to plant mulberry trees, which grow well and produce more mulberry leaves.

The waste water and dung produced by the biogas digester are transported to the field, and the fertile field is safe; the gas produced is used for lighting and cooking, which is energy-saving and environmentally friendly. Luo said that the "cultivation and construction" cycle, on the one hand, develops sericulture and can raise more silkworms when the weather is warm; on the other hand, the use of biogas saves energy and reduces damage to the environment.

"Mulberry trees protected by organic manure produce large and fat leaves, and the soil is not easy to harden." Luo said that after the construction of the biogas digester, the energy cost alone will save more than 10,000 yuan a year.

Create a cooperative

Luo optical fiber told the author: "planting and building 'not only increases the economic income of farmers, but also protects the environment. In the future, more people will be encouraged to participate."

Now, Luo optical fiber farms and sericulture have a certain scale, and the technology of raising pigs and silkworms is becoming more and more mature. Next, he plans to expand the scale of breeding, set up professional cooperatives for pig farming (family farms) and micro-enterprises for sericulture, raise pigs with other villagers, grow silkworms with manure, and grow organic vegetables.