Returnee students raise Hu sheep not only bigger but also stronger.

"Please enter the disinfection room to disinfect!" Recently, when the reporter just stepped into the door of Hubei Chuangqi Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., he was politely invited into the disinfection room at the door by a sunny big boy.

"Sorry, sheep are easy to infect bacteria. All people and cars entering the factory must be disinfected before entering the factory." Serious, meticulous, meticulous. The message coming out of the big boy was: "Professional."

"He's the 'CEO Xiao Chen' of the base. He's also a returnee 'shepherd.'" Yu Guisheng, Minister of Propaganda Department of Datong Lake Management District, called Chen Xue, 28 years old this year, is fully responsible for the production, procurement, sales and technology of the base.

Once or twice a week for sheep houses and feeding tools, once a month for the surrounding environment, twice a year for epidemic prevention, in case of special circumstances, but also emergency epidemic prevention... one by one, one by one, said the head, it can be seen that Chen Xue is especially "careful" to raise sheep.

Each sheep has an ear tag indicating the time of birth, epidemic prevention, male and female, father and mother..."This facilitates product traceability."

This one is for breeding sheep; this one is for fattening sheep...

A word, a line, this shepherd's professionalism, focus is impressive. He regards sheep raising as a career in business, vigorous publicity, passion. "After a year of preparation and operation, the base has taken shape. 13 sheep houses and workshops and 2 silage cellars have been built. There are currently more than 2200 sheep. Drinking water, disinfection, cooling and feeding are all mechanized operations."

Overseas returnees love raising sheep

"Many people think that I studied animal husbandry. In fact, I studied finance in college in the United States, which has nothing to do with sheep farming." Speaking of the indissoluble bond with sheep, Chen Xue's chubby face showed a somewhat shy smile.

In 2008, Chen Xue returned from studying in the United States and did foreign trade in a company in Guangzhou. Half a year later, at the request of his father Chen Yibing, he went home to do nonwoven business with his father. With the increase of state support for agriculture, Chen Xue's family believes that investment in agriculture is very promising. What projects can we do?

"Last year, Wuhan City sold more than 3 million tons of cattle and sheep, while local sales accounted for only more than 1 million tons. The gap is quite large and has a head." As soon as he understood the market, Chen Xue was delighted. "Local people are more interested in fresh mutton, which costs about 20 yuan per kilogram more than frozen mutton. Moreover, Hu sheep is more suitable for southerners. It doesn't have much of a fishy smell."

In addition, Hubei sheep feed rich, the cost is not high. Hu sheep eat corn stalk, soybean stalk, rape stalk, straw everywhere.

Low cost, high output value, bright market prospects. Chen Xue believes that breeding Hu sheep is a thriving sunrise industry. A total family, decided to go back home Datong Lake sheep!

Chen Xue and his son's intention to raise Hu sheep has received strong support and positive response from the leaders of Datong Lake Management District. In March 2014, Hubei Chuangqi Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. was established in partnership with Datong Lake Farm in the management area of 190 mu of land transferred from ancient village river to 14 million yuan, mainly engaged in lake sheep breeding.

In March, the construction of modern breeding plants began. At the beginning of August, he invested 1.8 million yuan to purchase 1000 breeding sheep successively, which started the breeding journey of Hu sheep.

Not only do you want to be the "sheep king", but you also want to be the "head sheep"

"In just two years, the sheep breeding scale can be expanded to 10,000." Although said, the current captive scale is Hubei first, but Chen Xue's appetite is a bit big.

More than 1200 breeding sheep, three births in two years, two to three births, can develop to 10,000 in less than two years. Chen Xue was confident. "Even if there are 10,000 sheep, the annual supply capacity of mutton is only 250 tons. The gap is still quite large."

At present, mutton is very popular, frozen mutton can be sold for 40 yuan per kilogram, while fresh mutton can be sold for about 60 yuan per kilogram. It is estimated that the output value of "Chuangqi" in 2016 will reach 25 million yuan. In the year after next, selling sheep dung alone will earn more than 1 million yuan.

Not only to do "sheep king", but also to do "head sheep", Chen Xue ambitious. He told reporters that his more ambitious goal is to adopt the business model of "company + farmer + base", encourage farmers to use idle land to plant feed, drive surrounding farmers to breed, and take the road of "circular agriculture". The ideal "circulation mode" is to use the dung produced by sheep to produce organic fertilizer, then use the organic fertilizer to plant straw plants such as corn, soybean, rape, etc., and then use corn, soybean and other crop straw to crush and ferment as feed for raising sheep.

Dream has set sail, Chen Xue, come on!