Changsha County: pig farmers turn to small black dolphins to get rich

The black dolphin has strong disease resistance, fast reproduction and high survival rate. Photo by Zeng Shiyi

Red net Changsha County Station on August 7 (Xingsha Times reporter Jiang Zhibin) in recent years, due to the disorderly breeding of farmers, the environment of Fulin Town has deteriorated. Since 2010, the government of Fulin Town has actively persuaded farmers to return to production in order to control the environment and control the stock of pigs. Huang Xiping, a villager of Guhuashan Village, and other farmers, with the help of the local government, began to engage in special farming, creating a new mode of making money without damaging the environment.

Before the transfer of production, the stock of pigs was nearly 700.

Guhuashan Village was once the village with the largest scale of pig farming in Fulin Town. Huang Xiping's family had a stock of nearly 700 pigs at its peak. Two years before the transfer of production, his farm lost about 100000 yuan a year. Sick pigs, rising feed prices and falling pig prices are the main reasons for losses.

With the disorderly raising of pig farming, the environment of Guhuashan Village and even Fulin Town began to change, and the green mountains and green waters no longer existed, replaced by the situation of "mosquito bites everywhere, pig manure smelly everywhere, and a river of dung water flowing eastward". "before the government called on the government to return to production, there was the idea of changing production. After all, environmental degradation has an impact on itself and future generations." Huang Xiping told reporters that at the call of the government, he took the initiative to demolish his pig house and began to actively change production.

After changing production, raising a little black dolphin makes a lot of money.

"in 2011, 10 pairs of small black dolphins were introduced from Guangxi, and the breeding was very successful." Huang Xiping said that after investigation and experiments, it was found that the black dolphin was more adaptable to the climate of Fulin Town, and had strong disease resistance, fast reproduction, and high survival rate, so he decided to engage in this kind of special breeding. And in April last year, Changsha County Longteng Black Dolphin farming Professional Cooperative was established, and the former pig-raising shed was changed into a black dolphin breeding base, raising more than 400 black dolphins. "Black dolphins only need to eat grass and a small amount of miscellaneous grains, which has the advantages of low cost, high income and quick effect." Huang Xiping said.

"at present, the commercial black dolphin is about 40 yuan per jin, while the seedling is about 50 yuan, and the supply falls short of demand." Speaking of market sales, Huang Xiping said happily that the products are not only sold to the surrounding areas of Changsha, but also sold to Shanghai, Guangzhou and other provinces. Driven by Huang Xiping, other farmers in Fulin Town also began to feed black dolphins. The cooperative has five shareholders and more than 20 members, with annual sales of more than 20, 000, achieving economic benefits of nearly 1 million yuan.

"Fulin Town began to persuade farmers to return to production in 2010. At present, the number of live pigs has dropped sharply, and the industry has gradually developed." Luo Yu, director of Fulin Town Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center, told reporters that industries such as characteristic aquatic products, vegetable cultivation and special aquaculture are gradually growing.