Fresh approaches to winter pasturing see strong returns in China

Published 2024년 12월 9일

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In Northwest China's Sunan Yugur autonomous county, herders are modernizing livestock care during winter and experimenting with a new practice where livestock graze on corn stalks in farmlands instead of migrating to winter pastures. This initiative, adopted in Kangle town near the Qilian Mountains, aims to boost farm incomes and reduce environmental stress by allowing grassland to recover during winter. The experience has shown that this method improves the sale price of livestock and aids in their fattening and reproduction, while providing additional income for corn farmers through grazing fees and the formation of organic fertilizer from the livestock's manure.

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Caring for livestock during the cold season in Northwest China has been modernized in recent years, with Beidou positioning, mobile support vehicles and real-time weather updates making the trek to winter pastures easier for herdsmen and animals.The sight of hundreds of thousands of yaks, cattle, sheep and camels migrating through high country has become one of the most colorful images marking the coming of winter.However, in Sunan Yugur autonomous county in Zhangye, Gansu province, a rare sight could be seen this year. About 200,000 livestock were still grazing in the area on farmland rented by the herders as the winter closed in. The yaks and sheep were eating stalks left from the last corn harvest.The move to keep them in the vicinity is being adopted across the county with the aim of boosting farm incomes while reducing environmental stress.Gao Yongdong, 53, raises 200 yaks and about 20 sheep at Kangle town near the Qilian Mountains.He paid 37,000 yuan ($5,102) to farmer Gan ...

Source: Chinadaily