Do not go down the mountain "Erwolf Mountain" sheep hosting breeding demonstration base. Photo by Liang Zhenying.
In Hulestaisumu, Urad Zhongqi, Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia, the vast grassland spreads out with the ups and downs of the mountains, and groups of white and robust "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goats climb and forage in the mountain streams, chase and jump, showing their comfort.
This is the origin and core production area of the national geographical indication protected product "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goat, and the herdsmen almost every household breeds "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goats. At present, the breeding capacity of "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goats in the whole banner is stable at 1.1 million, and the annual stock of "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goats in Hulestaisumu alone has reached 200,000, and the number of slaughter is about 100,000.
Erwolf Mountain "white cashmere goat is one of the three most high-end mutton varieties in Inner Mongolia, cashmere meat is used both, the cashmere has the characteristics of light, warm and soft, and enjoys high praise in the international and domestic marketsThe mutton produced is delicate, the fat is evenly distributed, has high nutritional value and good health care function, and is known as "little ginseng". In 2018, it was awarded the National Geographical Indication Brand.
As the "leading industry" of animal husbandry, in recent years, Urad Zhongqi has successively introduced a series of policies to support standard breeding, purification and rejuvenation, brand promotion, transformation and upgrading, gradually improve infrastructure, improve the industrial chain, extend the chain and strengthen the chain, and promote the high-end development of the "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goat meat and cashmere diversified industrial chain, and truly realize the good "product" sold at a good price.
Raise well" and "sell fast".
Let the goat meat smell for thousands of miles.
Walking into the "Erwolf Mountain" sheep trusteeship breeding demonstration base in Hulestaisumu Buxia Mountain, rows of high-standard sheep houses are neatly arranged, and the blue color steel roof is shining in the sun. The use of intelligent and standardized breeding mode, each sheep wears an ear tag, with specific numbers on it, and each string of numbers corresponds to the whole feeding tracking system entered by the computer.
The feed they eat is some corn stalks, peanut seedlings, alfalfa, and apple pomace, and they are not fed with antibiotics and hormones throughout the whole process. Li Tianqing, chairman of the board of directors of agriculture and animal husbandry, wore white overalls and observed the growth of sheep in the sheep house.
The "Erwolf Mountain" sheep trusteeship breeding demonstration base is located in the north of Hulestaisumu, which will be completed and put into use in 2022, with a breeding scale of 10,000 "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goats. Herdsmen can send their goats here to host, in a three-year cycle, herdsmen receive an annual foster care fee (180 yuan per adult sheep per year, 160 yuan per lamb per year), the profits generated by the sheep during the custody period belong to the company, after the expiration of the herdsmen can choose to continue to custody or return the same amount of sheep to the herdsmen.
Managing the flock can achieve a stable income** on the one hand, and reduce the pressure on the pasture on the other, which is a good way for us herders. Ao Dengji is a herdsman from Hulestai Gacha, and since last year, he has managed his 100 sheep to the "Erwolf Mountain" sheep management and breeding demonstration base.
The sheep are fed by a special person in the "nursery", and the mutton does not have to worry about the market, which is very popular with the herdsmen. At present, more than 5,300 sheep are in the nursery for local herdsmen. In addition to the herdsmen's own sheep trusteeship, the "two committees" of Hulestaigacha also sent 600 collective herds here to take care of them, increasing the income of the collective economy.
Excellent facilities and custodian services allow herdsmen to "not worry about raising", and the perfect industrial chain allows the company to "not worry about selling" and realize "stable sheep wealth".
In order to make the meat sheep "breed well" and "sell fast", we will keep an eye on the C-end high-end market in agriculture and animal husbandry, and cooperate with large national high-end catering enterprises such as Beijing Xibei, Shanghai Jiucheng Catering, and Aligos. In March 2022, Buxiashan Agriculture and Animal Husbandry was also successfully selected as CCTV Shopping "Domestic Products", and the TV station unboxed and courteous column group made special recommendations.
This year, Buxiashan Agriculture and Animal Husbandry has invested 5 million yuan to build a mutton cooked food processing workshop, develop various mutton series products and new prefabricated food products, and lengthen and expand the industrial chain. "Good ingredients and good taste can sell well**. We are now making a variety of series, such as lamb chops, French small cuts, row rolls, front leg slices, etc., all of which are divided according to the needs of customers. Li Tianqing said.
Up to now, the "Erwolf Mountain" sheep trusteeship breeding demonstration base can digest about 50,000 "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goats every year, and the annual output value has reached 80 million yuan.
If there are good sheep, there is confidence. "We take the national geographical indication product 'Erwolf Mountain' white cashmere goat as the source of sheep, produce high-grade mutton fine segmentation and processing products, achieve the stability of mutton taste and quality through scientific feeding, ensure the high quality of mutton, let good mutton enter the dining table of consumers across the country, and let good brands sell well. Li Tianqing said.
It is understood that at present, the average price of white cashmere goats in "Erwolf Mountain" is 70 yuan per kilogram, and the average price of mutton has reached 119 yuan per kilogram after entering the high-end sales channels through deep processing of enterprises.
Conservation and breeding" and "joint enterprises".
Make cashmere into a ** industry.
Fresh air, pure water, and natural pasture have created an excellent brand of "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goat meat that is rich in nutrition, delicious meat, ecologically organic, high-quality and safe. At the same time, it has also created a high-quality "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere. "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere cashmere has the characteristics of slender fiber, soft feel, large tensile force, good luster, and pure white color, so it enjoys the reputation of "fiber diamond" and "soft **".
The annual output of cashmere produced by the white cashmere goats in the "Erwolf Mountain" of Urad Zhongqi is stable at 560 tons. Urad Zhongqi is committed to building the cashmere of the white cashmere goat of "Erwolf Mountain" into an independent cashmere brand with local characteristics, and building Urad Zhongqi into a national high-quality cashmere production base, so that cashmere can generate the greatest value.
Only good sheep can produce good cashmere. Urad Zhongqi set up a standardized and efficient breeding doctoral workstation for cashmere goats in Tonghetai Breeding Farm, and introduced the cashmere goat research doctoral team of the Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences of the Autonomous Region and the meat science and technology innovation team of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University to carry out the research, promotion and application of technologies such as seed preservation and breeding, high-quality cashmere production, purification and rejuvenation. Urad Zhongqi introduced and supported the cultivation of qualified enterprises to develop cashmere processing, cooperated with Inner Mongolia Beiping Textile (Group) Co., Ltd., and relied on Tonghetai Breeding Center to build a "enterprise + breeding consortium + high-quality cashmere industrialization union + cashmere standardized collection, storage, carding and trading system", and established the "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goat industrialization science and technology park.
Walking into the "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goat breeding base of Beiping Company located in the Tonghe Tai Breeding Center, the white "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goats are leisurely eating forage in the neat and uniform enclosure, their appearance is cute and cute, the hair is soft and dense, and they are all full of "beautiful goats". Each sheep here wears ear tags, and there is a special growth file to record their stages from birth to growth, ensuring the quality of each sheep.
At present, we have 9 such core breeding farms in Urad Zhongqi, driving 60 core breeding households and more than 1,800 industrial complexes. The goal is to gradually improve the velvet fineness of the 'Erwolf Mountain' white cashmere goat strain to 15Below 3 microns, it is more competitive in the international market. Inner Mongolia Beiping Textile Co., Ltd. Erwolf Mountain Ranch Manager Han Caihong introduced.
Up to now, Inner Mongolia Beiping Textile Co., Ltd. has established a complete breeding system, and this year the company has invested in the construction of 1The 40,000-square-meter "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere cashmere wool collection, storage, carding and trading center has a 3,500-square-meter industrial R&D center and supporting equipment, which has built a whole industrial chain of integrated development of production, processing and sales, which will help enhance the value-added of the industrial value chain and the premium effect of regional brands.
The trial production of this project in October can achieve an annual collection and storage of 3,000 tons of fluff, an annual carding of 700 tons of fluff, an annual production of 200 tons of international first-class high-quality cashmere, and 300 tons of second-class cashmere. Han Caihong said.
The increase in brand awareness brings about the increase in value. In the vast Urad grassland, the white "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goats bring a steady stream of wealth to the herdsmen, giving the grassland infinite vitality and hope. Urad Zhongqi will turn resources into products, products into commodities, and commodities into famous products, focusing on "processing" and "brand", and give full play to the advantages of the main production area and core production area of "Erwolf Mountain" white cashmere goats, so as to achieve a win-win situation in three industries.