Improve quality and efficiency! Animal husbandry breaks through the pain point and moves forward again

From the perspective of the pig industry, the national average wholesale price of pork has fallen by more than 40% year-on-year, and the price ratio of pig and grain has been below the break-even point for many consecutive weeks. In the first three quarters, the head-listed pig companies lost money across the board, mainly due to oversupply and insufficient demand. In order to promote the recovery of pig prices, the state recently launched the third batch of central pork reserves during the year. In view of the possible consumption off-season after the Spring Festival next year and the increase of "two encounters", the relevant departments have prompted the farmers to take advantage of the situation.
Overcapacity is a huge challenge facing the current livestock industry. This is not only related to the slowdown in economic growth and the recovery of consumption, but also to the cyclical fluctuations in the prices of livestock and poultry breeds. Less production capacity, there is trouble, is the pressure of rising prices, consumers do not have enough to eat the distress; more production capacity, there are also problems, is the downward pressure of industry profits, farmers are not stable enough distress. Both types of distress affect the high-quality development of the industry. To ensure the development of animal husbandry and thus stabilize the production of meat, eggs and milk, we should not only pay attention to the pressure of price increases to pull the CPI when its tight balance, but also pay attention to the pressure of how to protect the basic production capacity when its phase structural relative surplus.
It is necessary to take a comprehensive and dialectical view of the current difficulties faced by animal husbandry, strengthen confidence, face difficulties, and continuously improve the quality of development. Throughout the course of the development of animal husbandry, despite all kinds of difficulties, but the industry has always been able to upward, farmers have been evolved. Of course, the absolute balance of production and demand is only an ideal state, fluctuating within a certain range, which is completely acceptable. When there are large fluctuations, it is natural to pay attention but not to worry too much. Regardless of the market's own regulation, or the government's regulatory measures, the purpose is to guide the scientific decision-making of business entities and promote the return of production capacity to a reasonable range. At present, pig farming should be moderately reasonable to production capacity, control production costs, dairy farming to stable acquisition, expand demand, beef cattle farming to stabilize production capacity, improve efficiency.
The current difficulties are highlighted in the price, but we cannot only see the price problem. In the past, the main emphasis was on production, and adequate supply could "cover up a hundred ugliness". Nowadays, under the requirements of high-quality development, the connotation of "Jun" is becoming more and more abundant, and the animal husbandry is facing three challenges: first, the production side, the ecological constraints are tightening, the feed resources are in short supply, the cost remains high, and the risk of animal diseases still exists. Second, the industrial chain, leading enterprises are not strong enough to drive, retail investors have more difficulties in modernization transformation, the role of brands is weak, and there is a disconnect between production, processing and sales. Third, the trade side, with the implementation of various types of free trade agreements, the impact of imported livestock and poultry products began to appear, although the import volume is not very large but at some point there is a signal amplification effect.
In the long run, government departments should focus on stabilizing basic policies, basic production capacity and animal epidemic situation, strengthen cross-cyclical and counter-cyclical adjustment, improve the accuracy and foresight of monitoring and early warning, and guide producers to "set production on demand" to better meet the diverse needs of consumers. Taking pigs as an example, it is necessary to stabilize long-term support policies such as land, environmental protection, and finance, so that pig raising has no worries. The main body of the operation should focus on the key constraints, do everything possible to save costs and increase efficiency, and seek skills in the introduction of varieties, enclosure construction, green development, intelligent breeding, brand building and so on. Only by winning the moving average can we take the initiative and survive for a long time.
It should be emphasized that the more difficulties the industry faces, the more attention should be paid to small and medium-sized business entities. Large-scale animal husbandry enterprises should give full play to their own advantages and use more modern elements to drive small and medium-sized farmers. For example, leading dairy enterprises should stabilize the purchase of fresh milk, increase financing, technology and other assistance to help small and medium-sized dairy farmers tide over the difficulties. All localities should pay attention to the big and not let go of the small. After all, the big comes from the small. Besides, in terms of quantity, the small is still the majority. Animal husbandry, come on!