Ninghe Dairy Cows

Ninghe Dairy Cows

　　Ninghe County is an agricultural county with a long history of farming and abundant resources of forage and straw, offering ideal conditions for dairy cow breeding. As early as the 1970s, local residents began spontaneously raising dairy cows, accumulating rich traditional breeding experience.

　　In recent years, the county Party committee and government have actively responded to the central government’s call to accelerate agricultural restructuring, making decisive decisions to vigorously develop dairy cow breeding in the county. The county Party committee has formulated a number of preferential policies. In the "Compilation of Relevant Policies for Supporting Facility Agriculture Development in Ninghe County," there are 7–8 policies related to dairy cow breeding, such as the "Tianjin Facility Animal Husbandry Demonstration Area Construction Standards," "Implementation Opinions on Establishing Large-Scale Breeding Areas to Develop Animal Husbandry," "Ninghe County Rural Credit Cooperatives Dairy Cow Breeding Area Loan Management Measures," and "Measures for Absorbing Out-of-County Farmers to Engage in Dairy Cow Breeding in Our County." Most of these policies have begun to show initial results after implementation.

　　The "Farmer + Enterprise + Bank" model was pioneered nationwide and has been promoted. Sino-Finnish Dairy Co., Ltd. pioneered a tripartite funding cycle model connecting farmers, enterprises, and banks across the country, establishing a contractual relationship that protects the legitimate rights and interests of both farmers and enterprises. Farmers take out bank loans, and after delivering milk, the enterprise promptly transfers the milk payment to the bank as agreed. The bank then deducts the farmers’ loan portions in installments and returns the remaining earnings to the farmers in a timely manner. The effect has been significant, with measures and methods in place to ensure that the interests of farmers, enterprises, and banks are all protected. This approach has now been promoted nationwide.

　　The headquarters of Tianjin Sino-Finnish Dairy Co., Ltd. is located in Ninghe, Tianjin Sanlu Dairy Products Co., Ltd. has set up a branch in the Ninghe County Economic Development Zone, and Wandashan Dairy Co., Ltd. has successfully partnered with the Ninghe County Animal Husbandry and Aquatic Bureau to establish Wandashan Qilihai Dairy Co., Ltd. The establishment of these large leading dairy enterprises has greatly promoted the development of the dairy cow breeding industry in our county. The industrial chain of "company + base + farmer" has been established and is fully functioning.

　　Fengbo Biotechnology Co., Ltd., located in Ninghe County, mainly relies on new biotechnologies to engage in dairy cow embryo transfer and breed improvement.

　　The Ninghe County Animal Husbandry and Aquatic Bureau not only manages area design and administration but also regulates the frozen semen market for dairy cows to prevent low-quality frozen semen from harming farmers. The Animal Husbandry Division uses its own advantages to promote high-quality frozen semen, silage feed, and mechanized milking technology. Technicians at the county veterinary station work diligently to prevent and control various infectious diseases in dairy cows.

　　By the end of 2003, the county had achieved a dairy cow inventory of 21,000 head and a milk production of 52,000 tons. In 2004, the plan is to add 5,000 dairy cows, bringing the inventory to 26,000 head and achieving a milk production of 67,000 tons.