In 2019, the Animal Research Institute has started research on the replacement of corn flour with sweet potato products, hoping to assist the recycling of sweet potato products, and transform them into edible feed materials for lactating cows through silage preparation technology. The Council of Agriculture pointed out that adding 20% The use of corn can be reduced by about 10% in feed, and this feed technology has been transferred. (Information photo of this newspaper)Affected by the global new crown epidemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine, the prices of shipping and raw materials have continued to rise, especially for the animal husbandry industry, where feed accounts for nearly 70% of production costs. Corn futures prices have hit record highs. According to the Council of Agriculture, in response to the high price of corn, the annual output of sweet potato special products is nearly 60,000 metric tons, adding 20% to feed can replace about 10% of corn, and this feed technology has been technically transferred.
The Economic Committee of the Legislative Yuan reviewed the 2011 central government general budget plan and the budget in charge of the Agriculture Committee. Kong Wenji, a member of the Kuomintang legislator, proposed that the purpose of setting up the livestock improvement fund is to breed livestock and cultivate fodder crops, and cooperate with research to improve the automation of various livestock and poultry feeding management And breeding methods, etc. In addition, in view of the gradual increase in feed raw materials in recent years, feeding management and breeding feed are mainly imported, and extreme abnormalities in the global climate often occur, resulting in farmers' low willingness to invest in raising cattle and increasing breeding, resulting in livestock improvement operations in recent years Fund operating projects cannot make ends meet.
The proposal pointed out that in order to improve the efficiency of the fund and actively use local ingredients to make domestic feed to replace imported feed, increase the utilization rate of domestic agricultural and sideline products, and encourage farmers to invest in animal husbandry, the Council of Agriculture should propose relevant countermeasures.
Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, said that this year's situation is special, the price of corn has risen too fast, and the animal testing institute has promoted the mixing of special sweet potatoes and livestock feed to reduce feed costs, and this part has already been promoted; in addition, it is expected to release 30 10,000 tons of domestic surplus old rice to cope with the rising cost of feed for pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, etc.
Huang Zhenfang, director of the Institute of Animal Testing, pointed out that adding 15-20% of sweet potato superfoods in feed can replace about 10% of corn. At present, the country can provide 60,000 tons of sweet potato superfoods a year. Other agricultural by-products include pineapple peels and bran. , wine residue, tomato residue, etc., the 111 year livestock improvement fund budget is about 100 million, and the feed technology has been transferred.
Chen Jizhong added that the animal husbandry improvement fund is for adjustment and research on feed formula improvement and kitchen waste feed, while the tens of billions of pig raising industry fund is used in the industry, such as the establishment of slaughterhouses and meat markets, and There is no overlapping use of the two funds for livestock farm equipment renewal, export sales, pig death insurance, etc.
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