Small Fur Drives Big Industries -- Laizhou Laid-Off Villagers Get Rich Road

Yang Taidong is director of Laizhou Tadong special animal breeding co operative and also the fifth student of Qingdao Agricultural University's new peasant entrepreneurship training in 2010.

Remembering the hard way of starting a business, he was in a mood of excitement.

After his laid-off in 2004, his thoughts were extremely pessimistic and disappointed. When his life was hopeless, Bao Yueshan, the village director, appeared in front of him. With the strong support of the village committee, he collected some funds and bought 10 species of raccoon dogs, and began feeding hard animals.

Difficult at first

Because they do not know how to breed, the breed of raccoon dogs has been ill, and 6 have died.

Looking at the dead raccoon on the ground, Yang Taidong was sad and helpless but wanted to cry.

this time

To make Yang Taidong realize that a dry business can not be done by reckless action. We must first acquire knowledge and know technology so as to achieve a career.

So he went to other special animal farms in the county to study in the field. He learned from animal feeding, ingredients, medication, epidemic prevention and breeding. He also subscribed to various newspapers and periodicals such as Shandong science and technology news, agricultural knowledge Handbook, China fur information and Chinese veterinary medicine, and learned from others' successful experience from newspapers and periodicals, and grasps the feeding information of special animals.

After a period of open-minded learning and exploration, he gradually grasped the living habits and feeding experience of special animals, and the operation and management of farms were gradually on the right track.

Get rich and not forget

Being rich is not rich.

Yang Taidong organized 7 villages in 2008 and set up a special animal breeding cooperative in Laizhou.

In 2010, Yang Taidong was able to go to Qingdao Agricultural University for training. "Training in Qingdao Agricultural University is really important. It has gained a lot of insights, knows many friends, and has learned a lot of successful experience, which has played a great role in the development of our cooperative."

Yang Taidong told reporters.

Through this training, Yang Taidong fully grasped and understood the support policy of the state, and got more understanding of the operation and management of cooperatives. This laid the foundation for the rapid development of cooperatives.

"Mr. Ma of Qingdao Agricultural University often comes to our cooperative to guide disease prevention and breeding, and has helped a lot for cooperatives." when he mentioned Ma Sifang, Yang Taidong said with gratitude.

With the guidance and assistance of experts, the level of aquaculture of cooperatives has been greatly improved, and the quality of fur products has also been guaranteed.

Whether the product quality is good or not, the market has the final say.

Speaking of fur product sales strategy, Yang Taidong believes that the most important thing is integrity two characters. On his doorstep, there are always 4 words of "honesty".

With the good reputation and excellent product quality, the fur sales market of the cooperative has been growing wider and wider. It has established good trade links with Hebei Yixing fur Co., Ltd. and Zhangjiakou the Great Wall Clothing Co., Ltd., and its products are sold to Hebei, Heilongjiang, Zhejiang Haining, etc. many manufacturers have made their own orders.

Today, Laizhou Tadong special animal breeding cooperatives have developed from the initial 7 households to more than 300 households. The main breeding animals include raccoon dogs, foxes, mink and Rex rabbits. The scale of animal breeding is more than 2, and the scale of livestock breeding is more than 1. The annual sales volume is more than 800 million, and the average household income is nearly 30 thousand yuan. The small fur business has become a "big industry" that promotes the local village name to become rich.

Co operatives were also selected as the Laizhou science and technology demonstration households cooperative in 2013. Yang Taidong has also been named Laizhou's riches expert many times.

Looking forward to the future of the cooperative, Yang Taidong's development thought is very clear: first, we must insist on walking on two legs and carry out meat sheep breeding, so that even if the market is not good, the overall income of the cooperative can be ensured; two, we must run a food processing plant to achieve an industrial linkage.