Shandong Jinxiang garlic straw turned high-quality feed

At the provincial meeting of crop straw utilization, Jinxiang County made a typical statement as the only county representative. In recent years, the county has established a foothold in the “Hometown of Garlic” industry and actively researched and promoted the comprehensive utilization of garlic straw. 500,000 tons of fresh garlic stalks have all become high-quality feed for cattle and sheep, and they have taken the lead in garlic production areas throughout the province and even across the country. step.

Jinxiang County garlic straw is rich in nutrition. According to statistics, fresh garlic stalks can produce about 1400 pounds of garlic per mu, and the county can produce 500,000 tons of fresh straw. After testing, dry garlic straw contained 9.93% crude protein, 28.19% crude fiber, 1.1% crude fat, 3.32% calcium, and 0.29% phosphorus, and the protein content was higher than that of soybean (4540, 9.00, 0.20%) straw. However, garlic straw is extremely susceptible to mildew, which not only has a low utilization rate, but also pollutes the environment, and has become a difficult problem in the construction of beautiful countryside.

With the rapid development of the scale of cattle and sheep farming in recent years, the county has innovated its thinking, gone out to “acquire the Bible,” and obtained technical support from Shandong Baolai Lilai Bioengineering Co., Ltd., and developed a new vitality technology that meets the actual needs of farmers. - Garlic straw silage technology has realized the perfect combination of the shortage of garlic straw resources and the shortage of livestock forage, making it possible to turn 500,000 tons of fresh garlic straw into high quality cattle and sheep feed.

In order to promote the use of research results, the county selected animal husbandry and technical personnel to enclose private households, free up to 6 tons of garlic straw special silage with a value of approximately RMB 190,000, and organized cattle and sheep farmers to participate in technical training sessions and on-site meetings. Silage, to achieve the county's garlic straw silage "first show" success.

It is understood that when garlic was harvested in May this year, the farms purchased a large amount of garlic straw from farmers at a price of nearly 0.1 yuan/kg. While increasing garlic farmers' income, straw pollution was greatly reduced, and the living environment in rural areas was improved. At present, more than 120 cattle and sheep farms in the county carry out the use of garlic straw silage, silage garlic 160,000 acres, more than 100,000 tons, of which Mamiao Town Jining Antai Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. sheep farm silage garlic straw more than 6000 tons In addition, more than 2,000 tons of silage garlic straw was used in the Yuchao Farming Cooperative of Puji Town, which effectively solved the problem of insufficient supply of raw and feed for cattle and sheep and achieved a win-win situation for garlic farmers, farmers and the environment.