Current situation of modern forage industry in Hunan Province
Hunan is a province with large grassland resources in the south of China,a key area for the im-plementation of modern herbivorous animal husbandry projects in southern region,and a core area for the devel-opment of cattle and sheep industry in the country to increase production and meat.In recent years,under the correct leadership of the provincial party committee and provincial government,the development of herbivorous animal husbandry in our province has made great achievements.By the end of 2020,the area of artificial grass planting in the province has reached one hundred thousand hectare,with 4.381 million cattle,7.612 million sheep,376.885 million poultry,1.746 million cattle,9.833 million sheep,544.036 million poultry,and 56 000 tons of milk output.However,at present,the development of herbivorous animal husbandry in our prov-ince is faced with the problems of serious shortage of good varieties of cattle,sheep and forage,weak scientific and technological support,and low degree of industrialization.How to break through the above bottlenecks,bet-ter promote the transformation and upgrading of herbivorous animal husbandry in our province to scale,quality and efficiency,and achieve the goal of 100 billion industrial development is a major strategic task,which is an effective way to inject new vitality into Hunan's economic and social sustainable development and ecological envi-ronment construction.