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The policy of "changing grain to forage" is an important means to optimize the structure of farming and breeding, a powerful measure to boost the agricultural economy, and the core of promoting high-quality development of the aquaculture industry. Based on the double difference model, panel data from eight provinces implementing the "changing grain to forage" policy was selected to explore the impact of the implementation of the "changing grain to forage" policy on the scale of livestock and poultry breeding. The research results show that the implementation of the "changing grain to forage" policy has a certain driving effect on the expansion of livestock and poultry breeding scale in China. The level of intelligent breeding and fixed asset investment has a significant promoting effect on the scale of livestock and poultry breeding. The price of calves and the intensity of disease occurrence have inhibitory effects on the scale of livestock and poultry farming. Further research has found that the implementation of the "changing grain to forage" policy can significantly promote the large-scale development of livestock and poultry in breeding farms. The level of intelligent breeding has a more significant positive effect on large-scale breeding farms. Compared to medium scale farms, the intensity of disease occurrence has a relatively small adverse impact on large-scale farms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the most important reasons restricting the rapid development of animal husbandry in China is the shortage of protein raw materials. Urtica cannabina L. is a perennial herb rich in nutrient component and can be seen as feed to develop and utilize. The paper mainly studies the application in pigs, cattle, sheep and chicken as well as gives suggestions on the development and utilization of Urtica cannabina L., aiming to provide reference for the subsequent research and application of Urtica cannabina L. as an unconventional feed resource in livestock and poultry breeding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China has a huge output of vegetables and fruits, and processed vegetable and fruit residue is rich in nutrients, rich in crude protein, crude fiber, vitamins, polyphenols, polysaccharides, flavonoids and other components, but it is not easy to preserve and has poor palatability, so it can not be directly used as animal feed. Screening of high-quality yeast and other probiotics can improve the nutritional value of vegetable and fruit residue feed and reduce feed cost, which has a positive effect on fruit and vegetable processing industry and livestock and poultry breeding industry. The paper reviewed the yeast species screening, fermentation technology and application of fermented vegetable and fruit residue in animal feed, aiming to provide reference for the research and application of fermented vegetable and fruit residue in livestock and poultry breeding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As a large country of livestock and poultry breeding, China needs to timely solve the large amount of livestock and poultry manure produced every year. Composting technology, as the most widely used means of manure management, still has an influence on serious carbon and nitrogen loss, and environmental pollution. Based on the comprehensive reading of dozens of domestic and foreign literatures, this paper analyzed seven factors affecting carbon and nitrogen storage in the process of livestock manure composting, including pH value, ventilation, surface coverage, carbon nitrogen ratio, moisture, temperature, especially the types and mechanism of composting additives. It can reduce the loss of carbon and nitrogen in the composting process and environmental pollution, and improve the quality of composting through the regulation of various composting factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The high-quality development of animal husbandry is necessary support to promote rural revitalization, and also key to building Chinese path to modernization. From perspective of connotation and era positioning, animal husbandry refers to future development of animal husbandry towards ecology, safety, and other aspects to achieve highquality and efficient development, comprehensively improve quality and quantity of social livestock and poultry product supply. Facing Chinese path to modernization, high-quality development of China's animal husbandry not only conforms to goal orientation of ecological and open cooperation in new era, but also follows Chinese law of economic and industrial layout. Therefore, it is proposed to consolidate the foundation and accelerate construction of modern livestock and poultry breeding and breeding industry. Improve security and establish an animal epidemic prevention system. Suggestions on strengthening competition and improving animal husbandry policies and measures to better play the supporting role of high-quality development of animal husbandry in process of Chinese path to modernization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Guangdong Province is one of the largest agricultural regions in China, in addition to the robust economy. Agricultural development has been accelerated to ensure the food security in recent years. The agricultural non-point source pollution has been triggered by the large-scale investments in chemical fertilizers, pesticides, plastic mulch, and the rapid development of the livestock and poultry breeding industry. The purpose of this study is to unveil the emission quantity and sources of agricultural non-point source pollutants in Guangdong Province, elucidate the main characteristics and development trends of agricultural non-point source pollution, and thereby propose control measures targeting the primary pollutant sources. In this study, the emission coefficient was proposed to estimate the number of various pollutants that emitted by agriculture, livestock and poultry breeding, and aquaculture in Guangdong Province of China from 1991 to 2021. The data was also collected to better understand the agricultural development in the fertilization, arable land area, pig, cattle, poultry and aquaculture. The main causes were then determined for the agricultural non-point source pollution and their changing trends over time. The results show that: 1) An upward trend was found in the total discharges of chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (NH3 -N), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) from the agricultural sources. The discharges of various pollutants decreased slightly since 2018, due to the reducing use of chemical fertilizer. The amount of fertilizer was applied per unit area more than twice the international average level. It is very necessary to reduce the chemical fertilizer use for the high efficiency. The discharges of COD, NH3 -N, TN, and TP from the agricultural sources increased to 1.9, 1.9, 1.7, and 2.2 times, respectively, in 2021, compared with 1991. 2) The primary contributors to the agricultural non-point source pollution were the planting, livestock and poultry breeding industries. The planting industry was contributed the most to the nitrogen discharges, accounting for 48% of NH3 -N losses, and 52% of total nitrogen losses from the agricultural sources, respectively. In addition, the water pollution that caused by the planting industry was mainly from the application of chemical fertilizers. The livestock and poultry breeding industry was the primary source of COD and TP discharge from the agricultural sources. Specifically, 90% and 51% of the total COD and TP discharges from agricultural sources were from the livestock and poultry breeding sector, respectively. The number of pollutants that discharged by the large-scale farming were accounted for more than 70% of the total pollutants discharged by the livestock and poultry breeding industry. Among different types of livestock and poultry, pigs were contributed the most to the emission of various pollutants, followed by poultry. Different pollutants that emitted by the aquaculture industry were accounted for between 10% and 16% of total emissions from agricultural sources. Aquaculture was ever increasing every year. Moreover, the effluent that produced by aquaculture (particularly mariculture) was challenging to clean up. Consequently, the number of pollutants that discharged into water from aquaculture sources will increase over time, indicating the increasing share of the total emissions from agricultural sources. Therefore, it is urgent to find the solutions for the waste disposal of large-scale pig farms. Also, the pollutant discharges from aquaculture needs to be considered. The finding can also provide a strong reference for the decision-making in the agricultural environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chinese medicine is widely used in disease prevention and control, and a lot of Chinese medicine residue is produced in China every year. If these residues are not properly disposed of, they will cause damage to the environment and waste resources. The application of fermented Chinese medicine residue in the feed industry can not only alleviate the problem of feed resource shortage, but also improve the performance of livestock and poultry production. The paper reviews the fermentation process of Chinese medicine residue, the advantages of fermentation and its application in livestock and poultry production, providing reference for the resource utilization of Chinese medicine residues, reducing the cost of livestock and poultry breeding and improving the quality of livestock products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The separation between planting and breeding results in an unbalanced distribution of the regional livestock and poultry manure (RLM) industry, and it has raised great concerns. A holistic analysis and problem-solving scheme using 72 townships as the research point was developed in this study. On the basis of a survey from a typical agricultural region in China, the local characteristics of manure discharge, land use, and crop cultivation were analyzed. The assessment of land carrying capacity and environmental risk assessment was conducted by simulating the nitrogen cycle. Afterwards, optimized livestock breeding strategies and inter-regional transfer and flow scheme of manure nutrients were proposed. The spatial distribution of RLM in terms of pig manure equivalent showed an imbalance of high north–south and low middle, and the nitrogen requirement of crops showed a decreasing trend from north to south. In some townships, the environmental risks were higher than level I, which indicated that pollution existed around large construction sites and water areas in the northwest. The land carrying capacity index calculated at 50% nutrient ratio displayed no overloaded risk, whereas 10–20% nutrient ratio exhibited overloaded risk. Assessments showed that the residual RLM and its nitrogen volume were 151,700 and 3574.64 tons per year, respectively. More than 80% of the study area could be used as a nitrogen nutrient sink area, and only six townships are nitrogen nutrient sources. Therefore, optimizing the allocation of manure nutrients is expected to avoid agricultural contamination from livestock manure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Manure slurry is a mixture of urine, feces, flushing water, and disinfectant in the livestock and poultry breeding industry. About two billion tons of manure slurry can be produced in China every year. Among them, the composition varies greatly, due to the complex sources. There are many influencing factors on the composition of manure slurry, such as the seasons, regions, breeding scale, fecal cleaning, and manure slurry treatment. Currently, the fixed composition value cannot accurately be calculated the amount of manure slurry, when returning to the field. Therefore, it is urgent to develop an accurate, and rapid detection system suitable for the compositions in the manure slurry on site. Fortunately, Near-Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy can offer a great potential to detect manure composition at present. Nevertheless, most reports were usually focused on the near-infrared spectrometer at the large-scale laboratory level. This kind of instrument can be confined to the application of near-infrared spectroscopy analysis in fields, due to the large bulk volume, low portability, and high price. The near-infrared spectrometer can be further developed towards the miniaturization for the technical and cost feasibility during on-site detection, particularly with the development of Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) and Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MOEMS) in recent years. In addition to the need for a stable and reliable hardware system, the calibration model is another important application premise of near-infrared technology. But, there is a great challenge to establish the calibration model using cloud sharing technology. It is very necessary to access the shared resources via the various data computing services anytime, anywhere, and on-demand through the Internet. In this study, a micro NIR onsite and rapid system was proposed to detect the composition of manure slurry during field return using a calibration model under cloud sharing. A complete function was also achieved for the data acquisition, upload, prediction and storage at the same time, according to the design scheme of "micro NIR sensor + calibration model cloud sharing + Android client + mobile network". The micro NIR sensor was first used to collect the spectral data of the measured sample, then to transmit the data into the Android client through the Bluetooth protocol, and finally to the cloud server through the mobile network. A calibration model was deployed in the cloud server to calculate the received spectral data. A quantitative prediction was obtained to further send back to the Android client in real time. A rapid detection was realized for the ten parameters of manure slurry compositions, such as the Total Nitrogen (TN), Total Phosphorus (TP), Total Potassium (TK), ammonium nitrogen (NH4 +-N), nitrate nitrogen (NO3 --N), amide nitrogen (CONH2-N), Available Phosphorus (AP), Available Potassium (AK), Organic Matter (OM), and pH value. The prediction relative errors of AK, TN, AP, TP, pH, NH4 +-N, and TK in the manure slurry were less than 10%, and the rest of OM, CONH2-N, and NO3 --N were between 10%-18%. Consequently, the micro NIR technology combined with the calibration model in cloud sharing can be expected to realize the onsite, rapid and accurate detection of various compositions in the manure slurry, particularly for the full sharing of the quantitative model. Moreover, the broad market prospect can be gained for the practical application, due to the portable micro NIR sensor, the simple operation of the Android client, and the lower cost of the system. There is also no need for the professional requirements of the users in the cloud sharing of the calibration model. The finding can provide data support for the high precision return of manure slurry to the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]