In the corn field, corn seedlings thrive due to the nutrition of chicken manure. The green color is very pleasant, and the native chickens are freely moving and foraging in the forest... This is the current situation. Scenes at the Sand Poplar Farmers' Cooperative.
The Sand Poplar Farmers Cooperative was established in April 2014 and is located in Decheng District, Dezhou City, Shandong Province. The cooperative currently has more than 300 households and more than 2,700 acres of land, most of which grow corn, wheat, and vegetables. , melons and fruits, fast-growing poplars, etc. In order to test efficient agricultural projects and integrate agricultural land resources, free-range chickens are tested in corn fields this year. It is understood that the trademark of the cooperative's native chicken project is being registered, and it is called Gaile Ecological Native Chicken!
The free-range chickens raised in cornfields have the following characteristics: First, they ensure original ecological and pure green food. Because chickens eat grass and bugs in cornfields. The local chicken raised in this way is of good quality, and I believe it will soon be favored by consumers when it appears on the market during the Mid-Autumn Festival; secondly, on the premise of ensuring high corn yields, farmers can increase their income by an additional 2,000 yuan per mu and improve farmers' land use. Added value; The third is the feces excreted by native chickens in the cornfield, which is also organic fertilizer! The next crop can fertilize the land, reduce the input of chemical fertilizers, and avoid the deterioration of soil hardening; fourth, large-scale planting and breeding are organically combined to form an industrial chain, which greatly solves part of the idle labor force, increases employment, and once again improves the profitability of farmers who join the cooperative. income.
The free-range chickens raised in the cooperative are all roosters, with a growth period of 180 days. Each one weighs about 3 kilograms. They will be available around the Mid-Autumn Festival for 79 yuan each. Shayang Cooperative said that customers who want to buy local chicken generally have two requirements: first, safety, and second, ‘local’ taste. When their Kele ecological chickens are sold, each chicken has an anti-counterfeiting mark and a QR code query, which can trace pictures of the chickens grazing in corn fields, eating insects, and their growth environment.
As for the next step, Zhang Qixun, chairman of the Shayang Cooperative, said that raising free-range chickens in corn fields is an income-increasing experiment for the cooperative. Next year, it plans to promote it on a large scale in the cooperative and cooperate with local seed companies. Planting original seeds and other plans