Weiyuan County is named after being located in the birthplace of the ancient Weihe River, the largest tributary of the Yellow River. It is one of the cradles of ancient culture in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. A large number of sites of Yangshao culture, Majiajiao culture and Qijia culture have been found in the territory, which is the intersection of the three ancient cultures. It is the only place on the South Silk Road in China. Silk South Road starts from Chang 'an in Han Dynasty, goes west along Weihe River, passes Weiyuan and finally enters Hexi Corridor. There are rich cultural accumulations in the Weihe River Basin, such as Baling Bridge, a unique cantilever pure wood arch bridge built in China during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368- 1398), shouyangshan, where Boyi, the second saint of the solitary bamboo kingdom, was buried with Shu Qi, Weishui source with birds and mice in the same cave, and Qin Changcheng site. Many literati in the past dynasties left a lot of handwriting here. Weiyuan county has a long history of raising chickens. According to Weiyuan Animal Husbandry, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, local people had the habit of raising native chickens. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhenwu wrote a poem: "The grass and birds are singing all over the garden in front of the slope", which shows that there was a tradition of raising chickens in the local area three hundred years ago and there was a habit of stocking them. Today, there is still a folk proverb: "Cattle are raised for ploughing, pigs are raised for Chinese New Year, sheep are raised for catching blankets, and chickens and eggs are raised for changing oil, salt and money". According to local legend, farmers and herdsmen here had a history of fighting cocks a long time ago. Five hundred years ago, it was common for local farmers to raise chickens and eat meat and eggs. In the Qing Dynasty, the local native chicken was unique, pure and delicious, and was eaten by local yamen and nobles. Huangxianggou chicken production area has superior forage resources and unique location advantages, which laid a good foundation for the formation of Huangxianggou chicken. In 1990s, with the vigorous development of chicken industry in the world, local people were encouraged to cultivate excellent local traditional varieties, so as to cultivate a local excellent variety-Huangxianggou Chicken with delicious and tender meat, rich nutrition and pure taste. Huangxianggou chickens freely move and inhabit in the grassland jungle, mainly foraging for young grass, sandy land, insects, plant stems, leaves and seeds. , and add some raw grain appropriately. Because of its unique natural environment, unique feeding methods and unique feed sources, Huangxianggou chicken has formed its typical quality characteristics: strong physique, strong disease resistance, good meat quality, rich nutrition and delicious taste. Production scale and economic benefits of Huangxianggou chickens: Huangxianggou chickens are mainly distributed in 2 17 administrative villages in Weiyuan County 16 townships in Dingxi City, Gansu Province, with an annual feeding capacity of more than 5 million and a slaughter capacity of more than 3.5 million. The output of Huangxianggou chicken reached 5,200 tons, achieving an output value of nearly 65,438 billion yuan, bringing economic net income of 65,438+to farmers.
Huangxianggou Chicken is a specialty of Huangxianggou Ranch in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province. Chickens in Huangxianggou can freely eat the stems and leaves of Chinese herbal medicines, tender grass and insects on the hillside, so the chicken feathers are bright in color, tender in meat, fresh and pure in taste, good in taste and high in nutrition. It is an authentic green food and high nutritional tonic with high quality and low price, and has a broad market prospect. Clear water powder shell eggs are agricultural products protected by national geographical indications.
Weiyuan county has the unique conditions to develop chickens in Nanshan. The county not only has a large area of natural grassland, but also has 6.5438+0.2 million mu of perennial grassland after several years of returning farmland to forest (grass). There are two hatcheries in the county, which hatch 6.5438+0 million chickens annually, more than 40 breeders and more than 50 dealers. At present, Nanshan Chicken Raising Association is being established. Through the demonstration, guidance and promotion of the association, the scale of chicken raising in Nanshan has been continuously expanded, and the feeding model of "ten bases and ten farmers in the company" has gradually taken shape.
There are more than 200,000 mu of high-quality natural grassland in Huangxianggou pastoral area, and more than 5,000 mu of Guanji fence has been improved. There are 16 farmers in Huangxianggou community, mainly farming. This year, combined with the implementation of the natural grassland restoration and construction project, each household will leave two or three acres of cultivated land to grow vegetables and potatoes, and the rest of the cultivated land will be planted with forage and feed. The whole society planted 232 mu of perennial grasses such as alfalfa and sainfoin, 70 mu of feed such as beans and barley, and rebuilt 20 cattle and sheep pens with an area of 85 1 square meter. More than 0/00 chickens were raised in 5 Lu/kloc, all of which were in stock. Scientific and technical personnel directly enter the project area and actively participate in pre-natal, mid-natal and post-natal services.
There are 4000 chickens in the Nanshan demonstration site of Huangxianggou, and 2000 chickens are hatching. The sheep released in April began to be released. The weight of a single chicken is 4-5 Jin, the price is 20-25 yuan/chicken, and the cost is about 14 yuan/chicken (including chicks, feed, vaccines, labor, loss, etc.). Free-range chickens can freely eat Chinese herbal medicine stems and leaves, tender grass and insects on the hillside, so the chicken feathers are bright in color, tender and tender in meat, fresh and pure in taste, good in taste and high in nutrition. It is an authentic green food and a high-quality and low-cost nutritional tonic with broad market prospects. The demonstration site started the brand of raising chickens in Nanshan; Sing the main theme of a strong animal husbandry county.
The county has continuously increased its technical support, and the animal husbandry department has built a backbone team to go all out to provide technical support for the great development and leap of the livestock and grass industry. "Going out to sea by boat", insisting on attracting investment and activating private capital, has successively introduced 27 enterprises including Jinning Science and Technology Breeding Company and Gaoyuan Animal Husbandry Company with a total investment of 300 million yuan; Guide and support large-scale aquaculture enterprises and wealthy people to set up aquaculture enterprises and lead aquaculture communities. This year, there are 128 newly developed aquaculture enterprises and communities, 38 newly registered professional aquaculture cooperatives and 707 newly developed farmers. 43 large-scale breeding sites and 3 hatcheries for Nanshan Cordyceps chicken have been built; The introduction of Jinning Science and Technology Breeding Company and Shennong Modern Agricultural Science and Technology Company to build two slaughtering and processing plants has filled the gap in the field of livestock products processing in this county. Brand building has achieved new breakthroughs. Nanshan Cordyceps Chicken in this county was awarded as the "Gold Award Agricultural Product" in last year's Agricultural Fair and the "Best-selling Product" in Shanghai Green Food Expo after it was certified by the national pollution-free agricultural product origin certification, A-class green food certification and Xiufeng brand trademark as "Gansu famous trademark".
20 13 "Huangxianggou Chicken" declared by Nanshan Stocking Cordyceps Chicken Association in Weiyuan County passed the examination by the Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and organized expert review, and implemented the registration and protection of national agricultural products geographical indications.
territorial scope
Huangxianggou Chicken is located in Weiyuan County, southwest of Dingxi City, central Gansu Province. Weiyuan County is connected to Longxi in the east, Zhang Xian and Zhuoni in the south, Anding in the northeast, Lintao in the northwest and Le Kang and Lintan in the southwest across Taohe River. It belongs to the edge of loess plateau of Longxi platform and the northern slope of west Qinling. Mountains and rivers crisscross the whole territory, forming a terrain with many mountains and few rivers. The terrain is low in the northeast and high in the southwest. The highest peak, Bare Mountain, is 394 1 m above sea level, and the lowest estuary in Weihe Valley is1.930m above sea level. Huangxianggou chicken is mainly produced in Huangxianggou, Weiyuan County, Gansu Province, involving Weiyuan County 16 townships and 2 17 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. East trail 103 44'- 104 20', north latitude 34 53'-35 25', east-west length 60 kilometers, north-south width 56 kilometers, total area 2065 square kilometers, altitude1930-394/kloc-0. The total annual production scale of Huangxianggou chickens is 5 million, more than 3.5 million chickens are slaughtered, and the chicken output is 5,200 tons.