Dairy cattle husbandry test:
From 1980 onward, the Livestock Research Institute (hereunder referred to as the Institute) has undertaken a dairy cattle husbandry test with the subsidies of the Council of Agriculture. Currently a total of 16 (sometimes up to 20) milk cows with excellent conditions are reared here, and we participate in the national milk cow improvement program, conducting dairy cow TB checkup on a regular basis to ensure their health condition.
Dairy processed products:
The Institute sets up a dairy product processing plant and dairy product laboratory so as to produce all sorts of icy dairy items, including bottled milk, popsicle, ice cream, yogurt and yogurt milk, with the brand name of “Green Pasture” into the market.
Counseling for beef cattle husbandry:
The Institute has counseled the local farmers to add brewers’ grains in breeding beef cattle and by so doing, lower husbandry costs and build a brand for brewers’ grains beef.
Counseling for laying hen/ broiler chicken production technology:
Locally there are over 30 households that raise chicken and hens, providing more than 120 thousand laying hens and broiler chicken with roughly 40 thousand eggs, which satisfactorily meets the demand of local residents.
Counseling for prevention of husbandry pollution:
Since 1993, over 20 pig farmers have been under subsidization and counseling, coupled with the installation of three-phase waste water prevention facility. All the pig farms, milk cow ranches and dairy processing plants have been constructed with waste water prevention system, setting a good example for environmental protection among regional husbandries. In 2011, the 2011 Kinmen pig farms waste water handling facility improvement program was initiated, in an attempt to accelerate the development of pig farm industry and better its image, increase the efficiency of regional waste water facility management, and thereby stop contaminating the underground water source and improve the area’s drinking water quality.
Research and promotion of deer husbandry:
The Institute is presently raising 139 Formosan sika deer and 14 Sambar. Aside from continual reproduction and preservation, we have started a collaborative effort with NTU Dept. of Animal Science and Technology, and has discovered by the testing done by the latter that the preserved flock of Formosan sika deer in our institute are all pure-breed, which makes a bright prospect of starting a dude ranch.
Recreational husbandry development:
Except for raising dairy cattle for milk production and manufacturing processed foods, the park has also bred oxen, horses, goats, Formosan sika deer, Sambar, macaques, peacocks and many kinds of poultry. With dozens of animals and a park of 8.7 hectares, we are dedicated to collaborating industry, tourism and recreation, as well as educational resources.
Counseling for peasants and local promotion:
The Institute has for long continued with starting sessions for livestock raising and management, disease prevention, and livestock-related food processing, in the hope of enhancing farmers’ professional skills and increasing their ability in food processing and developing more new products.
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