| China's milk industry is still largely rely on the | | | | husbandry. Some government officials believe that |
| prosperity of the domestic society's awareness | | | | over-stocking of the grass damage is caused by |
| of health and nutrition, while the dairy industry in | | | | swept northern China, and a threat to Beijing's |
| order to maintain the pace of development, the | | | | sandstorms culprit. However, farmers are hoping |
| Chinese government has begun through active | | | | to expand their agricultural and pastoral areas, the |
| efforts to improve the genetic genetically | | | | success of recent years has given them enough |
| engineered cows throughout the country. The | | | | confidence. |
| farmers in northern China continues to expand | | | | Many farmers have shaken off the era of |
| the size of their farms, and the introduction of | | | | hand-milking. Although many farmers still do not |
| new husbandry techniques. Scholars and experts | | | | know if the milk they produce what eventually |
| around the world began flooding the farm here, | | | | gone, but they are well aware that the farm's |
| the training of those farmers. Yili dairy companies | | | | annual income from RMB 300 a decade ago, |
| in China, large companies have also set up a small | | | | increased to today's 2,000 yuan. |
| village milk stations, and in these villages, coal | | | | Moreover, there are still many more |
| furnace is still their main cooking and heating tools. | | | | large-scale farms under construction. In the |
| These companies also provide loans for the | | | | homes Bie village, visitors can see dozens of dairy |
| villagers to develop milk production. | | | | farms, there are rows of height of about 6-8 |
| However, China's agricultural experts knew, | | | | feet of the farm house is in construction. Dairy |
| impeding a higher level of China's domestic dairy | | | | farms with the farmers also like tourists to visit |
| industry is one of the main obstacles to the low | | | | the village of old cottages homes Bie - an |
| efficiency of production systems. According to | | | | abandoned old house full of mud-brick villages. The |
| the U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics, in | | | | old cottage next to the rows of brick has a |
| the United States, a cow can produce an annual | | | | room, new and comfortable, the house there and |
| average of about 17.6 thousand pounds of milk, | | | | the villagers were proud of the new furniture and |
| while the level of China's dairy is only 8800 lbs. | | | | television sets, home appliances. Villagers say the |
| Industry experts and even "poor" to describe the | | | | rising demand for milk market makes such a life |
| Chinese dairy industry, some of the production | | | | possible. All this thanks to the great reform of the |
| conditions. "Some conditions of production are | | | | agricultural system. |
| really still appears to be very primitive and | | | | The new dairy farm completely enveloped |
| backward," a Dutch company's experts in March | | | | China for several decades has changed the old |
| after the visit to Hohhot, "said some farmers | | | | system - small farmers, small plots of land, |
| bring their cows as pigs to raise, give them to eat | | | | self-sufficiency, surplus sale of agricultural system. |
| anything." | | | | Now, farmers have adapted to the market |
| However, the natural environment in | | | | system. In the past 10 years, although some |
| northern China is very suitable for "milk zone" was | | | | high-priced crop prices have fallen, but the market |
| established. The regional climate is cool and flat | | | | is a good situation for them. Over the past |
| terrain, and the population is relatively sparse. | | | | through the sale of grains and vegetables and |
| However, another major concern from the | | | | received a meager annual income of 200 yuan, |
| environmental issues, the issue has begun to drag | | | | but now, each cow so that they can earn 700 |
| on milk industry. Over the years, there has been | | | | yuan a year. |
| concern over the cattle and sheep rearing in the | | | | In this corner of the world, no one knows |
| area of the environment had become | | | | whether China can sustain the boom dairy |
| unsustainable. The Chinese government has begun | | | | industry over a long time;, but everyone here is |
| to set up regulations to limit the region's grazing | | | | convinced that in the next few years, the Chinese |
| behavior, and circle the number of protected area | | | | market, milk consumption will continue to increase. |
| in order to curb excessive development of animal | | | | |