Chapter 323 Director Su, you are now the banner of our animal husbandry industry!
When Su Wenchen came to the farm.
The people from the Animal Husbandry Research Institute had been here for a while.
Under the guidance of Hou Guozhong, we are looking at various types of breeding rabbits.
But after seeing Su Wenchen come in.
Liu Xun, the director of the animal husbandry, who was squatting in front of the rabbit cage observing, immediately stood up and walked towards Su Wenchen.
"Director Su, we meet again!"
Su Wenchen was also a little surprised when he saw this, but he still walked up quickly.
"Director Liu, why did we ask you to lead the team down here in person?"
"And I remember the training for technical backbones announced by the Ministry. Didn't it start in September and last for three months?"
Seeing Su Wenchen say this, Liu Xun explained with a smile.
"Of course it was the information you brought out that spread the rumor."
Hearing Liu Xun say this, Su Wenchen's eyes suddenly lit up.
"So it's been approved by the higher-ups?"
Liu Xun nodded.
"Not only has it been approved, but the first batch has already been sent to your headquarters."
"Unfortunately, there are regulations from above that foreign-language materials like this cannot be reproduced or disseminated without the approval of the highest authorities. So, I can only bring people down early and have them review it in your field."
"But I haven't been studying there for long, and you've already dragged me here to work! Otherwise, I wouldn't be allowed into the reference room."
"Director Su, I think you're collecting tuition too early!"
When Su Wenchen heard this, he smiled and shook his head.
"Director Liu, this is really not what I meant!"
"But you have to put what you learn into practice, right? Just reading books won't cut it!"
"It's just right. While we absorb knowledge from foreign books, we also need to integrate it with our actual reality!"
"Otherwise, if we only watch and don't practice, it will just be empty talk, right?"
Liu Xun also nodded with emotion at this time.
"This is indeed a problem. I've read some literature on foreign animal husbandry and found that their development is much faster than ours."
"I even read in some publications that frozen semen technology has become very mature. One high-quality bull can be directly bred with thousands of cows, greatly increasing the coverage rate of high-quality breeds."
"As for all the mechanical assistance, let alone the other things, even milking can be greatly improved with machines."
Speaking of this, Liu Xun sighed a little.
"There's also artificial insemination, where the success rate is over 70 percent. Some ranches are even better, with success rates of 80 to 90 percent. Most of our state-owned farms only have success rates of around 30 to 40 percent."
“The gap is still too big!”
Su Wenchen shook his head.
"Don't be afraid of a big gap. Aren't we already catching up?"
Then Su Wenchen got back to the main business.
"And Director Liu, this is a great opportunity for you to practice!"
"I'm busy with other things here. I'd like to trouble you to help with the selection and breeding of the new batch of rabbits we've introduced."
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Liu Xun immediately became curious.
"I was just talking to your Section Chief Hou about this! You have a breeding expert like you on your farm, so why did you bring us here?"
"When I first came here, I heard that Director Su was farming in the fields?"
"What kind of treasure are you growing that would take away all your time? If I remember correctly, aren't you planning to do large-scale meat rabbit farming at your branch farm?"
"What could be more important than this?"
"Or Director Su, are you really going to change your career and study agriculture?"
"Although it's said that farming and animal husbandry are inseparable, we also know that selecting and breeding high-quality breeding animals and selecting and breeding high-quality breeds are two completely different things!"
"After all, although these animals can't speak, they can get angry and feel fear. High-quality breeding stock is easier to identify. At least there's a certain logic to their behavior."
"But breeding is different. They wouldn't even bother you if a knife fell on your head. You really have to search all over the country with a magnifying glass!"
"Director Su, you are now the banner of our animal husbandry industry!"
"If you all leave, it will be even harder for us to develop."
In Liu Xun's opinion, Su Wenchen is the most talented person in the animal husbandry industry he has ever met.
Although it is true that breeding stock is easier to distinguish than fine breeds.
It also requires more visual observation of body shape and appearance, combined with experience, feeling, growth rate, etc., and finally a comprehensive judgment.
In Liu Xun's opinion, if Su Wenchen went to study other things, it would definitely be the biggest loss for their animal husbandry industry!
He absolutely does not want to see this kind of thing.
After hearing this, Su Wenchen just laughed.
"Director Liu, the flag thing is too exaggerated. You are trying to flatter me!"
"If you keep talking like this, I'll be embarrassed to go out!"
"But there's definitely no research on improved seeds. Besides, my knowledge of farming is probably not even as good as that of an ordinary farm worker."
"I'm not going to study any fine breeds!"
"I just found an interesting breed of rabbit and wanted to see if I could breed it!"
"Come on, I'll take you to see it!"
Liu Xun was also stunned when he heard Su Wenchen's words, but immediately asked curiously.
"Is it also a breeder rabbit?"
However, after following Su Wenchen to a separate rabbit house in the side yard, Liu Xun was completely confused.
Looking at the white rabbits in front of him, Liu Xun felt that these were the most common rabbits in the country!
Many farmers raise this kind of fish, and he has seen so many of them that it is impossible for him to make a mistake.
So he just looked at Su Wenchen in confusion.
"Director Su, are you taking us to the wrong place?"
"You're talking about breeding rabbits, aren't you referring to these vegetable rabbits?"
Liu Xun looked at these breeding rabbits and couldn't see anything interesting about them.
Because these are not very big and obviously don't have much meat, they have almost no economic value.
In his opinion, the only advantage of this kind of rabbit is that it has a good stomach and can eat any roughage.
Whether it is hay or grass, whether it is vegetable leaves or tree leaves.
It can be said that everyone is welcome.
This is also the reason why this common vegetable rabbit is rarely raised in state-owned farms and is generally raised in rural areas.
Because normal farmers have limited resources, this roughage-tolerant variety is definitely easier to raise.
Otherwise, even if they can grow more meat, they have to eat concentrated feed such as corn and soybean meal every day, and farmers cannot afford it.
Su Wenchen looked at Liu Xun, who was a little skeptical, and immediately smiled and nodded.
"I'm talking about these most common rabbits!"
See Su Wenchen for confirmation.
Liu Xun observed carefully for a while. Even other researchers nearby, who heard the two talking, stretched their heads to observe.
I want to see what is different about these rabbits.
But after looking for a long time, they didn't find anything different.
Liu Xun even took direct action in the end, grabbing the skin on the back of one of the rabbits' neck with one hand and supporting the rabbit's butt with the other hand.
After observing carefully for a while, he finally confirmed it.
This is a very common domestic rabbit.
"Director Su, I really don't see anything special about these ordinary rabbits of yours!"
"Can you tell me more about that?"
Su Wenchen smiled and shook his head.
"I can't say anything about this. Besides, I haven't even confirmed it thoroughly yet!"
"That's why I can't spare the time right now. But don't worry, Director Liu. You're all here during this time anyway. Once it's confirmed, I'll definitely let you know as soon as possible."
Seeing that Su Wenchen said so, Liu Xun didn't say anything more.
"Oh well!"
"Then I'll have to see what kind of rabbits you're selling in this cage!"
(End of this chapter)
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