Seminar on cold prevention for livestock in the northern mountainous provinces

The seminar was attended by leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of the province, experts from the National Agricultural Extension Center, the Institute of Animal Husbandry and 70 livestock households in the province.

In recent times, the livestock industry in Lao Cai province has achieved certain results: production value in 2025 reached 6,410 billion VND (2010 comparable price); total main livestock herd of more than 1.5 million heads, poultry herd of 13.2 million heads; output of fresh meat of all kinds reached 164,000 tons, meeting consumer demand and exporting outside the province.

Mr. Hoang Van Hong - Deputy Director of the National Agricultural Extension Center spoke at the seminar.

The whole province has 1,176 livestock facilities meeting farm criteria; 8 pig farming chains with a scale of 600 - 700 sows, 300 - 2,000 pigs and poultry farming chains with a scale of 50,000 - 150,000 poultry/batch; 51 high-tech farm facilities are developing well.

To proactively protect livestock, recently, the province has directed and guided localities to deploy many proactive solutions to prevent hunger and cold for livestock in the winter-spring crop of 2025 - 2026.

At the same time, the province has stepped up propaganda, mobilization, and inspection of cold prevention work in localities and facilities; deployed full vaccination of livestock; instructed livestock households to protect livestock in the winter promptly and effectively; effectively deployed a number of cold prevention models for livestock...

People of Lao Cai province discuss difficulties and problems in livestock farming with experts.

However, according to statistics, the number of livestock households in the province with barns accounts for about 80%, the remaining 20% do not have barns or do not have adequate barns; some highland localities still let livestock roam in the forest and do not proactively store food for livestock.

Representatives of specialized agencies answer questions and difficulties in livestock farming.

At the seminar, experts exchanged, discussed and proposed solutions for safe and sustainable livestock development, such as: applying livestock techniques, how to select good breeds, measures to improve resistance for livestock; measures to prevent and control epidemics, prevent cold for livestock; ways to reserve food sources for livestock in winter...

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