A few days ago, the national list of livestock and poultry genetic resources protection was published on the information website of the Ministry of Agriculture. 138 livestock and poultry breeds were identified as the first batch of national livestock and poultry genetic resources protection varieties, and Wanxi White Goose stood out and became one of the "national treasures".
According to reports, Wanxi White Goose has a history of more than 400 years, and it was listed in the National Poultry Variety Catalogue as early as the 1970s and 1980s. Originally from western Anhui, it is mainly distributed in Guzhen, Yu 'an District, Lu 'an City, the hometown of white geese in China. This variety has the characteristics of large individual, rapid growth and development in the early stage, strong adaptability, strong disease resistance, rough feeding tolerance, low feed consumption and high slaughter rate. Wanxi White Goose has white feathers, excellent down quality, large down, good elasticity, strong warmth retention, high bulkiness and extremely delicious meat. The "roasted goose" and "frozen goose" made from it are fresh, tender and delicious, with unique flavor, ranking first in the world.
In recent years, the town has made great efforts to make a fuss about "a goose" with the idea of "learning land classics and singing white goose drama". In 2005 alone, the town's annual down and feather trading volume reached 640 million yuan, earning 5 million US dollars, becoming the largest town in Yu 'an District, and the white goose industry increased the income of each household by more than 2,000 yuan.
Guzhen Town, Yu 'an District, Lu 'an City is a well-known "hometown of white geese", and "Wanxi White Goose" was rated as "national treasure" of livestock and poultry in China by the Ministry of Agriculture. In the past, due to blocked news and poor sales, the income of goose farmers was always unsatisfactory. In order to help goose farmers build a trading platform and better open the market, the town is led by some large farmers who know computers and can surf the Internet, and uses the network platform to capture the latest market information in time, which not only sells Guzhen to the whole country, but also extends to Taiwan Province Province, Japan and other places, greatly increasing the income of goose farmers.
The large goose farmers in this town use the network platform to form a long-term cooperative partnership with Taiwanese businessmen and goose farmers in Guzhen. Taiwanese businessmen bought more than 20,000 kilograms of high-quality white velvet from more than 30 large goose farmers at a price of 5-40 yuan per kilogram higher than the local price, and the average annual income of goose farmers was more than 5,000 yuan. In 2004, with the help of network matchmaking, Guzhen Dahong White Goose Breeding Base, jointly invested by Japan Dahong Co., Ltd. and Guzhen Wanxi Down Factory, has been successfully operated and received the expected benefits. Jiang, the person in charge of the "Military Goose Farm" in this town, used the information obtained from the Internet to invest nearly 300,000 yuan to buy goose egg hatching equipment, which solved a series of problems encountered by more than 0/00 goose farms around the town in hatching goose eggs. Nie Bao Guo, a "goose scholar" in Jiji Village of this town, mastered a set of disease prevention techniques of "Wanxi White Goose" through online self-study. After popularization, thousands of goose farmers in this town benefited. The town also used the network platform to organize goose farmers to purchase high-quality and low-priced goose feed, saving 2 1 yuan per goose per month, and the majority of goose farmers benefited again.