Previously, livestock farming in the province was mainly on a household scale; the application of biosafety, high-tech livestock farming, livestock farming associated with preliminary processing, processing and consumption of products was limited. Along with that, the free-range livestock farming habits of the people, when an epidemic broke out, were very difficult to control; the organization of disease surveillance in livestock and poultry in some localities was sometimes negligent and not timely. There was still a situation where some livestock farming households hid the epidemic, did not proactively declare the epidemic according to regulations. Therefore, some dangerous livestock diseases still occurred in some areas and had a high risk of spreading. For example, African swine fever, according to statistics from the Department of Livestock, Veterinary and Fisheries of the province, from the beginning of the year to the end of September 2023, African swine fever occurred in 32 pig farming households in 19 villages and hamlets in 6 districts and cities; Total weight of pigs to be destroyed is 20,873 kg.
In order to develop livestock farming in the direction of commodity production associated with disease prevention and control, the provincial Department of Agriculture directs, recommends, and guides localities and livestock households to focus on ensuring disease safety in addition to developing and increasing herds. Before re-herding and increasing the scale of livestock farming, livestock farmers need to find out information about market forecasts and developments, supply and demand, and product consumption markets to invest appropriately; do not re-herd massively, especially in livestock farms and areas where epidemics have occurred in the past. At the same time, focus on propagating and mobilizing people to abandon free-range grazing, practice confinement, and biosafety livestock farming to limit the spread of diseases; use high-yield, high-quality breeds, and proactively prevent and control diseases.
Up to now, the whole province has over 300 mixed farms raising buffalo, cows, pigs and goats; of which there are nearly 290 small-scale farms and 18 medium-scale farms. Many biosafety farming models have been deployed. Typically, in 2022, the Agricultural Service Center of Tuan Giao district deployed the J-DABACO chicken farming model on biological litter. Initially, the model was implemented in 15 households in Quai Nua and Quai Cang communes (an average of 100 chickens per household). Up to now, the model has been replicated by people in many communes in the district, bringing much higher economic efficiency than traditional farming. The J-DABACO chicken farming model on biological litter also contributes to changing people's awareness from free-range farming to semi-free-range farming, confinement, limiting environmental pollution and disease.
With measures to increase herds, restore herds, reasonably transform livestock structure and proactively prevent and control diseases, the livestock and poultry farming situation in the province has developed relatively stably. The total herd of livestock (buffalo, cows, pigs) in the province is estimated at 551,657 in the first 9 months of the year (up 2.48% over the same period last year). Of which, the buffalo herd is estimated at 137,470 (up 1.47%), the cow herd is estimated at 99,509 (up 4.02%), the pig herd is estimated at 314,678 (up 2.44%); the poultry herd is estimated at 4.771 million (up 2.52%); the aquaculture area is 2,739 hectares (up 0.32%) with a total output estimated at 3,110.26 tons (up 3.44%).
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