Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and six other departments jointly issued a notification to stabilize the production of beef and dairy cattle.

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the People's Bank of China, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission jointly issued a notice on promoting the stable development of beef and dairy cow production, deploying measures to stabilize beef and dairy cow production and helping breeding households overcome difficulties. The notice emphasizes stabilizing the basic capacity of beef and dairy cows, requiring localities to accelerate the implementation of projects to expand and improve the quality of basic breeding cows, and cultivate new types of operators such as dairy family farms and dairy farmer cooperatives. Strengthening credit and insurance policy support, establishing a white list system for beef and dairy cow breeding households, supporting breeding households temporarily experiencing difficulties through reasonable extension periods, renewals, and other means, avoiding blindly withdrawing credit or limiting loans. Support the inclusion of live beef and dairy cows, as well as breeding facilities, as collateral, encourage banks to innovate with specialized financial products such as "silage loans." The full text states: Seven departments including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly issued a notice to stabilize beef and dairy cow production. Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the People's Bank of China, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission jointly issued a notice on promoting the stable development of beef and dairy cow production, implementing measures to stabilize beef and dairy cow production, and helping breeding households overcome difficulties. The notice specifies seven policy measures. First, focusing on stabilizing the basic capacity of beef and dairy cows, it requires local areas to accelerate the implementation of projects to expand and improve the quality of basic breeding cows and cultivate new types of operators such as dairy family farms and dairy farmer cooperatives. Second, effectively reducing the cost of feed for breeding households, making good use of grain-to-feed support policies, accelerating the progress of high-quality feed storage, implementing projects to transform and upgrade grassland animal husbandry on a county-wide basis, and improving project construction quality. Three, promoting the integrated development of dairy farming and processing, fully implementing stable and controllable milk sources, stabilizing the purchase and sale of fresh milk, regulating the addition and labeling management of reconstituted milk, optimizing the implementation of projects to improve dairy production capacity on a county-wide basis, and promoting the integrated development of the first, second, and third industries. Strengthening credit and insurance policy support, establishing a white list system for beef and dairy cow breeding households, providing support for breeding households encountering temporary difficulties through reasonable extensions and renewals, avoiding blindly withdrawing, cutting off, or limiting credit. Support the inclusion of live beef and dairy cows, as well as breeding facilities, as collateral, and encourage banks to innovate with specialized financial products such as "silage loans." Actively utilizing policies such as expanding the base of breeding cows and cultivating new types of dairy operations, it is advisable to explore providing support through subsidized interest. Tailored support for the development of beef cattle breeding and basic breeding cow insurance according to local conditions. Strengthening support for beef and dairy cow industries in poverty-stricken areas and supporting poverty alleviation households, systematically utilizing central financial funds and providing subsidies to eligible poverty alleviation breeders. Plan and implement well-supported beef and dairy cow industry projects in poverty-stricken areas to enhance risk resilience. Promote beef and dairy consumption, promote scientific displays of the quality and nutritional value of fresh beef and milk, promote "student milk consumption," encourage places with conditions to stimulate milk consumption through methods such as issuing consumption vouchers. Strengthen technical guidance services, strengthen the analysis, judgment, and warning guidance of production situations, continue to implement special plans for agricultural technology promotion, guide and ensure the prevention and control of cattle diseases in beef and dairy cow production; integrate and promote a batch of efficient and practical technologies to achieve cost savings, quality improvement, and efficiency enhancement. The notice requires localities to strengthen departmental communication and collaboration to form a collaborative effort. In addition to organizing and implementing existing funding channels, more targeted assistance and support policies should be issued to assist agriculture and enterprises according to actual conditions. Establish a mechanism for regular communication and exchange with breeding households (enterprises), guide and help solve practical difficulties encountered in production and operation, and promote the stable development of beef and dairy cow production. This article is selected from the "Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs official website"; GMTEight Editor: Huang Xiaodong.