How to deal with the cold wave and blizzard weather in dairy farming in pastoral areas.

① Reserve sufficient wintering hay. The dairy farming industry in pastoral areas, which mainly focuses on grazing, should prepare enough wintering hay every autumn to prepare for the "white disaster" in winter. When dairy cows can't graze, it should be used as an emergency. ② Reserve some concentrate such as corn and wheat bran. In addition to storing some hay, it is best to feed cows and calves with concentrated feed with high nutritional value and high energy level. ③ Supplement minerals and vitamins. Dairy cows in pastoral areas have no habit of supplementing minerals, trace elements and vitamins because of grazing all the year round. Therefore, some mineral salts can be added to dairy cows in winter, and it is best to buy some licking bricks containing these elements for dairy cows to lick and supplement.

(Gao Min, contributing author: Du Ruiping)