First, the main function of cattle in rural areas is farming, but with the development of science and technology, few rural people still use cattle to farm fields. Agricultural machinery completely replaced the role of cattle, and slowly, cattle faded out of the rural people's market. Why use machines instead of cows? Because machines are more efficient than cows, saving time and effort. The number of acres of arable land in Niu Yi can be single digits a day, but the area of mechanized arable land can greatly exceed that of cattle, so now many rural areas have bought agricultural machinery. Moreover, as far as farming is concerned, cows need to be taken care of. When they are tired, they need to rest, which greatly reduces the efficiency of farming.
Second, it takes a long time from breeding to sales, and the cost is high. Compared with other livestock, the slaughter speed of dairy cows is slow. For farmers, they all hope that the things they breed can be sold as soon as possible and returned to their homes as soon as possible, so that the cost will be much smaller and the profits will be great. Generally speaking, it takes more than two years to raise cattle. In two years, cattle have grown from calves to slaughter, and the feed and labor needed every month are not a small expense. If you sell a cow, farmers may make a profit of up to 10 thousand yuan, so many rural people don't have the financial resources and energy to breed it.
Third, the biggest problem of raising cattle is that there is no way to breed in batches. The price of calves is relatively high, and batch farming means that more financial resources and manpower are needed, as well as the farm rent. If you want to farm cattle in batches, this is a very high cost. So raising cattle is not done by so many people in rural areas.