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Photo taken on February 26, 2026 shows Kawulijiang Tayir feeds the sheep.
Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily (Reporter Wang Lihua) news: On February 26, 2026, a touch of warmth was creeping into Quli Town, Korla City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, as the vitality of early spring permeated every corner of the rural pastures. In the standardized sheepfold of Kawulijiang Tayir's home, this young "shepherd" was bending down to check on the ewes as they gave birth to lambs.
Kawulijiang is a graduate of Xinjiang University in 2020. After graduation, he returned to his familiar hometown and joined hands with his brother to embark on a career in animal husbandry. Over the past five years, he has deeply integrated the knowledge acquired at university with his pastoral practices, summarizing experiences and solving problems through exploration. He has developed a unique "secret recipe" for scientific sheep farming, injecting new vitality into traditional breeding models.
Photo taken on February 26, 2026 shows Kawulijiang Tayir feeds the sheep.
To address the issues of low lambing rates and weak disease resistance in local sheep, Kawulijiang took the initiative to travel beyond his hometown for investigation and study. He introduced high-quality rams from Xizang and began crossbreeding them with the local black-headed sheep. Rooted in his sheepfold and dedicated to meticulous research, he successfully cultivated a new breed of ram with strong disease resistance and high reproductive efficiency through repeated selection and continuous optimization. This breakthrough not only made the flock healthier and significantly increased the lamb survival rate but also notably improved the ewes' lambing rate, laying a solid foundation for large-scale, scientific breeding.
Today, the number of sheep in Kawulijiang's breeding base has reached 1,700. Thanks to scientific management and meticulous care, his annual income has stabilized at over 500,000 yuan (about 69,444 U.S. dollars), making him a well-known model for university student entrepreneurship in Korla City.
Photo taken on February 26, 2026 shows Kawulijiang Tayir feeds the sheep.
To address the issues of low lambing rates and weak disease resistance in local sheep, Kawulijiang took the initiative to travel beyond his hometown for investigation and study. He introduced high-quality rams from Xizang and began crossbreeding them with the local black-headed sheep. Rooted in his sheepfold and dedicated to meticulous research, he successfully cultivated a new breed of ram with strong disease resistance and high reproductive efficiency through repeated selection and continuous optimization. This breakthrough not only made the flock healthier and significantly increased the lamb survival rate but also notably improved the ewes' lambing rate, laying a solid foundation for large-scale, scientific breeding.
Today, the number of sheep in Kawulijiang's breeding base has reached 1,700. Thanks to scientific management and meticulous care, his annual income has stabilized at over 500,000 yuan (about 69,444 U.S. dollars), making him a well-known model for university student entrepreneurship in Korla City.
Photo taken on February 26, 2026 shows Kawulijiang Tayir sorts out the forage.
This period is critical for livestock breeding and lambing, so Kawulijiang spends almost every day in the sheepfold, carefully tending to each ewe about to give birth and every newborn lamb, never daring to be the least bit negligent. He said that in the future, he will continue to take root in his hometown and deeply cultivate the animal husbandry industry. He plans to unreservedly share the scientific breeding techniques he has developed with fellow villagers in the surrounding areas, driving everyone to develop together and increase their incomes collectively, contributing his youthful strength to rural revitalization.
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