A glance at the standardized culture zone in Dashuikeng town, Yanchi county, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Yanchi county is renowned as "The home of tan sheep", a breed raised there and in Northwest China's Gansu province. In 2017, the output value of animal husbandry in Yanchi county, mainly tan sheep, exceeded 1.02 billion yuan (nearly $149million), accounting for 67 percent of the total agricultural output value of the county in 2017. The per capita disposable income of farmers in the same year was 9,471 yuan ($1,381), of which more than 40 percent came from the tan sheep industry.
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