Income Effect Of Beef Cattle Farmers Participation In Industrial Integration

With the improvement of people’s material living standard,the composition of daily diet changes,and people’s demand for beef begins to increase,which promotes the development of beef cattle breeding industry.Therefore,beef cattle breeding industry becomes a new way for farmers to increase their income and get rich.Jilin Province,as a large agricultural province,has a continuous increase in grain output,and has sufficient straw resources and forage resources,which are conducive to the production of beef cattle feed.In addition,the climatic conditions,geographical conditions and rich breeding experience in Jilin province make Jilin province become an important dominant beef cattle producing area in China.In recent years,the beef cattle breeding industry in Jilin Province has made some progress in all aspects,but there are still some problems in the beef cattle breeding process: the number of breeding cattle and basic cows decreases,the number of fattening cattle decreases,and the specialization degree of beef cattle breeding is low.Therefore,it is an urgent problem to be solved to promote the development of beef cattle breeding industry by adopting new industrial development mode and stimulate the breeding motivation of farmers by establishing interest connection mechanism.Beef cattle raisers,as participants of beef cattle industry,play an important role in the development of beef cattle industry.Due to the loose connection between beef cattle raisers and processing enterprises in the past,when the market price fluctuates,the profits of beef cattle raisers will change greatly and the breeding efficiency will be affected.In order to improve the income level of beef cattle raisers and promote the modernization of beef cattle raising industry,beef cattle raisers have gradually developed the form of industrial integration.The types of industrial integration can be divided into vertical integration,horizontal integration and deep integration.The main types of beef cattle industry integration in Jilin Province are vertical integration,and the main form of integration is the link mode of "production + marketing",that is,the effective combination of a series of processes such as breeding,meat product processing,sales and service.Theoretically,by participating in industrial integration,farmers can obtain stable breeding income,which is conducive to the development of beef cattle breeding industry.In this paper,based on the existing scholars’ research,the corresponding research framework is established.Firstly,the basic situation,beef cattle breeding situation,beef cattle supporting industry status,policy support and beef cattle industry integration status of Jilin Province were analyzed,and the problems existing in the participation of farmers in industrial integration in Jilin Province were put forward.Then,based on the survey data,descriptive statistical analysis is conducted on the breeding characteristics and personal characteristics of beef cattle farmers from a realistic perspective,and the main factors that may affect their participation in industrial integration are studied.Then,based on the survey data of Jilin Province,OLS regression and propensity score matching(PSM)were used to empirically test the income effect of farmers’ participation in industrial integration.The empirical results show that: first,selection bias affects farmers’ participation in fusion selection.The age of farmers had a negative influence on their integration behavior.The higher the level of education,the higher the enthusiasm of farmers to participate in the integration;Farmers with better health status may be more inclined to participate in fusion;Farmers with low access to capital tend to participate in integration.Second,participation in industrial integration can increase the income of cattle raisers.Countermeasures and suggestions: strengthen the education and teaching of farmers;Improve the mechanism of interest connection;Encourage farmers to moderate scale breeding;Strengthen financial support for beef cattle breeding;Increase publicity on industrial integration policies.