The stock farming industry in Ruzhou has seen rapid growth this year. Its production capacity of meat, eggs, and milk reached 65,000 tons, 28,000 tons and 29,000 tons respectively, and the total output value of stock farming surpassed 2.5 billion yuan ($400 million).

Stock farming takes up 52% of the city's agriculture industry. There are 3,250 farms that are in large-scale production in the city. The industry has become a new driving force of local rural income.

Early this year the city government allocated about 3 million yuan to reward advanced enterprises in the industry. In addition, the government provides multi-faceted support to stock farming families, in policies, funds, and other government services. To help local enterprises resist market risks, the government also encourages farmers to organize cooperative networks, and there are now about 140 such networks in the city, mobilizing more than ten thousand stock farming families. The city keeps developing new business patterns in the industry.