Due to the dominant role of household animal raising in China’s animal
production, an improved understanding of household animal raising practices
is essential to study China’s feedgrain markets. It is also noted that the level of
local economic development affects animal raising practices and the
development of feedgrain markets. This paper reports the findings from a rural
household survey we conducted recently in a China’s coastal and developed
province. It was specially designed to examine issues related to household
animal raising practices such as animal raising scale, sources of feed, feed
processing and feeding efficiency in a developed area. Discussed also are
implications of the findings on China’s regional feedgrain markets.