In this manuscript, we investigated the situations of small and middle cattle farm on cattle farmer’s age, feeding model, number of workers and cattle, structure of the cattle group, and planting areas in Taihang, Funiu,Tongbai, and Dabie’shan mountain regions, Henan Province; and also analyzed the modern questions and pointed out the corresponding measures, so as to obtain high quality levels to development and provide references to the cattle production system. The results showed that farmers’ age was a little older, and about 58.07% farmers more than 60 years old. “Grazing and dry-lot feeding” was the mainly feeding model in these regions, which occupied more than 90% cattle farms. Breeding cows and producing calves were the mainly structures and also the most important benefit way;and more than 60% cattle were cows. However, most cattle farm were mainly the family unit and little group cattle, and each of them have 1~3 members and occupy 93% the total cattle farm. All farmers have or rent farmlands and used to planting crops; and consequently returned the compost to farmland soils and reused it. But it still existed imperfect to cattle farm both in structure and in number, lower levels in technology and standards to crop planted connected with cattle fed and little total economical benefits obtained .Therefore, it is very crucial to rational designing the cattle production system, intensifying the research on the key technology and policy, and promoting the healthy development of cattle production system in hill regions; it will helpful to the rural revitalization. |