Livestock machinery refers to machinery or equipment specifically or primarily used throughout the entire process of modern livestock production, replacing manual operation with mechanical power or auxiliary mechanical power. It encompasses machinery and equipment for all stages, from feed production and livestock breeding to livestock product collection, harvesting, and primary processing. It is a crucial component of agricultural mechanization and automation, and is of great significance to the development of animal husbandry. According to function and purpose, livestock machinery can be divided into feed (grass) harvesting, processing, and transportation equipment; livestock breeding machinery; livestock product collection, storage, and transportation equipment; and livestock waste and dead livestock disposal equipment, etc.
China’s livestock machinery manufacturing industry started in 2009 and has gone through three stages: market foundation accumulation, structural adjustment, and steady development.
</ … During the market accumulation phase, products were mostly small-scale, showing an overall upward trend. During the structural adjustment phase, due to the rise of large-scale livestock farming, products transitioned from small to large, leading to sales fluctuations. In the steady development phase, a market structure dominated by large and medium-sized products, supplemented by small products, was formed, with the market stabilizing and slightly increasing. In recent years, the development of livestock machinery has received significant policy support. The state has issued a series of policies and plans to promote the mechanization and intelligent transformation and upgrading of agriculture, pointing out the development direction for the livestock machinery manufacturing industry and providing technical standard guidance and market application space. For example, in February 2025, four departments issued a notice to increase the elimination of old agricultural machinery and promote advanced and applicable agricultural machinery; in August 2025, two ministries issued opinions to improve the testing and certification capabilities of agricultural machinery and expand its application scenarios. From the perspective of the industrial chain, the upstream consists of raw materials and components such as steel, rubber, plastics, and engines; the midstream is the livestock machinery manufacturing process; and the downstream is the breeding of livestock such as pigs, poultry, cattle, and sheep. With the increasing scale of livestock breeding, the demand for high-end equipment from breeding enterprises is growing. However, a few large-scale breeding enterprises extending upstream will create competition with other companies in the industry. In terms of market size, my country's livestock machinery manufacturing industry has shifted from imitating foreign products to independent research and development and manufacturing, entering a high-speed stage with the centralization and large-scale development of the livestock industry. In 2021, affected by fluctuations in the downstream aquaculture industry, revenue declined to 27.187 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.87%. From 2022 onwards, with the recovery of the downstream industry, revenue resumed growth, reaching 30.58 billion yuan in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 4.15%. It is projected to further increase to 31.583 billion yuan in 2025. The market concentration of my country's livestock machinery manufacturing industry is fragmented, divided into low-end and high-end markets. The low-end market suffers from severe product homogenization and low technological barriers, serving small and medium-sized farms, resulting in fierce competition and limited profits, while also facing the risk of a reduction in small-scale farms. The high-end market focuses on providing integrated planning and automated equipment technology support for large-scale farms, with high technological barriers and strict requirements for supplier R&D and comprehensive qualifications. Representative companies include Xinjiang Xinyan Mushen Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Jingpeng Huanyu Livestock Technology Co., Ltd. In the future, livestock machinery will evolve towards data-driven intelligent decision-making systems, exhibiting modular and flexible trends, and green development will build a closed loop of resource recycling and carbon neutrality. In conclusion, China's livestock machinery manufacturing industry has a promising future, driven by policy support, market demand, and technological innovation.
