Abstract: Developing herbivorous animal husbandry is an important task of establishing an ecological agriculture system and an important way that can improve the efficiency of animal husbandry, optimize the structure of livestock industry and instantly increase farmers' income. Grassland is the strategic resource for developing herbivorous livestock production and it is the advantage in Zhaotong. Beside the market-oriented precondition, the strategies including the grassland improvement, returning the farmland to grassland, establishing high-quality seeded grassland, setting up the proper agricultural structure according to local conditions, improving animal breeds, changing the traditional feeding manners, developing market of livestock products, improving animal husbandry system, strengthening the function of government, expanding the investments should be conducted.