In fact, Pingtung County is Taiwan's most important sheep- and goat-ranching region, and Hengchun has historically has been the center of this activity in Pingtung. Chen Yin-chuan, who has been jestingly referred to as "the father of goat husbandry" by the residents of Hengchun, is head of the loans division of the local agricultural cooperative.
曾被在地人戲稱為「養羊之父」的農會信用部主任陳銀釧說明，台灣全省養羊事業最盛的地區，就在屏東縣，而台灣養羊的歷史又屬屏東恆春為最重要，可說是全省養羊事業的「火車頭」。