How much is Atractylodes macrocephala per jin? Analysis of planting costs, benefits and market prospects
Atractylodes macrocephala is also known as Fuji, Yuzhu, Dongbaizhu, Xizhu, etc. Its rhizome is used as medicine and has multiple medicinal functions. It is mainly distributed in mountainous wetlands such as Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. So, how much is Atractylodes macrocephala per jin? What about planting costs and benefits?
How much is Atractylodes macrocephala per jin?
It is understood that the price of Atractylodes macrocephala is more than ten to more than thirty yuan per jin, and prices differ by region.
Latest price of Atractylodes macrocephala:
What about planting costs and benefits?
Atractylodes macrocephala is one of the varieties with the largest demand in society. When growing Atractylodes macrocephala seedlings, the yield is generally 1000 kg per mu. Calculated at the lowest medicinal market price of 8 yuan/kg, the income per mu is about 8000. In the production process, plowing costs 100 yuan, fertilizing costs 180 yuan, seeds cost 1000 yuan, and pesticides cost 30 yuan, for a total input of 1310 yuan. After deducting costs, the income per mu is about 7000 yuan.
Atractylodes macrocephala can be harvested 10 months after seedling planting. Each mu uses 100 kg of seedlings, costing about 1200 yuan for seedlings, and each mu yields 300--350 kg of dried product. At a market price of 22--24 yuan, the income per mu exceeds 6000 yuan.
Based on an analysis of recent years' market conditions, the market price of Atractylodes macrocephala changes in a 2-year cycle, but a sharp increase in exports pushed its price up again to a peak of 68 yuan. Farmers always follow the market, planting when prices rise and not when they fall. As long as this medicinal herb rises in price, they expand planting. Farmers' concept of “not planting when prices fall” has greatly affected the planting area of Atractylodes macrocephala, fully digested inventory, and caused prices to emerge from a trough.
Analysis of Atractylodes macrocephala market prices and prospects
Atractylodes macrocephala seedlings have many pests and diseases, causing gaps in the rows of seedlings and affecting yield and quality. Sales channels are key to planting. Controlling pests and diseases, large-scale contiguous planting, and harvesting at the same time are conducive to applying for a brand, and thus conducive to the sale of Atractylodes macrocephala. Only with certain sales channels do medicinal herb farmers dare to plant. Economic benefits are the guarantee of planting. Benefits are the issue that growers are most sensitive to and most concerned about. Only by providing planting technology and signing buyback contracts to ensure growers' economic benefits can planting bases be developed.
Growers should seek yield through fine, scientific management in order to obtain maximum economic benefits. Because there are great differences in planting experience and management levels in different places, the yield of improved Atractylodes macrocephala per mu is between 800-2000 kg, and the difference in yield per mu is still quite large. Therefore, within the same production cycle, some growers can obtain ideal yield and returns because their technology is in place, their management level is high, and their Atractylodes macrocephala yield is high. So in 2018, growers must plant scientifically in order to improve both yield and quality and obtain the highest returns.
Precautions
1. It is forbidden for those with yin deficiency and dry thirst, or with qi stagnation and distention and tightness.
2. Avoid peaches, plums, Chinese cabbage, sparrow meat, and black carp.
3. Yaopin Huayi: For all cases of depressed stagnation of qi, distention and accumulation, roaring asthma and congestion, stomach pain caused by fire, carbuncles and sores with much pus, and dark, thin people with excess qi and distention, all should avoid use.