How much is a jin of grasshoppers, and what are the prospects for farming them?

The grasshopper is a very common insect that can be used both as medicine and as food, and it is rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and trace elements, so how much is a jin of grasshoppers?

1. How much is a jin of grasshoppers?

The market price of grasshoppers is about 20 yuan per jin. If they are brought to market a month early, the price of grasshoppers may be higher. Generally, the time when large quantities of grasshoppers come onto the market is from June to October each year.

2. What are the prospects for farming grasshoppers?

1. Simple to farm, easy to manage: grasshoppers have very strong vitality and are very simple to farm. As long as there is grass, they can be farmed. Grasshoppers like to eat thick, fleshy leaves, such as the leaves of sweet potato, water spinach, Chinese cabbage and other vegetables, and they also like to eat crops such as corn, wheat, sorghum, millet, rice, sorghum and barley, as well as reeds, barnyard grass, cogongrass, dog's tooth grass, shrimp grass, sea blite and some Artemisia plants. Feed can also be given appropriately. Grasshoppers do not get sick easily and do not transmit plagues, so epidemic prevention can be skipped entirely during the farming process.

2. Low farming investment, quick returns. The early-stage investment for grasshoppers is very small. Using the land in front of and behind the house, a courtyard or idle plots, you can farm -30,000 breeding eggs, and they only need more than 50 days to mature, so you can make a profit in the same year.

Grasshoppers can be used both as medicine and as food. As a high-protein, low-fat food, they are favored by many consumers, and the prospects for farming them are still quite considerable. In recent years, market demand has also been rising continuously, and for farmers this is indeed a good path to wealth. However, all farming carries risks, and anyone who wants to farm grasshoppers should also consider it carefully according to their own actual situation.

3. Farming methods for grasshoppers

1. Site selection

Grasshoppers have very strong vitality, so their farming site is also very easy to choose. What farmers need to note is that they should not choose an area very close to crop fields. Grasshoppers are very timid, and when disturbed they will run away or even go on a hunger strike. Therefore, places near roads are not suitable as farming sites.

2. Hatching management

Gently scatter the grasshopper eggs on the ground and then cover them with fine soil. The temperature inside the farming shed must be kept between 25-30 degrees at all times. At the same time, fluorescent lamps should also be used to keep the light period at 12 hours per day. After 2 weeks this way, hatching will be complete.

3. Feed management

Grasshoppers need to be fed with forage grass. If conditions permit, you can grow the forage grass yourself. Generally speaking, to farm one mu of grasshoppers, you need to plant 2 mu of forage grass. Varieties of forage grass can include Mexican corn grass, Gaodan grass and so on. If you want the grasshoppers to grow quickly and plump, you also need to pair the feed with grain feeds such as corn, wheat and sorghum.

4. Adult management

Grasshoppers need 4 weeks to go from larva to adult. After that they will mate and lay eggs. Also, during the egg-laying period, the amount of food should be controlled, so that the egg-laying rate will increase somewhat.

5. Measures for stopping farming

Since grasshoppers are agricultural pests, after stopping farming you cannot simply tear down the shed and leave it at that. Instead, you must carry out a thorough cleanup and kill all the eggs, to avoid harming the surrounding crops.

Although the prospects for farming grasshoppers are still fairly considerable, farming requires caution, and management measures must be done well, so as to prevent the grasshoppers from escaping and harming the surrounding crops, causing disaster.