What is the outlook and price for toad farming in 2019?
The toad is what we commonly call the toad; the toad venom and toad slough extracted from them are medicinal materials in short supply in our country, but in recent years, due to changes in the ecological environment, the number of wild toads has gradually decreased, and artificial toad farming has begun to slowly rise. So, What is the outlook for toad farming in 2019? What is the price?
I. What is the outlook for toad farming in 2019?
1. Toad venom is a precious traditional Chinese medicinal material, referring to the dried white secretion from the postorbital glands and skin glands of the toad. It contains a variety of biological components and has effects such as reducing swelling, relieving pain, detoxifying, strengthening the heart, promoting diuresis, fighting cancer, and resisting radiation, and can be used to treat heart failure, stomatitis, pharyngitis, and so on. Germany has already used toad venom preparations for the clinical treatment of coronary heart disease, and Japan uses toad venom as a raw material to produce “Life-Saving Pills”. More than 50 kinds of Chinese patent medicines in our country, including the famous Liushen Pills, Meihua Dianshe Dan, Yili Yatong Pills, Xinbao, and Huachansu Injection, all contain toad venom components.
2. Dried toad skin refers to the dried carcass of a toad with the internal organs removed; it is cold in nature and bitter in taste, and can be used to treat infantile malnutrition, chronic bronchitis, carbuncles and sores, sore throat, and so on. In recent years it has been used for various tumors or in combination with chemotherapy and radiotherapy to treat cancer.
3. Toad slough is the keratinous membrane they naturally shed, and it has a relatively good therapeutic effect on chronic liver disease, various cancers, chronic bronchitis, and toxic sores and carbuncles.
4. In addition, the head, tongue, liver, and gallbladder of the toad can all be used as medicine, and its meat is tender and delicious, making it a nutritious delicacy as well.
We can know that the toad is an animal with very high medicinal value. Its whole body is a treasure; toad venom, dried toad, toad slough, toad head, toad tongue, toad liver, toad gallbladder, and so on are all precious medicinal materials. Therefore, the outlook for artificial toad farming in 2019 is very promising.
II. What is the price of toads in 2019?
1. Price
The wholesale price of live toads is generally 15-20 yuan/jin, and the market price is 20-25 yuan/jin. The price of toad slough and toad venom is somewhat more expensive; one piece of toad slough costs about 50-100 yuan, with the price depending on the size and completeness of the slough. The purchase price of toad venom is 1500-3000 yuan/jin, and the market retail price is 3000-5000 yuan/jin.
2. Profit
Toad slough: toad slough can be collected from April to October each year, in the south for 7-9 months and in the north for 6-7 months. Taking 2000 toads as a calculation, each month at least two sloughs can be shed, and in 6 months 24000 pieces of toad slough can be produced; calculated at a single slough weight of 0.3 grams, 7.2 kilograms of toad slough can be produced; at an intact-slough rate of 80%, 5.76 kilograms of intact toad slough can be produced, which at a conservative price of 10000 yuan/kilogram creates a value of 57600 yuan; 1.44 kilograms of thin slough is produced, which at a conservative price of 6000 yuan/kilogram creates a value of 8640 yuan, that is, the toad slough collected in one year from 2000 toads can yield a profit of 66240 yuan.
Toad venom: the collection time and frequency are the same as for toad slough; still taking 2000 toads as a calculation, about 2 jin of toad venom can be produced per month, and at a conservative price of 3000 yuan, about 12 jin of toad venom can be produced in 6 months, yielding an income of about 18000 yuan.
It is understood that the toad venom and toad slough currently purchased on the market can only reach about one third of demand, and there is still a large market gap; the outlook for toad farming is very good, and friends who want to invest in farming projects may consider it.