How Is Goose Farming in Rural Areas? Analysis of Goose Farming Prospects and Benefits
Many friends looking for agriculture, rural areas and farmers entrepreneurship projects want to know: how is goose farming in rural areas? In recent years, because the goose market has been neither too hot nor too cold, many friends engaged in breeding goose farming have begun to complain that goose farming is not profitable. Today they complain about high costs, tomorrow they think about culling the geese. However, after going around in circles, they still have to return to their own goose sheds and continue with the daily work of goose farming.
At the current stage, large-scale goose farming in our country is still in its initial state. Most facilities are simple, not scaled up, and lack scientific management. But the prospects for large-scale goose farming are still good. The commercial value of geese is relatively high, and if raised well, the prospects are also fairly promising. However, the specific profits of goose farming are related to factors such as goose breeds, goose farming techniques and market demand. Market demand in particular is not a human-controllable factor, so each person's goose farming harvest may differ from year to year. Goose farming still requires caution.
Advantages of large-scale goose farming:
Advantage 1 of large-scale goose farming: large consumer potential. Guangdong roast goose, Nanjing salted goose, Jiangsu fermented rice goose, Ningbo frozen goose, as well as Chaozhou-style dishes such as “taro sliced goose” and “plum steamed goose” are all delicious dishes on the table. Goose fatty liver is hailed as one of the world's three great delicacies. Research shows that the lecithin in goose fatty liver is 4 times higher than in normal fatty liver. Therefore, goose fatty liver has very high economic value.
Advantage 2 of large-scale goose farming: low cost. Geese mainly eat grass and are a grain-saving type of poultry. They can make full use of rice straw, wheat stubble fields, hillsides, grassy flats, woodland and other areas for grazing and farming. Moreover, ordinary housewives can carry out production, and our country has a large rural surplus labor force, which is suitable for goose farming production.
Advantage 3 of large-scale goose farming: geese have strong viability and disease resistance. Under relatively extensive management conditions, the survival rate of goslings is about 95%, and after 4 weeks of age they rarely die. Geese have strong adaptability to the natural geographical and climatic conditions across the country.
Advantage 4 of large-scale goose farming: geese have high feed conversion efficiency and a short production cycle. Apart from concentrated feed during the brooding period, after 30 days of age, high-quality forage and grazing can meet the normal growth needs of geese. In northern regions, raising commercial geese requires 6 kg of concentrated feed, while in southern regions such as Jiangsu, the meat-to-feed ratio reaches about 1:1.1. Young geese reach a body weight of 4 kg at 75 days of age, and excellent breeds reach 4 kg at 60 days of age when sent to market. Four batches of commercial geese can be raised in one year.