2018 Price Per Jin of Wild Soft-Shelled Turtles, Profit Per Mu, Identification and Nutritional Value
The soft-shelled turtle, also known as the tuan yu or jiao yu, with the scientific name Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis). Because its nutritional value is extremely high, its price is also very expensive. Eating soft-shelled turtle has excellent health benefits for people. Today it is farmed and distributed in many regions of China. Do you know how much a jin of wild soft-shelled turtle costs? Now let me introduce to you the profit of farming wild soft-shelled turtles, the identification methods, and their nutritional value.
I. How much does a jin of wild soft-shelled turtle cost in 2018? Wild soft-shelled turtle prices
Profit from farming one mu
1. Feed cost
Feed cost accounts for the largest proportion of the farming cost of soft-shelled turtles. The most expensive part of farming soft-shelled turtles is the feed. On average, calculated at 11 yuan, the feed cost for every jin of soft-shelled turtle raised is about 8.3-9.4 yuan. Because fishmeal resources have been in very short supply in recent years, the feed is mostly made of white fishmeal, and the price of soft-shelled turtle feed has also shown a continuously rising trend.
2. Seedling cost
The cost of seedlings also accounts for a relatively high proportion. The seedling price in Taiwan, China is generally 2.5 yuan each, and the seedling price in Hunan is 3.5 yuan each. The average seedling cost for Taiwan, China seedlings is 3.13 yuan per jin, and the average seedling cost for Hunan seedlings is 4.38 yuan per jin.
3. Site fee
The cost of renting a pond is 1 yuan per jin.
4. Pond depreciation
0.5 yuan per jin.
5. Labor and water/electricity fees are 1 yuan per jin.
Calculating the total cost, if one mu is farmed and there is little disease and things go relatively smoothly, the pond-side price can reach 25 yuan per jin. After deducting the cost, it can sell for 15 yuan per jin, so the net profit per mu after excluding costs is 25,000 yuan, which is still a relatively objective profit.
II. Suitable groups for wild soft-shelled turtle
1. The general population can eat it.
2. Suitable for people with weak constitution, liver-kidney yin deficiency, bone-steaming consumptive heat, and malnutrition.
3. Suitable for people with pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis whose low fever does not subside.
4. Suitable for patients with various types of cancer and after radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
5. Suitable for patients with Sjogren's syndrome.
6. Suitable for patients with high blood lipids, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and hypertension.
7. Suitable for patients with hypoalbuminemia; suitable for patients with beriberi.
III. Identification methods for wild soft-shelled turtle
1. Shell back appearance: The shell back of a wild soft-shelled turtle is smooth and flat, with thin and uniform skin, a waxy luster, and the outline of the shell can faintly appear. The shell back skin of a farmed soft-shelled turtle is slightly thicker, with rough wart-like granules and no glossy texture, like toad skin, and the shell outline is hard to see.
2. Shell back color: Wild soft-shelled turtles have gray-black, earth-yellow, brown background with black spots, etc., while farmed soft-shelled turtles are mostly black with a green tinge, yellow with a green tinge, or green moss color, etc.
3. Body shape and appearance: Because wild soft-shelled turtles have long foraged hard in a natural state, their bodies are vigorous, slightly flat, and their muscles are firm. Farmed soft-shelled turtles appear bloated, thick and clumsy, with soft muscles.
4. Pressing the plastron: The ventral cartilage of wild soft-shelled turtles has relatively strong elastic strength, and the rebound force is great when pressed with a finger. The ventral cartilage elasticity of farmed soft-shelled turtles is weak, and when pressed with a finger it feels soft and collapsed, with no rebound force.
IV. Nutritional value of wild soft-shelled turtle
1. Improve immunity: Soft-shelled turtle is rich in nutrients such as animal glue, keratin, copper, and vitamin D. It can enhance the body's disease resistance and regulate the human endocrine function. It is also a tonic excellent for improving the quality of breast milk and enhancing the immunity and intelligence of infants.
2. Nourish the face and care for the skin: The plastron of the soft-shelled turtle is called “turtle plate”, and is a precious traditional Chinese medicine with the effect of nourishing yin and reducing fire. It is used to treat soft-shelled turtle-related dizziness, blurred vision, deficiency heat, night sweats and other disorders. It also has a very good effect on stubborn headaches left by head trauma (such as neonatal cephalohematoma, etc.). Turtle plate glue is a macromolecular collagen protein, containing various amino acids needed by the skin, and has the effects of nourishing the face, caring for the skin, beautifying, and keeping fit. Of course, turtle plate is a traditional Chinese medicine, and whether to use it should be decided by a doctor according to the specific situation.
3. Anti-cancer and cancer-suppressing: Soft-shelled turtle meat and its extracts can effectively prevent and inhibit liver cancer, stomach cancer, and acute lymphocytic leukemia, and are used to prevent and treat weakness, anemia, leukopenia and other symptoms caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy.