What were the costs and profits of beef cattle farming in 2016?
Beef cattle farming is a very promising industry today. Of course, aside from the high costs, stable prices, a stable market and stable demand are its advantages. At the same time, compared with pork and chicken, beef has the characteristics of high protein and low fat. As people's living standards continue to rise, beef consumption will also gradually increase. Let us take a look below at the costs and profits of beef cattle farming in 2016!
The current state of beef cattle farming
1. Beef cattle have always been in short supply. Globally, beef accounts for more than half of meat in developed regions of the world, while in our country it accounts for only about 10%. As for per capita beef availability, developed countries in the world are above 50 kg, the world average is 10 kg, while our country is less than 5 kg, and in particular some areas in the south are less than 2 kg. Our country has entered the stage of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and beef is part of the moderately prosperous indicators. People are paying more and more attention to improving the quality of their diet and its structure, and the demand for beef, especially high-quality beef, will grow day by day.
2. Cattle are herbivores, with high feed utilization and a conversion rate that ranks first among domestic livestock. Costs are low and the return rate is high. Because they eat grass, they do not compete with humans for grain, and their safety and hygiene indicators are relatively high, making them close to a natural green food. The cattle farming industry is an old, long-standing and stable industry. Many examples and practices have already proven that some far-sighted businessmen and engineering contractors, after completing their basic capital accumulation, invest their surplus funds into livestock cattle farming.
3. In the future, our country's demand for beef cattle will gradually increase. Choosing beef cattle farming is a good opportunity. The opportunity can be seized, but without a good investment budget and scientific farming methods, it still will not work.
The farming costs of beef cattle
1. Breeding cattle cost: first-generation Simmental cattle, 3 to 5 months old, weighing 200 to 300 jin, with an expected purchase price of 3000 to 4000 yuan per head. Limousin beef cattle, 3 to 5 months old, weighing 400 to 500 jin, with an expected purchase price of 3000 to 5000 yuan per head. When buying beef cattle, do not be greedy for cheapness. Beef cattle breeds are divided into high, medium and low purity. In choosing the weight of beef cattle, you should not plan to buy small ones just because you have less funds. Small calves have poor adaptability and low disease resistance, and are not easy to raise. In the end, raising them is not as good as directly buying ones that are relatively older in months and heavier in weight.
2. Disease prevention cost: vaccines are needed twice per year for each head of cattle. The main vaccines include foot-and-mouth disease, sheep pox, and the triple-combined quadruple-prevention vaccine, among others. Each head of cattle needs 3 yuan per year. 100 head of cattle need 300 yuan for vaccines per year. Disease treatment is estimated at 40 yuan per head per year. 100 head of cattle need 400 yuan in treatment costs per year.
3. Feed cost: raising beef cattle from 300 jin for 10 months requires an investment of 16 yuan per day, and 300 days of investment requires 4800 yuan (roughage/concentrate).
① Roughage: wheat straw, rice straw, corn straw, silage straw, pasture grass, peanut vines, sweet potato vines, tree leaves and various other herbaceous plants. Based on an average of 18 to 20 jin per day, and calculating the purchase price of roughage at 0.3 yuan per jin, an investment of 6 yuan is needed (the roughage cost per head of beef cattle per day).
② Concentrate: corn meal, soybean meal, wheat bran, salt, wheat chaff, cooked soybean cake, bone meal, baking soda, and appropriately added multivitamins and trace elements. Based on an average of 6 to 7 jin per day, and calculating the mixed concentrate at 1.4 yuan per jin, an investment of 10 yuan is needed. (The concentrate cost per head of beef cattle per day.)
4. Other costs: other expenses include water and electricity fees and disinfection fees. The money from selling cattle manure can offset these expenses. The monthly labor cost is estimated at 2000 yuan.
The farming profits of beef cattle
The purchase cost of beef cattle weighing 200 to 300 jin is 3000 to 4000 yuan. Raising them for 10 months increases their weight by 800 to 900 jin (feeding cost 4500 to 5000 yuan). The slaughter weight is 1100 jin. At a finished cattle price of 13 yuan per market jin, the sales budget is more than 14000 yuan. After deducting the feeding cost, the net profit per head of beef cattle is about 5000 yuan.