Is bamboo rat farming profitable? Analysis of current rural farming benefits and prospects
Bamboo rat farming costs: what exactly are the bamboo rat farming costs? Do you know? Let me explain in detail. Raising one bamboo rat from a baby to the point of sale, let us carefully calculate how much it actually costs to raise one bamboo rat. The answer is 8 fen per day! The farming cost of one bamboo rat for 6 months is 14.4 yuan!
Is breeding bamboo rats for breeding stock profitable?
The daily farming cost of one bamboo rat is 8 fen (including eating bamboo, corn and other coarse grains; among these, coarse fiber foods such as bamboo can be found everywhere in rural areas, and are generally gathered by oneself, so this has not been calculated. Corn or other coarse grains are about 15 grams per day, about 6 fen, and other costs are 2 fen).
One breeding rat can be sold after 6 months of breeding. The farming cost of one bamboo rat for 6 months is 14.4 yuan, so the farming cost of each group of breeding rats (let us say three per group: one male and two female bamboo rats) is 43.2 yuan, while the market selling price of each group of breeding rats is 500 to 600 yuan. Taking the middle value, let us calculate 550 yuan per group, then the profit for six months is 506.8 yuan. The annual profit is 1,013.6 yuan per group. If a couple takes care of 100 groups of bamboo rats in one year, then this family's income for that year would be more than 101,300 yuan. Let us calculate a bit more strictly. Even if the bamboo rat farming technical level is a little poor, and 50 die, even counting each at 200 yuan, that is still 10,000 yuan, plus 1,000 yuan for the site fee (generally in one's own abandoned pigsty or similar place), then this couple's annual income is (100,000 - 10,000 = 90,000) 90,000 yuan. Distributed across each month, this couple's monthly income from bamboo rat farming is 7,500 yuan. Moreover, the time bamboo rats truly need care each day will not exceed 5 hours. For rural entrepreneurship, this is undoubtedly a good income. In two or three years, you can not only build a new house, but also buy a car.
Is raising bamboo rats as commercial rats profitable?
The daily farming cost of one bamboo rat is 8 fen. If commercial rats are raised for one year before sale, then the farming cost of one commercial bamboo rat for one year is no more than 30 yuan per rat. Calculating based on domestic market commercial rat purchase at 50 yuan per jin, raising 1 group of bamboo rats yields more than 1,000 yuan per year. One laborer can simultaneously raise and manage 100 groups. The farming cost of one bamboo rat is below 30 yuan. Raised to 3 jin in weight, it can sell for 150 yuan. The income from one group also reaches 450 yuan. Now farmed meat rats sell for 56 yuan per jin. How can one join cooperation? The farming cost of one bamboo rat is below 30 yuan, so naturally the income is not small. (To avoid repeated wordiness, I will say more here; everyone can calculate the detailed accounts according to their own situation.)
In addition, if you can do just a little more and develop bamboo rat products, new products, such as: bamboo rat fur is soft and fine, bright and oily, with thick underfur, brilliant color, and quite good quality. It is an excellent raw material for making fur clothing, fur collars, and hats. In particular, the hide is a good raw material for making high-grade leather and shoes. Fur scraps are excellent for children's clothing, hats, and collars. Then you will also gain another considerable income. To put it more plainly, at least it is better than going out to work. For a rural couple, it is very rare to stably earn a wage of 7,500 yuan a month. Even if you earn that much, the hardship of your work will definitely not be just 4-5 hours of work per day. In addition, you absolutely do not have the freedom of doing it yourself at home. After all, eating from someone else's rice bowl means being managed by others, and unexpectedly, you may also suffer a little cold-shouldering. Bamboo rat farming, especially bamboo rat farming in rural areas, is a path to wealth worth everyone's careful thought and consideration.