What Are the Prospects for Sheep Farming in 2018? Market Conditions and Development Trend Analysis

Mutton is an everyday meat, and also a major meat product after chicken, duck, pork and beef. As people learn more about high-protein, low-fat meats, sales of healthy mutton are bound to grow, which also fits market demand. The prospects for sheep farming are still quite optimistic. Let's take a look below at the prospects for sheep farming in 2018!

What are the prospects for sheep farming in 2018?

In recent years the sheep farming market has not been ideal, but this cannot determine future prices. According to research and analysis, sheep prices will see a major reversal within two years. The market for meat sheep should have been warming up again in 2017, and the past two years have been a period of adjustment for meat sheep farming. From the end of 2013 to the beginning of 2014, after the state successively introduced a number of subsidy policies for meat sheep farming, people in some areas showed unprecedented enthusiasm for raising meat sheep, but there are also certain risks. To develop meat sheep farming, it is best to do it at scale, but the prerequisite is capital, since the investment cost is large; secondly, it depends on whether you have technology and experience. Do not blindly follow the trend; investment requires caution.

Reasons for the fall in sheep prices in recent years

1. The impact of epidemics in recent years has led people to dislike mutton.

2. Imported mutton has dealt a big blow to the domestic market.

3. Farmers do not understand market operations, and in many cases can only blindly follow the trend.

How can sheep farming be profitable in 2018?

1. Breed selection: breed selection is like choosing seeds when farming. For example, when farmers plant crops, farmers in different regions plant different seeds. In sheep farming, you must first choose the breed and take regional climate differences into account. If regional climates differ greatly and the breed is chosen improperly, failure is certain.

2. Quality control: good quality control of breeding sheep and the introduction of high-quality breeding sheep can, for a sheep farm just entering the industry, reduce a great many risks. For example, if the quality is not chosen well, the breeding sheep you buy back may have diarrhea, catch colds, or even die. This will not only fail to improve profits, but may also lead to losing everything.

3. Feed matching: there is a great deal of feed for sheep. For example, discarded crop materials such as corn stalks, wheat straw, soybean stalks, rice straw, forage grass, peanut vines and sweet potato vines can all be crushed and used as sheep feed, and the cost of the feed is also very low. In some areas these feeds do not even cost any money.

4. Disinfection and vaccines: disinfection is crucial for a sheep farm. Regular disinfection can effectively avoid the breeding of bacteria and reduce the incidence of disease in meat sheep. Vaccines are even more important. Vaccines can greatly reduce herd-wide disease. Do not, out of fear of trouble or to save money, end up locking the barn door after the horse has bolted, with gains not worth the losses.

5. Sale price: the sale price and the profit from sheep farming are inseparable. If the sale price is 0.5 yuan higher per jin, then for a 100-jin sheep that is 50 yuan, and for 100 sheep that is 5,000 yuan. So the sale price also determines the profit from sheep farming.