Analysis of the Market Prospects and Development Potential of Earthworm Farming

The rise of the earthworm farming industry has not only opened up a new source of animal protein feed for the development of livestock, poultry and aquaculture industries, but has also found a new way for cities to purify the environment and deal with public nuisances; moreover, with in-depth research into the physiology of earthworms, they can also provide valuable raw materials for industries such as food and medicine. Therefore, the prospects for earthworm farming are broad.

Earthworms can be used to make medicine. At present, the international market price is 80,000-150,000 yuan per ton of dried earthworms, or even higher. According to analysis, earthworms contain various medicinal components such as lumbrokinase, earthworm antipyretic factor, earthworm toxin, xanthine, antihistamine, choline, cholesterol, nucleic acid derivatives and B vitamins. At present, it is already possible to scientifically extract lumbrokinase from earthworms for the treatment of cerebral vascular infarction and other diseases, and lumbrokinase oral preparations or injections have already been put on the market. Experiments have proven that earthworms can be fully used for clinical treatment.

Earthworms are hailed as the best protein feed in the world, with extremely rich nutritional value. Earthworms contain 18 kinds of amino acids, various minerals and vitamins. Therefore, earthworms can be used to farm loach, rice field eels and other aquatic products, helping to increase the yield of aquatic products. Earthworms can also be used to raise pigs, chickens and other poultry, improving their own nutritional value. Earthworms can also be made into earthworm powder as a growth agent for pigs. Using earthworms to raise pigs, chickens, ducks, rice field eels and loach not only makes them grow fast and gives good meat quality, but also costs less money.

Earthworms can also process urban garbage and waste, purify the environment, accumulate and create fertilizer, and so on, solving the difficult problem of garbage disposal in various urban districts.

It can thus be seen that farming earthworms is indeed a good way to get rich. The workload of earthworm farming is not heavy; 1 person can manage about 3-4 mu of land. It is suggested that farmers can make use of their spare time to develop earthworm farming, which not only increases family income but also improves social benefits.