Analysis of the 8 major reasons why the shiitake mushroom industry has both profits and losses

In the shiitake mushroom cultivation industry, there are always times of profit and times of loss. Sometimes some people clearly make money while others lose everything. So many mushroom growers ask, when the shiitake mushrooms are clearly grown at the same base, why is the income gap so large? Today the editor will answer this for everyone~

First, because someone bought poor-quality shiitake mushroom spawn or mushroom sticks from others, resulting in reduced yield or reduced quality of the shiitake mushrooms. Even the cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice. No matter how good the technique is, when faced with inferior spawn or mushroom sticks, there is no way to turn things around.

Second, the level of management differs. Incomplete sterilization, or the influence of contaminating bacteria or pests and diseases, causes the same number of mushroom sticks to have a lower yield per stick in one household than another, thereby affecting the quality of the shiitake mushrooms. In cultivating shiitake mushrooms, technique is very important. Poor handling of any link such as ingredient mixing, bag filling, sterilization, or inoculation may affect the yield and quality of the shiitake mushrooms.

Third, market prices fluctuate greatly, and the timing of fruiting is not grasped well. When your shiitake mushrooms come out, the price has already fallen.

Fourth, a very important factor is grasping climate and temperature, which is directly related to the quality of the shiitake mushrooms. When the temperature difference between day and night is large and the daytime weather is clear with ample sunlight, there are more flower shiitake mushrooms, with good mushroom shape, large size, and thick flesh; otherwise there are more flat shiitake mushrooms and the flesh is thin. Usually pay attention to the weather forecast. When the weather in the coming days is good, quickly soak the logs, and after a few days they will fruit. More flower shiitake mushrooms will grow, and the price will also be higher. If it rains when they fruit, the quality of the shiitake mushrooms is affected, and fewer flower shiitake mushrooms are produced.

Fifth, information asymmetry, knowing shiitake mushroom information only after the fact. When the market conditions are good, your shiitake mushrooms fail to come out, so you do not sell them at a good price. In addition, because information is not smooth, the shiitake mushrooms are sold to vendors who come to purchase at the door, and these vendors earn the price difference from it.

Sixth, in fact, fluctuations in shiitake mushroom purchase prices are mainly affected by the terminal export market. For example, in 2009, affected by the financial crisis, orders in the export market declined, and shiitake mushroom prices also dropped significantly accordingly. With market recovery and rising cultivation costs, shiitake mushroom prices showed a trend of rising all the way. However, in the past more than a year, affected by the overall sluggish economic situation, shiitake mushroom prices once again fell into a trough.

Seventh, whether shiitake mushrooms are cultivated according to standardized methods also affects the selling price of shiitake mushrooms. Shiitake mushrooms cultivated and produced according to standardization do not contain heavy metals and have no pesticide residues. During drying, no coal is used and no carbon dioxide pollution is produced, and so on. This ensures the quality and safety of the shiitake mushrooms, enables them to meet export standards, and naturally allows them to sell at a good price.

Eighth, resources also affect the quality of shiitake mushrooms. In the past, log-cultivated shiitake mushrooms had good quality, many flower shiitake mushrooms, and good mushroom shape. The highest selling price of the flower shiitake mushrooms produced could reach 7, 80 yuan per jin or even higher. However, due to resource limitations, at present most areas cultivate bag-cultivated shiitake mushrooms, with the main raw materials being mixed wood sawdust, wheat bran, and so on. To avoid excessive consumption of log resources, mushroom farmers are actively looking for other substitute raw materials.

The amount of profit mushroom farmers make from cultivating shiitake mushrooms is affected by the yield, quality, and market price of the shiitake mushrooms. Mushroom farmers can increase the value space of shiitake mushrooms by improving the yield and quality of the shiitake mushrooms, and this first requires improving mushroom farmers' shiitake mushroom cultivation techniques, thereby increasing the finished product rate of mushroom bags, the fruiting rate, and the flower shiitake mushroom rate. Second, mushroom farmers should be guided to carry out standardized cultivation, technical guidance and services should be strengthened, and product quality should be improved.