What are the prospects for bamboo rat farming? 2018 market analysis

The bamboo rat is a small wild animal from the south. Because bamboo rat meat is highly nutritious and delicious, and also has high medicinal value, it has consistently won praise from the general public in recent years and is deeply loved by people. As a result, the bamboo rat farming industry has developed better year after year. So for those friends who have not yet started farming but really want to, and who are still hesitating about whether raising bamboo rats can actually make money this year, as well as what this year's bamboo rat farming prospects and market conditions are like, well, let Shuashuai explain it to everyone below!

I. Can you make money farming bamboo rats in 2018?

1. Since we are talking about whether it makes money, I think we still have to start by calculating the cost. The farming cost of feed for each bamboo rat per day is 8 fen. Its feed can be corn, crude fiber, and some bamboo and miscellaneous grains and other crops. Generally, farmers living in rural areas really have plenty of these on hand, so there is no need to worry about this at all; they can usually find them. As for corn and coarse grains, it eats about 15 g a day, which comes to about 6 fen in total, and the other 2 fen or so covers the rest.

2. The profit cycle for one bamboo rat is 6 months. As long as it is raised and bred normally, it can be fully grown in six months. The cost of raising one for six months is 14.4 yuan, and the farming cost for each group of breeding rats is 43 yuan. They can be sold for 500-600 yuan. Suppose I calculate it as 550 yuan, then the profit for six months is 506 yuan, and over a year that works out to 2 times, so one group can earn 1,013.6 yuan. If you farm 100 groups of bamboo rats in a year, you can make a profit of around 100,000. If you plan for the worst, supposing the farmer's skills are very poor and 50 die, then even after deducting the cost of those 50, the annual income would still be around 90,000. So for a farming household starting a business, this is still a pretty good income. If you keep at it for another two or three years, you can completely build a house and buy a new car.

II. 2018 bamboo rat farming costs

1. Feeding cost and profit of one pair of seedlings

When a bamboo rat seedling grows to two weeks old, it will learn to forage. By the third month of raising, it basically weighs half a kilogram, so it can be sold directly. The farming cost within two months is 10 yuan, so for a pair that is 20 yuan. The selling price is 400 per animal, so we can make a profit of 380 yuan from it.

2. Daily feeding cost of a bamboo rat

A fully grown bamboo rat can reach more than 3 jin in six months. Its growth cycle is 5 and a half months, and the feeding cost is 22 yuan per animal.

III. The 2018 situation and market conditions for bamboo rats

1. The domestic bamboo rat market has already spread across cities in southern and western China, basically occupying the main consumer market, and demand is rising day by day, with prices reaching 80-100 yuan per kilogram.

2. Every year around the Chinese New Year, bamboo rat sales are extremely brisk, and the market sells out of stock. According to data, many cities consume more than 6 million bamboo rats each year. That number is astonishing, so today's bamboo rats are completely in short supply.

3. Every year 500,000 bamboo rats are exported to countries in Southeast Asia, and the United States imports 300 tons of bamboo rat meat from China each year.

The above is an introduction to whether farming bamboo rats is profitable in 2018, as well as the 2018 bamboo rat farming prospects and market conditions. After reading this, I believe everyone no longer has any concerns. The current bamboo rat market is basically in a state of short supply, and bamboo rat farming policies are also relatively complete, which is very favorable for people raising them. Friends who want to farm them should hurry up and take action!