Why Has the Factory-Farmed Fresh Enoki Mushroom Market Hit Its Biggest Cold Snap

Enoki mushroom production nationwide is currently surging, hitting a record high, and it is still rising continuously. Faced with the booming "expansion" of factory-farmed enoki mushrooms, the market price issue of enoki mushrooms has also become a focus of everyone's attention. The market determines production. So what is the market like now? "Rare things are precious, abundant things are cheap" is the unchanging law of the market. Looking at recent enoki mushroom wholesale markets, overall there has been a decrease in the volume of goods circulating in the market, prices have fallen in more than half of the wholesale markets, and the overall enoki mushroom supply situation is one of oversupply.

In 2012, although prices of various edible fungi products fluctuated slightly, the most concentrated price drops were in enoki mushroom products. Currently, the price of enoki mushrooms (6 yuan/kg) has fallen by about 25% compared with the same period last year. June to October is the off-season fruiting period for enoki mushrooms. Prices are relatively high from September to November each year, but because summer came relatively early this year and temperatures have remained high, the factory fruiting period for enoki mushrooms was moved earlier and overlapped with the fruiting period of base-grown mushrooms, causing prices to stay at a low level from March to May, and especially to hit their lowest trough recently! According to a survey by the Edible Fungi Market Editorial Department, price declines have appeared in multiple cities in southern China. From the current situation, there is no trend of overall price recovery. Although this time every year is the low tide for factory-farmed fresh product prices, because it has lasted longer this year, many companies are operating at a loss. According to the person in charge of a factory-based enterprise in Jiangsu: this situation is the biggest cold snap encountered since the beginning of factory-based edible fungi production. The lowest price has dropped to 60 yuan per box (40 jin). If this price war lasts too long, it will undoubtedly be a reshuffle for the entire factory-based edible fungi industry. Some small factories, because their supply channels are relatively single and they mainly serve small markets in townships and counties, are not greatly affected, while enterprises with poor market tolerance and difficulties in capital operations will face new challenges! In particular, some medium-sized factories and newly built enterprises without markets will all face a very severe test. Overall, the factory-farmed fresh enoki mushroom market should attract everyone's attention and prompt everyone to unite to find new market sales channels! Because enoki mushrooms are relatively the most mature variety in domestic factory-based production processes, for investors newly joining the industry, it is very easy to choose this variety because they do not understand the entire market. Therefore, since 2012, the number of factory-based enoki mushroom enterprises has also increased rapidly. In Jiangsu alone, there were more than 110 factory-based enoki mushroom enterprises in 2011, and by early 2012 the number had reached nearly 150, among which bag-cultivated enterprises accounted for 70% and bottle-cultivated ones accounted for 30%. Overall survey prices show that bag-cultivated fresh enoki mushrooms can reach as high as 100 yuan, while for bottle-cultivated fresh products, the wholesale price per box in various markets is basically about 20 yuan more expensive than bag-cultivated ones. This is a common phenomenon in Jiangsu. The head of an enterprise in Guannan told reporters: the shift from bag cultivation to bottle cultivation of enoki mushrooms will become a trend in 2012. Many enterprises are now renovating their factories. From another perspective, this price wave is also a baptism for the factory-based edible fungi industry. After the wave passes, I believe that factory-based edible fungi, whether in processes or technology, will achieve a qualitative improvement!