Bamboo rat farming delivers high returns, earning 200,000 yuan a year

Bamboo rat farmingIn recent years, Liucheng County has vigorously developed bamboo rat farming projects, and it has now begun to take shape. What makes money in farming? Across the county, 1,800 farming households raise 40,000 breeding bamboo rats, sell 480,000 commercial bamboo rats a year, with an annual output value of 82.56 million yuan and an annual profit of 70.56 million yuan, averaging nearly 40,000 yuan in profit per farming household.

Bamboo rat farming has low feed costs, requires little investment and offers a high rate of return. Each female bamboo rat produces an average of 12 young per year, which are ready for market after four months of rearing. Each commercial bamboo rat weighs about 2 kg on average and sells for more than 80 yuan per kg on the market, while the cost of feed, labor and medicine for each commercial bamboo rat is only about 25 yuan. On average, raising one female bamboo rat can generate a profit of about 1,800 yuan, making the economic benefits very considerable.