What are the prospects for crayfish farming in 2020? How much does it cost?

In recent years, crayfish have become extremely popular and have become the main force of summer supper. Now there are many people who have joined the army of crayfish farming. So what are the prospects for crayfish farming in 2020? How much does it cost?

I. Current situation of crayfish market

At present, if farmers want to make money by raising crayfish, the profit and loss mainly depends on the price of crayfish in the market. When the cost of breeding is higher than the market price, how to raise it is a loss. When the cost of farming is lower than the market, how to raise it is profitable. According to the market law of previous years, the market price of these two periods from early May to mid-June and from mid-September to mid-November is lower than that of other times. When listing, it is necessary to choose to list at a high price period.

II. The cost of crayfish farming

The cost of crayfish culture mainly consists of feed, infrastructure, aquatic plants, drugs, fertilizers, seedlings, machinery, water and electricity, labor, fishing equipment, rent, interest and so on.

(1) Infrastructure

Housing: calculated at 20,000 yuan per 100 mu, 40 yuan per mu per year after 5 years, and 0.07 yuan per catty shrimp cost (calculated by annual output of 600 catty crayfish, the same below).

(2) Civil engineering: calculated at 900 yuan per mu, 180 yuan per year after 5 years, and the cost of shrimp per catty is 0.3 yuan.

1. Machinery: 30 yuan per mu, shrimp cost 0.05 yuan.

2. Fishing equipment: 180 yuan per mu, shrimp cost 0.3 yuan.

3. Rent: 800 yuan per mu, 1.33 yuan per catty shrimp cost.

(3) Water weed seeds: calculated at 60 yuan per mu, the cost of per catty shrimp is 0.1 yuan. If you have a seed, not only does it cost less, but it can also become one of the sources of income.

(4) Drugs: 600 yuan per mu, 1 yuan per catty shrimp cost. When a major illness occurs, the drug costs are often much higher. The variables of such expenditure relate to the level of management.

(5) Fertilizer: 60 yuan per mu, the cost of shrimp per catty is 0.1 yuan. This cost mainly depends on the technology of water diversion, and the cost is not constant.

(6) Water and electricity: 30 yuan per mu, and the cost of shrimp per catty is 0.05 yuan. This cost lies in the regulation of daily water quality, the management level of aquatic plants, the prevention and control of diseases, etc., which are variable.

(7) Labor: 600 yuan per mu, 1 yuan per catty shrimp cost. Small area, negligible, large area, high output, the corresponding increase in cost.

(8) Seedling: calculated by input and output 1:4, calculated by 28 yuan/catty, the cost of shrimp per catty is 7 yuan. This cost is one of the biggest variables. There are many seedlings, so there is basically no cost. The cost of purchasing high-priced seedlings is very high.

(9) Interest: 100 mu as interest, capital construction of 110,000 yuan, rent of 80,000 yuan, machinery of 3000 yuan, water grass of 6000 yuan, subtotal of 199,000 yuan, monthly interest of 1.5 cents for 5 months, interest of about 15,000 yuan, average 150 yuan per mu, cost of 300 catties of shrimp and 0.5 yuan per catty of shrimp. This cost is variable with the amount of own capital and interest on borrowed capital.

(10) Feed: 1 jin shrimp per length, estimated at about 3 yuan based on the current feed price.

III. What are the prospects for crayfish farming in 2020?

The crayfish market in 2020 should also be hot. Crayfish is an essential food in the summer supper market. It is extremely hot in summer. It can be said that every supper shop will have crayfish. Sales prospects are very promising. Friends with conditions can properly breed crayfish.