Do you make money by raising earthworms?

Earthworm is a common terrestrial annelid, a general name for annelid oligochaeta. It lives in the soil, goes out day and night, feeds on livestock and poultry droppings and organic waste, and was called the most valuable animal on earth by biologist Darwin in 1837. It has a high breeding prospect. Let's take a look at whether raising earthworms makes money.

Do you make money by raising earthworms?

Raise earthworms to make money. Earthworms feed on soil with organic matter, which plays an important role in dredging soil aggregate structure and improving soil. Artificial breeding earthworms can be used as animal protein to supply livestock, poultry and fish. In traditional Chinese medicine, the whole worm is used to dry the body, which has the effects of antipyretic, calming shock, diuresis and so on. Earthworm culture has not only opened up a new source of animal protein feed for the development of livestock, poultry and aquaculture, but also found a new way for cities to purify the environment and deal with public hazards, and with the in-depth study of earthworms, it can also provide valuable raw materials for food, medicine and other industries, so earthworm breeding is a good way to get rich.

Cost of earthworm breeding

1. Use bait (cow dung, pig dung, chicken manure, raising mushroom feet) 100m3, 20 yuan per cubic meter, a total of 2000 yuan.

2. The self-propagated worms are 100kg, each kilogram is calculated at a cost of 20 yuan, a total of 2000 yuan.

3. The land occupation fee is 1 mu, 600 yuan per mu, 600 yuan in total.

4. The amount of hydropower tools is 500 yuan.

Total cost: 5100 yuan.

Income from earthworm farming

1. Earthworms: generally speaking, the annual yield of fresh earthworms per mu is 20.3 tons, and the highest is 5 tons. According to the lowest two tons, the current market price is more than 10000 yuan per ton (sales as bait can reach more than 30000 yuan per ton). It can also earn 20000 yuan if calculated at the minimum of 10000 yuan per ton.

2. Earthworm dung: 40 tons of earthworm dung, 150 yuan per ton, 6000 yuan.

Total income: 26000 yuan.

Profit from earthworm breeding

26000 Mel 5100 million 20900 yuan, if you hire workers to carry out large-scale farming, you also need to pay the wages of the workers. In general, a labor force can manage two mu of earthworm farming, according to the monthly wage of 1000 yuan, then each mu of land needs to pay a salary of about 6000 yuan, the actual profit is about 15000 yuan.