What are the prospects for raising cattle in 2018?

Whether raising cattle makes money has always been a topic of debate among employees. It can be said that raising cattle is a profitable industry, but not everyone can make money, because there are more varieties of cattle, the quality is divided into three or six or nine grades, and the same way of raising and managing cattle is different. The benefits are definitely different. Let's take a look at the prospects of raising cattle in 2018.

What are the prospects for raising cattle in 2018?

At present, the prospect of raising cattle in 2018 is OK, because raising cattle is relatively stable and will not rise and fall as big as pigs and chickens. Of course, the cow price will fluctuate to a certain extent, but as long as the cow price is raised well, the cow price will not lose money, it is just a question of earning more and earning less. Although the number of beef cattle is on a downward trend at present, the prices of live beef cattle and their products are rising all the time. The income of breeding a calf is more than 4000 yuan, and the net profit of fattening beef cattle for more than 6 months can reach 3000 yuan. As the base of breeding cows is declining, fattening shelf cattle are nervous, so the beef cattle breeding market continues to be optimistic.

What is the cost of raising cattle in 2018?

The cost of raising cattle mainly includes several major costs, such as cattle farm construction, cattle breeds, feed, labor and so on. The general construction investment of large-scale cattle farms is much higher than that of small cattle farms. Under this condition, if properly managed, labor will save part of the cost. For pigs and chickens, all are fed with concentrate feed, the larger the scale, the lower the feed cost. But raising cattle is different, because the cattle are mainly roughage, which is cheap, bulky and inconvenient for transportation, so it can only be solved locally. When the scale of breeding is too large, roughage is generally difficult to solve locally and needs to be purchased from other places. In the case of non-local purchase, the transportation cost may be much higher than the value of the feed itself. Generally speaking, the larger the scale of the cattle farm, the higher the cost.

Can you make money by raising cattle in 2018?

1. The price of calves has risen: it is obvious to all that the price of calves has risen. In the past few years, the same calves have risen by at least 300,500 yuan per year. The rising price is a net profit for raising breeding cows or self-breeding cattle farms. However, for cattle farms that are simply fattening, profits will be reduced as much as the price of calves goes up. The days when a fattening cow earned five or six thousand yuan in the past are gone.

2. increase the subsidy: for breeding cows, no matter how much or less, there are subsidies in most areas. for most areas, a few hundred yuan less than two or three thousand yuan is also equivalent to net profit. Of course, subsidies are not sent to the door on their own initiative, although the applicants may not be able to get them, but they will certainly not be available if they do not apply. Moreover, the subsidy requirements for breeding cows are generally low, with more than 10 breeding cows in most areas, and the breeds are improved beef cattle or locally protected cattle breeds.

3. The forage cost is reduced: the prices of corn and soybean meal are lower than those in previous years, and the forage cost of raising cattle is lower. For roughage, the price has not risen in recent years, or even dropped slightly. In the past, the highest fresh corn straw was 0.08 yuan per jin, but last year it was only 0.05 yuan. It is suggested that both corn and roughage should be purchased directly from farmers as far as possible, which can save part of the cost and improve the feed quality.