Can leech farming make money?

Leech is a traditional special medicinal aquatic animal in China, which grows and breeds in inland freshwater waters. Its dried products are used in traditional Chinese medicine after bubbling, which has the effects of treating stroke, hypertension, clearing blood stasis, amenorrhea, falling injury and so on. It has been recorded in Shennong Materia Medica. At present, artificial breeding has also been achieved in southern China. Let's take a look at whether leech farming can make money.

Is there a prospect for leech farming?

Leech farming has a bright future. In history, leeches are mainly natural fishing. Due to the abuse of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and the environmental pollution caused by industrial and agricultural "three wastes" in recent years, wild natural resources have decreased sharply. At the same time, with the in-depth development of the medicinal value of leeches, their market demand potential is huge. Since 2000, the price of leeches has risen year after year, 150 yuan in 2002, 160 yuan in 2003, 170 yuan in 2004, 180 yuan in 2005, 190 yuan in 2006, 200 yuan in 2007 and 230 yuan in 2008, rising to 380 yuan in 2009. It skyrocketed to 740 yuan in 2010 and 800,820 yuan in 2011, so the development of leech culture has a very broad prospect.

Can leech farming make money?

1. Cost: the cost of leech culture is calculated on the basis of 5 mu of breeding area, the leased land is about 0.3 ~ 4000 yuan, the base excavation is about 4000 yuan, the anti-escape net is about 2500 yuan, the bait fee is about 3000 yuan, farm manure is about 500 yuan, leech planting is about 80 thousand yuan, the management fee is about 12000 yuan, disinfection is about 200 yuan, and the cost of water and electricity is about 1500 yuan. The total investment is about 100000 yuan.

2. Profit: leeches are hermaphroditic, reproduce 3 times a year, 72 commercial leeches can be propagated per species, about 150 leeches per kilogram, 7 kg live leeches can dry 1 kg, and the market price is calculated at 400 yuan per kilogram. The annual output value of each species of leech is 27 yuan. The cultivation area of 5 mu of land is 25000, the annual output value is more than 650000 yuan, and the net profit after deducting facilities and bait is about 500000 yuan.

What are the advantages of leech farming?

1. High and stable yield: leeches are hermaphroditic animals, each of which can reproduce with a high reproduction rate. Leeches breed more than 2 times a year, with no less than 70 leeches each time.

2. The technology is simple: leeches can be raised by housewives and the elderly. It is only necessary to put a certain amount of snails into the seedlings at one time and control the water quality.

3. The benefit is obvious: the feed for leech culture is cheap and easy to obtain, and there is no need to feed it specially. One person can manage more than 10 mu, and the comprehensive benefit is about 7 to 10 times that of fish culture.

4. Multi-year income: the natural reproduction of leech after one introduction can maintain continuous production and benefit for many years, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing cost and improving benefit.

5. Unlimited scale: leeches can be cultured in large areas or in small courtyards, in rice fields, or mixed with herbivorous fish and filter-feeding fish to improve efficiency.