Do you make money planting trees? Miao farmers blindly follow the trend of planting tung tree prices fall

Recently, the author learned from Shandong Liying Seedling Association that Fatong is selling well in Jining Miao City, but due to the follow-up planting of seedling farmers in recent years, the lack of standardization and other problems, the price has a downward trend.

"in recent years, saplings with a DBH of more than 10 cm are more popular in the market. Saplings of this size have little demand for crowns, and the current sales situation and supply are relatively stable." Li Weidong, president of Li Ying Seedling Association, said. Although the sales are good, the price is still lower than when it was hot. The price of seedlings with a DBH of more than 10 cm has dropped by about 20%, while the price of saplings of small sizes has dropped even more. For example, the price of saplings with a DBH of 5 cm has dropped to about 10 yuan. "the Fatong market has been very depressed in the past two years." He said.

The reason for the decline in the price of Fatong has a lot to do with the saturation of Fatong market. When Fatong was popular in Jining, Fatong in Jining almost supplied Fatong market in the whole country. Many people who do not understand seedlings have seen that Fatong is selling well and planting in large quantities, resulting in uneven production specifications and quality of saplings. In the past two years, the market was depressed, and these seedling farmers sold one after another, which not only led to a significant decline in the planting area of Fatong in Jining, but also unable to sell substandard and poor-quality saplings at a good price. "the acreage of Fatong was about 550000 mu in 2014, which has decreased by about 15 per cent this year compared with the same period last year." Li Weidong said.