The market of crocodile turtle breeding is on the rise.

80 yuan per crocodile tortoise is nurtured, it takes three years, and after it is cultivated, it can only earn 100 yuan. Do you dare to take it? This year, many people made it clear: the more, the better. The price of commercial crocodile turtles has continued to rise in the past five years, and the seedlings have been running at a high level. now there is still about half a month before the first batch of crocodile seedlings are on the market, and most seedling farms have quoted high prices for the first batch of seedlings.

Chen Zhiguan, who works as a seedling intermediary in Zhongshan, told reporters that although most seedling farms have not yet hatched, the price of seedling farms in Zhongshan has risen from 70 yuan / only a month ago to 80 yuan / one now, and the price is expected to be adjusted when the seedlings really emerge. A few days ago, the first batch of seedlings (about 1000) from Hainan were sold for more than 90 yuan, and the seedling price for the whole of last year was also 50-70 yuan, which is astonishing. Luo Jingyu, the boss of Shunde Yongsheng soft-shelled turtle seedling farm, believes that according to the existing seedling production capacity and demand, the later seedling price is expected to break through 100 yuan / only.

"this year's crocodile seedlings are more expensive than last year, mainly because the demand has increased, but the production capacity of crocodile turtles has not been greatly improved," Zeng Runming, the owner of Dongyuan Aquaculture Farm in Dongguan, told the reporter. At present, the original species of crocodile turtles farmed in China are all imported from the United States. There are two kinds of large crocodile turtles and small crocodile turtles, mainly breeding small crocodile turtles in China.

After years of introduction and breeding, baby crocodile turtles have basically achieved local hatching, but the egg production is unstable and the total egg production is less. Generally speaking, there are as many as 70 or 80 eggs per litter, and as few as three or five. On average, each female turtle lays 1-2 nests of eggs a year, most of which lay only one litter of eggs, and the hatching rate is only a little over 20%. Although the number of crocodile turtles in China has been increasing in recent years, the supply of turtle seedlings has been unable to keep up with the demand because it is difficult to break through the bottleneck of low egg production and low hatching rate.

It is understood that crocodile turtles are mainly raised in greenhouses in Zhejiang, from small turtle seedlings of less than 10 grams to eight or nine jin before and after the Spring Festival of the following year, with a purchase price of 30 yuan per catty (current price), and the net profit of each crocodile tortoise is about 100 yuan. Guangdong area is mainly farmed in outer ponds, it takes about three years from throwing seedlings to selling fish, and the specifications for selling turtles are generally about 5-7 jin. Because the meat flavor is better, the selling price is slightly higher than Zhejiang area, and the current price is 45-50 yuan / jin. The price of simply picking female turtles (for preparing turtles) is about 65 yuan / jin.

At present, there are few farms simply raising commercial crocodile turtles in Guangdong, and most of them are mainly farmed. Lin Jingen, the boss of Hongxin aquatic products in Shunde, said that starting from this year, the United States has restricted the exit of turtles, reducing the supply of breeding turtles in China to a certain extent. He estimates that the supply of young crocodile turtles nationwide this year is about 1 million, and the supply of finished turtles falls short of demand.

Crocodile turtles are famous for their strong meat and ferocious addiction to eating. Many farmers told reporters that the survival rate of crocodile tortoise seedlings is more than 90 percent, the feed conversion rate is higher than other turtles and turtles, and the conversion rate of powder fed in greenhouse can reach about 1:1. The conversion rate of chilled food fed in outer ponds is about 4-5:1. And now there is no obvious disease, usually pay attention to water disinfection.

According to people in the industry, it is analyzed that the price of commercial crocodile turtles will continue to rise in the future, the breeding benefits will be considerable and stable, and there is no suspicion of speculation (most commodity turtles enter the consumer market to be eaten), although the breeding rate is unstable, but one of the more worthy of investment in turtles. However, due to the high cost of seedlings, it is cost-effective to raise at least 5-7 jin of specifications for sales, the required culture cycle is longer, Guangdong Waitang culture cycle is longer, the overall investment is relatively large, capital recovery time is long, investors need to consider carefully.

Article source: southern Rural Daily