CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Development trend of earthworm farming (how is the development trend of earthworm farming)

1. What are the prospects and profit analysis of earthworm farming?

The actual profit of one mu of green earthworms is about 15,000 yuan, and the breeding prospects are very promising. Green earthworms are a kind of animal feed rich in protein, easy to breed and high in yield, so they can be bred according to local conditions and locally, such as sludge, livestock feces, etc.

Earthworms have a wide range of uses. They can not only improve soil and purify the environment, but also provide protein for livestock and poultry. They can also be made into traditional Chinese medicine to treat corresponding diseases. Although these uses of earthworms have been known for a long time, large-scale earthworm farming has not been around for long.

2. What is the market value and prospects of earthworms?

Value and prospects:

Earthworms are rich in protein, so they have high economic value. Farmers can provide feed protein for other farming industries by raising earthworms. Moreover, earthworm feces are organic fertilizers, which are beneficial to the development of ecological agriculture. At the same time, earthworms themselves have high medicinal value and are used in health products, feed, fertilizers, medicines and cosmetics. There is a high degree of in-depth research and development potential, and the market prospects are broad.

3. What are the prospects and sales of earthworm farming in 2021?

Earthworms have a wide range of uses, and dried earthworms have extremely high medicinal value. Using cow dung to breed "Taiping No. 2" large red earthworms, the growth period is 2-3 months, and the yield of fresh earthworms per mu is about 2,000 kg. The market price of dried earthworms (the name of the medicine is earthworm) reaches 80-170 yuan/kg, fresh earthworms are 15-30 yuan per kilogram, and earthworm manure is 200-400 yuan/ton. The income per mu can exceed 30,000 yuan.

Fresh earthworms are mainly used in fishing supplies, animal extracts, agricultural and sideline product processing, animal raw medicinal materials, fishing equipment, etc. Earthworms are in short supply and there is never a problem with sales. Even the earthworm feces can be turned into money.

The feces excreted by earthworms contain a large number of beneficial microorganisms and two antagonistic microorganisms. In addition to analyzing various nutrients in the soil, it can also improve the characteristics of soil structure and completely solve the problem of soil compaction. The current market price of this kind of manure fertilizer is 200-400 yuan per ton.

Earthworms are high-quality protein feed. Earthworms contain a lot of protein, and the protein content in dry matter can be as high as about 70%. The general analysis results can also get 41.62-66% crude protein. It is reported that earthworm protein contains a lot of amino acids, which are necessary for the growth and development of livestock, poultry and fish. Among them, the highest content is leucine, followed by arginine and lysine. The arginine content in earthworm protein is twice that of peanut protein and three times that of fish protein; the tryptophan content is four times that of animal blood meal protein and seven times that of beef liver. Not only does the earthworm's body contain a lot of protein, but its feces also contain a certain amount of protein. The Japanese Food Analysis Center has analyzed earthworm manure. When the water content is only about 11%, the total nitrogen contained in the earthworm manure is about 3.6%, which is converted to 22.5% crude protein.

Earthworms are very supportive of environmental protection. Why do you say that? As we all know, earthworms have a strong digestive ability and can decompose a variety of organic matter and use it for themselves. Raising earthworms to deal with garbage has become an environmentally friendly way adopted by many developed countries. With the rapid development of modern industry and agriculture, many industrial wastes have been discharged, causing serious public hazards. The large-scale application of pesticides has polluted large tracts of farmland, and the human environment has been seriously polluted, directly affecting human health. Such environmental pollution problems have attracted international attention.

It is understood that breeding 330 million earthworms can process 100 tons of papermaking sludge every day. Japan uses earthworms to process up to 3,000 tons of these wastes per month, and the United States uses 500 million earthworms to process 200 tons of industrial waste every day. The number of earthworms required is huge, and it is conceivable how much breeding space there is for breeders to use. It not only drives economic development, but also effectively solves part of the problem of environmental pollution. Breeding earthworms is indeed a feasible breeding project.

How much profit can you make by breeding earthworms per acre in 2020?

Benefit analysis: (calculated based on an area of ​​0.5 mu)

1. Annual investment and expenditure

1. Use 100 cubic meters of bait (pig manure, cow manure, chicken manure, and mushroom waste) at 10 yuan per cubic meter, totaling 1,000 yuan.

2. 20 kg of self-bred earthworm seeds, with a cost of 20 yuan per kilogram, a total of 400 yuan.

3. Land occupation fee: 0.5 mu, 200 yuan per mu, totaling 100 yuan

4. Water and electricity tools: 500 yuan

Total: 2000 yuan

2. Annual income

1. Earthworms: 1,000 kilograms, 2 yuan per kilogram, totaling 2,000 yuan.

2. Earthworm manure: 20 tons, 150 yuan per ton, totaling 3,000 yuan, totaling 5,000 yuan.

3. Net Profit

5000-2000=3000 yuan

Cooperation method: Joint cooperation

With the continuous development and utilization of artificially cultivated earthworm products, the market demand has increased dramatically, and the products are in short supply. In order to ensure the healthy development of my country's artificially cultivated earthworm industry, the products now need to be produced in large quantities, develop the domestic market, and enter the international market. Our factory has decided to jointly run a farm with qualified units and individuals and cooperate together.

Practice has proved that the manure produced by 30 cows per day can feed earthworms on one mu of land, and each mu can produce 3 tons of earthworms and 60 tons of earthworm manure per year, which can increase income by 15,000 yuan. Each cow can increase income by 500 yuan. In a county, if 15,000 cows can be used to breed earthworms, the income can be increased by more than 7 million yuan. It can form an industry and promote local economic development. It can increase the income of 2,000 farmers by nearly 4,000 yuan per household. The development of earthworm farming can drive the development of cattle farming, and both sides can promote each other and develop together.

What are the techniques for breeding earthworms?

(1) Outdoor places are most suitable for breeding earthworms. In this environment, earthworms have strong vitality and reproduce quickly. Indoors are generally suitable for small-scale breeding or breeding of newly hatched earthworms, because newly hatched earthworms are small in size and have a limited range of activities. If outdoor and indoor breeding are combined, good results will be achieved. The ideal location is preferably under a tree, where the shade is the coolest and can effectively reduce the earthworms from crawling out and escaping.

(2) The breeding bed is set up outdoors. When there is strong sunlight, hot wind, or rain, protective measures must be taken. It is best if there is a natural tree shade, otherwise artificial cover must be added.

In the hot summer, direct sunlight should not exceed 2 to 3 hours a day. This is because earthworms are sensitive to light. When exposed to strong light, they will stop eating and burrow into the ground. Therefore, using natural tree shades is better than using straw curtains, rags, straw, horse manure paper and other things on the breeding bed for protection.

The most suitable growth temperature for earthworms is 15℃～27℃. When the temperature is below 0℃ and above 32℃, the activity becomes slow, the earthworms stop eating, the mating action becomes slow, and basically the reproduction process does not proceed. When the temperature of the breeding bed is generally below 10℃ and above 27℃, it is difficult for earthworms to hatch. The most suitable humidity in the growth environment of earthworms is 60%～70%.

(3) Earthworms can grow and mature quickly after being fed with animal manure, grains, compost and other decayed organic matter. The selected feed should contain vitamins, minerals, proteins and other ingredients, which are essential nutrients for the growth and development of earthworms. Earthworms prefer sweet foods.

(4) Harvesting period of earthworms: generally, it is carried out when the adult rings are obvious, the growth and development are slow, and the feed utilization rate is reduced. Harvesting is done once a month in summer and once every 1.5 months in spring and autumn. Feed should be replenished in time after harvesting.

(5) The breeding earthworms should be renewed 2-3 times a year and the breeding beds should be replaced once a year to ensure the vigorous growth of the earthworms and prevent the decline of the population.

What are the main uses of earthworms?

1. Application of earthworms in aquaculture: Earthworms are an excellent animal protein feed for aquatic animals. Adding a certain amount of earthworms to aquaculture compound feed can produce high-quality and efficient feed. In this way, earthworms are not only high-quality feed, but also the most ideal feeding and growth-promoting substance, thereby improving the palatability of aquaculture objects to feed, increasing feeding intensity and feed utilization, and achieving cost saving, increased production, high quality and high efficiency.

2. Application of earthworms in animal husbandry: ① Replace fish meal. The protein content in earthworms is equivalent to that of imported fish meal and higher than that of domestic fish meal. It can replace fish meal as a protein feed for farmed animals. Fu Guiyu's test results show that feeding fattening pigs with earthworm meal instead of fish meal can increase the daily weight gain by 13.1% and reduce the feed-to-weight ratio by 10.0%.

② Growth promotion and disease prevention and disease resistance Earthworms are widely used in the animal husbandry industry because of their rich nutrition, disease resistance, health care and feeding effects. Earthworms can be used to treat high fever in pigs, chronic emphysema in cattle and horses, urethral stones in cattle, white (yellow) diarrhea in piglets and many other animal diseases, and have a good disease resistance and health care effect.

4. How about earthworm farming? What are the prospects? How much investment is required?

2019 Earthworm Farming Prospects and Investment Analysis

Raising earthworms can make money. Earthworms feed on soil with organic matter, and they play an important role in clearing the soil aggregate structure and improving the soil. Artificially cultivated earthworms can be used as animal protein to supply livestock, poultry, and fish farming. Traditional Chinese medicine uses the dried body of the whole worm as human medicine, which has the effects of relieving fever, calming the nerves, and diuresis. Earthworm farming 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 pollution. With the in-depth study of earthworms, it can also provide valuable raw materials for industries such as food and medicine. Therefore, earthworm farming is a good way to get rich.

Cost of earthworm farming in 2019

1. Use 100 cubic meters of bait (cow dung, pig dung, chicken dung, and mushroom waste) at 20 yuan per cubic meter, totaling 2,000 yuan.

2. 100 kg of self-bred earthworm seeds, with a cost of 20 yuan per kilogram, a total of 2,000 yuan.

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

4. Plumbing and electrical tools cost RMB 500.

Total cost: 5,100 yuan.

Annual investment and expenditure for cultivating 1 mu of earthworms

1. Use 100 cubic meters of bait (cow dung, pig dung, chicken dung, and mushroom waste) at 20 yuan per cubic meter, for a total of 2,000 yuan.

2. 100 kg of self-bred earthworm seeds, with a cost of 20 yuan per kilogram, a total of 2,000 yuan.

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

4. Plumbing and electrical tools cost RMB 500.

5. Total: RMB 5,100.

2. Annual income from raising 1 mu of earthworms

1. Earthworms: Generally, the annual yield of fresh earthworms per mu is 2 to 3 tons, and up to 5 tons. Based on the minimum of 2 tons, the current market price is more than 10,000 yuan per ton (it can be sold as bait for more than 30,000 yuan per ton). We calculate it based on the minimum of 10,000 yuan per ton, and can also earn 20,000 yuan.

2. Earthworm manure: 40 tons, 150 yuan per ton, totaling 6,000 yuan.

3. Total: RMB 26,000.

Profits from earthworm farming

1. Earthworms: Generally, the annual yield of fresh earthworms per mu is 2 to 3 tons, and up to 5 tons. Based on the minimum of 2 tons, the current market price is more than 10,000 yuan per ton (it can be sold as bait for more than 30,000 yuan per ton). Based on the minimum of 10,000 yuan per ton, the income can reach 20,000 yuan.

2. Earthworm manure: 40 tons of earthworm manure at 150 yuan per ton, totaling 6,000 yuan.

Total income: 26,000 yuan.

3. Profit from earthworm farming: 26,000-5,100=20,900 yuan. If you hire workers for large-scale farming, you also need to pay the workers' wages. Generally, one worker can manage two acres of earthworm farming. Based on a monthly salary of 1,000 yuan, the salary per acre needs to be paid about 6,000 yuan, and the actual profit is about 15,000 yuan.

The Prospects of Earthworm Farming in 2019

1. First of all, earthworms have made great contributions to ecological farming in my country. The concept of ecological and healthy diet has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and environmentally friendly green and healthy food is a product that consumers urgently need in the market. In terms of the current market situation, taking native chickens as an example, the traditional native chickens fed with full feed have gradually lost the market, but the sales of "ecological insect chickens" are very popular. At the same time, there is such a big difference in the sales volume and consumer popularity of native chickens. Is this just because of the addition of the word "ecological"? Obviously not, the meat of ecological insect chickens is more delicate than that of ordinary chickens, the flavor is more unique, rich in nutrition, delicious and healthy. A large part of this credit is attributed to "worms". Earthworms are one of them. Earthworms are rich in nutrients. Using them as feed can not only promote the growth of chickens, but also avoid many harmful additives, reduce costs, and promote the development of ecological farming.

2. Secondly, earthworms are high-quality protein feed. Earthworms contain a lot of protein. The protein content in dry matter can be as high as about 70%. The general analysis results can also get 41.62-66% crude protein. It is reported that earthworm protein contains a lot of amino acids, which are necessary for the growth and development of livestock, poultry and fish. Among them, the highest content is leucine, followed by arginine and lysine. The content of arginine in earthworm protein is twice that of peanut protein and three times that of fish protein; the content of tryptophan is four times that of animal blood meal protein and seven times that of beef liver. Not only does the body of earthworm contain a lot of protein, but also its feces contain a certain amount of protein. The Japanese Food Analysis Center has analyzed earthworm manure. When the water content is only about 11%, the total nitrogen contained in the earthworm manure is about 3.6%, which is converted to crude protein of 22.5%.

3. Then, earthworms are very supportive of environmental protection. Why do you say that? Everyone should know that earthworms have a strong digestive ability and can decompose a variety of organic matter and use it themselves. Raising earthworms to deal with garbage has become an environmentally friendly way adopted by many developed countries. With the rapid development of modern industry and agriculture, many industrial wastes have been discharged, causing serious public hazards. The large-scale application of pesticides has polluted large tracts of farmland, and the human environment has been seriously polluted, directly affecting human health. Such environmental pollution problems have attracted international attention.

4. It is understood that breeding 330 million earthworms can process 100 tons of papermaking sludge every day. Japan uses earthworms to process up to 3,000 tons of these wastes per month, and the United States uses 500 million earthworms to process 200 tons of industrial waste every day. The number of earthworms required is huge, and it is conceivable how much breeding space there is for breeders to use. It not only drives economic development, but also effectively solves some of the problems of environmental pollution. Breeding earthworms is indeed a feasible breeding project.

5. What is the prospect of raising earthworms and are the benefits significant?

1 Raising earthworms has a good prospect and considerable benefits. 2 Earthworms are a good organic fertilizer maker, and their excrement can be directly applied to farmland as fertilizer. In addition, earthworms can also be used as feed for poultry and aquatic products. Due to the continuous improvement of environmental awareness in recent years, the demand for organic fertilizers has also been increasing, so the prospect of raising earthworms is very broad. 3 If you want to raise earthworms, you can choose to set up an earthworm farm at home or in farmland, or you can use it as a small entrepreneurial project. However, during the breeding process, you need to pay attention to the feeding and environmental conditions of earthworms to ensure their growth and reproduction.