CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Is there a market for farmed earthworms? (How is the market for farmed earthworms?)

1. What are the prospects and sales of earthworm farming in Guizhou?

, fishing gear market sales. There are a lot of people fishing now. The price of a box ranges from a few yuan to more than ten yuan. The farmed earthworms can be wholesaled to these fishing gear stores. Currently, the profit of this earthworm sales model can reach more than 60%. If you own more than a dozen fishing gear stores, you can make quite good profits.

2. In farms, earthworms can be sold as a high-protein feed. The development of the breeding industry now places an increasing demand on feed. Many breeding products are very suitable for earthworms as feed. Generally, farms focus on volume sales, and the market reference price is 6-8 yuan per catty. This channel is still easy to open.

3. Environmental protection treatment or use as organic fertilizer. Environmental protection treatment mainly refers to the use of earthworms to treat urban garbage, industrial waste and aquaculture pollution. The prospect of earthworms being used for environmental protection is very good. In addition, earthworms can be used as organic fertilizer, which can bring good economic income.

4. Pharmaceutical manufacturers: The medicinal value of dried earthworms is particularly high, and pharmaceutical manufacturers have a very high demand for earthworms. Generally, earthworms are used as raw materials for extraction and processing into medicines before being sold. Now the market price of finished dried earthworms can be sold for 200 yuan per catty, with quite good profits.

The above is all about the profit and sales of earthworm farming. Now if many farmers want to breed earthworms with high benefits, they must master the local market conditions in order to effectively increase economic profits.

2. 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.

3. What are the sales channels for farmed earthworms?

1. Farms

1. Earthworms can be sold as a high-yield white feed. Now with the development of the breeding industry, the demand for more and more types of feed is increasing, and earthworms are an important source of feed for most aquaculture farmers and poultry farmers.

2. If you raise earthworms, you can generally visit these farms and communicate with them to discuss cooperation, because they are all professional breeders and they also have needs in this regard, so this sales channel is relatively easy to open.

2. Feed Processing Plant

1. Now with the continuous development of the breeding industry, the economic profits of the feed processing industry are also considerable. Generally, large-scale farms either cooperate with bait breeders or with feed processing plants.

2. Therefore, the sales channels of feed processing plants are relatively broad. If they want to process feed, they need certain raw materials, and earthworms are one of the raw materials.

3. Herbal Medicine Store

1. The name of earthworm in traditional Chinese medicine is earthworm, mainly because earthworm itself contains earthworm element, which is commonly used in medical diagnosis and treatment.

2. Moreover, through medical research, it was found that earthworms not only have this medicinal value, but also have many other medical effects. Therefore, they have high medicinal value. Therefore, we can cooperate with herbal medicine stores and let herbal medicine stores purchase earthworms. This is also a very good sales channel.

4. Pharmaceutical production plants

1. There are certain differences between general pharmaceutical manufacturers and herbal medicine stores. Pharmaceutical manufacturers have a higher demand for earthworms than herbal medicine stores. During this period, they mainly use earthworms as raw materials for extraction and processing into medicines before selling them.

2. If you cooperate with pharmaceutical manufacturers, the prospects are very promising, and its market price will be relatively high.

5. Environmental protection treatment agency

1. Environmental protection treatment mainly refers to the use of earthworms to treat urban garbage, industrial waste and aquaculture pollution. Environmental protection is now an issue that people are more concerned about.

2. Most of the environmental protection treatment in my country uses earthworms. The effect of earthworm treatment is very good, so selling earthworms to environmental protection organizations is also one of the most promising sales channels.

4. Are there markets for earthworms? Want to raise earthworms but are you worried about the market?

I agree with this, I also plan to raise earthworms as an important part of the industrial chain. Earthworms themselves are a commodity, and earthworm manure is also very useful. Earthworms themselves are low-cost, and they are good feed for chickens, ducks, fish, shrimps, etc. They can also reduce the cost of aquaculture, which is very important for the development of the aquaculture industry.

It may be difficult to make money from earthworms alone, so do a good market research in the early stages.

At present, I have an idea that earthworms can be used as a link in ecological farming, providing feed or nutritious soil for other links. Perhaps it is really difficult to make money by relying on one thing alone. Do more research on the market. There is a way out only if there is a market.

5. Is there a market for small-scale farmed earthworms?

Yes. Farmed earthworms can be processed into dried earthworms and sold to Chinese medicine stores or ground into powder and sold to feed factories. Fresh earthworms can be wholesaled to fishing tackle stores and fishing enthusiasts.

6. What is the relationship between the prospects of earthworm farming and sales?

The future of earthworm farming is promising, and sales are related to the number of worms raised (the bigger the worms, the greater the market).

At present, earthworm farming is still in its initial stage. The cultivated earthworms are mainly used for fishing and have not yet been put into feed. Chinese feed not only lacks oil but also lacks protein! If earthworm farming can be scaled up and industrialized, it will not only solve the problem of feed raw materials, but also reduce the outflow of foreign exchange from imported soybeans!

7. How to sell earthworms after breeding?

The market for farmed earthworms is good. The reason why earthworm farming has developed so rapidly worldwide is not only because earthworms themselves have many-sided values, but also because people are increasingly aware of the important role of earthworms in environmental protection, turning waste into treasure, and developing ecological agriculture.