The feed price has also gone up, which is different from the snakehead culture mode in Guangdong. The culture of snakehead in Zhejiang, Shandong and Liaoning is mainly chilled fish, while that in Guangdong is mainly compound feed, which has a fast growth rate and a short culture cycle. Because these two modes have their own advantages and disadvantages, it is hard to say which one is better. Unless the resources of chilled fish are reduced in the future, snakehead farmers in Zhejiang, Shandong and Liaoning will be forced to switch to compound feed to raise fish. In Zhejiang, Shandong and Liaoning, the main producing areas of snakehead, the price of feed fish is determined according to the comprehensive benefits of snakehead culture. In the first two years, snakehead farming didn't make money, California bass made little profit, and the price of feed fish fell to one yuan a catty. However, as snakehead culture heats up again, the price of feed fish rises again, basically fluctuating at 1.5- 1.8 yuan per catty.
The investment in medicine is also very large. No matter which mode mentioned above, the incidence of snakehead culture is relatively high. The density of snakehead culture in Guangdong is very high. In addition, snakehead fed with compound feed grows fast and has poor physique. In addition, fish ponds that have been cultivated for many years have a bad environment and a high incidence rate. However, if chilled fish is fed, the water pollution will be more serious and farmers will easily get sick. Due to the relatively high density of snakehead culture, once the disease is not treated as soon as possible, the probability of reimbursement for the whole pond fish is very high. Nocardia disease is the biggest disease threatening snakehead in recent two years. There is no good solution in China, only prevention. The most effective and economical way to prevent Nocardia disease is to control water quality. In the past two years, water diversion products have mushroomed, and farmers have more choices. Once the inferior water transfer products are used, not much money will be wasted, but the diseases caused by poor water quality are the most deadly, so the cost of drugs in the past two years is also very fatal.
Judging from this year's situation, the breeding cost of a catty of snakehead will not be less than eight yuan a catty. At present, the purchase price of snakehead in Tangkou can be maintained at around 1 1 yuan per catty, but it's hard to say whether the price level of new fish can be maintained at 10 yuan per catty after listing. Because compared with the increase of snakehead culture scale in Zhejiang, Shandong and Liaoning, the expansion of snakehead culture scale in Guangdong is more fierce, and many market wholesalers contract fish ponds to raise fish directly by themselves. Judging from the current situation in Guangdong, people in the industry are not optimistic about the price of snakehead after 10, and the breeding cost will rise. It is still a big question mark whether farmers who throw seedlings a little later this spring can make money again.