And this must be attributed to "liberalization", which makes people have confidence in the future and dare to spend. They will buy food that they are usually reluctant to buy before the Spring Festival. This can be seen from the fact that cherries can't be sold in sugar oranges, a catty of fresh garlic moss 40 yuan, a catty of winter bamboo shoots 20 yuan and a catty of Dutch beans 30 yuan.
What is even more outrageous is that a large number of crayfish originally listed in April also came to join in the fun and sold very expensive.
Before 20 18, crayfish was a generation of online celebrity food and a star dish in the night market. At that time, crayfish were still expensive, so farmers didn't have to worry about the price at all.
However, this good breeding project soon attracted more investment from farmers, so the scale of crayfish breeding continued to expand and the price went downhill.
Fortunately, the market demand at that time was still very strong. Crayfish are divided into specifications according to weight, which are 1-3 money, 4-6 money, 7-9 money and 1 spear head. The big ones are sold directly, and the small ones can be shelled and made into shrimp balls, so farmers still have considerable breeding profits.
However, this balance was broken in 2020, the aquatic products market and catering industry closed from time to time, and the circulation link was blocked from time to time, which seriously affected the distribution and market demand stability of crayfish. This has caused a serious blow to crayfish culture.
Whenever a large number of crayfish start to go on the market, the market will continue to fall. At the lowest time, there is also a purchase price of 4 yuan a catty. For farmers, there is no profit at all
At present, Hubei province is one of the main breeding places of crayfish in China, among which Qianjiang crayfish is famous. Generally, the crayfish cultured here began to be listed in large quantities in April and supplied to the whole country.
The price of crayfish that can be listed in the middle and late March is very good, which is also the sales period that farmers want to grasp. However, crayfish are relatively small at this time, so only a few farmers can catch up.
Therefore, there are fewer crayfish listed during the Spring Festival, which is a proper off-season. Usually, some hotels with high consumption will have some demands, and the quality requirements for crayfish are also relatively high.
Crayfish, originally in the off-season, were snapped up during the Spring Festival. Some farmers said that they only rest on the 30 th and the first day of the year, and sell crayfish at other times. Although the number of crayfish that meet the listing standards is not enough, it can't resist the temptation of high prices. During the Spring Festival, a kilo of cannon shrimp can reach as high as 130 yuan, and 4-6 yuan green shrimp can be sold to 50 yuan for a kilo, which can only be satisfied when it was first listed in March two years ago, but now it is basically not available.
For today's high price, many farmers choose to sell shrimp two months in advance. For those farmers who are prepared, they really make a lot of money with the goods.
In fact, crayfish can be snapped up during the Spring Festival. Like cherries, it is a bit of retaliatory consumption. People are afraid to spend money by clutching their wallets. It's been almost three years, and now they can finally return to their normal lives. Impulse consumption is normal.
In addition, the experience of these years has put many farmers in a difficult situation. However, the crayfish culture area in China has increased instead of decreased, with 202 1 reaching 26 million mu, with a total output of 2,633,600 tons. In the case of poor market demand, the price of crayfish has been overwhelmed.
Although I don't know how long this wave of crayfish fever will last, the high price and demand really give farmers more confidence and give them more hope for the next market. At least there will be no obstacles in sales, and then more people will go out to eat, and the sales of crayfish will naturally go up and the price will be better.