Turkey meat is delicious and tender, with high protein content and relatively low cholesterol and fat. Eating turkey meat can improve the body's immunity.

So is it profitable to raise turkeys? Turkey farming costs and benefits.

Is it profitable to raise turkeys? Today I will introduce to you that turkeys are herbivorous animals. They can completely graze and eat freely with almost no cost.

You can also use semi-grazing and come back to supplement feed. If there is a pasture, you can save a lot of costs.

For large-scale breeding, you can use concentrate to add grass or pasture powder for raising. In the mid-term, 60% of grass can be added without affecting the growth of turkeys.

Taking small-scale breeding as an example, including chicken feed, vaccines and drugs, the cost of each chicken is only 35-40 yuan.

The average weight of a five-month-old small turkey is about 11.5 kilograms, and the cost of raising a kilogram of chicken is only three or four yuan.

The profits are quite large.

The United States is the country that produces the most turkeys in the world. Its turkey production accounts for nearly 50% of the world's total turkey production. The annual turkey product output reaches about 2.7 million tons, of which nearly 90% For domestic consumption.

At the same time, the United States is also the largest exporter of turkey products in the world. Noting the demand for high-end meat products in the Chinese market, starting in early 2008, the U.S. Poultry and Egg Export Association began meat processing in China Industry promotes turkey products.

After several years of hard work, China has now become the second largest export market for U.S. turkey products, accounting for nearly 50,000 tons.

Currently, many Chinese meat processing companies use imported American turkey legs and wings to process them into smoked turkey legs and wings using traditional Chinese techniques and supply them to major supermarkets. Delicious and nutritious turkey Chicken products are gradually entering Chinese families and becoming a delicacy on people's tables.

my country has a population of 1.3 billion. Assuming that each person eats 500 grams of meat per year, 650,000 tons of meat are needed.

Different breeds of turkeys can provide about 8 to 10 kilograms of meat, and 65 million to 80 million need to be slaughtered every year.

This demand is 130 times the current domestic annual supply.

Peter Schweighofer, vice president of Metro China, said: There are 1.3 billion people in China and about 300 million middle class. Instead of competing with pork, the Minnesota turkey industry plans to turn turkeys into Positioned as high value meat.

We want turkey to become prime steak in China.

The Americans have already taken action. Do we want to leave such a large turkey consumption market in China to the Americans to develop? Costs and Benefits of Turkey Breeding Turkeys have the characteristics of fast growth, high meat production rate, strong fecundity, easy management and high benefits.

Under normal circumstances, in 140 days, heavy turkey roosters can reach 16-20 kg, hens can reach 9-15 kg, medium-sized turkey roosters can reach 13-15 kg, and hens can reach 8 -10kg.

Can be raised for two seasons each year.

1. Cost: The current market price of turkey seedlings is 10 yuan/bird, the quarterly feed cost is 25 yuan/bird, epidemic prevention and other miscellaneous expenses are 0.5 yuan/bird, and the total cost is 35.5 yuan/bird.

2. Output: Commercial chickens are calculated based on 10 kilograms/bird, the lowest market price is 10 yuan/kg, the survival rate is calculated at 90%, and the total output is 90 yuan/bird.

3. Income: Each turkey can earn a net profit of 54.5 yuan. Each person in rural areas can raise 100 turkeys per season without affecting other work. Raising two seasons a year can earn a net profit of more than 10,000 yuan.

Advantages of Turkey Breeding Turkeys are docile in nature. Although their movements are relatively slow, their growth ability is relatively strong. They mainly feed on the stems, leaves, fruits, and seeds of plants. Later, The main feed for breeding is a combination of grass and straw.

Turkey breeding costs are relatively low and management is relatively extensive. Because turkeys grow faster and have a very high egg laying rate, the profit margin of turkeys is relatively large.

The main advantage of turkey farming is that turkeys are currently in the development stage on the market. There are relatively few farmers and there is relatively little competitive pressure, so this is the biggest advantage of turkey farming at present.