Of course crayfish are expensive because there are so many people eating them and demand exceeds supply. ?

I think crayfish are expensive for the following reasons:

1. The market demand is huge

Crayfish is known as the "little prince of late-night snacks" , which is enough to show its popularity. In many places' late-night snack stalls, if you don't order spicy crayfish, it's like you haven't had late-night snacks. The market is very popular. Market demand determines its price.

2. Unbalanced supply

Let’s put it this way, crayfish are always popular and delicious, but we don’t see many of them in late-night snacks or restaurants in places like ours. , especially in small cities, even less. There are also people who raise lobsters. Some cities sell them themselves, but most of them are sold to big cities. Due to price factors, population, etc., the demand is greater in big cities and less in small cities. In the process of shipping to big cities, transportation costs and losses will also go up. This extra money will definitely be added to consumers, so the price will also go up.

3. Comprehensive factors affect output

First, the weather. The weather in recent years is really confusing. Sometimes there is a severe drought, sometimes there is heavy snow, and then there is a climax, and then there is a typhoon, and then there are heavy rains and flash floods. The most important thing for breeding is to have a stable and suitable environment. These extreme weather conditions will seriously affect crayfish breeding production, causing many diseases, small sizes, and low yields.

The second is the geographical environment. Due to water conditions and geographical and climatic conditions, lobster farming is not possible in all places across the country. Ponds can be raised, but ponds cannot be dug in all cultivated land; rice fields can be raised, but crayfish must be prevented from damaging the rice fields, especially in mountainous rice fields.

4. Feed cost

Although crayfish are omnivorous and easy to feed, after all, they open their mouths to eat. This food needs to be found and cost. Even if you grow your own green fodder, there are time costs, labor costs, but not seed costs; what about animal bait? Compound feed costs even more money.

5. The price of seeds is rising

The more people raise them and the market is better, the more expensive the seeds will be. Some people have said that crayfish can be allowed to reproduce on their own. The disadvantage of this is that most of them are inbreeding, and the shrimp larvae they raise have many diseases, are small in size, and do not sell well. Of course, you can also purchase broodstock and cultivate shrimp seedlings yourself. This does not still require money to purchase broodstock, as well as labor costs during breeding, feeding costs, etc.

6. Food is more expensive

China’s economy has developed, people’s living standards have improved, prices have risen, and labor costs have also risen. Therefore, the price of the crayfish you eat also needs to include personnel wages, seasoning fees, rent, water and electricity, etc., and the price is also expensive. There is a subtle relationship between consumer goods, and the logic behind price increases is always justified.

Of course, price increases are also accompanied by some market speculation.

In short, the rise in crayfish prices is caused by comprehensive factors. But who can cover the mouth of a foodie? Haha, our country loves to eat, that’s the nature of food.