How much money can you make from growing mushrooms in a year?

Shiitake mushrooms are known as the "king of three treasures" and are high-protein, low-fat nutritional health food. Because they contain a unique aromatic substance, shiitake essence, which forms a unique mushroom fragrance, they are called shiitake mushrooms and are favored by many consumers and growers.

In recent years, the market demand for shiitake mushrooms has been large, and more and more farmers want to grow shiitake mushrooms. So is growing shiitake mushrooms profitable? What are the costs and benefits of growing shiitake mushrooms?

The cost of growing shiitake mushrooms

1. Culture medium formula (based on 10,000 jin of dry materials, the mushroom bag is 15x55, about 5555 tubes, and the total culture medium formula is 5,846 yuan)

77% sawdust: 7700 catties x 0.5 yuan = 3850 yuan

15% wheat bran: 1500 catties x 0.8 yuan = 1200 yuan

3% corn flour: 300 catties x 1.5 yuan = 450 yuan

2% gypsum powder: 200 catties x 0.5 yuan = 100 yuan

1% superphosphate: 100 catties x 0.35 = 35 yuan

1% sugar: 100 catties x 2 yuan = 200 yuan

0.01% salt: 1 jin x 1 yuan = 1 yuan

0.1% magnesium sulfate: 10 catties x 1 = 10 yuan

2. Labor wages for tube making

The barrel making process requires mixing (machine mixing), bagging, sterilization, unloading, inoculation, and miscellaneous work, which requires a total of about 25 workers, each worker costs 100 yuan, 25x100=2500 yuan

3. Supplementary materials

Fungal belt: 5555 x 0.16 = 888.8

Fungus: 200 bags x 2.5 yuan = 500 yuan

Plastic rope: 2.5 catties x 8 yuan = 20 yuan

Aerosol disinfectant: 30 packs x 1 yuan = 30 yuan

Lysol: 1 bottle x 8 yuan = 8 yuan

Alcohol: 5 bottles x 4 yuan = 20 yuan

Sterilized firewood: 3000 catties x 0.2 = 600 yuan

Water and electricity fee: 30 degrees x 0.6 yuan = 18 yuan

Total cost of auxiliary materials: 2084.8 yuan.

4. Labor costs

The management of mushroom germination and picking require about 45 workers, each worker is paid 100 yuan, for a total of 4,500 yuan.

5. Equipment cost

If the mixing and bagging of tens of thousands of pounds of dry materials are done manually, the cost will be relatively high. In this case, mechanical equipment can be used to complete the task.

Crusher: 2400 yuan

15HP diesel engine: 2500 yuan

One bagging machine: 3600 yuan

One sterilizing pot: 15,000 yuan

Mixer: 4500 yuan

The total investment in mechanical equipment is 28,000 yuan

5846 (basic culture formula) + 2500 (labor for tube making) + 2084.8 (auxiliary materials) + 4500 (management and mushroom picking) + 28000 (machinery and equipment) = 42930.8 yuan

Of course, the mechanical equipment can be reused, and this investment is only required in the first year.

Profits from growing mushrooms

After planting, it takes about 2 to 3 months for mushrooms to grow , and 3 to 4 crops can be harvested a year , from September to December. Each bag of mushrooms can yield about 3 to 4.5 kilograms of mushrooms, and the selling price is about 8 to 9 yuan per kilogram, and about 4.5 yuan per kilogram when it is cheap. So overall, one mu of land can earn about 150,000 yuan a year .