How much money can you make from planting honeysuckle per acre (investment cost and profit creation)

Overview of per-acre yield and benefits of honeysuckle planting

Planting honeysuckle is the same as planting other Chinese medicinal materials. The main expenses include the cost of fertilizers and pesticides, the cost of manual picking and pruning of branches, land rental costs and post-processing costs.

The current price of dried honeysuckle flowers is around 170 yuan per kilogram. Under normal circumstances, one acre of land can produce 150 kilograms of dried flowers.

Calculated based on this per-acre yield, the gross income of one acre of honeysuckle is 25,500 yuan, of which the cost is about 15,000 yuan. In other words, the profit of planting one acre of honeysuckle is now as high as about 10,000 yuan .

How much does it cost to plant one acre of honeysuckle?

① Land rent

Due to the rise in prices of staple foods such as corn and wheat, land rent prices have also increased significantly this year. We calculate the land rent price at 1,000 yuan per mu.

② Fertilizers, pesticides, etc.

Compared with other crops, the amount of medicine and fertilizer required for honeysuckle is not high, and about 100 yuan per mu of land can meet the demand.

③Labor costs

(1) Harvesting costs

The biggest cost item in honeysuckle cultivation is labor cost , because all the picking needs to be done manually.

Assuming that each person picks 10 kilograms of flowers a day, the flower yield of one acre of land is about 800 kilograms, which requires 8 people for 10 days.

Currently, the labor cost for picking is basically 150 yuan/person/day, and the labor cost is 150×8×10=12,000 yuan.

(2) Pruning and maintenance costs

The labor cost for pruning branches is calculated at 1,000 yuan, and the subsequent drying is calculated at 1,000 yuan. The final labor cost is 14,000 yuan.

④Seedling cost

The cost of honeysuckle trees, considering the current price of seedlings and the cultivation costs before production, is about 300 yuan per acre per year.

Summary: The total cost of planting one acre of honeysuckle is about 15,400 yuan .

How much profit can honeysuckle create per acre?

The current price of one kilogram of honeysuckle is basically around 170 yuan. In the past three years, the price of honeysuckle has risen to 250 yuan/kg at its highest, and the lowest has not fallen below 170 yuan/kg.

The yield of dried honeysuckle flowers from one mu is about 150 kilograms, so the gross profit of one mu of honeysuckle is 25,500 yuan. The net profit of one mu of honeysuckle is about 100 million yuan.

Although the prices of staple foods such as corn and wheat have risen sharply in 2020, the profits from planting have also increased. However, the profits from planting staple foods are obviously not as high as those from planting honeysuckle. So, can we plant honeysuckle now?

What is the future prospect of honeysuckle cultivation?

Honeysuckle has a strong adaptability and is distributed in almost all provinces of my country. The main planting areas are concentrated in Shandong, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hebei and other places, among which Pingyi County, Linyi City, Shandong Province has the largest planting area, reaching 500,000 mu.

Honeysuckle has low requirements for soil and climate. It can grow in acidic and alkaline soils, and can be planted on hillsides, riverbanks, etc. There is also a saying among the people: "Waterlogging kills crops, drought kills grass, freezing kills pomegranates, and sunburns melons, but it will not affect honeysuckle."

The key to considering whether honeysuckle can be planted lies in its subsequent price. The current price of honeysuckle is as high as 170 yuan/kg, and the profit is acceptable.

In 2016, the price of honeysuckle was only 80 yuan per kilogram. If the price drops to this level again in the future, there will be basically no profit from growing honeysuckle.

In fact, planting honeysuckle is the same as planting other medicinal herbs or crops. While paying attention to the price, you should also pay attention to the planting techniques.

Only in this way can you earn more in good years and not lose money in bad years, and ultimately guarantee a good return.