How much profit and cost is there in planting sorghum per acre? Sorghum yield and benefit income per acre

Cost and profit of growing sorghum per acre

Benefit per mu : The current purchase price of ordinary sorghum in the market is 2.2-3.8 yuan per kilogram. According to the current conservative yield, the yield per mu is 800-1100 jin, and the income per mu is about 1500 yuan.

Planting cost per acre : Planting sorghum requires seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, etc. The cost per acre is about 300 to 500 yuan.

Income per mu : Excluding costs, the income per mu can reach more than 1,000 yuan . If special varieties of wine-making enterprises are used, the purchase price will be higher.

How to grow sorghum to increase profits

Choose high-quality varieties

Be sure to choose good superior varieties, such as Ji Niang No. 2 bred by the Hebei Academy of Agricultural Sciences. This variety is mainly a glutinous sorghum variety suitable for brewing companies.

This variety has a relatively high yield, up to 1,000 jin per mu, a plant height of 1.5 meters, and good resistance to lodging. It also matures relatively early, at about 105 days.

Find a good acquisition company in advance

The production income of any agricultural product, not just sorghum, depends on how it is sold. Therefore, it is important to communicate with the purchasing company in advance before planting sorghum.

Understand the demand, needs and quality requirements of the enterprise, and then plant according to the requirements of the purchasing enterprise. Otherwise, it will be difficult to achieve good results if you wait until the sorghum is harvested before looking for buyers.

Planting must be large-scale

You must have a certain scale. Large wine companies will not purchase small quantities of products. If the quantity is small, companies will not bother to pay attention to you, and the purchase price will not go up. For example, Huanghua in Cangzhou is a saline-alkali land, and the yield of corn and wheat is extremely low, while red sorghum is salt-alkali tolerant and has a high return.

Therefore, in these areas, the planting model of company + cooperative + farmer is generally adopted to develop large-scale planting. Generally, unified varieties, unified fertilizers, unified technology, unified mechanical harvesting, and unified sales are adopted.

Extending the industrial chain

In addition to making wine, red sorghum is also an important raw material for making vinegar. In addition, sorghum is also the main ingredient of various poultry feeds. For example, sorghum is the main raw material in the feed for pigeons.

These regions that have developed sorghum cultivation are currently continuously extending the industrial chain. In addition to supplying winemaking companies, they are seeking to walk on multiple legs. For example, Fucheng County has developed vinegar brewing and food processing.