One is sold to tens of thousands, and the profit is more than one million a year, why are ostriches rarely raised in China?
Speaking of ostriches, many people may only know them as special exhibits in zoos, but in fact, ostriches are also a very commercial poultry. According to incomplete statistics, the total output value of global ostrich breeding has reached hundreds of millions, but China's ostrich breeding industry is very backward, and ostrich is rarely raised in China.
First of all, the price of ostrich is relatively high, and the unit price of an adult ostrich in the domestic market often exceeds 10,000 yuan, or even hundreds of thousands of yuan. If it is some poor rural areas, it is impossible to afford such poultry. Moreover, the market position of ostrich in China is not high, and most consumers rarely purchase ostrich products, which increasingly limits the scale of the ostrich breeding industry with the development of the ostrich economy.
Secondly, there is a certain technical threshold for ostrich farming. The ostrich is a social animal that requires a sufficiently spacious site and must be strictly controlled in daylight, temperature and humidity to improve the production efficiency of the ostrich. The ostrich must grow in a good environment to ensure its production. However, due to the lack of development of the ostrich breeding industry in China, many people lack complete ostrich breeding technology and cannot promote this type of animal.
Finally, ostrich food safety standards and feeding management have also become important difficulties in the ostrich breeding industry. These problems have led to a lack of consumer trust in ostrich meat. Therefore, ostrich farming needs to strengthen technology promotion and improve food quality to increase consumer trust.
Ostrich is a highly valuable poultry, its commercial value is huge, but for various reasons it has not yet been used in the country. In the future, the development of the ostrich breeding industry needs to strengthen scientific, standardized and sustainable management, improve market competitiveness and product quality, pay attention to brand building and marketing promotion, and help consumers and producers obtain greater benefits. If these problems are solved, the ostrich will become a great treasure in China's animal and plant breeding industry, increasing farmers' incomes and providing new growth points for the economy.
