Summer will begin in a few days, which also means that this year's spring tea in the Huoshan countryside of Dabie Mountain has also come to an end, accompanied by the roar of the machine that prunes the tea trees, announcing the end of the tea farmers' income this year.
Many people think that the income of tea farmers is quite rich, but in fact, for niche tea farmers like us, the gross income of one mu of tea is far lower than everyone thinks.
Strictly speaking, the income of planting tea is completely the income of labor, from planting tea, to weeding, to fertilization, all are manual, if the labor cost is 100 yuan a day, the management cost of an acre of tea garden will reach 500-600 yuan a year.
In a tea season, the time for tea farmers to pick spring tea is about 30 days, which removes the labor cost of 3,000 yuan.
Like our Huoshan countryside in the Dabie Mountains, the income of one mu of tea wool in previous years could reach 3,000 yuan, and this year it may be around 2,000 yuan. According to the calculation of a 5-day picking cycle, the total labor cost of one mu of tea picking is about 600 yuan, so that the net income of one mu of tea is about 1,000 yuan.
In a mountainous area like ours, the area of a tea garden is about 5 acres, so the net income of a tea season is mostly between 5,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan.