Qiongzhong Cocoon Purchase Price Is Up To 20 Yuan Per Catty.

Li Nationality in Qiongzhong

April 28th is the second batch of Qiongzhong.

"No one can think of such a high price."

Holding a thick stack of money, Fu Houji told reporters that he started planting mulberry silkworms in 2008. He remembered selling cocoons for the first time that year, at a price of 7 yuan per catty.

Since then, prices have risen steadily, and by the end of last year, the purchase price of catties has risen to 15 yuan.

In mid April of this year, when the first batch of cocoons was listed, the price rose to 18 yuan per catty.

Fu Houji planted 4 mu of mulberry fields and suffered drought and floods last year, but the sale of cocoons has nearly 20 thousand yuan.

If this year's market keeps going, he estimates that the income of planting mulberry and raising silkworms is 50 thousand yuan.

Wang Zhi said that this year Qiongzhong farmers mulberry cultivation silkworm, if there is no natural disasters and pests, the income per mu will be more than 6000 yuan.

In Qiongzhong, the mulberry sericulture was driven by Guangdong silk textile group. After 4 years of development, there are now 8 townships and silkworms in the county, with an area of more than 2 mu.

The silkworm raised by farmers is bought and processed by Guangdong merchants.

Yang Bin, director of the Agriculture Bureau of Qiongzhong, said that planting mulberry and raising silkworms is a special industry that Qiongzhong has been trying to develop. The government has promoted the development of industrialization and standardization through measures such as discount small loans, field technical guidance, and introduction of foreign merchants.

To speed up the development of the whole industry, Qiongzhong has set up a Research Institute for planting mulberry and silkworm, building seedling breeding plants, and introducing Guangdong investors to do silk processing plants.