Bamboo products are also popular in rural areas

In recent years, bamboo products have been sold well overseas and have played a leading role in the bamboo industry. Today, it is also popular among rural people.

Chicken and poultry traders snapped up bamboo cages

Recently, the author saw a farmer's market in the urban area of ​​Naxi District, Luzhou City. Many poultry traders are snapping up small bamboo cages that contain chicks and ducklings.

"You see, my bamboo cage is both small and exquisite, easy to carry, and breathable, as long as 2 yuan a." A stall owner on the side of delivery, collection, while telling the author that his village is rich in miscellaneous bamboo. In 2006, under the guidance of the township forestry station, he tried to compile a small bamboo cage specifically for shipping the fowls with the miscellaneous bamboo and got it on the street. I did not expect to be quite popular. Many poultry traders took the initiative to find it. Come to the door.

It is reported that the process of processing small bamboo cages is actually very simple. Its main raw material is miscellaneous bamboo. Processing a small bamboo cage requires about 2 pounds of miscellaneous bamboo. At present, a pound of miscellaneous bamboo is about 0.2 yuan. The market price of a small bamboo cage is 2 yuan. After deducting the costs of labor, electricity, transportation, etc., a small bamboo cage can earn at least 1 net. yuan. "Usually, 100 bamboo cages can be sold each day, and 200 to 300 can be sold each day when business is good."

Bamboo cages popular market

In recent years, with the vigorous development of the local poultry breeding industry in Naxi, the number of birds being transported has increased, and the demand for bamboo cages for loading and transporting poultry has increased. In order to expand production, many farmers specifically bought a bamboo rake from Chongqing to help produce bamboo cages not only for local sales in Naxi, but also for Yibin, Neijiang, and Yunnan.

"Yeah, I'm planning to transport a group of piglets to Zigong next week. You help me to get 25 bamboo cages. The price is still 8 yuan. What's the price?" "I have to, I'm here this week. We will do it for you on Sunday, when you come to pull it.” This is a dialogue between Zhou Shifu, a bamboo cage woven household in Hebao Town, Rongchang County, Chongqing Municipality, and Zhou Jinwu, a piglet broker, on April 20th.

In recent years, with the acceleration of the construction pace of the demonstration core area of ​​modern livestock husbandry in Rongchang County, the piglet market in the county has become more and more prosperous, the amount of transport outside the country has increased, and the demand for bamboo cages for shipping piglets has increased, which has led to the local bamboo weaving. business.

“We transport piglets to other places, usually a bamboo cage with 2 piglets. When the business is good, we need more than 300 cages a month. Sometimes our local bamboo masters are too busy to come and we have to go to other towns. Street to buy bamboo cage." Zhou Jinwu piglet broker told the author.

According to Zhu Shifu, a master of bamboo weaving, the process of processing bamboo cages is actually very simple. The main raw material is bamboo. Bamboo cage processing requires about 8 pounds of bamboo, at present, a pound of bamboo about 0.2 yuan, the price of a bamboo cage is 8-10 yuan, after deduction of labor, electricity, transportation and other costs, a bamboo cage can make at least 5 yuan net. Generally, 10 bamboo baskets can be sold in one day, and more than 50 can be sold in one day when the business is good.

“We have known Rongchang pigs all over the country. Now that piglets are in good business, our bamboo woven business is also benefiting. To expand production, I plan to buy a bamboo rake from Chongqing and bring two apprentices to expand production.” Zhou Shifu I said to the author.