There are so many reasons or benefits for starting a grasscutter farming business. However, in this article, we will be looking at the seven major benefits of grasscutter farming. Let's begin,

Benefits of Grasscutter Farming

The seven major benefits of grasscutter farming are:

1. Little Start-up Capital

Grasscutter farming can be started with very little capital. You don't need elaborate structures and equipment to start your grasscutter farm. When compared with other animal farming businesses like poultry, pig, catfish, cattle etc. the amount you need to build housing units and other supporting infrastructures is very low. Grasscutter farming can be started with as low as N50,000.

 

2. No Taboo

Apart from vegetarians, grasscutter is eaten by all peoples, customs and religions. Grasscutter isn't forbidden by Islam (Haram) and Judaism. Even Christians who observe Sabbath (Adventists etc.) don't have a problem with eating grasscutter. What this means is that with grasscutter farming, you have a very large pool of customers.

 

3. High Demand

Grasscutter meat is in very high demand because there are no cultural restrictions on eating it. Therefore, we have more people willing to buy grasscutter meat. This high demand for grasscutter meat makes its price very high too. For example, 1 kg of live pig sells for N500, 1 kg of live chicken sells for N700, 1 kg of catfish sells for N800. But 1 kg of live grasscutter sells for N2,500! This high demand for grasscutter meat also makes it a very profitable business.

 

4. Little Space

You don't need large space or expanse of land to start grasscutter farming. This issue of space or land keeps many people from starting their agriculture business. For instance, you can't start a poultry, pig, cattle, catfish farm etc. if you don't have plots of land, plenty of space or if you're living in your landlord's house. This isn't the case with grasscutter farming. You can start a profitable grasscutter farm in your backyard!

 

5. Combines Well with Crop Farming

If you are involved in cassava, maize, potato, yam, rice and any other crop farming and you don't have a grasscutter farm then you're stealing from yourself! This is because when there's a surplus of the crop you're growing on your farm in the market and you don't have the capital to store and process your harvests, you will be forced to sell it at a loss. Cassava farmers are currently experiencing this and many of them are forced to sell their cassava tubers at a loss.

 

 

But if you combine a grasscutter farm with your crop farm, you can feed your crops directly to your grasscutters when crops selling prices are very low and sell your grasscutters for over N2,500 per kg. Grasscutters eat crops directly, you don't need to process or do anything significant to the crops. Just give the crops to your grasscutters and they will convert it to profitable meat.

 

Also, combining grasscutter farming with your crop farm means that feeding materials for your grasscutters will be readily available at little to zero costs as the video below shows:

 

6. High Reproduction Rate

One of the joys of animal farming is when your animals reproduce and the number of animals on your farm grows naturally. And as your farm grows naturally, your profit increases. Grasscutters have the ability to get pregnant and deliver babies twice in one year. This means that you just need to start your grasscutter farm with a few grasscutters and within a year, your farm size will grow by over 200%!

 

7. Low Maintenance Cost

When your animal farming business like poultry, pig, catfish, cattle etc. grows, your profit goes up but your costs also increases. You have to spend more money on feeding, houses and structures, medicine etc. This isn't the case with grasscutter farming. Grasscutter farming is a very low maintenance business. Housing, feeding and medicine costs for grasscutter farming is very low. So even as your grasscutter farm grows, your maintenance costs won't rise too much and eat into your profits.

 

These are the seven major benefits or reasons why you should have your grasscutter farming business.

 

It's one thing to be told about the benefits of grasscutter farming and it's another thing to see how grasscutter farming is actually done.

 

We have grasscutter farming video tutorials  that will show you how to start a profitable and successful grasscutter farming business.

 

Some of the things our grasscutter farming video tutorials will show you are:

• The breed and types of grasscutters to use in starting your farm
• How to feed your grasscutters
• What to feed your grasscutters with so that they grow big

• How to build houses for grasscutter farming
• How to ensure your grasscutters don't fall sick
• How to grow (double and triple) the number of grasscutters on your farm
• How to prevent disease outbreak on your farm

And so much more!

 

If you want to have a successful and profitable grasscutter farm and you want to know the things you must do as well as the things you shouldn't do, then you need to watch our grasscutter farming video tutorials. Click here to signup to watch our grasscutter farming videos.

 

Also, if you're ready to start your grasscutter farming business and you want to get a breakdown of costs, profits you can make and grasscutter business analysis then you can get our grasscutter farming business plan.

 

Our grasscutter farming business plan will show you how to start your grasscutter farm with 8 grasscutters and grow it to over 100 grasscutters in 3 years. It will show you the breed of grasscutter you should start with, how to run the business, profits, cash flow and balance sheet for 5 years of operations and so much more!

 

For a payment of $13 or N20,000, you can get our grasscutter farming business plan, e-book and video tutorials.

 

To learn how you can make payment for our grasscutter farming business plan offline, send a mail to agsolutions@agricdemy.com  or call/chat with +2348089864121.

 

You can also get your grasscutter colonies from us too. We supply grasscutter colonies to farmers across the country