Since the antlers alone fetch some US $ 33 per tael (about 0.6 kilograms), many farmers have been persuaded to take up deer farming as a profitable sideline.
鹿茸的需求量因此逐漸增加，市面上每兩鹿茸的售價高達新台幣一千兩百元，因而興起農民以養鹿為副業的風氣。