silent farm

Chapter 158 A Big Deal That Could Be Profitable

Back to the south, he went around to other places.

He was thinking about the farm when Fred called and made an appointment for an hour to meet at the farm.He had to rush back immediately.

An hour later, he arrived at the airport in the southern area of ​​the farm.Before Fred's small plane arrived, Anthony also called him and told him that Huaxia's crew would arrive at the farm in two days for half a month of filming.

Thinking of this, he said, "Did the Ji Luoluo people agree?"

"Haha, I have to say that they are all show-loving people. I heard that they have the opportunity to appear on TV, and they are very happy. But whether they can participate or not will only be known after the crew comes."

Li Sheng saw a family of planes flying closer and closer, and said, "I know about this. Let's stop here first. Fred is here!"

Fred still came in his own small plane.After seeing Li Sheng, he warmly gave Li Sheng a hug: "Li, I have to thank you."

Li Sheng thanked him suddenly, a little confused: "Thank me? Why?"

"Thank you for allowing me to eat with that prince that day. It was not only an experience worth bragging about, but also made me regret the first order." He laughed and said. "Did you know that the cattle I fed on your pasture cost 20% more than the ones on other feeds?"

It turned out that he had thought about feeding half of the cattle with a quarter of the cattle's ration of fresh pasture combined with other fattening materials, but he soon discovered that the weight gain rate of these cattle was faster.Later he fed a small number of cattle only fresh pasture.

It turned out that that made the cattle gain weight faster.So he let only 10 of them eat grass.These days, the cattle in his ranch are out of slaughter.After testing, the cattle fattened with the grass of Silent Farm are not only [-]% heavier than other cattle, but also have a higher level of meat quality.

The quality of beef means that the unit price of beef is high, so why does that make him unhappy.He came this time just to ask for more grass.He intends to feed all the cattle on pasture from Silent Farm.

After hearing what he said, Li Sheng smiled and said, "That's really gratifying." He had expected such a result.

Fred took out a check and said, "Well, this is the payment for pasture some time ago. You can see if the amount is correct."

Li Sheng glanced at it, put it away and said, "I'll ask Anthony to check it out. He's in charge of the pasture sales."

Fred smiled and said, "Li, I plan to buy more grass this time. I don't think you will refuse me, right?"

"Of course, but in such a hot day, do we have to talk here?"

Li Sheng led him to his office, greeted him to sit down and said, "Okay, Fred, you can tell us what your plans are."

"I plan to use all the cattle on the farm to eat the pastures of Silent Farm." There was no way for him, as there was no pasture growing on the land on his farm.If you feed compound feed, the cost is too high.If he could use Silent Farm's low-priced grass to raise more cattle, he might be able to make a lot of money every year.

Li Sheng didn't agree to him right away, but asked, "Then how many cattle do you plan to raise?"

"This year, I will sell [-] head. Another [-] head will probably be sold next year. There are several hundred calves and nearly [-] cows. But I plan to buy [-] new calves this year."

Li Sheng did some calculations and said, "In other words, in the first half of next year, you will probably need twice as much grass as this year. And in the second half of next year, you will need three times as much grass as this year."

"There will definitely not be so many in the second half of the year. I only plan to buy calves from nine months to one year old. After one year, there is no way to sell them. Moreover, according to my experience, a mature cow eats forty kilograms of pasture a day Will suffice."

Li Sheng hesitated for a while and said: "Fred, you know that your previous cattle need to eat 150 tons of fresh pasture grass a day. If you estimate the amount of breeding, this number will double. I need at least for your Cattle keep hundreds of acres of playground. To me, it's not worth it."

He has calculated that the grassland of Silent Farm, under the condition of extreme harvesting, can produce about 1000 tons of fresh pasture per hectare per year, which is much higher than previously estimated.But that pair of ground energy is consumed extremely quickly.So it's simply not possible to do that.If it is harvested every year, in fact, only more than [-] mu of land is needed to meet Fred's needs.But he still exaggerated the number a bit.

In fact, Li Sheng still has some ideas about pasture sales.That can be said to be a business without capital.As long as someone drives the machine to harvest, he doesn't have to do anything other than wait for the money to be collected.

But it feels like fishing out of the marsh, and one day the strength of the pasture will be exhausted.It is completely different to transport pasture to other places when it grows, and to be eaten by cattle and then pulled back to the field.In the long run, the fertility of pastures will be exhausted one day, and no matter how high the yield is now, it is only a temporary glory.If he can't solve the problem of soil fertility restoration, he really depends on selling grass for a living. One day, nothing will grow on this pasture.

He exaggerated the amount of land needed so much, and he was also implying that Fred could no longer expand the cattle herd.

Fred probably didn't understand Li Sheng's meaning.He said, "Come on, Lee. It's not good for you to let me taste the sweetness, but to cut off my thoughts. It's really not good!"

Li Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not saying I won't sell it to you. What I mean is, I just want to say that if your pasture farming scale expands in the future, I can only sell you so much pasture before I think of a better way. "

Fred was already content with that.This is the first time in more than ten years that he is so confident in expanding the scale of the farm.He smiled and said, "I see what you mean. Don't worry, I won't expand the herd at will without the support of your pasture."

Li Sheng was quite satisfied with his statement.

But Fred twisted himself on the sofa to make himself more comfortable, and said, "Actually, Lee, I think your herd can't finish the pasture. Haven't you thought about stocking dry pasture for sale? I I think it is a huge waste. You know, some friends heard about my farm and considered buying pasture from Silent Farm. It’s just that they are too far away, and fresh grass can’t be transported there. If it’s dry grass, I think They'll be happy to buy it."

Li Sheng has also considered similar issues, but it is only because of that reason that if a large amount of material is removed, the pasture may need to be fertilized in the future to maintain its fertility.

But thinking of fertilizing, Li Sheng thought of a solution that might perfectly solve the problem."I still need to think about it before deciding," he said with a smile.

Fred left Silent Farm with a satisfactory answer.Li Sheng was left alone in thought.

Li Sheng is thinking about how to increase the productivity of the pasture.In fact, improving the productivity of the land is very simple, that is, fertilization.But Li Sheng does not want to use chemical fertilizers.

For pasture pastures, the two most important factors are irrigation and fertility.Li Sheng doesn't have to worry about irrigation.Grass itself is an irrigation network.As for fertility, it seems that it is not really a problem that cannot be solved.

He can use no cost.But organic fertilizers can be used.

Now the farm's green manure and arable land can't be used up at all, maybe he can consider using part of it on pasture.Especially those grasses that have been harvested.Maybe after using green manure, the yield of pasture will be higher.

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to find Zhang Feng.After expressing his thoughts, he said: "If we can really increase the yield of pasture per unit area, we may be able to directly sell fresh pasture and reserved pasture."

Zhang Feng nodded, stood up and said, "Boss, why don't we check the retting efficiency of green manure."

He also knows that the effect of those green manures is still very good.But how it compares with chemical fertilizers, he is not sure.

The two drove to the contiguous pool area where the green manure was stacked.These pools are more than five meters deep, each has an area of ​​one mu, and there are guardrails around them.The whole place has an unpleasant sweet smell, which is the fermentation of macroalgae and pasture.

The macroalgae and pasture are pulverized by a crusher and thrown into the pond for fermentation. The fermented green manure is like a pond of dark green thick porridge.When it is time to use, the green manure will be pumped into special tanks and transported to where it is needed.

The two saw that these pools were basically full.Zhang Feng said to Li Sheng: "Boss, I think it is feasible if you want to use green manure to fertilize the pasture. However, you need more macroalgae and more manpower. Otherwise, the pasture is too big, and this amount of green manure must be a problem." Not enough."

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "Then make three or four more lakes to plant giant algae. If you don't have enough manpower, you can hire them, and if you don't have enough cars, you can buy them."

Zhang Feng sweated a lot, and hurriedly said: "We still have to experiment first."

Li Sheng smiled and said: "Of course. That's right, Lao Zhang. I went to the hills in the morning to take a look. Those grape tea trees and the things we planted last time may be difficult to survive in the dry season. I'm going to make a drip irrigation system, what do you think?"

"The cost of drip irrigation is relatively high, and the water consumption of sprinkler irrigation is relatively large." Zhang Feng knew that Li Sheng was rich, but he still reminded him. "And the system only takes half a year at most."

Li Sheng pondered for a while, and said, "Let's make it whole. God, who can say for sure? It is said that it is a half-year dry season. If it takes you nine months, you have no place to reason."

Zhang Feng felt that his words were not unreasonable.Moreover, Li Sheng's words also brought out some bad things in his memory: "Li, I'd have forgotten it if you didn't tell me."

He paused, and continued: "If there is a severe drought, our farm is prone to trouble. Especially in terms of transportation."

Li Sheng immediately understood what he was talking about: "You mean the drought will be so severe that it will affect the river transportation?"

"That's right, in [-], I was working in the southern plateau. A large river near the farm where I worked stopped flowing. In that year, I heard that many tributaries in the Amazon Basin had the same water volume as it dropped to the lowest level. Records. In [-], the dry season was particularly dry. This year is not the driest, but the amount of water in the Mapuela River is now very low, and only about [-] tons of ships can travel together."

The Mapuela River is still relatively good.It belongs to the first-level tributary of the lower reaches of the Amazon. The watershed is basically covered with forests. Before it flows into the Amazon River, a Siparu River flows into it, forming a large lake ten kilometers upstream from the village of Olihimina. .So the amount of water is guaranteed.

In the Nyamunda River to the west of the farm, the water level is so shallow that adults can wade across the river.

(End of this chapter)