American Ranch

Chapter 134 Organic Fertilizer

Santana Valley Ranch is located in the south of the lower Moro Valley, Santana Valley.

A pasture occupies a flat valley exclusively, with fertile land, abundant water, and abundant pasture.

The only downside is that it's too remote.

Even more remote than River Valley Ranch.

Years ago, Brett approached this ranch, and the other party only rented it out, not sold it.

According to the information that Chen Mo and the others have, the operating conditions of this ranch are not very good, but they have no debts.

The annual profit is hundreds of thousands, and a big family manages it together, and they are busy every day from dawn to dusk.This time I found the other party, the other party let go a little bit, and asked for 5000 million.

On the contrary, Huaxi Canyon Ranch, which is adjacent to Santana Valley Ranch, contacted Bright to ask if he was interested in their ranch.

Huaxi Canyon Ranch, with mountains on both sides and a small valley 6 kilometers long in the middle, covers an area of ​​only 1000 acres.Together with the construction of the ranch, mechanical equipment, cattle, sheep and horses, the asking price of the other party is only 500 million US dollars.

In this comparison, we can know how ruthless the asking price of the Santana Valley Ranch is.

"Boss, how about taking a look at the Huaxi Canyon Ranch?" Back at the ranch, Brett took Chen Mo to the Santana Valley and the Huaxi Canyon Ranch.

A reservoir shared by Flower Creek Canyon Ranch and Santana Valley Ranch.

The Santana Valley is pretty good. Chen Mo took a quick look at the flowers and went directly to the Huaxi Canyon Ranch. The mountains here are steeper. The 6-kilometer-long valley plain covers an area of ​​only 1000 acres.

There are only two pastures here, and dozens of people live there.

It takes one hour to drive from a populated area to the nearest city, which can be described as very remote.

The grass of the Huaxi Canyon Ranch grows up to knee height, where cattle, sheep and horses graze leisurely.

Chen Mo and the others went directly to the ranch owner's house, and were warmly received by the ranch owner's family.

500 million US dollars, I thought it was suitable after reading it, Chen Mo didn't even bargain with the other party, and bought it directly.

As for the Santana Valley Ranch, the other party's asking price was too harsh. After that, Chen Mo and the others didn't take care of each other for a long time...

With these 1000 acres of grassland, in a short period of time, it is almost enough.

Chen Xiao and Zhang Xia's sisters-in-law have returned to China. They have money in their hands, but they don't have their own careers. The money is the worst in the bank.Some of the money is invested in stocks, and more of them go back to their hometown to invest in real estate...

Chen Chen took care of his parents in San Francisco.

When Chen Mo returned to the ranch, the further planning of the ranch, as well as the hills belonging to Field City to the west of the River Valley Ranch, a total of nearly 1.3 acres of undeveloped hills were taken down without much effort...

Santana Valley Ranch should be up for grabs, and River Valley Ranch has been snapping up land one after another.Although there is still a demand for flat fertile land, it is not as strong as before. In the end, the rancher of the Santana Valley Ranch took the initiative to find Bright and start the real acquisition negotiation...

Santana Valley Ranch has 4500 acres of flat land and another 500 acres of woodland, for a total of 5000 acres.

The final transaction price was $3200 million.

Thus, River Valley Ranch owns 4 acres of hill land, owns river valley land, and valley basin, totaling 1.287 acres.Woodlands, 789 acres.

It has 4 reservoirs.

The 1.3-acre hill that belongs to the city of Field cost only $670 million.This is an undeveloped barren mountain. The stipulated development period is five years. If it is still in a barren state within five years, Field City will take back the land...

In this way, there are still 1078 million US dollars in Chen Mo's account.

It's just that the expenses on the ranch are huge, and up to now, it has not been able to maintain a balance of payments.

"Boss, there is still 30 US dollars in the account." Brett approached Chen Mo pitifully.

In a few days to the middle of the month, the salary has to be paid.

The ranch has expanded again and again, and up to now, the ranch has 101 employees, mainly workers who have taken over the Santana Valley Ranch and Huaxi Canyon Ranch.At the same time, in order to obtain the land belonging to the city of Field, the ranch also promised to provide 35 jobs for the city...

Field City is not big, with a population of less than 5000.

Chen Mo stroked his chin and looked at Brett with a gloomy face: "I really think I have too much money to spend."

The family has a great career.The monthly expenses are also huge...

As far as workers' salaries are concerned, the monthly fixed expenditure is 79.

The current salary is divided into 4 grades, the monthly salary of management and technicians exceeds 5300.The first batch of workers, the monthly salary is [-] US dollars.

The second batch of workers, with a monthly salary of 4500 US dollars.

After that, workers earn $4000 a month.

All are very high salaries.

The labor cost here is really high, such as the Santana Valley Ranch and Huaxi Canyon Ranch, their previous semi-monthly salary was 1900 US dollars.After arriving at River Valley Ranch, it was raised by $200 a month.

Don't underestimate the two hundred dollars, it is 1350 yuan in RMB.

"This... the ranch is expanding too fast, and money is needed everywhere." Bright said helplessly: "This is California again, and everything is expensive, even the price of oil is more expensive than Montana. Of course, beef of the same quality can be produced in California. beef is more expensive than in Montana."

"With this operation, can my ranch make money? There are also 35 jobs promised to Field City. Calculated, the annual labor cost of this ranch is more than 100 million." Chen Mo scratched his head and began to add up .

"It's more difficult now. But by next month, everything will be fine... There are 861 ewes producing milk on the pasture, and the daily milk production is about 3200 pounds. In another week, it will be like Eli Mori Logistics has delivered, so there is income every day..."

Produces 3200 lbs a day.

A sheep produces 3.7 pounds of milk a day, a little over a kilogram.

The purchase contract signed with Ellison Logistics is US$6.7 per pound.The other party said how much you want...

Chen Mo recently investigated the market for goat cheese, goat cheese powder goat cheese and sheep cheese, both of which are bought by the gram. 100 grams, the market price is about 20-50 US dollars.

The milk is processed into cheese, probably at a ratio of 10 to 1.

That is to say, to produce a pound (67 grams) of Dorper sheep cheese for $453, and including transportation and processing, the cost should be around $75, one pound.

If Ellison Logistics can pave the way, there will be very good profits.

Wellen's and Barbona's are mid-to-high-end restaurants, so there should be a huge demand for goat cheese.

But as far as the current output is 3200 pounds, all of them are made into goat cheese, and the monthly output is 9600 pounds.Say more, not more, say less, not less.Wellen Company and Barbona Company, if any company uses all goat cheese, the current output will not be enough to supply either company.

When Ellison Logistics starts to ask for goods, the ranch will have a relatively stable income of almost US$64 a month.

The river valley pasture breeding base plans to raise 8000 ewes.In this way, the number of milk-producing ewes can be maintained at around 3000... As long as the demand from Ellison Logistics is large enough to sell goat milk alone, River Valley Ranch can make a lot of money.

But eggs cannot be put in one basket, and Ellison Logistics cannot always be relied on.

"No fresh milk supplier contacted us?" Chen Mo asked, lighting a cigarette.

"Yes, the quotation they gave is too low."

"how much is it?"

"The highest price is US$5 per pound. And they are all community suppliers. The sales volume of these suppliers is not stable, and the shelf life of fresh milk is not long... They require that the unsold products can be returned." Bright shrugged: "Yes Yes, the organic fertilizer produced by the ranch is more than 5 tons. Many wineries have contacted us..."

"How much is the quotation?"

According to the standards of the Ministry of Agriculture, it is divided into three types: organic fertilizer, biological organic fertilizer, and agricultural biological bacterial fertilizer.According to the form, it can be divided into granule, powder and liquid.According to the source of organic matter, it can be divided into animal manure, crop straw, and other product waste.

Prices are convenient and vary widely.

The organic fertilizer for pastures is mainly animal and poultry manure. After fermentation and cultivation, it can be used as bio-organic fertilizer and agricultural bio-bacterial fertilizer...The main markets are organic fertilizer for vineyards, organic fertilizer for vegetable gardens and organic fertilizer for strawberry gardens...

It can also produce targeted organic fertilizers, such as those used to improve the soil, which are more expensive.

"The other party needs spring organic fertilizer for vineyards, and the price is 115 US dollars per ton. I did not sell it, and our similar products are sold to Napa Valley and Sonoma County, and the price per ton is more than 200 US dollars. I am going to open up. Market in Napa Valley…”

The existing more than 5000 tons of organic fertilizers are extra fertilizers after excluding the needs of the river valley pastures themselves.These organic fertilizers can continue to be cultivated, and there is no rush to sell them now.

(End of this chapter)