Chapter 162 Vigorous Vitality (Medium Cup)
Entering May, the ongoing drought has made water use in various parts of the south more severe, but the north is uncharacteristically experiencing continuous heavy rains in the Yellow River Basin and Liaohe River Basin, even causing serious floods in some areas.
Only Shanmei and a small area in southern Jiangxi did not experience too much water difficulties.
For example, grafting of old durian branches is in full swing.
The second batch of 100,000 transgenic kapok saplings were grafted between March and April this year. Therefore, the longest batch of transgenic kapok trees on the beautiful kapok rootstock has been grafted for more than two months. Now, you can start grafting the old branches of Golden Pillow Durian.
It is estimated that the grafting of old branches of golden pillow durian onto 100,000 genetically modified kapok trees will be completed by the end of June.
This batch of secondary grafted durian old branches will bloom at the end of this year, bear fruit in March next year, and mature from June to August next year, but only 50% of the overall fruit volume can be retained.
Jiang Miao was at the durian plantation in Pinghe Town at this time, and Du Liheng, deputy manager of the planting division, accompanied him for inspection.
In the durian plantation of nearly 50,000 acres, a large number of beautiful kapok trees have grown for more than half a year. They have not only adapted to the soil of the new planting area, but also grown very luxuriantly.
This is not only due to the beautiful Kapok's resistance to barrenness, drought resistance and rapid growth, but also because Jiang Miao customized a professional soil improvement plan for them based on the genes of the beautiful Kapok, plus a specific ratio of chemical fertilizers. Only then did these beautiful exotic kapoks recover quickly.
At the beginning, the beautiful Kapok trees were two meters high. After half a year of recovery and re-growth, they have now grown to nearly three meters.
Strolling on the terraced orchard, there are an average of 30 beautiful kapok trees planted per acre, and the clearings under the forest of these beautiful kapok trees are already covered with lush alfalfa, which was sown at the end of February.
Although it is under the forest and on mountain terraces without much water source, these alfalfas are already blooming in a large area at this time.
Generally speaking, the growth cycle of conventional alfalfa in the Lingnan area is much shorter than that in the northern area. If you are in a hurry to harvest, you can harvest it on the 52nd to 60th day after sowing, and then every 45 to 50 days, in a place with sufficient fertilizer and water. Under normal circumstances, about 4 to 5 times a year.
However, the situation of Hailufeng's new alfalfa variety is somewhat special.
The advantage of these two varieties is that they are resistant to drought and shade, and can thrive in mountain forests. However, the price is that their growth will be relatively slow. Generally, they can be harvested on the 70th day after planting. If there is sufficient light, water and fertilizer, It can be harvested about 50 days in advance.
Because the terraces have lateral sunlight, and the beautiful kapok has not fully grown yet, the gaps in the forest are still very large, and the sunlight is not completely blocked. In addition, during the process of watering and fertilizing the beautiful kapok, alfalfa also got in.
Therefore, these alfalfa can be harvested around the 54th day.
But the farm did not harvest, because on the one hand, Hero Dairy has not yet completed the construction of a high-quality dairy breeding base; on the other hand, alfalfa is harvested in the early flowering stage, which is when the quality is highest, that is, the crude protein content of the plant. The highest time.
At present, this patch of alfalfa has grown to the bud stage, and a small part is already blooming.
This time I came to visit the farm in Pinghe Town.
Jiang Miao was inspecting the cultivation of alfalfa and other pastures here, as well as the breeding of bees.
The Network Department also sent people here to inspect.
"Li Heng, you must gradually adjust the pasture planting in Pinghe Town."
Du Liheng nodded: "We are exploring the reasonable deployment of planting cycles."
This matter is not a simple matter.
Because there are currently four kinds of pastures planted in the farm in Pinghe Town, namely alfalfa, alfalfa, corngrass, and ryegrass. These four grasses are matched with each other. For example, alfalfa is matched with ryegrass, and alfalfa is matched with corngrass. This is In order to ensure the nutritional balance of dairy cows.
Dairy farming is different from beef cattle. Beef cattle can be fed more concentrated feeds such as soybean meal and corn, while roughage such as hay and fresh grass can be appropriately reduced. However, if dairy cows are fed too much concentrated feed, it can easily lead to excessive rumen acidity in the cows. This can lead to poisoning and even death.
Moreover, roughage should not be too single. It is best to include hay, fresh grass, silage, and different pasture varieties, such as alfalfa with ryegrass, and white clover with corn grass.
To ensure that the entire farm can produce various types of forage every month, the planting cycle must be reasonably controlled, as well as the staged planting of each type of forage.
This requires studying the local climate, planting environment, growth cycle and growth characteristics of the varieties, as well as reasonable avoidance of orchard spraying time, etc.
Therefore, without a year or two of running-in, this matter is not so easy to accomplish.
Especially in the open-air planting environment, there are many uncontrollable factors, such as this year's long drought, or the winter has come earlier, or the winter has become warmer. These will affect the growth of forage, and it is necessary to retain a certain degree of control when formulating production plans. Control margin.
If it is a high-standard smart greenhouse, then there is no need to worry about external climate issues. However, using smart greenhouses to grow grass is a loss-making business.
Of course, the Monan branch does have plans to build a simple indoor cultivation factory, which is mainly used to grow hydroponic maltgrass, which can supplement cows with fresh grass in winter.
At present, the production cost of indoor hydroponic malt grass is about 600 yuan per ton, which is barely usable and not cost-effective. After all, nutritious alfalfa fresh grass costs more than 1,000 yuan per ton.
The nutritional content of malt grass is relatively simple and can only be used as a supplement and cannot be the main roughage. This is also a common problem of this type of hydroponic seed grass.
Otherwise alfalfa would not be called the king of forage.
Hailufeng Company still has a long way to go in planning the forage industry.
Not only the local farm in Shanmei's Gonghe Town needs to formulate a forage planting plan, but also the farms in the Gannan branch and the Monan branch. There are differences in climate and planting conditions in the three places, and these must be taken into account.
The Network Department sent people to inspect the farm in Pinghe Town in order to develop a corresponding agricultural planting management APP and reduce the head-slapping planting management of branch offices and farm leaders, which can effectively reduce waste and production capacity fluctuations.
It was Ke Jiaming, the team leader who came here to investigate the data.
However, the people from the Internet Department were not on Jiang Miao's side, but in another area of the farm in Fairfield Town.
Jiang Miao looked at several fields of alfalfa and white clover, and then looked at corngrass and ryegrass planted in relatively low-lying areas.
The bees in front of me kept flying on the flowers of alfalfa, white clover, and ryegrass.
"Li Heng, how many bees are there in the honey breeding team in Gongping Town?"
"Currently there are 28,000 boxes."
Jiang Miao raised an eyebrow: "Is there enough honey on the farm?"
Du Liheng quickly introduced: "That's enough. At present, we have about 3,300 acres of pasture that bloom every month. Among them, alfalfa has the largest nectar flow per unit, followed by white clover, followed by ryegrass, and corngrass has almost no nectar. Calculated, it is roughly equivalent to 1,400 acres of alfalfa, and an average of 20 to 30 boxes of bees can be stocked per acre. At present, we only put 20 boxes per acre on average.”
"How is the honey harvest going?"
Speaking of this, Du Liheng also smiled: "It's very good. It can produce nearly one thousand tons of honey every month."
You must know that Fair Town Farm has been investing money before, and it was not until April that the first income came, and this income came from honey.
At present, the purchase price of honey in the market is 6,000 to 7,000 yuan per ton, and 1,000 tons of honey is worth 6 to 7 million yuan.
Of course, the Agricultural Planting Division did not sell the honey. Instead, it established a honey processing plant to concentrate the honey into concentrated honey. 1,000 tons of alfalfa honey can produce 360 to 420 tons of concentrated honey.
"How to deal with this honey?"
“They are all used by our own honey processing factory to produce concentrated honey.”
"Oh? Is this product on sale?"
Du Liheng nodded: "It was just launched in early May. This concentrated alfalfa honey can be purchased in the company's physical stores and online stores. The average retail price is 50 yuan per kilogram. It is divided into three specifications of plastic bottles of 10 yuan. The price per kilogram is 488 yuan: 1 kilogram in a plastic bottle is 50 yuan; 100 grams in a glass bottle is 8.8 yuan.”
"How are sales going?"
"Fortunately, we can sell hundreds of kilograms every day. We have just started now, and we can expand the scale in the future. Especially starting in June, the alfalfa and white clover in the Gannan branch will bloom one after another. Although it is not easy to collect nectar in winter, , but the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn The scale of the honey source is very large. It is estimated that during the honey flow period of spring, summer and autumn, it can produce 4,000 to 5,000 tons of honey every month." Jiang Miao raised his eyebrows and asked: "Do you know what the domestic honey production capacity is in recent years. Tons?”
"Last year, it was about 580,000 tons. This is concentrated honey and mature honey, not water honey."
"It seems that our production capacity has not affected the domestic honey market yet." Jiang Miao knew that the current honey production capacity of Hailufeng Company was not large, and it would not have much impact on ordinary beekeepers.
But another question came to his mind: "Liheng, how does the bee breeding office of the Gannan branch deal with the problem of overwintering and poisonous camellia nectar?"
"For the problem of overwintering, we harvest autumn honey reasonably. In addition, there are a small number of wild dense sources in southern Jiangxi in winter. At the same time, Camellia oleifera nectar can still be collected, which is enough to maintain 100,000 bees in the box." Du Liheng continued to add:
"Chinese bees are more cold-tolerant than Italian bees. Italian bees rarely leave the nest when the temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius. Medium bees are better. Their minimum temperature tolerance is 7 degrees Celsius."
"Furthermore, Italian bees do not have resistance to the toxicity of camellia nectar. The Chinese bees we purchase are all varieties from the Shonan region. The bees in this area are relatively resistant to the toxicity of camellia nectar. Eating a small amount will not harm the Chinese bees. of good health.”
"However, the beekeeping team over there proposed to equip the bees with some detoxification drugs, such as decoction of licorice, honeysuckle and other Chinese herbal medicines, add an appropriate amount of syrup, and prepare a detoxification syrup according to a certain proportion to feed to the bees. At the same time, you can also Add some vitamin C, yeast tablets and other nutrients to enhance the bees’ physique and help them detoxify better.”
Jiang Miao touched the stubble on his chin and felt that the plan to detoxify the bees was unreliable. After all, these plans were probably based on experience and there was no standard dose after rigorous experiments. He decided to go to Ganxi in winter. Go to the South Branch to get a more scientific, low-cost, and efficient detoxification plan.
Although he had thoughts in his heart, Jiang Miao still nodded: "You can make these arrangements. What are you going to do with the camellia nectar?"
Du Liheng has also considered this issue: "Although the toxicity of Camellia oleifera nectar has been greatly reduced after being brewed by bees, some people may be allergic, and there are still trace amounts of toxicity remaining. If secondary processing is required, the cost will increase. Some people The gain outweighs the loss.”
"What do you think?"
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"After discussing with Manager Kong of the Gannan branch, I thought it would be best not to sell this type of honey to the market, so as not to tarnish the company's reputation. After all, in today's Internet society, it is easy for people to spread rumors and cause trouble. I think these can be After harvesting the camellia nectar, send it to the Monan branch.”
Jiang Miao nodded slightly: "This is also a good place."
We must know that the Monan Branch's 200,000 acres of soybeans and 150,000 pastures can also produce 4,000 to 6,000 tons of alfalfa honey and soybean nectar every year, so there is also a need for about 100,000 boxes of bees there.
The Monan Branch's honey harvesting period is only 5 to 7 months each year, and the remaining 5 to 7 months have no nectar sources, or there are few nectar source months.
Especially in the lean months of February and March every year, additional syrup and honey are definitely needed to keep bees alive.
As for the transfer to the south, Monan Branch will definitely not consider this issue.
These are 100,000 boxes of bees, not hundreds. The transfer south requires at least 100 large trucks, plus drivers and technicians. The cost is worse than spending the winter on the spot. Moreover, the transfer involves traffic risks and may also be affected by water and soil. Failure to do so causes the bees to become sick.
Since they have to spend the winter on site, the Monan Bee Farm needs to consider the issue of bee food in February and March.
And it happens that Gannan Bee Farm produces a large amount of slightly toxic Camellia oleifera nectar, which can be directly transported to Monan Honey, and the cost is much lower than that of switching production to the south.
Killing two birds with one stone, the camellia nectar waste is utilized, and the Monan Bee Farm can survive the lean early spring season.
Of course, the beekeeping industry of Hailufeng Company will not seriously affect other beekeepers, because the honey source of Hailufeng Company is its own base and does not encroach on the traditional honey sources of other beekeepers.
As for the issue of low pre-sale prices, this will not seriously impact beekeepers.
The answer lies in the purchase price of water honey and the market retail price of concentrated honey.
As long as the two prices are laid out, you will know who made the money.
The purchase price of honey is 6,000 to 7,000 yuan per ton.
The retail price of concentrated honey is as high as 60 to 120 yuan per kilogram, which is 60,000 to 120,000 yuan per ton.
The price difference between the two is 10 to 20 times.
When it comes to producing concentrated honey from water honey, it takes an average of 3.7 kilograms of water honey to produce 1 kilogram of concentrated honey. Even with various production costs, the total cost of 1 ton of concentrated honey is up to 30,000 yuan. If managed properly, the total cost per ton of concentrated honey will be It’s about 26,000 yuan.
After manufacturers, dealers, and retailers increased their prices, the price directly increased by 2 to 4 times.
Beekeepers didn't make much money.
On the contrary, manufacturers, distributors and retailers make a lot of money.
Therefore, there is still huge room for compression in the current retail price of honey.
As for whether manufacturers will lower the purchase price of honey, the answer is yes.
But that doesn't mean they will succeed.
Where do Hailufeng's current bee breeding team employees come from? 50% come from previous itinerant beekeepers.
Why don't they continue to farm bees on the move?
It's not just that I can't make money, it's also hard and tiring. I have to change jobs every year chasing honey sources. This is really not a job that most people are willing to do.
Small family mobile beekeepers usually have 30 to 100 boxes of bees per household. If they are lucky, they can harvest 1.5 to 5 tons of honey in a month, which is about 12,000 to 35,000 tons of honey. yuan income.
But the problem is that this journey requires gas money, vehicle depreciation, accommodation, daily expenses, medicine money, bee feed (honey), etc.
If you encounter a bad year, there will be no harvest.
In relatively good years, the annual gross profit is only 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, which is usually the joint income of a couple or a family.
In this case, facing the olive branch of Hailufeng Company, most young beekeepers are willing to change from migratory beekeepers to fixed beekeeping technicians. They will receive a basic salary of at least 6,500 yuan per month, plus other performance bonuses. Like, isn't this better than living in the wild, eating and sleeping, and migrating for honey for a year? At least getting a wife is much easier.
After all, the younger generation of beekeepers are not popular at all in this era, and they are a group that is less competitive than farmers in the dating market.
When I heard that most of the year would be spent in the wilds across the country, I wonder which young girl could bear this kind of life.
Therefore, when many old beekeepers heard that Hailufeng Company was recruiting beekeeping technicians on a large scale, they immediately sent over their children who were preparing to inherit the family business. They knew the true situation of their own industry and did not want their children to continue to repeat their own hardships. Force life.
Maybe one day you will encounter a car accident while driving, or encounter a wild boar in the wild. The risk is too high.
Therefore, through this method, Hailufeng Company has formed a network of relationships with beekeeper groups across the country.
At present, whether it is a honey processing factory or a honey processing factory in southern Jiangxi and Monan, if the production line runs 24 hours a day, it can produce about 120,000 tons of concentrated honey a year, and Hailufeng Company only needs a few months to The production line capacity can be expanded several times.
If other honey processing factories are unwilling to purchase honey at a price of 6,000 to 7,000 yuan per ton, then Hailufeng Company must come forward to reveal the truth. Anyway, honey can be stored for two or three years in a concentrated state.
Moreover, the bottom price is 6,000 to 7,000 yuan per ton. If the retail price is 40 yuan per kilogram, there is still a gross profit of more than ten yuan.
Even if Hailufeng wholesales to dealers and retailers, it will still have a gross profit of at least 5 yuan per kilogram.
It’s market competition anyway!
What matters is survival of the fittest.
If you feel that the gross profit of 5 yuan per kilogram is too low, you can close down and hand over the market to Hailufeng Company.
Jiang Miao has long understood the urinal nature of many domestic enterprises. Now that the knife is not cutting on them, they will pretend to be dead. When the knife is really put on their necks, each one will be more injured than anyone else.
As long as the beekeeper group is stabilized, honey processing manufacturers, distributors, and retailers will all be paper tigers.
(End of chapter)