Chapter 452 The production bottleneck of dragon fruit
Apples, citrus, bananas, and dragon fruit are all varieties cultivated in 2006, and the garden was established in 2007.
Both bananas and dragon fruit began to bear fruit in the second year after the garden was established. This is already the fourth year.
The banana promotion area is 400,000 acres, accounting for 8% of the total domestic planting area, currently second only to the Brazilian banana.
The annual seedling sales are about 240 million yuan, and the income from the 3,000 acres of banana orchard is about 144 million yuan, totaling 384 million yuan.
This is an impeccable result.
Banana seedlings are usually renewed every 2 to 4 years in the country.
In other words, among customers who purchase banana seedlings, repeat customers account for a very small proportion, and most of them are new customers.
When the first batch of banana orchards start to be renovated on a large scale, the sales of banana seedlings can increase significantly.
These are all things Guo Yang saw from the reports.
After talking to many responsible persons, he has been studying and interpreting the reports of various companies.
Especially Tianhe, most of the economic seeds cultivated in seed stores are operated by Tianhe.
The market performance of most varieties is still acceptable, and some varieties are showing signs of outbreak.
Among the four major fruits, in addition to bananas, others such as Ruiyang apples and Lingyan citrus have also been promoted to about 300,000 acres each, which is also quite good.
However, the data on the promotion area of dragon fruit is a bit dazzling.
There are less than 50,000 acres nationwide.
Specifically, the rose honey fragrance is less than 20,000 acres. The proportion seems pretty good, but the total amount is too large.
It happened that Qu Yang took the initiative to mention fruits, and Guo Yang couldn't help but ask.
Qu Yang froze in place for a moment, and couldn't help but touch his bald head with few hairs.
“There are still technical difficulties.”
"What's the difficulty?"
Qu Yang pondered and said: "In fact, dragon fruit has only been introduced into China less than 10 years ago. Farmers' awareness is not high, the technology is not mature, and the output cannot be increased."
Yes, it seems that he cannot be expected to tell the specific technical difficulties.
Is there any specialization in the art industry?
However, Guo Yang subconsciously believed that growing dragon fruit should not be difficult. After all, dragon fruit, which is still very valuable now, has been ruined in later generations.
In other places, 10 yuan for 3 pieces of dragon fruit is considered relatively cheap, but in Guangxi, at the cheapest time, 10 yuan can even buy 70 pieces.
It's simply outrageous.
Now he doesn't know why dragon fruit cannot be promoted, but he also knows a little bit about dragon fruit planting technology.
After thinking for a while, Guo Yang said: "Set up a time and go to the park to inspect it together. In addition, we will also build a dragon fruit base in Jiuquan to be self-sufficient."
"Ah? Dragon fruit can also be grown in Jiuquan?"
"Dragon fruit is a tropical fruit. I heard that it will freeze to death if it falls below 0℃."
Wang Kuan and Bao Xinyu asked one after another. This is also a question that most people have. The temperature in the north is too low in winter and spring.
Guo Yang smiled and said: "Generally, varieties that are not cold-tolerant will be affected when the temperature drops below 2℃, but they can be grown in solar greenhouses in the north."
"Can it be done?"
"Give it a try, it will work." Guo Yang was very sure, because he had seen it with his own eyes, but the technology might not be mature yet.
"Let's put aside the dragon fruit in advance. Since we are talking about Tianhe, let's make a summary and plan starting from Tianhe. Come on, Mr. Qu, it's your turn to perform."
Qu Yang pondered for a moment, "Why don't we let Mr. Ji come first? Tianhe has not grown in the past two years, but has fallen a lot."
Guo Yang raised his eyebrows, "When did this rule come into being?"
"Then I'll go first."
Qu Yang said: "On the whole, Tianhe is still declining. First, counterfeit products have increased and competition has intensified; second, the corn sown area has declined sharply, and soybean seeds are priced at low prices.
But there are also bright spots. Vegetable seed revenue has maintained rapid growth year after year, reaching 2.19 billion, accounting for an estimated 15.2% of the domestic vegetable seed market.
Red No. 1, Tianjiao No. 1, Super Red Core, Choy Sum, and Tomato have all become well-known varieties.
And the potential has not yet been fully unleashed. These four categories of cucumber, bitter melon, eggplant, and cabbage are likely to experience an explosion this year.
Taken together, the potential of domestic grain seeds can only be tapped a little bit, and the focus is mainly on the development of vegetable categories and the upgrading of varieties.
The focus of market growth is still on the development of overseas markets. The key point is that this year, business will be launched in North and South America..."
While listening to Qu Yang's report, Guo Yang was also flipping through it quickly.
Because there have been previous communications, this time it was mostly a statement.
The changes in the domestic seed market can be described as earth-shaking.
At the beginning of the century, the domestic seed industry market sales exceeded 10 billion, and then entered a period of explosive growth.
Domestic seed companies and foreign-funded seed companies, you sing and I take the stage.
In ten years, the current seed industry market has reached a scale of 70 billion, second only to the United States in the world.
Excluding other products, Tianhe's seed business alone reached 22.418 billion, accounting for 32% of the market, which is terrifying!
Its influence has already reached its ceiling in the country.
Therefore, Tianhe must go to sea.
"There is no problem with the direction of the work." Guo Yang muttered: "But I hope to see the results soon."
"There should be some drama in North America this year."
"As for South America, how is the integration of Dow Brazil going?"
"Currently we can only operate in the same way as before, but Tianhe Academy of Sciences has sent a corn breeding research team to Brazil."
“The time has come to test Tianhe’s technological reserves.”
Regarding the seeds sold overseas, Guo Yang has no plans to use seed stores for breeding, but seed stores have also enriched Tianhe's seed resource library.
Many seed characteristics in the resource library were clearly analyzed by Guo Yang using the seed store.
Combined with accumulated biotechnology, Tianhe's breeding system is also competitive abroad, while not threatening domestically.
Qu Yang also knew it well.
After Tianhe's topic was over, Qu Yang took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Huang En at the Dragon Fruit Base.
"Are there any technical difficulties in promoting dragon fruit? Send it to me immediately."
The meeting continues.
The overall speed is still very fast. Guo Yang can only do it carelessly at Alfalfa, Tianhe, Jiahe Biochemical, Quanwang Biotech, Jixiaobai, etc.
He has put a lot of effort into these sectors this year, and the situation is relatively familiar.
Mainly stocking agricultural machinery, dairy industry, Qinghe, two supermarkets and Denong agricultural supplies, it takes a little more time.
The results of stocking are also different. Hexi Dairy has obviously gone its own way, and at the same time it can also drive alfalfa, Qinghe and Hexi Animal Husbandry.
There is nothing good to say about the two supermarkets and Denong in circulation. The products are the biggest advantage.
If it is not done well, then the management team must be responsible.
He can accept the current results.
However, Fengkai Agricultural Machinery's sales did not exceed 10 billion, which somewhat surprised Guo Yang.
"The output value of the domestic agricultural machinery market should be close to 300 billion, not to mention that drones also contributed 1.64 billion.
Looking at agricultural machinery alone, the value is just over 7 billion. ”
Guo Yang shook his head and looked at Pu Fei, "Yituo and Lovol should have already exceeded 10 billion."
Pu Fei nodded, "Both Lovol and Yituo are around 14 billion. Fengkai's 9.3 billion ranks third. The market share has declined, but the net profit has been maintained very well."
Guo Yang pondered: "In other words, we must sacrifice the market to protect profits."
"Yes, Yituo's profit this year is pretty good, 6%, last year was less than 2%; Lovol's profit in the past two years was only 1%."
Pu Fei is a little helpless. The financial crisis in the past two years has caused the export market to plummet.
It's okay in China. The scale of agricultural machinery subsidies is increasing year by year, but it doesn't stop our peers from killing each other!
Cai Bin of Donghe Agricultural Machinery said: "At the end of last year, MGF Capital transferred nearly 19% of the equity of Foton Lovol International Heavy Industry for 324 million yuan.
Lovol's profitability has been poor for a long time and has been criticized by investors. ”
With revenue soaring and profits sluggish, Guo Yang seemed to see a familiar Lovol.
But price wars do work. Farmers still prefer cheap agricultural machinery. Lovol relies on this to slowly increase its market share.
Fengkai is unwilling to give up too much profit, so he can only tolerate relatively slow growth.
Guo Yang has no idea for the time being.
It is always a good thing that Fengkai can compete with foreign brands in the high-end market.
Guo Yang muttered: "Work more on drones."
Pu Fei replied: "Well, technology is constantly making breakthroughs, costs are getting lower and lower, and the sales momentum is very good."
In the past two years, the number of aerial videos on Huinong.com has gradually increased, which is not unrelated to the popularity of drones.
The meeting continues.
Jiahe Ecology and Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry have also successively made work summaries and plans.
Just do it and that’s it.
The effect is also visible to the naked eye.
Jiahe has not actually entered the Dunhuang Wetland yet, but judging from feedback from the West Lake Management Bureau, the ecology of the West Lake Wetland has improved significantly in the past two years.
Because there is water coming upstream.
With subsidies and various supports, the effects of water-saving fallow farming and river channel management in the Shule River Basin have begun to show.
The next step is to enter the West Lake Wetland and start serving the main course.
Guo Yang also looked at the situation of natural energy and accumulated more than 23,000 points.
Then, he became distracted while listening.
Bao Xinyu enthusiastically recounted the achievements of falcon agriculture in the past year.
It’s not easy for our old bag either.
After so many years, apart from getting fatter year by year, I finally made money this year by selling meat, milk and wool.
It's time to show your face.
In the past, we didn’t dare to speak loudly during meetings.
"...We will operate Falcon Town this year to generate tourism revenue. The annual revenue target is 500 million!"
After Bao Xinyu finished speaking, he couldn't help but raise his head when he saw his boss writing seriously in his notebook.
The fat body and small head make people feel a bit funny.
After a while, Lao Bao found that his boss was still writing. Did he say that much?
The boss may be paying too much attention to it.
Then, he saw Qi Ziwen cough slightly, and the boss looked up as if he had just woken up from a dream.
"Well, the boss has finished speaking. Let's go. Let's break up the meeting. It's getting late. Let's get together. Lao Bao has brought back red camel meat again this year."
"Lao Bao is very particular about his work and always goes out of his way to bring back camel meat."
"Don't tell me, I'm really greedy for this bite. Camel meat is a good product for replenishing qi and blood."
"Let's go, Lao Bao, what are you doing here? Do you want to lose weight?"
No, is this the end?
Although the warm air was on in the conference room, Bao Xinyu felt as if his heart was falling into an ice cave.
Even at the Luya Fishing Base in Xiangyang Lake, the boss said a few words, "The event was great. I will come back to fish when I have time."
"What are you thinking about?" Guo Yang patted Bao Xinyu on the shoulder, and a heavy feeling came over him.
"Why don't I say a few words about you and just sit here and sulk?"
"No, my boss is not such a stingy person."
Seeing this arrogant look, Guo Yang felt that Bao Xinyu had a knot in his heart.
This guy doesn't bother himself every year. He will definitely bring something with him when he returns to Jiuquan from Urad.
Usually it’s Gobi red camel, beef and mutton, Gobi agate stone, etc.
When it comes to meat and stones, Jiuquan is not lacking, and the beef and mutton may taste even better. But this person really does it every year.
Guo Yang smiled and said: "I just thought of something. In fact, I went to Falcon at the beginning of the year and did a good job, so I won't say more."
"Hey, boss, I really don't have one." Bao Xinyuhun waved his hand nonchalantly.
"Okay, I'll have two drinks later."
“Very good.”
Bao Xinyu followed the crowd out, while Guo Yang returned to the office first, followed by Qi Ziwen.
"Boss, was Mr. Bao really jealous just now?"
"You observed that correctly."
Guo Yang was able to notice Lao Bao's abnormality mainly because of Qi Ziwen's reminder.
Guo Yang generally ignored the others who were scheming and scheming below. Some big company diseases were unavoidable.
But when I encounter someone who is jealous like this, I always feel weird and guilty.
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After putting the notebook back in the office, I realized that it was already dark outside.
Guo Yang took out his mobile phone and looked at it. The time was already approaching 8 o'clock.
Penguin's WeChat has been released for almost a month now. Guo Yang has already started using it and has accumulated a lot of news on WeChat.
With a swipe, I saw Lin Keqing's profile picture.
"The resignation application was approved quickly, and I can come to Jiuquan in two days."
This is the latest one, and there are several more messages above, including shared photos and the like.
Guo Yang smiled and replied: "I've had a meeting all day, and now I'm going to have dinner."
As for other news, there were some from Brother Ma and some work news, but he didn't read them.
Just when I put my phone in my pocket, another message came.
Lin Keqing: "Don't drink."
Guo Yang: "Drink less."
Lin Keqing: "Okay, bah, bah, bah."
Guo Yang didn't know how to reply for a moment. He happened to see Qi Ziwen arriving at the door, so he simply didn't reply and drank first.
The location is still a small square in the Gobi, and this kind of bonfire gathering is more popular.
They all have to go to the ground, and no one is nobler than the other.
From a long distance away, I could smell the aroma of meat. The closer I got, the more fragrant it became. When I arrived at the square, the aroma was even more lingering in the air.
Guo Yang smiled and said: "I'm really hungry, let's eat, let's eat."
"Hahaha, boss, if you don't come here, Lao Bao will probably be starved to death." Yu Honghai joked.
Bao Xinyu was originally staring at the flesh eagerly. After hearing this, he said unconvinced: "Who is following the other? They are each other."
"Haha... half a pound."
Both of them are obese, but the difference is that Yu Honghai is a tall and burly man from Shandong Province.
The chef started dividing the meat. Guo Yang sat down and looked at Yu Honghai.
"What kind of delicacies are there in Africa? Why haven't I seen you lose weight?"
"Hey, I have to drink water to gain weight, so you can't stop me from drinking water." Yu Honghai said: "Speaking of Africa, there is actually no shortage of meat. Even if the craftsmanship is a bit rough, the barbecue in Kenya is also good. Not bad.”
Guo Yang asked: "How is the pyrethrum and marigold base in Africa?"
"Very good." Yu Honghai smiled and said: "Kenya's marigold, pyrethrum, and pepper bases are the best developed by Jiahe in Africa."
Although I didn’t earn much, I invested very little.
The main reason is that the team looks spectacular. There are 30,000 acres of land and seven or eight thousand people working at the same time. No one has seen this scene before. ”
"Seven thousand or eight thousand people? So many?" Bao Xinyu said in surprise: "Falcon has 600,000 acres of grassland, and there are only about twenty people in total."
Yu Honghai said: "It is cheaper to use labor than agricultural machinery in Africa, but occasionally agricultural machinery has to be used to rush the work."
Wang Kuan from Qinghe Agriculture came over wearing a standard down jacket and grabbing a mutton chop.
"Mr. Yu, don't they say Africa is in chaos? Is Kenya much better?"
Yu Honghai thought for a while and said:
"Kenya is also in chaos. It is basically always in chaos, but it can always maintain order in the chaos and avoid unrest.
Like Tanzania, Kenya is also a region with high incidences of robbery and theft in the world, but it has maintained political continuity.
Its government is extremely corrupt and the gap between rich and poor is huge, but its economy is very dynamic and growing.
Then, the surrounding countries became more mixed one by one.
Genocide occurred in Rwanda, Amin was born in Uganda, one of the most famous dictators in Africa, Sudan was divided, and Tanzania once fell into the quagmire of a planned economy...
Only Kenya, in the center, took it all in stride, content in the chaos.
Its citizens are always quarreling, but never fighting.
Therefore, when foreign capital now wants to go to East Africa, most of its first destination is Kenya.
However, such laissez-faire development has also led to a very high illiteracy rate in Kenya and a huge gap between rich and poor.
Such a society is suitable for business development, but its manufacturing potential is not as high as that of Ethiopia and Tanzania. ”
Yu Honghai took a bite of meat and took a sip of wine before saying: "It is also suitable for the development of agriculture. Products can find sales markets locally."
Of the many people present, not many have been to Africa.
I am very curious about what Yu Honghai said about the current situation in Kenya, a country with chaos but political stability.
It sounds really weird.
Bao Xinyu asked: "Lao Yu, have you ever encountered anyone who robbed or stole in Kenya?"
Yu Honghai glared at him fiercely.
Bao Xinyu didn't understand why, "You glare at me, I'll just ask you casually."
"Never encountered it before." Yu Honghai said angrily and went to eat meat.
Bao Xinyu was surprised: "What's wrong with him?"
No one paid any attention to him.
It cannot be said that Yu Honghai was robbed and stripped naked in Kinshasa.
Guo Yang didn't say anything either.
However, from the information revealed by Yu Honghai, it can be seen that he has indeed put in a lot of effort, and every country should go there again.
Guo Yang has also been to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. There are many high-rise buildings in the city and it is the trade and financial hub of East Africa.
However, Nairobi's suburbs are home to the world's largest slums.
Together they make up this city.
But the tropical plateau climate makes the agricultural production conditions here unique, and it is indeed a good place.
Laissez-faire is the characteristic of Kenya. This characteristic is attributed to Kenya's founding father Kenyatta.
Kenyan citizens described Kenyatta's work as waking up, taking his followers around, giving instructions, and ending the day by singing and dancing at night.
The president did nothing but let nature take its course and let the Kenyan people find their own thing to do.
Yet despite this, Kenya's economy continues to move forward.
While surrounding countries are in chaos, the Kenyan people are enjoying rare tranquility.
Naturally, this also opened up opportunities for Jiahe in East Africa.
If the subsequent development of the Democratic Republic of the Congo goes smoothly, they can also be mutual rivals.
While drinking and chatting, Guo Yang became familiar with everyone's changes. He occasionally took two photos and sent them to Lin Keqing, enjoying this rare comfort.
…
"I'm in Nanning, I just got off the plane."
"You can't wait for me." Lin Keqing said angrily: "I just arrived at Jiayuguan Airport."
"You didn't say you would arrive today."
"You didn't even ask!" As he spoke, Lin Keqing laughed to himself, "It's over. I wanted to give you a surprise, but I ended up cheating myself."
Guo Yang smiled and said, "Wait a moment and I'll find someone to pick you up."
Lin Keqing said: "No need to bother, I will just take a taxi to Jiahe."
"That's okay, please pay attention to your safety."
After hanging up the phone, Guo Yang noticed Qu Yang smiling obscenely not far away and couldn't help but glare.
"Let's go, Mr. Qu, to see your dragon fruit orchard."
Guo Yang is quite concerned about the problems encountered in the promotion of dragon fruit. He has always been known for his agricultural technology.
After walking not far, we arrived at the dragon fruit base.
It looked neat at first glance, but Guo Yang felt something was wrong at a glance.
"How many plants can be planted in one acre?"
Huang En is the general manager of the base and said: "480 plants."
"It's too thin, no wonder the output can't be increased." Guo Yang mused: "The quality has indeed been improved to the extreme, but the efficiency has not reached the peak."
"The benefits are actually good, but dragon fruit flowers mostly bloom at night, and the pistil is the same length as the style or longer than the style, resulting in a low natural pollination rate and the need for artificial assisted pollination."
Ji Huibing, the production technical manager of the base, said: "Gaofeng Company from Malaysia has been operating in Qinzhou for several years and has not solved this problem."
Guo Yang asked: "How large an area of pitaya does Gaofeng Company have?"
"8,500 acres." Ji Huibing said: "Liu Yalie from Gaofeng Company should be the first person to bring dragon fruit to China. The benefits are good, but the investment is also huge."
Huang En added: "Ordinary farmers don't dare to invest, because they are worried that they won't be able to sell at such a high price after planting."
“That’s why we need to increase production.”
"Not easy."
"Actually, it's not too difficult. First, we need to change the planting pattern." Guo Yang walked into the rows, "Change to single rows or double rows.
Now 400 to 500 plants per acre are too few. Single rows can be increased to 800 plants, and double rows can reach more than 2,000 plants!
Wouldn’t this increase the production volume? ”
Seeing Ji Huibing thinking, Guo Yang simply broke off a branch and drew a sketch on the ground.
"That's it."
Ji Huibing said: "It seems to work."
"Try it." Guo Yang said: "As for pollination, the main reason is that there are no insects for pollination at night. I will contact Xu Xuenong to see if insects can be released artificially.
Oh, by the way, there is another technology that can also increase production, night-time light supplement technology. ”
"Fill in light at night?"
"Yes, in winter, when the temperature is low and the daylight is short, dragon fruit may hibernate. At this time, artificial light sources can be used to supplement the light." Guo Yang said with certainty, because supplementary light at night will be more common in the future.
Ji Huibing asked doubtfully: "Is this a good deal?"
Guo Yang said with a smile: "After adding light at night, we can pick at least 4 to 5 more batches of fruits."
"With 4 to 5 more batches of fruit, we can pick at least 800 more kilograms. At the current price of 12 yuan per kilogram, we can earn at least 9,000 yuan more per acre!"
Huang En said in surprise: "This must be a big profit!"
"Nowadays, things are rare and expensive, but even if the price is reduced, there is still a lot of profit margin."
Night supplementary lighting and single-row planting are two technologies that Guo Yangneng has determined to be effective.
The most troublesome thing is pollination.
Rose honey fragrance currently requires artificial pollination at night. In the future, varieties introduced from Baodao should solve this problem.
But now, he can only place his hope in the natural enemy center.
(End of chapter)