Chapter 91 Forage Compression
It has been almost a year since he obtained the seed store, and Guo Yang has only roughly understood the rules of obtaining natural energy.
The project management of 200,000 acres of saline-alkali land can roughly obtain 1 point of natural energy for 1,000 acres of land.
In the past six months, despite the backflow of salt in the deep soil, alfalfa has also improved the soil, providing him with twenty-two points of natural energy.
In addition, the preliminary management of 63,000 acres of desert, the restoration of vegetation around the Hongyashan Reservoir, the management of ancient desert rivers, etc.
It also provides him with 70 points of natural energy.
Including the remainder from the previous period, there are now a total of 101 natural energy points.
And these are continuous, as the ecological conditions recover better, the more energy there will be, until it stops completely.
With the first batch of alfalfa returning to the fields, it also means that the remaining alfalfa can also begin to be cut.
Klaas silage machinery, which has been dusty for a long time, appears again.
It was early June, with blue sky, white clouds and gentle breeze.
Continuous fields of alfalfa are green and green, with buds swaying. Harvesters shuttle among them, and the green carpet turns into a striped carpet, as if painting on the earth.
The harvested alfalfa is dried and then packed by a baler.
The processed alfalfa hay retains complete nutrients and has an excellent taste.
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Xinjiang Province, Production and Construction Corps, in a certain office.
"Leader, the reports from each regiment field are here again, asking for instructions to plow the remaining alfalfa fields to grow cotton."
"Isn't it plowed only in winter? Now the entire regiment can There are less than 200,000 acres of alfalfa!”
“Now that the price of alfalfa is unstable, the net income from cotton is 70% to 100% higher.”
The leaders lamented again and again. "Eager for quick success, quick success! Cotton requires a lot of chemical fertilizers, and there is no alfalfa rotation to cultivate the land. Over time, the land will be useless!"
The man also said helplessly: "Alfalfa takes too long to occupy land. It can only be highly productive in the third or fourth year. The per capita cultivated land area in the group farm is also declining, and employees are unwilling to rotate grassland."
" The Corps has always attached great importance to the production of green manure and feed. At its peak, the planting area of alfalfa was nearly 1.5 million acres! "
"The main reason is that the economic benefits are too low, almost inferior to those of wheat and corn."
The leader suddenly remembered something, "Last year, a company in Long Province improved saline-alkali land to grow alfalfa. How is it doing now?"
"Alfalfa, the output this year should not be high, and the market is sluggish. I don’t know if I can keep going.”
"Pay attention."
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Alfalfa, at the meeting, introduced this year's situation to Tianshan.
“The yield of alfalfa hay in the first crop is expected to be about 80 kilograms per mu, which is not high, but there are at least more than 10,000 tons of hay in more than 100,000 acres.”
Manager of the Sales Department His name is Yu Xiaochuan, he is in his thirties. “It’s not much, and the local farms can digest it.”
Xiang Tianshan asked: "How is the market this year?"
"The local price of first-grade alfalfa hay is about 750 yuan/ton, and the price in Shanghai and Beijing is about 1,500 yuan/ton. It may still be available in Guangdong Province. It should be higher.”
Everyone at the meeting thought that based on the current production, even if they harvest four crops a year, they will definitely lose money.
Yu Xiaochuan seemed to understand everyone's thoughts and added: "It also depends on the product grade. Second-grade hay is 550 yuan/ton, and third-grade hay is only 400 yuan/ton."
Everyone's thoughts It's half cold.
Alfalfa hay and grass meal are graded primarily based on crude protein content and moisture content.
The protein content of first-grade hay bales shall not be less than 18%, second-grade hay bales shall be 16%, and third-grade hay bales shall be 14%; the moisture content shall not exceed 14%.
Jiuquan is arid and has little rain, so there is definitely no problem with the water content. But the soil is all raw soil improved from salt-alkali flats. How high can the nutrient content be? Sure enough, a young man sitting in the corner of the conference room provided nutritional data.
“According to the test, the crude protein content of only the best areas is around 16%, which can barely meet the standard of second-grade hay.”
Damn it!
Everyone unconsciously observed Guo Yang's expression with their peripheral vision and did not dare to speak nonsense.
Someone asked: "Would it be better to sell to the capital and the capital?"
Yu Xiaochuan shook his head, "The cost of external transportation is too high. The shipping cost is five hundred yuan per ton."
Xiang Tianshan thought for a while, "How about processing it into grass powder and granules?"
"Alfalfa meal is used as a protein additive and added to compound feed. The crude protein content is low and cannot be sold at a high price. Moreover, the company's current grass meal processing equipment is the one imported from abroad by the boss."
< br>The conference room fell silent.
The output is low, mostly third-grade hay, the freight cost is extremely high, and the processing capacity is insufficient.
It’s better not to accept it!
Someone calculated it and found that the income from the first crop was only more than 30 yuan per acre.
"Why don't we stop harvesting? Or return it to the fields directly?"
No one answered his question. If alfalfa is not cut all year round, it will lose its nutritional value. But if you mow it, you are making a profit at a loss.
Guo Yang, who was sitting aside and listening quietly, stood up, clapped his hands and said with a smile.
“Don’t give up eating because of choking. Sales channels in coastal areas must be opened, and grass meal and pellet processing must also be done. Even if it is a loss, we must do it.”
“In addition, everyone, think about it, has there been any reduction in the price of food? Logistics cost method? ”
When Alfalfa No. 1 is launched, its main market will still be sales to coastal areas or exports.
But the northwest is too remote, no matter where you go, it is one or two thousand kilometers away, and the infrastructure is poor. Many agricultural products face the problem of high transportation costs.
If alfalfa of alfalfa wants to develop industrially, it must first solve the problem of transportation costs.
The conference room was silent again, and even the sound of breathing became quieter.
Can logistics costs be reduced in the northwest?
After a long time, there was a hesitant voice, "We can consider the density of pressurized bundling."
Hearing the sound and looking for it, it was the young man who had just provided the nutritional content data. He was wearing glasses and had a bookish air. .
The young man was obviously nervous.
Guo Yang smiled, "Tell me what you think."
Hu Jie could feel his heart beating and said cautiously.
"The density of our bales is only 120kg/m, but the density of imported hay bales is more than 450kg/m, and the container capacity can reach 25 tons."
"The cost of shipping from the United States to the coast of my country is only US$10/ Tons!”
“So, as long as we can make a breakthrough in secondary pressure bundling technology, the transportation capacity will naturally decrease,”
Some people raised concerns, “ There is no means for secondary processing of grass products in China!”
“That is the technology of the United States, can we do it?”
"Of course it can be done!" Guo Yang said loudly, remembering the appearance of this young man.
The next two days.
Guo Yang consumed natural energy and upgraded several forage balers, greatly increasing the bale density.
At the same time, a secondary pressurizing machine for hay bales was also modified. After secondary pressurization, the density of hay bales instantly increased to 500kg/m.
It has improved by 4 times!
It also means that the transportation cost has dropped from 500 yuan/ton to 125 yuan/ton!
(End of this chapter)