Chapter 107 Breeding and Tragedy
Guo Yang admitted that he chose to cultivate soybean seeds on a whim.
To put it bluntly, I just can’t stand this tone!
China is the origin of soybeans, with a 5,000-year cultivation history and the richest soybean resources in the world.
But China is flooded with genetically modified edible oil.
In the original history, after this soybean crisis, more than 90% of the soybean oil consumed in China was genetically modified soybean oil.
Although history may change slightly now.
But the root cause of the soybean crisis has not been resolved.
To completely eliminate the disease, it must eventually fall on the land.
Developing idle land resources is the most effective way.
The first thing Guo Yang thought of was the coastal salt-alkali land!
In addition to the northwest, there is also a lot of saline-alkali land in the coastal area, and it is close to the market. If there are excellent saline-alkali tolerant soybean varieties, it will be a perfect fit.
Guo Yang's mind sank into the seed store.
The cold space was filled with a dazzling array of small bags of seeds, each small bag containing only a few seeds.
Store a small amount of seeds in the store so that you can test the directional cultivated seeds at any time.
But Guo Yang experimented for many days and tested many excellent and high-quality soybean varieties, but he could not find a suitable seed combination.
This made him depressed for a long time.
Some seeds are high-yield, but are not tolerant to salt and alkali, and their resistance is not good.
Some seeds are salt-alkali tolerant, but not high-yielding.
When he forcibly added the characteristics of the variety, the displayed breeding success rate dropped to freezing point!
"It is still too difficult to cultivate purple-grade seeds from a combination of ordinary seeds."
"You need some unique seeds."
Guo Yang kept saying I was chanting, and suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind.
He thought of a time in his previous life when he accidentally discovered a strange-looking plant in his old house.
It looks like soybeans, and the pods are densely packed, but they are all empty shells.
After he took the photo and sent it to his classmates, a classmate who had been invisible all year round and was studying for a Ph.D. was revealed.
“Wild soybeans!”
The classmate brought the teacher to the door the next day.
After pulling out the dry plants, I searched and searched in the soil, only to find some small and shriveled seeds.
He didn't recognize it at all. It was a soybean seed.
At that time, he learned that due to the impact of urbanization and human activities, the area of wild soybean populations has shrunk and even the species has disappeared.
It has been listed as a second-level national key protected wild plant in my country and is an endangered species.
Guo Yang felt hot when he thought of the wild soybean with countless pods!
There are many pods. If the tiny seeds can be made larger, the yield will definitely not be low.
Moreover, most of my country’s wild soybeans have strong stress resistance and salt-alkali tolerance!
Guo Yang took action immediately.
Screen wild soybean varieties one by one.
In the end, he screened out several wild soybean resources that carry excellent genes for resistance to diseases and insect pests, drought resistance, cold tolerance, salt tolerance, barrenness tolerance, high protein, and abundant pods.
Then they are combined with high-yielding cultivated soybean varieties one by one.
Sure enough, the success rate this time was much higher.
After working hard for a while, Guo Yang finally tested out the most suitable combination of varieties.
Then he spent 151 points of natural energy to cultivate his first soybean variety: Tiandou No. 1.
This variety has unlimited pod-bearing habits and has the characteristics of resistance to high temperature and drought, resistance to rain and high humidity, resistance to disease and lodging, and suitable for harvesting.
What excites Guo Yang most is the salt-alkali tolerance and yield performance.
The average yield per mu of Tiandou No. 1 has reached 480 kilograms!
During this period of exposure to futures, Guo Yang also learned about this year's soybean yield per mu in the northeastern region, my country's main soybean producing area.
The yield of most farmers is only about 290 kilograms per mu, and the best ones do not exceed 320 kilograms.
This year’s average soybean yield per mu across the country is only 220 kilograms!
The United States, which has the highest yield per mu in the world, only yields more than 380 kilograms per mu, and Tiandou No. 1 is 100 kilograms more.
And its resistance to salinity and alkalinity is also very good.
Originally, soybeans are a moderately salt-tolerant crop, and low concentrations of neutral salt can promote the germination and growth of soybeans.
But when the soil saline-alkali content is too high, the yield will decrease.
The salinity tolerance of Ketiandou No. 1 has also been improved, and it can grow normally in moderately saline-alkali soil without any decrease in yield!
“Huh!”
Guo Yang breathed a sigh of relief. With Tiandou No. 1, domestic soybeans have the ability to resist.
After cultivating soybean seeds, Guo Yang was not in a hurry to leave.
Futures prices will at least have to wait until domestic companies import soybeans in large quantities before peaking.
This is just the right time to cultivate other seeds. In addition to soybeans, he plans to cultivate some vegetable seeds.
After several days of busy work, we finally cultivated one variety each of tomato, cauliflower, cabbage, and carrot, all with blue grade seeds between 20-100.
These vegetables are particularly suitable for planting in Long Province.
They also have a unified name: plateau summer vegetables.
Sold throughout the country all year round.
……
While Guo Yang was busy breeding,
Jingcheng Shiguang Company was in a state of excitement.
Rising!
Rising!
It’s going crazy!
Looking at the rising soybean futures prices, Xie Shijie understood the boss’s good intentions even more!
This bullish trend is so fierce that anyone with a little bit of sobriety can feel that something is wrong.
But the domestic soybean spot market price is still soaring, and companies are rushing to buy it!
He really couldn't understand it.
Obviously, major newspapers have published articles written by the boss himself, and the various potential risks have been explained one by one.
But why are there still so many stubborn people?
Perhaps because foreign capital has also reacted, domestic tongues are also publishing tit-for-tat reports.
In the chaos of public opinion, many companies have been lost.
Yang Cheng also didn’t understand that operating with foreign capital was a great opportunity to make money, but his boss had people frequently publish negative news.
Elusive!
Although futures prices are still rising, some calm people have stopped importing soybeans.
Someone even came to the door.
Early April 2004.
Xue Liqiang and Shi Chao from Jiusan Grain and Oil Group came to visit Weiguang Company, and Guo Yang had already completed the breeding.
"Mr.
"It's true that heroes emerge from youth."
"I have admired the Jiu San Group for a long time."
Guo Yang brought the two of them to the office, and Xie Shijie and Yang Cheng helped make tea.
After chatting for a while, I found out that Xue Liqiang and the others were in the capital for a meeting and study, and they stopped by for a visit.
That article really opened their eyes.
Then several people started chatting about the domestic industrial situation, mostly on commonplace issues.
When the conversation was almost over, Guo Yang asked about the situation of imported soybeans.
"The domestic delegation should have arrived in the United States!"
"According to the schedule, we have arrived."
Guo Yang turned around and said: "Yang Cheng, press Plan to take the next step and start a short position.”
Xue Liqiang asked curiously: "Are you so sure that the US Department of Agriculture released false news?"
"Everything is just speculation, but we can wait and see."
Xue Liqiang had not left the capital yet. , the news that the Chinese delegation signed a soybean order with domestic soybean companies at 4,300 yuan/ton spread back to the country.
According to reports coming back, these people all had smiles on their faces when they signed the single contract.
Soybean prices are still rising, already 4,500 yuan/ton.
"If you make a profit, you must make a profit!" Some companies carrying heavy debts think so.
But soon they stopped laughing.
When they stepped into the country, the market direction seemed to suddenly change.
The bulls in the soybean futures market began to retreat, and international soybean prices fell rapidly.
But these people still have hope!
However, shortly afterwards, the US Department of Agriculture released a new report.
American soybean production has not decreased!
Not only was there no reduction in production, it was also a bumper production, even the highest in the past ten years.
What’s even more exaggerated is that South American soybeans also have a bumper harvest this year!
A series of messages are sent.
Some people collapsed on the spot and even fainted!
In less than one month, the price of soybeans has dropped by half from 4,500 yuan/ton.
Companies that have taken over high-end projects are unable to absorb the purchase costs, or they may not be able to repay their loans.
With just one careless move, a company may suffer heavy losses and face bankruptcy.
When China's soybean industry was in dire straits, the four major grain merchants also took advantage of the situation and aggressively purchased bankrupt soybean crushing companies.
At this time, someone began to remember the article originally published in the Grain and Oil Market News.
(End of this chapter)