Chapter 375 Tree Planting; Insect Forest Protection
Jiahe has unified standards and requirements for A. elegans planting bases, which also makes various technical trainings particularly important.
Training is also conducted on site.
Guo Yang led the headquarters staff to also participate in actual tree planting and training.
In order to facilitate mechanized production, the terrain of the Hexi Corridor's gallbladder bases is relatively flat and contiguous, and adopts an intensive planting model of dwarfing, dense shrub planting and high-quality clone seedlings.
In actual planting, talcum powder is also used to draw lines and set points.
The spacing between rows of plants is 2~3m, and the length, width and depth of the planting holes are all 0.5~0.6m.
On a base to be planted, the tree planting digging machine specially developed and produced by Funka has dug planting holes one by one.
Guo Yang took the lead in placing the thornberry seedlings into the planting holes, and others followed suit.
Tang Weihua, technical director of Jiahe Biochemical Planting Department, was providing technical guidance on the side.
"Yes, yes, the boss did it very standard. He put it in while keeping the roots stretched."
"Bury three times, step on the seedlings and lift them up, yes, that's it."
It takes a whole day. In a short period of time, Guo Yang led about a hundred people to plant hundreds of acres of land with real swords and guns.
There are about 110 trees in one acre, and 11,000 trees in one hundred acres.
It’s not just planting, it also includes rooting water after planting, trimming the tree disk, covering with black mulch and other processes.
Compared with farmers, this speed is slower.
But even so, a group of people are exhausted.
Guo Yang stood in the crowd and shouted loudly: "It seems that you have been sitting in the office for a long time and lack of exercise!
How can you go to the countryside to understand the actual situation without good physical fitness? Every year in the future We must organize a tree planting activity in spring and autumn.”
“No, boss!”
Upon hearing this, some administrative staff howled.
Guo Yang doesn't care about this, "Everyone has to come, and there will be extra rewards for completing the tree planting task every year."
Although there is no mention of punishment, this is actually a kind of punishment. Invisible assessment.
If you can’t even understand the group’s current focus, then you’re probably not a fellow traveler.
Throughout April, Jiahe's various subsidiaries also responded to the headquarters and successively carried out various tree planting activities.
Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry even teamed up with Tencent and Happy Farm to launch a massive desert tree planting movement across the entire network.
Today, the scope of activities of agriculture and animal husbandry in Shahai has also greatly increased.
The southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert in the northwest of Jinchang and north of Zhangye has become the sand sea's wind protection and sand control area.
Closely adjacent to it are various sorbifolia planting bases.
Various pastures or Chinese herbal medicines have also been planted on the wide operation roads between rows at the base.
The planting department summarizes grass cultivation.
It can not only help maintain water and soil, collect rainwater, reduce soil water evaporation, improve the soil's ability to retain water and fertilizer, and help increase production.
At the same time, it can also be cut and used as green manure, or sold to external parties for additional income.
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At the monthly summary meeting of Jiahe Biochemical, Tang Weihua introduced the current planting situation.
"In late March and throughout April, approximately 2.5 million acres of land and approximately 275 million sorbiferous seedlings were planted in 10 prefectures and cities.
But God was not in favor, and Qingyang, Pingliang, and Dingxi in Longzhong Drought has occurred in some areas, and it has not rained yet, which has slowed down the planting progress.
The Loess Plateau has a typical semi-arid and semi-humid climate, with annual precipitation mostly above 400mm.
Actually. There is not that much water shortage, but the seasonal water shortage is serious.
The ravine-ridden terrain also makes it very convenient to build various small reservoirs and reservoirs, which can solve the irrigation problem.
May to September is the wet season on the Loess Plateau. Although evaporation is large in summer, the progress of the Longzhong region can be pushed forward in May.
In general, there is no problem in completing the planting of 3 million acres of gallnut trees in the first half of the year, and about 2 million acres of fruit trees such as sea buckthorn, Haloxylon ammodendron, and cicada. ”
After listening.
Guo Yang took the lead in applauding.
This progress is indeed remarkable.
Planting such a large area is a huge project that requires more manpower and material resources than imagined. It cannot be completed by Jiahe's strength alone.
But with the help of 10 prefecture-level cities and the timely release of funds from Jiahe, millions of acres of trees are no longer scary.
In addition to Tang Weihua, the meeting also included Fang Xiaozhang, the new head of Jiahe Biochemical, and Ning Xiaojing, vice president.
Fang Xiaozhang was born in the Jiahe Leaders Program and graduated from Zhejiang University in polymer physics and chemistry, with a bachelor's degree in agriculture and a doctorate in science.
Served as assistant to the general manager of Jiahe Cereals and Oils and chief engineer of the biochemical business department, and led the research and development of corn deep processing of Jiahe Cereals and Oils.
If we say that the external technology leaders of bioenergy are the team of Professor Zhang Haoli of Lanzhou University.
The internal strength is supported by Fang Xiaozhang + Quan Wang’s team.
The organizational structure was also derived from the original biochemical division managed by Ning Xiaojing.
The department structure is also very simple.
Fang Xiaozhang leads the overall situation and serves as chief engineer, responsible for the work of the R&D Innovation Center and Production Technology Center.
Tang Weihua leads the planting business department and is responsible for the planting management and acquisition of the base; the transferred vice president Ning Xiaojing is responsible for human resources, finance, etc.
As for other things, they are also being slowly improved.
Tang Weihua is 50 years old, which is the peak period of experience and production management for the planting industry.
Fang Xiaozhang and Ning Xiaojing are much younger, both in their thirties.
Especially Fang Xiaozhang, who was promoted to a high position like a rocket after not working for a few years.
In China, there is not much research on bioenergy. Instead of poaching people from companies such as National Grain, it is far better to promote internally.
This is also the purpose of the Leaders Program.
After talking about the planting situation, Fang Xiaozhang also talked about the current research and development progress.
“The current best technology can produce 68% of oil from one pound of bongo kernels, and 62.3% of biodiesel from one pound of nut oil.”
“Based on the existing Calculated based on the yield per acre of Wenguan fruit and the price of diesel, the benefit per acre is not high.”
Guo Yang was naturally aware of the impact of the sharp drop in crude oil prices and said: "Biodiesel is the industry's bottom line, and early benefits still depend on high-end edible oil."
Fang Xiaozhang nodded and said: "Yes, the value of edible oil It will be much higher. ”
The most commendable characteristic of Jinluo, a variety of esculenta, besides stress resistance, is its edible value. It is the best among woody edible oils.
Although its seed yield is also high, Guo Yang used slightly higher calculations based on process data, and his biodiesel revenue per acre is only about more than 1,000 yuan.
Far inferior to being used as high-end cooking oil.
There may not even be additional medicine and understory economic benefits.
Of course, if the price of crude oil rises sharply, its strategic significance will be completely different.
“The process of refining diesel from Jatropha seeds is roughly the same as that of the mainstream.” Fang Xiaozhang continued: “3 tons of seeds can produce one ton of biodiesel.”
“If the seed production capacity per mu reaches the expected 1,500kg, the efficiency is still very high. "A yield of 1,500kg per mu is equivalent to 0.5 tons of biodiesel per mu, and the minimum income is 3,000 yuan.
Coupled with other by-products, the income per mu can support the development of the entire industry.
Guo Yang thought for a while and said: "The company will gradually launch other species of Wengelia and Jatropha. After this phase of the task is completed, we can just pick them up."
"In addition, , even the implementation of factory production technology can be started.
Gui Province has good climate conditions, and some trees with a long nursery period may be able to bear fruit in two or three years.”
At this time, Tang Weihua said: "At CNOOC's jatropha base in Hainan, there are fruits bearing fruits in 10 months, but unfortunately no one is harvesting them now."
Guo Yang said: "Old Tang, you can contact us. If CNOOC doesn't want it anymore, let's see if Jiahe can acquire the base and then use high-inoculation and transplantation."
"Okay." Tang Weihua nodded. "I'm afraid they have already cut down the trees."
"Try to find someone to understand as early as possible. Cutting down trees will hurt the enthusiasm of the people and will also be an obstacle to future development."
Tang Weihua said: " I'll contact you after the meeting."
"Okay."
Immediately afterwards, Ning Xiaojing introduced the financial and human resources situation. Generally speaking, the costs were within control.
The cost for the first three years is 2,000~3,000 yuan per mu.
This still includes the cost of various infrastructure such as roads, ditches, drip irrigation, two-year management and maintenance, and factories.
If you just plant trees, three to four hundred yuan is enough.
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In the upper reaches of Shiyang River, in the water conservation forest north of Wushaoling.
The large areas of artificially cultivated Qinghai spruce, juniper, and Chinese pine are also facing forest pest disasters caused by drought.
But today we have a group of uninvited guests.
"Mr. Xu, if the effect of releasing natural enemy insects is not good, we must spray pesticides immediately, and then these natural enemy insects will also die."
"Just wait a week."
Xu Xuenong glanced at the staff of the Forestry Bureau and said: "Wuwei will not have the opportunity to spray chemical pesticides."
The forest ranger on the side was also very suspicious.
This year's spring drought is more severe than expected. In the protective forest with a single tree species, various pests are already lurking.
Pine caterpillars, pine wood nematodes, pine weevils, larch ball aphids... all difficult pests have emerged during this period.
Can natural enemy insects really suppress the development of pests?
Once the pests are not controlled, diseases will follow, not only affecting the growth of the tree, but in severe cases, the tree may die.
Only Jiahe can allow the city to make such a bold attempt.
All forestry workers are curious about how effective insect control can be.
Within two days, with the help of drones, the Natural Enemy Center released natural enemy insects in the severely damaged areas.
A week later, the insect pests in the protective forest were significantly reduced.
This impressed the rangers.
The news quickly spread in the surrounding forestry industry, and the popularity of natural enemy insects has once again expanded, attracting the attention of many scientific research institutions.
“You haven’t seen it, but ladybugs and chafers are really the enemies of pine caterpillars, just like a cat catching mice.”
“According to tree species and insect pests, a total of Each of the five natural enemy insects is very powerful.”
The Natural Enemy Center did not just release the insects and leave them alone, it also conducted data monitoring.
Some natural enemy insects have obviously evolved. For example, ladybugs, which originally could only eat about 5,000 pine caterpillars in their lifespan, now can eat up to 10,000.
The scarab beetle has evolved from preying on 10,000 pine caterpillars to 20,000.
This discovery has the Natural Enemy Center ecstatic.
While Guo Yang was reading reports in the office, Xu Xuenong's phone call came in.
“Boss, natural enemy beetles such as ladybugs and meadow chafers seem to have super evolved!”
"Mega evolution? Are you sure you are talking about natural enemy insects, not Digimon."
Guo Yang put down the information in his hand and joked: "What is Beetlemon's mega evolution?"
"Chaobido, no, that's not what I meant." Xu Xuenong said: "Natural enemy insects perform extremely well in forestry pest control. One meadow chafer can eat 20,000 pine caterpillars!"
< br>Guo Yang smiled, thinking that the insects he cultivated in the laboratory last time worked.
Insect breeding is different from plant breeding.
For example, the most common Trichogramma wasp can breed a large number in a week or two in the laboratory.
Now is the time when natural enemy insects play a role in forestry.
Guo Yang said: "Since it is easy to use, we should increase efforts to promote it. During this period, many protective forests in the north are facing the threat of insect pests."
"Now it may be necessary to expand the factory area "Xu Xuenong said: "I have a hunch that Natural Enemy products will become popular this year."
"Can you tell?"
Xu Xuenong analyzed: "This winter, the natural enemy factories have not stopped production, and many greenhouse vegetable bases are ordering our products.
With the arrival of the peak season, there are more forestry applications, and the existing production will definitely Not even more.”
“Is it possible that the price is too low?” Guo Yang thought for a while and asked, “How much does it cost to control heartworms per acre?”
Xu Xuenong said: "One acre of rice or corn needs to be released with 20,000 Trichogramma, which is 4 to 5 balls. Each ball is 3 yuan. The drone can release 5,000 acres a day. Calculated, the cost per acre is less than 20 yuan.”
Guo Yang asked again: “What about preventing and controlling pine caterpillars?”
"Lower." Xu Xuenong said: "According to the current habits of insects, 250 ladybugs and 150 chafers are enough in one acre of pine forest."
"No money will be confiscated this time, and we only look at the production cost. It’s only 1 to 2 yuan per acre.”
Guo Yang said with a smile: “The effect of using insects to control insects is good, do we need to raise the price?”
“That’s the reason. But is it too easy to make money?”
It’s not like Xu Xuenong has never thought about raising prices, but he still takes Trichogramma as an example. The average cost of a ball is less than 0.5 yuan.
It is now a 500% gain.
As the scale of production expands, costs will continue to decline. If prices are increased significantly, this can no longer be described as huge profits.
You can’t make money from selling drugs!
Guo Yang knew Xu Xuenong well. He was an honest boy who was good at scientific research, but he was also good at business talks.
And this time the insect's 'super evolution' probably made Xu Xuenong a little confused, and he had no sense of accomplishment after the struggle.
"If it can solve problems for farmers and create value, then it is a good product."
Guo Yang said: "And natural enemy insects always have limitations. Not everyone can use them well, and the market is not big at this stage. It's okay if the price is higher."
"Okay."
"What you should be thinking about now is how to promote these results." Guo Yang suggested: "You can go to those ones. Look for opportunities in major forestry provinces."
Xu Xuenong said: "Then I will try it in Fujian Province."
"Of course, Fujian Province is the largest province in forestry, so this business will definitely be easy to do."
(End of Chapter)