Chapter 193: The First Snow (Medium Cup) (Ch 822908012)

October 23rd.
The fourteenth day of the ninth lunar month is the Frost Descent.
The county seat of Naiman County.
As the weather forecast predicts, there will be a significant drop in temperature in the eastern part of the southern desert and the northeastern region in early November, there is a high probability of rain and snow.
Therefore, every household began to rush to prepare supplies for the winter, especially breeders who did not store enough fodder and corn kernels, and were trying to purchase them from outside.
Suddenly, a pickup truck with a banner pulled up on the main road of the county town and shouted through a loud speaker:
“Mulan Farm sells fresh fodder for 500 yuan per acre…”
“Mulan Farm sells fresh grass for 50 per acre…”
“Magnolia Farm sells fresh…”
Mo Laosan, who was ordering corn and soybean meal pellets at the door of a feed wholesale store, heard this and quickly said to the owner of the feed wholesale store: “Lao Liu, send the corn and soybean meal pellets to me.”
“Got it.” Old Liu lowered his eyes again and looked at the pickup truck that was slowly passing by the door.
Mo Laosan ran over quickly.
When he got to the pickup truck, someone else had already gotten there.
However, the employee of the Mo Nan branch in the pickup truck did not answer anything, but directly gave a piece of paper with questions such as how to charge and how to deal with fodder.
Mo Laosan also got one. After taking a look at it, he immediately drove his broken van hurriedly to Mulan Farm.
When we arrived at the gate of Mulan Farm, many farmers came to ask questions, and some had already entered with harvesters and dump trucks.
The sales staff who were temporarily transferred from the Taminchagan base are receiving farmers who want to purchase.
Half an hour later, it was Mo Laosan’s turn.
The salesperson was very direct: “How many acres do you want?”
“Is there really 1.4 to 1.6 tons per acre?” Mo Laosan asked quickly.
“If it’s lower than 1.4, we’ll make up for it. How much?”
According to the winter silage purchase volume in previous years, Mo Laosan’s family has 1,200 sheep, plus some ewes will give birth to lambs, so he estimates that he will need 500 tons of silage.
However, he knew that not all the feed could be soybean silage, and half of it would need to be corn silage and other hay. Therefore, he would need to purchase about 250 tons of soybean silage. Based on his own experience in making silage in previous years, 250 tons of silage would require about 280 tons of fresh grass.
With a clear plan, Mo Lao San said, “I want 200 acres.”
“Fill out the contract yourself. If you have any questions, just ask.” The salesperson took out a contract and handed it to the other party: “By the way, we don’t accept bookkeeping. We pay the money and deliver the goods at the same time.”
“knew.”
Ten minutes later, Mo Laosan signed the contract, paid 100,000 yuan, added the contact person’s WeChat account, and hurried away with the contract.
As soon as I walked out of the door, someone stopped me.
The middle-aged man who was pulling his sleeve handed him a cigarette and asked with a smile, “Brother, do you want to harvest the service?”
“How much?” Mo Lao San was not angry.
“Eighty yuan for harvesting one acre. If transportation is included, it depends on the distance.” The middle-aged man handed over another business card.
Mo Laosan glanced at the business card and nodded: “Add WeChat.”
“good.”
afternoon.
After completing other preparations, Mo Laosan came to the Mulan Base and found his contact person.
Under the guidance of the contact person, he came to the plot of land in his contract, which was numbered “Green Materials for Sale 9-11-15-100M” and “Green Materials for Sale 9-11-16-100M”.
The soybean fields at Mulan Farm are all standardized farmlands, basically one block is 100 meters wide and 666 meters long, that is, one block is 100 acres.
The contact person looked at the stainless steel sign inserted on the roadside, turned around and said to Mo Lao San and the private harvesting team, “These are the two pieces. Please confirm and make sure not to cut the wrong ones. The transport truck can pass the weighing scale for free. Do you know the location of the weighing scale?”
“I know, I know.” The people in the harvesting team were like chicks pecking at rice.
Mo Laosan quickly took the contract and compared it with the plot code on the stainless steel sign.
This plot code actually implies a lot of information. For example, for the two plots of Mo Laosan, 9-11 means that the soybeans in this plot were planted on September 11, and the growth time was about 43 days until October 23; 15 and 16 mean that these are the 15th and 16th plots planted on that day; 100M means 100 acres.
The harvesting team deployed five harvesters, plus a tractor loader and a transport truck.
60 acres can be harvested in one hour.
Mo Laosan’s son, who had just been to the weighing scale with the transport truck, called back.
“Dad, we just checked the scales. The four trucks are about 86 tons.”
“86 tons? 60 acres?” Mo Laosan counted with his fingers: “1.43?”
The surrounding soybean fields are being harvested.
There are approximately 22,000 livestock farmers in the entire Naiman County.
This year, the county has a cattle inventory of 560,000 heads, an annual cattle output of 130,000 heads, and a basic cow inventory of 390,000 heads; there are 1.17 million sheep stocks, including a total of 15,000 breeding rams.
About 1.2 million tonnes of silage are needed throughout the winter.
Due to weather reasons, about 250,000 acres of soybeans at Mulan Farm were unable to reach the optimal harvest period. These 250,000 acres of soybeans can yield approximately 380,000 tons of fresh soybean vines, which is roughly equivalent to 340,000 tons of silage.
Considering the high protein content of soybean vines containing pods or in flowering stage, in order to ensure the nutritional balance of cattle and sheep, silage must not be made entirely of soybean vine silage. A maximum of half, usually about one third, should be used in combination with other forage.
Obviously, the farmers in Naiman County cannot consume so much fresh soybean vine forage, because many of them have their own pastures or have already purchased the forage in advance.
Fortunately, after hearing that Mulan Farm was selling a large number of soybean vines, breeders in the neighboring Hongshan City also quickly came over in droves.
In less than five days.
250,000 mu of substandard feed soybeans were contracted by surrounding farmers and breeding companies.
Hailufeng Company’s own 150,000 acres of feed soybeans that have met the harvesting standards have also entered the harvesting stage.
These qualified feed soybeans have currently been divided into two parts. One part will be made into silage on site, and the other part will be dried into hay and then compressed and baled for sale.
October 27th.
A group of breeders from Hohhot, northeast of the southern desert, found the Mulan base.
Wu Bin, the person in charge of the temporary sales office, shook his head and said, “Brother, you are late. All the bean vines here were booked yesterday.”
“250,000 acres were sold out in just a few days?” The strong man in the breeder team widened his eyes.
“Yes! All the land in our Jilimu area and the neighboring Hongshan was snatched away in an instant.” Wu Bin changed the subject: “But we still have 150,000 mu of land for our own use…”
Hearing this, the old man next to the strong man smiled and took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to him: “Manager Wu, please help us sell some. We don’t want too much, how about 10,000 acres?”
Although Wu Bin took the pack of cigarettes, he smiled and shook his head: “In fact, these soybeans for self-use for feed are also for sale, but because they have already formed pods, the yield per mu is about 2.3 tons, and the protein content is very high, the price cannot be too low.”
“How much per acre?” The strong man frowned.
“It’s not cost-effective for you to lease the land. You might as well purchase directly from our company. The soybean silage with a protein content of 20% has an ex-factory price of 680 yuan per ton; the soybean hay with a moisture content of 16% and a protein content of 35% has an ex-factory price of 1,800 yuan per ton, which can replace a large part of the concentrated feed made from soybean meal.”
The old man’s slightly narrowed eyes rolled around, and then he turned around and discussed in a low voice with several team members.
“Lao Gao, what do you think?”
The sturdy man scratched his temples. “This price is not bad. I asked about the situation here. The land that has been contracted out can produce about 2,900 kilograms per mu, and the price is 500 per mu. Add 80 yuan for harvesting and 10-30 yuan for transportation, and it’s about 400 yuan per ton. But those soybean vines are not mature yet, and there are not many pods on them. The quality is definitely not as good as the batch that Shanghai and Lufeng keep for themselves.”
This year, the price of natural alkali grass clover in Hohhot is 860 yuan/ton, and the price of alfalfa feed is about 1,356 yuan/ton. These are the prices of hay, but the quality is very average.
For example, the high-quality first-crop alfalfa hay is purchased by dairy farms, and the protein content of the remaining second and third-crops directly drops by one third, to only about 14-16%.
The core standard for measuring the quality of alfalfa hay is the protein content. Generally, the protein content of the first crop of hay is between 18% and 24%, and is generally around 20%.
Generally speaking, the protein content of alfalfa silage and hay is similar. The reason for this is that the protein loss during the silage process of alfalfa is relatively small: while the protein loss of hay during the drying or drying process is considerable.
But this is an exception for soybean vines with pods, because the protein they contain is concentrated in the pods, and even if they are dehydrated, there will not be much loss of protein.
In this way, soybean hay with a protein content of 35% has a very high cost-effectiveness at a price of 2,000 yuan per ton.
You should know that the protein content of soybean meal sold by oil pressing companies is about 43-48%, and the current market price is about 2,500 yuan per ton.
In addition, the whole soybean plant used as feed has more comprehensive and balanced nutrients than soybean meal. For example, it has a high fat content, which is beneficial for the wintering and fattening of cattle and sheep.
After some discussion, the team of farmers finally reached an agreement.
“Manager Wu, we need 5,000 tons of silage and 5,000 tons of dry materials.”
“No problem, but we don’t accept accounting. Is that ok with you?”
“Can.”
“By the way, have you ever used soy hay on a large scale before?”
The old man quickly asked: “No, what’s wrong?”
Wu Bin took out a technical instruction manual from the drawer and handed it over: “Soybean hay can easily cause flatulence in cattle and sheep. You’d better buy a feed pellet machine with a maturation effect. Mix soybean hay and corn kernels together to make mature pellets, which can eliminate a large part of the side effects.”
“So that’s it. We know.”
“Of course, if you find it troublesome, our company can also do it for you. We will do it for you for an additional 30 yuan per ton.”
However, the old man who was looking at Liu’s technical instruction manual shook his head and said, “No, we can do it ourselves.”
“Oh well!”
The reason why he refused was that the formula of granulated feed contained about 20% corn kernels. Now in the Northeast region, dry corn kernels with relatively low water content cost only 1,000 yuan per ton.
For one ton of OEM products, there is a hidden gross profit of about 200 yuan.
The old man, who is very careful with his money, does not intend to let Hailufeng Company get away with it cheaply.
After signing the cooperation agreement and paying 30% of the purchase price, the Mo’nan Branch will deliver silage and hay to Hohhot in the next two to three months.
Just as the old man and his group were about to leave, they met some acquaintances from the neighboring county.
“Huba, you old man, you’re here just now?”
The middle-aged bald man in a leather jacket took a closer look and found that it was an old radish from the next county, so he smiled and shook his head: “I came here yesterday and happened to get the last batch, but the quality is not very good.”
“You still want it even though the quality is not good? Is there such a grass shortage in Hailar this year?” Old Radish looked surprised.
“It’s cheap! Only 400 yuan per acre.”
“How many kilograms are there in one acre?” Old Radish handed out cigarettes to a few people.
Huoba took the cigarette and said, “About 2000-2100 kilograms.”
Suddenly, Lao Luobo thought of a question: “You have come all the way here, how are you going to transport it back?”
“My uncle has a silage yard in Zhelimu. I can borrow his yard to make silage and then transport it back to Hailar.”
After lighting the cigarette, Lao Luobo took a puff and said, “Huh… You guys are so lucky. We came too late and could only buy the silage and hay made by Hailufeng Company.”
“How much does it cost?” Huba asked curiously.
“Dry materials are 1800, green materials are 680, not including shipping costs.”
Huoba looked at the always shrewd old carrot and said, “Isn’t that a lot higher?”
“Not high, the quality is different.”
Huoba immediately realized, “That’s true. The soybeans grown on the private land of Hailufeng Company are densely packed with pods. The quality is indeed very high.”
“Are you free at noon? Want to have a meal nearby?”
“Okay! I’ll go check on the harvest this morning.”
“Come along! I’ll go take a look too.”
Huoba glanced at the cigarettes in everyone’s hands and immediately reminded them, “You can visit, but everyone should finish their cigarettes first. You are not allowed to bring cigarettes and lighters in, otherwise you will be fined.”
“So strict?” The sturdy man felt that Hailufeng Company was making a fuss out of nothing.
“It’s dry inside, so it’s normal for them to be concerned about a fire.”
After a while, everyone finished smoking and stomped out the cigarette butts.
They drove from the west gate of the base and packed their cigarettes and lighters into a locker beside the west gate before the security guard let them through.
The pickup truck drove for half an hour before arriving at the soybean field farthest from the Mulan base.
The leaves of these soybeans are still lush and green, but once the temperature drops sharply, they will quickly turn yellow and fall off.
Hoba spoke a few words to the harvesting team and gave them a box of Coke.
After coming back, he saw Lao Luobo and others eating beef jerky next to the pickup truck. He then opened a bottle of Coke, took a few disposable cups, and poured a cup for each person.
The sturdy man smiled and asked, “Don’t you have a few boxes of kvass in your car? Have a drink with them.”
“No, no, there’s a crackdown on drunk driving in the local area these days.” Huba shook his head like a rattle.
“I’m not driving, it doesn’t matter.” The sturdy man took a large bottle of kvass from the car, unscrewed the cap, and drank one-third of it: “Burp…”
“This place is really dry. I feel thirsty after staying here for a while. No wonder no one is allowed to bring a fire in. If the soybeans are ripe and a fire is started, it will be impossible to put out.” Old Radish said while drinking Coke.
“That’s right.” The sturdy man who was chewing on beef jerky felt the same way. He had thought that Hailufeng Company was making a fuss out of nothing, but he didn’t expect it to be so dry inside.
Huoba leaned against the pickup truck, holding a cup of Coke: “Old Radish, do you think this Senzu soybean can be grown over there?”
“I don’t know either, but it should be possible!” Old Radish scratched his scalp which was itchy due to static electricity.
A well-informed young man quickly said, “Indeed, it is possible. I have read the planting guide of Hailufeng Company on the Internet. We can also plant soybeans there, but we can only harvest one crop of soybeans a year, or two or three crops of soybean stalks.”
Old Radish stroked his beard and said, “This is not bad. The yield per mu is about 2.3 tons of fresh material. Two crops means 4.6 tons. Three crops is probably difficult, considering that the frost-free period over there is only 100-130 days.”
“Do you want to grow this soybean?” asked Huba.
“I have this idea.”
“But no one has planted it there yet, so let’s wait for a while and see how it goes.”
Old Luobo did not say whether to plant or not, but asked another question: “The prices of grass and concentrated feed have dropped a lot this year. How is the cost in Hailar?”
“It’s OK. The beef cattle barely cover the cost. The profit from sheep and lambs is OK. It’s estimated to be 10% to 20% higher than in previous years. How about you?”
“almost.”
“This year is much better than the previous two years.”
“In the past two years, the price of beef was too low and the cost of raising it was very high, so many people didn’t want to raise it anymore.”
Huoba suddenly remembered something: “Old Radish, do you have any lambs to sell?”
“Lambs? Lao Du’s family has a batch of lambs, about 200 or so, do you want any?”
“It’s not me who wants it. It’s a friend who wants it. He wants to expand the scale of breeding.” Huoba poured another glass of Coke for Lao Luobo.
“I’ll contact you when I get back.”
“Please help me contact more companies. My friend wants to raise 2,000 to 3,000 sheep. It would be best if they have breeding rams.”
“no problem.”
In this large soybean field, farmers in groups of three or five were watching the harvesting team harvesting, some were chatting in a relaxed mood, some were eating hungrily, and some were talking loudly on the phone.
For these farmers, this winter is actually a relatively easy year.
On the one hand, although the prices of beef and mutton have fallen, their breeding costs have also been reduced.
Among them, beef cattle have a relatively long breeding cycle, so they can only barely break even.
However, the profits from sheep, which have a relatively short breeding cycle, have increased significantly, and are much higher than the profits before large-scale imports of beef and mutton from abroad.
As long as profits can be guaranteed, farmers will not worry too much.
Even the confidence of many farmers has soared and they are planning to expand their breeding scale.
This is one of the benefits of gaining dominance in the soybean market. Many farmers who often pay attention to market trends have a premonition that after the domestic breeding costs drop, both the breeding industry and the meat consumption market will usher in a significant boom.
Now is a good time to enter.