Chapter 163: Vitality (Medium Cup) (Ch 819589257)

As May begins, the continued drought has made water use increasingly severe in various parts of the south, but the situation in the north is contrary to the norm. Continuous heavy rains have occurred in the Yellow River and Liaohe River basins, even causing serious floods in some local areas.
Only a small area in Shanmei and southern Jiangxi did not feel too much difficulty in water supply.
For example, the grafting of old durian branches is in full swing.
The 100,000 transgenic silk cotton seedlings of the second batch of group-cultivated seedlings were grafted between March and April this year. Therefore, the longest of these transgenic silk cotton trees on the silk cotton rootstock has been grafted for more than two months, and now we can start grafting old branches of the golden pillow durian.
It is estimated that the grafting of old branches of the golden pillow durian onto 100,000 genetically modified kapok trees will be completed before the end of June.
This batch of second-grafted durian old branches will bloom at the end of this year, bear fruit in March next year, and mature in June to August next year, but only 50% of the total fruit yield can be retained.
Jiang Miao was at the durian plantation in Gongping Town at the time, and Du Liheng, deputy manager of the planting division, accompanied him to inspect the plantation.
In the nearly 50,000-acre durian plantation, a large number of beautiful silk cotton trees, which have been growing for more than half a year, have not only adapted to the soil of the new planting area, but have also grown very lushly.
This is not only due to the fact that the silk cotton tree itself is resistant to barrenness and drought and grows quickly, but also because Jiang Miao customized a set of professional soil improvement plans for them based on their genes, and added fertilizers in a specific proportion, which allowed these silk cotton trees to recover quickly.
The beautiful silk cotton tree, which was two meters tall at the beginning, has grown to nearly three meters after more than half a year of recovery and regrowth.
Walking in the terraced orchard, there are an average of 30 beautiful silk cotton trees planted per acre, and the open spaces under the forests of these beautiful silk cotton trees are now full of lush alfalfa, which was sown at the end of February.
Although it is under the forest and on the mountain terraces without much water source, these alfalfas are already blooming on a large scale.
Generally speaking, the growth cycle of conventional alfalfa in the Lingnan region is much shorter than that in the northern region. If you are in a hurry to harvest, you can harvest it on the 52nd to 60th day after sowing, and then harvest it every 45 to 50 days. If there is sufficient fertilizer and water, it can be harvested about 4 to 5 times a year.
However, the situation of Hailufeng Company’s new variety of alfalfa is somewhat special.
The advantages of these two varieties are drought and shade tolerance, and they can thrive under mountain forests, but the price is that their growth will be relatively slow. They can usually be harvested on the 70th day after planting. If there is sufficient light, water and fertilizer, they can be harvested about 50 days earlier.
Because the terraces have lateral light, and the silk cotton trees have not yet fully grown out, the gaps between the trees are still very large and do not completely block the sunlight. In addition, in the process of watering the silk cotton trees with water and fertilizer, alfalfa is also affected.
Therefore, these alfalfa can be harvested around the 54th day.
However, the farm did not harvest it because, on the one hand, Hero Dairy has not yet completed the construction of a high-quality dairy cow breeding base; on the other hand, alfalfa is harvested in the early flowering stage, which is when the quality is the highest, that is, when the plant crude protein content is the highest.
At present, this field of alfalfa has grown to the bud stage, and a small part of it is already blooming.
This time I came to Gongping Town Farm for inspection.
Jiang Miao was inspecting the planting of alfalfa and other forage grasses, as well as the bee breeding conditions here.
The Network Department also sent people here to investigate.
“Li Heng, you need to gradually adjust the forage planting in Gongping Town.”
Du Liheng nodded: “We are exploring the reasonable allocation of the planting cycle.”
This is not a simple matter.
Because currently Gongping Town Farm only grows four kinds of forage grass, namely alfalfa, white clover, corn grass and ryegrass. These four kinds of forage grass are matched with each other, such as alfalfa and ryegrass, and white clover and corn grass, in order to ensure the balanced nutrition of dairy cows.
Dairy cow farming is different from beef cattle farming. Beef cattle can be fed more concentrated feed such as soybean meal and corn, while roughage such as hay and fresh grass can be appropriately reduced. However, if dairy cows are fed too much concentrated feed, it can easily lead to excessive rumen acid in the cows, resulting in poisoning or even death.
Moreover, the roughage should not be too single. It is best to have hay, fresh grass, silage, and different forage varieties, such as alfalfa with ryegrass, and white clover with corn grass.
To ensure that the entire farm produces various types of forage every month, it is necessary to rationally regulate the planting cycle and the phased planting of each type of forage.
This requires research into the local climate, planting environment, variety growth cycle and growth characteristics, as well as reasonably avoiding the time to spray pesticides in the orchard.
Therefore, without one or two years of adjustment, this task would not be easy to accomplish.
Especially in open-air planting environments, there are many uncontrollable factors, such as this year’s long drought, or an early winter, or a warm winter, which will affect the growth of forage. It is necessary to retain a certain adjustable margin when formulating production plans.
If it is a high-standard smart greenhouse, then there is naturally no need to worry about issues such as the external climate, but using a smart greenhouse to grow forage is a losing business.
Of course, the Mo Nan branch does have plans to build a simple indoor cultivation factory, which is mainly used to grow hydroponic malt grass, which can provide fresh grass for dairy cows in winter.
At present, the production cost of indoor hydroponic malt grass is about 600 yuan per ton, which is barely usable and not cost-effective. After all, the nutrient-rich fresh alfalfa grass costs more than 1,000 yuan per ton.
The nutritional composition of malt grass is relatively simple and can only be used as a supplement but not as the main roughage. This is also a common problem of this type of hydroponic seed grass.
Otherwise, alfalfa would not be called the king of forage grasses.
Hailufeng Company still has a long way to go in planning its forage industry.
Not only the Gongping Town Farm in Shanmei needs to formulate a forage planting plan, but the farms of Gannan Branch and Mo’nan Branch also need to do so. The climates of the three places are different, and the planting conditions are also different, so all of these need to be taken into consideration.
The Network Department sent people to inspect the Gongping Town Farm in order to develop a corresponding agricultural planting management APP to reduce the random planting management by branch and farm managers, which can effectively reduce waste and production capacity fluctuations.
He is the team leader Ke Jiaming who came here to investigate the data.
However, the people from the Internet Department were not with Jiang Miao, but in another area of ​​the Gongping Town Farm.
After looking at several fields of alfalfa and white clover, Jiang Miao went to see the corn grass and ryegrass planted in relatively low-lying areas.
The bees in front of me were flying around the flowers of alfalfa, white clover and ryegrass.
“Li Heng, how many Chinese bees does the honey breeding team have in Gongping Town at present?”
“There are currently 28,000 boxes.”
Jiang Miao raised his eyebrows: “Is there enough honey in the farm?”
Du Liheng quickly introduced: “Enough. Currently, we have about 3,300 acres of forage grass that blooms every month. Among them, alfalfa has the largest unit nectar flow, followed by white clover, followed by ryegrass, and corn grass almost does not produce nectar. Comprehensively calculated, it is equivalent to about 1,400 acres of alfalfa. On average, 20 to 30 boxes of Chinese bees can be raised per acre. At present, we only have 20 boxes per acre on average.”
“How’s the honey collection going?”
Speaking of this, Du Liheng was all smiles: “Very good, we can produce nearly 1,000 tons of honey every month.”
You should know that Fairtown Farm had been investing money before, but it was not until April that it started to make its first profit, which came from honey.
Currently in the market, the purchase price of water honey is 6,000 to 7,000 yuan per ton, and 1,000 tons of water honey is worth 6 to 7 million yuan.
Of course, the agricultural planting division did not sell the water honey, but built a honey processing plant to concentrate the water honey into concentrated honey. 1,000 tons of alfalfa water honey can produce 360 ​​to 420 tons of concentrated honey.
“What to do with these honeydews?”
“They are all used by our own honey processing factory to produce concentrated honey.”
“Oh? Is this product on sale now?”
Du Liheng nodded. “It was just put on the shelves in early May. You can buy this concentrated alfalfa honey in the company’s physical stores and online stores. The average retail price is 50 yuan per kilogram. It comes in three specifications: 10 kilograms in a plastic bottle for 488 yuan; 1 kilogram in a plastic bottle for 50 yuan; and 100 grams in a glass bottle for 8.8 yuan.”
“How are sales going?”
“Fortunately, we can sell several hundred kilograms every day. We are just getting started now and can expand the scale in the future, especially starting from June, when the alfalfa and white clover of the Gannan branch will bloom one after another. Although it is difficult to collect honey in winter, the honey source in spring, summer and autumn is very large. It is estimated that during the honey flow period in spring, summer and autumn, we can produce 4,000 to 5,000 tons of water honey every month.”
Jiang Miao raised his eyebrows and asked, “Do you know how many tons of honey production capacity there is in China in recent years?”
“Last year, it was about 580,000 tons. This is concentrated honey and mature honey, not water honey.”
“It seems that our production capacity has not yet affected the domestic honey market.” Jiang Miao knew that Hailufeng Company’s current honey production capacity was not large and it had little impact on ordinary beekeepers.
But he thought of another question: “Liheng, how does the bee breeding office of Gannan Branch deal with the problem of wintering and the toxicity of camellia nectar?”
“As for the wintering problem, we harvest autumn honey properly. In addition, there is a small amount of wild honey in southern Jiangxi in winter. At the same time, we can also collect nectar from Camellia oleifera, which is enough to sustain 100,000 beehives.” Du Liheng continued:
“Chinese honey bees are more cold-resistant than Italian honey bees. Italian honey bees basically won’t leave the nest when the temperature drops below 10 degrees Celsius. Chinese honey bees are better, with the lowest temperature they can tolerate being 7 degrees Celsius.”
“Also, Italian bees do not have resistance to the toxicity of camellia nectar. The Chinese bees we purchase are all species from southern Hunan. The Chinese bees in this area have a relatively strong resistance to the toxicity of camellia nectar, and a small amount of consumption will not harm the health of the Chinese bees.”
“However, the beekeeping team there suggested that some detoxifying drugs could be provided to Chinese bees. For example, decoctions of Chinese herbs such as licorice and honeysuckle could be added with an appropriate amount of syrup to prepare detoxifying syrup in a certain proportion and then fed to the bees. At the same time, some nutrients such as vitamin C and yeast tablets could also be added to strengthen the bees’ physique and help them detoxify better.”
Jiang Miao touched the stubble on his chin and felt that the detoxification plan for Chinese bees was unreliable. After all, these plans were probably based on experience and there were no standard doses after rigorous experiments. He decided to go to the Gannan branch in winter to get a more scientific, cheap and efficient detoxification plan.
Although he had some thoughts in his mind, Jiang Miao still nodded: “You guys take care of these arrangements. What are you going to do with the camellia nectar?”
Du Liheng has also considered this issue: “Although the toxicity of camellia nectar is greatly reduced after being brewed by bees, some people may be allergic to it, and there are still trace amounts of toxic residues. If it needs to be processed again, it will increase costs, which is not worth the cost.”
“So what do you think?”
“After discussing with Manager Kong of the Gannan branch, I decided that it would be best not to sell this type of honey to the market, so as not to damage the company’s reputation. After all, we live in an Internet society and it is easy for people to spread rumors and cause trouble. I think we can harvest the camellia nectar and send it to the Mo Nan branch.”
Jiang Miao nodded slightly: “This is also a good place.”
You should know that the 200,000 acres of soybeans and 150,000 acres of pasture land of the Mo Nan Branch can also produce 4,000 to 6,000 tons of alfalfa honey and soybean nectar every year, so they also need about 100,000 boxes of Chinese bees.
The honey-collecting period of the Mo’nan Branch is only 5 to 7 months each year, and the remaining 5 to 7 months are months with no nectar source or little nectar source.
Especially in the two lean months of February and March every year, additional syrup and honey are definitely needed to ensure the survival of the bees.
As for moving to the south, the Mo Nan branch will definitely not consider this issue.
These are 100,000 hives of bees, not just a few hundred. Moving them south would require at least 100 large trucks, plus drivers and technicians. The cost is less than if they spend the winter there. There are also traffic risks in the move, and the bees may get sick due to acclimatization.
Since they have to spend the winter on the spot, the Mo Nan Bee Farm needs to consider the issue of bee food in February and March.
It just so happens that the bee farms in southern Jiangxi produce a large amount of slightly toxic camellia nectar, which can be transported directly to the southern part of the desert. The cost is actually much lower than switching to production in the south.
Killing two birds with one stone, the waste tea nectar is utilized and the Mo Nan Bee Farm can survive the lean early spring season.
Of course, Hailufeng Company’s beekeeping industry will not seriously affect other beekeepers, because Hailufeng Company’s honey source is its own base and has not encroached on other beekeepers’ traditional honey sources.
As for the problem of the selling price being too low, this will not seriously impact beekeepers.
The answer lies in the purchase price of water honey and the market retail price of concentrated honey.
As long as you put the two prices out, you will know who makes the money.
The purchase price of water honey is 6,000 to 7,000 yuan per ton.
The retail price of concentrated honey is as high as 60 to 120 yuan per kilogram, which is equivalent to 60,000 to 120,000 yuan per ton.
The price difference between the two is 10 to 20 times.
For concentrated honey produced from water honey, it takes an average of 3.7 kilograms of water honey to produce 1 kilogram of concentrated honey. Even if various production costs are added, the total cost of 1 ton of concentrated honey is at most 30,000 yuan. If managed properly, the total cost per ton of concentrated honey will be around 26,000 yuan.
After being marked up by manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, the price has doubled to quadruple.
The beekeepers didn’t make much money.
Instead, manufacturers, distributors and retailers made a lot of money.
Therefore, there is still huge room for compression in the current retail price of honey.
As for whether manufacturers will lower the purchase price of water honey, the answer is yes.
But that doesn’t mean they will succeed.
Where do the current beekeeping team members of Hailufeng come from? 50% are former migrant beekeepers.
Why don’t they continue to keep bees on the move?
Not only do you not make any money, but the job is also hard and tiring. You have to move from one place to another every year in pursuit of nectar sources. This is not a job that most people would want to do.
Small family-based mobile beekeepers usually have 30 to 100 beehives per household. If they are lucky and find large tracts of crops nearby that are in the nectar flow period, they can harvest 1.5 to 5 tons of honey a month, which means an income of about 12,000 to 35,000 yuan.
But the problem is that the journey requires money for gas, vehicle depreciation, accommodation, daily expenses, medicine, bee feed (honey), etc.
If it is a bad year, there will be no harvest at all.
In good years, the annual gross profit is only 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, which is usually the joint income of a couple or a family.
In this case, facing the olive branch of Hailufeng Company, most young beekeepers are willing to change from migratory beekeepers to permanent beekeeping technicians, with a basic salary of at least 6,500 yuan per month, plus other performance bonuses. Isn’t this better than sleeping in the wild and migrating for honey all year round? At least it’s much easier to find a wife.
After all, the younger generation of beekeepers are not popular at all in this era, and they are a group with lower competitiveness in the blind date market than farmers.
When you hear that you have to spend most of the year in the wilderness all over the country, I wonder which young girl can endure this kind of life.
Therefore, many old beekeepers, upon hearing that Hailufeng Company was recruiting beekeeping technicians on a large scale, immediately sent their children who were going to inherit the family business over. They knew the real situation of their own industry and did not want their children to continue to repeat their own hard lives.
You never know what the risk is. One day you might get into a car accident, or encounter a wild boar in the wild. The risk is too high.
Therefore, through this method, Hailufeng Company has formed a network of relationships with beekeepers across the country.
At present, whether it is the honey processing plant or the honey processing plant in southern Jiangxi and southern Mobei, if the production line runs 24 hours a day, it can produce about 120,000 tons of concentrated honey a year, and Hailufeng Company only needs a few months to expand the production line capacity several times.
If other honey processing factories are unwilling to purchase honey at a price of 6,000 to 7,000 yuan per ton, then Hailufeng Company will definitely step in to cover the cost. After all, honey, in a concentrated state, can be preserved for two or three years.
Moreover, with a base price of 6,000 to 7,000 yuan per ton, if the retail price is 40 yuan per kilogram, there is still a gross profit of more than ten yuan.
Even if Hailufeng Company wholesales to distributors and retailers, it can still make a gross profit of at least 5 yuan per kilogram.
It’s market competition anyway!
What matters is the survival of the fittest.
If you think the gross profit of 5 yuan per kilogram is too low, you can simply close down the business and hand over the market to Hailufeng Company.
Jiang Miao has long understood the nature of many domestic companies. Now, unless the knife is cut on them, they will just pretend to be dead. When the knife is really put on their necks, they will be more cowardly than anyone else.
As long as the beekeeper group is stabilized, honey processing manufacturers, distributors and retailers are just paper tigers.

Người mua: TheAn, 23/12/2024 10:15