The rise of nanometers

At the same time, there was a turmoil in the country because of Suiren Company and the upcoming 4 trillion yuan.

Qilu land, Texas.

Santang Township in Pingyuan County. Pingyuan County, as its name suggests, is a plain. It is an important agricultural area in Shandong Province.

In the North China Plain in early December, the wind was blowing coldly, the flowers, grass and trees were rarely green, and the farmland was bare, preparing to work again in the coming spring.

The subprime mortgage crisis sweeping the world seems to have had little impact on the farmers in the fields. They still wake up early and work hard at night like their ancestors, like silent old scalpers, plundering the land.

At dawn, in the biting north wind, an old man and a young man appeared in the field, harvesting some weeds. The young man used a lawn mower to find the gap area between the fields, where the weeds were more lush.

The old man tied the cut weeds into knotted bundles.

"Dad, this is not the way to go."

“Daniu, let’s take a look again!”

When Tang Jialiang heard his father's words, he showed a tangled expression. The hand holding the pole trembled slightly in the cold wind, with the vibration of the machine and confusion and helplessness.

The second half of this year will definitely be a cold winter for domestic dairy farmers.

They are faced with fresh milk that does not meet standards, milk companies do not buy it, or the purchase price is low, and feed costs rise. Even with official subsidies, it has reached an unsustainable situation.

Retail dairy farmers across the country are facing this dilemma.

Tang Jialiang's family is a dairy farmer, raising more than 50 cows in total. Now the milk they squeeze out cannot be sold at a good price.

The daily feed, green stocks, and hay are indispensable. This is a huge expense. Subsidies and milk sales combined cannot make up for the cost. This is a fatal impact for small farmers.

The father and son had to reduce feed feeding and harvest weeds themselves to maintain their milk supply. However, this further reduced the quality of the milk and entered a vicious cycle.

After harvesting a tricycle of weeds, the father and son were about to go back when suddenly a motorcycle, spewing black smoke, ran towards them.

The middle-aged man on the motorcycle stopped suddenly on the dirt road on one side: "Third brother, third brother, good news."

"What's wrong?"

"It's a good opportunity for someone to come and buy the cows."

Tang Tieqiao stopped involuntarily while holding the grass in his hands: "Sell it as beef cattle?"

"No, it's the price of cows." Tang Tiebing hurriedly replied.

Tang Jialiang, who was tying up the lawn mower, also looked happy: "Dad, if the price is right, let's do it!"

Tang Tiebing, who also raised more than 20 cows, also hurriedly persuaded: "Third brother, with the current market situation, if we don't sell cows, we won't be able to survive this year."

A gust of north wind blew through, and Tang Tieqian shivered. He understood very well that winter is the most troublesome place, because there are no fresh grasses and hays in the wild, so he can only rely on feed, and stored green storage and hay. .

If there is not enough for the cattle to eat, either buy fodder or sell the cattle. There is no other choice.

In this year's market situation, the cattle dealers are also trying their best to keep the price down, and the price is two or three yuan lower than that of beef cattle.

Regardless of the domestic market, the retail price of beef this year is around 30 yuan per kilogram. In fact, the average purchase price of beef farmers is generally around 19 to 21 yuan.

When dairy cows are sold as beef cattle, cattle dealers charge up to 15 to 17 yuan per kilogram.

An adult Holstein cow (usually a cross between a Holstein cow and a domestic cattle) weighs 550 to 700 kilograms, and the price per head is only about 8,000 to 13,000 yuan.

According to relevant data analysis, the number of domestic dairy cows in 2007 was about 13.8 million. By the end of 2008, the number had dropped to about 13 million.

If this trend does not change, in the forecast model, the number of dairy cows in the first quarter of next year will further drop to 12 million.

Of the 1.8 million fewer dairy cows, the vast majority were sold as beef cattle. The number of dairy cows per capita in the country was originally insufficient, but now it is really raining all night.

Tang Tieqiu, his father and his son, and Tang Tiebing, who hurried back to the farm, saw six or seven strangers checking the cows in the cattle pen.

They are from the Texas branch of Blue Era. Blue Era has been engaged in side business. After all, the profit potential of environmental sanitation contracting has its limit. To use them, you need to actively develop other businesses.

In the blue era, the current industrial structure has formed sanitation, water affairs, recycling, pollution control, gas, breeding, fertilizers, and building materials.

Among them, sanitation and water affairs are contracted local businesses.

In terms of recycling, we have also developed local waste recycling business, including purchasing from residents, and also accepting waste from small recycling stations.

Gas, fertilizers, and building materials are all by-products of garbage and waste residues.

Breeding as a link is actually a huge industry. The large-scale breeding in the blue era is more comprehensive than other large farms.

The farm supplies the building materials it needs by itself, as well as the water, gas, and edible salt it needs. The sewage and feces are filtered through purified water and returned to the recycling plant for deep processing as raw materials for gas refining and organic fertilizer.

Even if there is an epidemic, the farms in the blue era will not lose all their money, because sick pigs and poultry can be sent directly to recycling factories and used as raw materials for gas refining and fertilizer making.

Therefore, in the breeding industry in the blue era, the only uncontrollable costs may be feed.

Even so, Blue Age's comprehensive income is still much higher than that of its peers.

Branches in Shanmei, Tuocheng and Rongcheng are actively developing breeding farms and forming a unique industrial chain.

After entering Shandong Province, it is natural to implement the industrial chain.

This year's cold winter for dairy farming is also an opportunity for the blue era. Currently, milk farms have been established in Shanmei, Tuocheng, and Rongcheng, with a total of more than 8,000 Friesian cows.

As a major agricultural province in North China, the climate in Shandong Province is more suitable for dairy farming than in the south, and there are many dairy cows in the region.

Blue Era is preparing to set up dairy farms in 16 prefecture-level cities in Shandong Province, and it is expected to expand the number of dairy cows to 200,000 by the end of 2009.

The Texas Ranch Company's purchasing team found out that many local farmers were interested in selling their cows, so they took the initiative to negotiate the purchase.

"Boss Li, these cows are all four or five years old, which is the age of milk production." Tang Tiebing said hurriedly.

Li Cungui did not believe it. Among the evaluators on the side, there were specially recruited old cattle breeders and professional graduates from agricultural universities. They would conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the age, health, and breed of each cow before giving a A reasonable price.

Cows that are too old or unhealthy are purchased as beef cattle and then sent for slaughter. Cows with serious diseases are purchased and destroyed.

"Tie Bing, let me tell the truth! The purchase price is divided into three grades, Grade A is 22, Grade B is 18, and Grade C is 15. Look at these cows, they are all in their teens and can only be used as Grade B beef cattle."

Tang Tieqiu on the side also knew this very well, but he didn't feel that Li Cungui was cheating, so he couldn't help but nodded: "Let's pay this price!"

"Brother, you have a good batch of cattle. There are 37 of them grade A. Now you have two plans. The first is a fixed price of 22, and the second is that you can use the cattle as capital to invest in our company."

"Buying shares? This..." Tang Tiecheng hesitated, fearing that he would be deceived.

Li Cungui explained: "Our company does not force you. After these cattle buy shares, we will subscribe for your shares and recruit you to work on the farm."