Chapter 203: The Appreciation Journey of a Grain of Wheat

There is already a slight chill in late autumn, and occasionally you can see a few leaves dancing on the trees and falling to the ground.

At the Tiandou No. 1 demonstration planting base, which is less than acres, straw has been crushed and returned to the fields.

Because it is a medium to severe saline-alkali land, although the soil has improved a lot, there is a lack of salt-alkali tolerant varieties of crops such as wheat and corn.

Therefore, Tianhe’s plan is to leave the land fallow for half a year, wait for the straw to decompose naturally, and then sow Tiandou No. 1 in early summer next year.

Farmers who tried planting Tiandou No. 1 this year had relatively low salinity in their arable land. After planting a season of Tiandou No. 1, they naturally wanted to plant a season of wheat.

But this does not prevent Tiandou No. 1 from being in great demand.

With so much saline-alkali land, there will never be a shortage of market for salt-alkali-tolerant and high-yielding seeds.

However, the recent domestic avian influenza epidemic has hit the domestic feed and breeding industries to varying degrees, and the shadow of domestic soybeans has deepened.

Crushing profits continued to decline, and huge supplies of imported soybeans kept soybean prices low.

Guo Yang remembers that the last time he met with Jiusan Grain and Oil, the price of soybeans was still 1.5 yuan per catty.

The current purchase price of soybeans in Shandong Province is only 1.25 yuan, and in Northeast China it is generally below 1.2 yuan.

Fortunately, the yield of Tiandou No. 1 per mu reached 480 kilograms, more than double the average yield of 220 kilograms of domestic soybeans. The yield of soybeans in saline-alkali land is less than 200 kilograms.

All in all, the yield per mu of Tiandou No. 1 reached 600 yuan, which is no worse than ordinary corn and even crushes its peers.

What's more, this is saline-alkali land.

Therefore, the growers of Tiandou No. 1 do not have the mentality of being reluctant to sell, and they choose to ship out as soon as possible even when the price is low.

Jiusan Grain and Oil has also been keeping a close eye on the developments of Tiandou No. 1, and was extremely excited when they learned about its production on saline-alkali land.

The profit from planting one acre of soybeans in China has dropped to 75 yuan, and if you rent land to plant them, you will only lose money.

The low soybean prices will hurt farmers and will fundamentally shake their enthusiasm for soybean planting next year.

The high yield of Tiandou No. 1 brings farmers a net profit of two to three hundred yuan, and its salt-alkali resistance also allows them to select low-priced saline-alkali land.

This means that Tiandou No. 1 has a lot of room for price reduction, coupled with the country’s subsequent subsidy policy and the gimmick of non-GMO soybeans.

The prospects for organic soybean planting bases are attractive.

Xue Liqiang has called Guo Yang several times to discuss matters concerning the organic soybean base.

Guo Yang had no choice but to come to Shandong Province to meet him and take a look at the construction progress of the organic soybean base.

The organic soybean base is not far away, also in Dongying.

Dongying is located in the Yellow River Delta and is one of the most difficult delta-type saline-alkali lands to utilize in my country and even in the world.

The salt content is high and the soil is extremely compacted, making it difficult for the roots of ordinary crops to take root.

But when Guo Yang and Xue Liqiang arrived at the soybean base, they saw a lively scene.

The green alfalfa swaying in the wind on the 10-acre base is a refreshing sight.

Because I missed the soybean planting season, I simply planted a season of Alfalfa No. 1 to use as green manure. The effect of planting Tiandou No. 1 next year will only be better.

Planting Alfalfa No. 1 can also save the traditional treatment steps such as salt washing. You only need to loosen the soil with a machine, and leave the rest to Alfalfa No. 1.

Xue Liqiang couldn't help but sigh: "Alfalfa No. 1 is really amazing. Recently, I have also seen a lot of saline-alkali lands. Ordinary crops can hardly survive there."

Guo Yang smiled and said, "You should go see Tiandou No. 1 as well."

"It's exciting to watch, but it's a pity that there are not enough seeds, and we have to let imported soybeans flourish for another year or two."

"Soon, there are many saline-alkali lands in our country."

"Yes, what we lack now is seeds. Once the yield of Tiandou No. 1 seeds increases, all of the tens of millions of acres of saline-alkali land in Binhai can be planted with soybeans."

"At least we can plant Alfalfa No. 1 first."

After looking at the base for a while, the two chatted for a while. Jiusan really wanted to deepen cooperation with Jiahe, but Guo Yang refused.

The procedures for cooperating with state-owned enterprises are too complicated, so it is better to simply sell seeds, which is easy and profitable.

After finishing the visit to the soybean base, Guo Yang first returned to Fengkai Agricultural Machinery, where the office conditions were better.

Recently, he has been learning about the development of various sectors of the group through Ning Xiaojing.

Apart from the hot sales and anti-counterfeiting efforts of Tianhe Seeds, other sectors were relatively calm.

Alfalfa Farm and Livestock's forage has entered the winter management period and is now fully engaged in the processing of Alfalfa No. 1 seeds.

This year, Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry has generated sales revenue of 10 billion yuan from forage grass alone. In addition, it has also led to large amounts of foreign exchange income for grass companies such as Wuyuan and Huihuang.

Huihuang Seed Industry and Oasis Grass Industry now almost exclusively follow the lead of Alfalfa.

The people in Wuyuan are also very happy and hope that Muhe can launch the second phase of the project as soon as possible.

Only 1700 million kilograms of Alfalfa No. 1 seeds are left, but undercurrents are already surging in various places, and Alfalfa’s revenue this year is very likely to explode again.

in addition,

Construction is also going on fast in the Asafetida Gobi Desert;

The replanting of degraded grasslands in the Urat Grassland has also completed this year’s task;
The enthusiasm for farming and animal husbandry in the desert has also cooled down, and new desert contracts are underway.

Guo Yang was aware of the progress of various tasks, and the report on Tianmai No. 1 attracted his attention.

Selling very well?

Tianmai No. 1 is harvested around mid-to-late July and is available on the market around August after processing.

Guo Yang looked at the data for a while, then took out his newly bought laptop.

Tianmai No. 1 is a strong-gluten, high-quality wheat, and its main focus since its cultivation has been on producing high-quality flour.

Therefore, Tianhe invested in building a processing plant in Wuyuan, and only started its first large-scale production and processing this year.

The flour brand is Jiahe Snowflake Flour.

So Guo Yang took out his computer and started searching for snowflake flour. This search actually yielded some results.

But after just one glance, Guo Yang knew he was wrong. A bunch of flake flour popped up on the computer screen. It was obviously not a brand exclusive to a certain company.

I searched around but couldn't find any results about Jiahe Snowflake Flour.

But it also gave him a certain understanding of snowflake flour.

Because Bayanchol has abundant sunshine, long hours and large temperature differences, the wheat grows slowly and has a long filling period, so the grains are naturally fuller.

At the same time, there is an excellent wheat variety cultivated by educated youth from Tianjin who went to the countryside: Yongliang No. 4.

Therefore, Hetao snowflake flour has always been known as the most delicious flour, and it is also the most expensive flour.

Guo Yang still remembers that last year he and Qu Yang had a bowl of臊子面 in Wuyuan.

The chewy and refreshing noodles are still fresh in my memory, but at that time Qu Yang's evaluation of Hetao flour was far inferior to Tianmai No. 1.

Guo Yang recalled that the Heshangtou wheat from Long Province and the Qitai wheat from Xinjiang Province are also extremely delicious flours.

Especially in Qitai, Xinjiang Province, the wheat planting period is as long as 300 days. It is planted in September of the previous year and harvested in September of the following year. It is hard to imagine that the quality is bad.

However, judging from the words and data on paper, Tianmai No. 1 seems to be still better.

Especially the price, which is twice as expensive as the market price, but the factory is still planning to raise the price. Where does the confidence come from?

……

Wuyuan.

Walking into the Jiahe flour processing factory workshop, the strong aroma of wheat hits you in the face, and several flour processing production lines are operating in an orderly manner.

This is Yang Xiaobing’s first time entering a processing plant.

This year was the first year that Huimin Cooperative planted Tianmai No. 1. The 6500-acre planting base harvested more than million kilograms of wheat, with an average yield of just over kilograms per mu.

This yield is not high, and is even lower than the yield of Yongliang No. 4 in previous years.

But the price is also incomparable.

In July and August, the price of wheat generally hovered around 0.6 yuan per catty. It has increased a bit in the past two months, but only by 0.7 yuan.

The price of high-quality Yongliang wheat does not exceed 0.8 yuan at most, but what about Tianmai No. 1?

Two months ago, Jiahe’s purchase price was directly 1.2 yuan per catty, and the profit per mu of wheat exceeded 1000 yuan.

That’s not all. After the wheat was harvested in mid-July, the cooperative rotated to a season of Alfalfa No. 1. Although only one crop could be harvested, it could still increase income by to yuan.

All in all, the income per mu is close to 2000 yuan.

The cooperative will also have a good year this year.

Huimin Cooperative is a large cooperative, and it was originally not Yang Xiaobing's turn to be the chairman.

But in the past two years, the sunflowers planted in the cooperative suffered disasters every year, resulting in heavy losses, and many members simply withdrew from the cooperative.

Yang Xiaobing was forced to take over the management of the cooperative. At first, he was criticized by many women and he himself had no confidence.

But since Golden Harvest Group came.

First, we improved the saline-alkali land, planted wheat, bought agricultural machinery, built factories, and finally harvested the harvest.

After more than a year of experience, Yang Xiaobing has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Especially when he drove a Cheetah tractor to work in the fields and the members' envious eyes fell on him, he felt relaxed all over.

But he was also worried that Jiahe would fail!

The purchase price of wheat is 1.2 yuan.

Yang Xiaobing eats pasta all year round, and he knows the price of flour very well. It is generally only 1.2 or cents per pound, and refined flour does not exceed yuan per pound!

So he was very scared.

I’m afraid Jiahe is just trying to show off.

What if you don’t want it next year?

Song Haidong, the head of Jiahe Flour Mill, welcomed Yang Xiaobing in with a smile.

Yang Xiaobing also expressed his doubts.

Song Haidong smiled and said: "Flour processing is indeed a low-profit industry, with a profit margin of only 3%-5% in general, which is called razor-blade profit in the industry."

Yang Xiaobing was silent, his worry growing deeper and deeper, "Wouldn't that mean Jiahe is at a loss?"

"What a loss? Has Mr. Yang ever tried Jiahe flour?"

"Eat."

"How does it feel?"

Yang Xiaobing savored it carefully, "It's delicious, whether it's noodles, steamed buns, or dumpling wrappers, it's fragrant and delicious no matter how you eat it."

"Then how much do you think Jiahe flour should be sold for?"

Yang Xiaobing frowned and thought for a while. The working people don't seek delicacies from land and sea, but just want to fill their stomachs and relax. Jiahe flour is indeed delicious.

“It’s hard to guess.”

Song Haidong smiled and stopped keeping the man in suspense. Instead, he took him to the packaged Jiahe snowflake flour.

"This bag of flour weighs 50 kilograms and is sold for 120 yuan."

Yang Xiaobing was stunned for a moment, and then he exclaimed, "120 yuan?"

"It's not expensive, right? I also think it's not expensive, so I plan to process it into special flour and raise the price a little bit."

(End of this chapter)