Chapter 265 Producing the Most Milk with the Fewest Cows

After Guo Yang left Qu Yang's office, he saw Luo Xiu about to go out and said, "Come to my office later."

"Okay, I'll put something down."

Guo Yang looked at Luo Xiu, who was holding a bunch of repair tools in his hands, probably for repairing cars.

Guo Yang didn't care much about it. After returning to the office, he made himself a cup of tea and thought about his next itinerary.

It may take some time before the investigation into red-heart duck eggs and milk yields results.

The processing process will not be that simple, and there will definitely be some twists and turns.

Especially when it comes to the dairy industry, this is even more troublesome. It will take two or three months to get results at least.

During this period, Hexi Dairy must first complete self-inspection.

Not much to say.

He will definitely have to take action on this matter, and he must visit some major areas across the country to attract the attention of everyone in the group.

I also learned about other projects while I was at it. Not long after, Luo Xiu arrived.

Guo Yang asked: "Is there any problem with the car?"

"It's not a big problem, it's just that the mileage is high. Prepare some tools in case of emergency."

"That's perfect. I'm going to visit some places next, including Jiuquan, Lanzhou, Gannan, Yunnan, Guangdong, and then east and north along the coast."

"Plan your itinerary first and try to complete the trip within half a month."

Luo Xiu showed a surprised expression. The itinerary was tight enough with so many places to visit, but his good manners still allowed him to calm down.

"it is good."

Luo Xiu pondered for a moment and said, "I'll go and make a schedule right away."

"Okay, let me have a look this afternoon."

After Luo Xiu left.

Guo Yang began to think about the rest of the things, mainly some general directions.

Tianhe's seed sales,
The development of wasteland in alfalfa,
Fengkai's agricultural machinery research and development,
Jiahe Grain and Oil's grain hoarding and futures...

I had a quick lunch at noon and didn't rest much. It took me the whole afternoon to finish the more important things I thought of.

The work intensity is still quite high, but Guo Yang is still in high spirits and feels like he can continue working for a few more hours.

The effect of persistent exercise has already appeared.

The upcoming long business trips shouldn’t be a big problem. Isn’t it the purpose of taking good care of your health to better cope with work?
After finishing the last task, Guo Yang stood up and stretched his body before preparing to go to the cafeteria for dinner.

After walking out of the office, I saw that some of the original green plants in the park had been cleared away.

Several dark-skinned old farmers, wearing headscarves and bending over with hoes, were raking the soil in the green path.

On the side, a dozen pots of golden green plants were placed aside, their color like a wheat field under the setting sun, shining with a warm and deep light.

Spiraea goldenrod.

Guo Yang recognized it at a glance.

One of the twenty flowers he cultivated, or more precisely a herbaceous plant, had orange-red new leaves, yellow-green old leaves, and turned crimson or purple in autumn and winter.

Usually grown as a garden plant.

Guo Yang spent 1 point of natural energy to tame it simply, making its colors more vivid and varied.

The flowering period is also longer.

Guo Yang looked at the actual effect for a while and found it was indeed very good. Although not as prosperous as spring, it added a bit of vitality and agility to this quiet autumn day.

There were two young girls directing the construction work nearby.

Guo Yang came forward and asked, "Is it just spirea? No other plants."

The two girls had fair skin and when they saw someone coming to ask them questions, they thought it was a manager from Golden Harvest.

One of the taller girls said, "This spirea was arranged by Jiahe, and the two of us are responsible for the design."

"Oh."

Guo Yang nodded and said, "What did I tell you about the design requirements?"

The taller girl, named Ma Lu, smiled and said, "Boss Yan didn't mention any other requirements, he just said that all of Tianhe's own plants should be used."

Guo Yang's mouth twitched involuntarily. Yan Qun would arrange the work.

This design is really simple and crude.

Guo Yang asked: "What do you do?"

“I opened a flower shop in the city.”

"Oh."

"Then you get busy first."

Looking at the slender figure, the other girl couldn't help but pout, "Sister Lu, why are you bothering with him? Maybe he's just an ordinary employee."

They only came to do the design in the afternoon, but they didn't expect that Jiahe was already impatiently preparing for construction.

Is this Jiahe efficiency?

Designing and constructing at the same time?
Although not much work was done this afternoon, many people came to ask questions.

Ma Lu smiled and said, "What's the big deal? It's a rare opportunity to cooperate with Golden Harvest. We will have promotional materials in the future."

"Not to mention I got to see so many flowers cultivated by Jiahe. For example, I've never seen the colorful Spiraea in front of me before."

"This job is profitable."

Another girl thought of Tianhe's ever-changing nursery and said, "If nothing else, Jiahe's flower varieties are really novel."

“It’s a seed company after all.”

……

The Qilian Mountains are majestic and the distant mountains are dark blue.

The long sunshine hours, sufficient solar radiation, large temperature difference between day and night and low air humidity make this an excellent source of milk.

Starting from Jiuquan City, drive all the way north, passing through cities and villages, and entering the depths of the grassland.

The beautiful picture of lush grass and cattle and sheep everywhere shows its significance.

We have arrived at Qilian Mountain Ranch.

This is one of the most important ranches in Jiahe.

There used to be patches of bare land, but now it is covered with vegetation again. The results of grassland ecological construction are gratifying.

Guo Yang specifically asked Luo Xiu to change to a pickup truck, but the car was stopped before it entered the management area of ​​the ranch.

"What?"

"From the group company."

The security guard frowned, walked forward and looked at Luo Xiu and the people in the back row.

Guo Yang rolled down the car window.

"Ah, Chairman." The security guard stood up straight.

"I'll go in and take a look."

After entering smoothly, Guo Yang had a very good impression of the entire ranch.

This is the natural farm of Hexi Dairy, with blue sky above and green grass on the ground.

Cows, in their complete freedom of development, also see milking as a pleasure, rather than being treated as machines that only produce milk.

Like humans, it also has spirituality and needs emotional adjustment.

Each dairy cow has its own name and file, and they are all excellent breeds that have been repeatedly screened.

Equipped with full-time doctors and nutritionists.

It only takes 4 hours for milk to go from the farm to the processing production line.

Operating under low temperature conditions is the first hurdle that Hexi Dairy has to overcome.

The managers on site had already noticed his arrival, but they still did what they were supposed to do.

Guo Yang came to the cowshed. It was time to feed the cows, and the staff were leisurely mixing the feed.

Qi Dong, the on-site manager of the dairy farm, said: "Lay a layer of silage, add a layer of concentrate, then a layer of brewer's grains, and finally turn it over mechanically."

“That’s the whole feeding process.”

Guo Yang also observed that silage was mainly alfalfa silage, while concentrated feed was mostly a mixture of soybean meal, corn, alfalfa meal, bran, etc.

Seeing that the boss was interested in feed, Qi Dong continued: "With continuous research and development, the feed structure has also become richer, but the main body is still roughage + concentrated feed."

"Roughage is alfalfa silage, which accounts for a large proportion and has the greatest impact on milk production and quality."

Guo Yang asked curiously: "How big is the impact now? Do you have any specific data?"

Qi Dong smiled and said, "We have done some experiments and found that the average daily milk production of dairy cows fed alfalfa for a long time increased by 1.2 kg."

“The milk protein, milk fat and dry matter have also increased by 0.67, 0.69 and 0.75 percentage points respectively after multiple tests.”

Guo Yang raised his eyebrows and said, "It doesn't seem to be very high!"

Qi Dong was stunned, thought for a moment, and said, "That's because our base number is high."

"The average annual milk production of each cow in the ranch I worked at was only 4 to 5 tons, which is also the current average level in China."

"The average output of the Qilian Mountain ranch exceeds 13 tons. Even in other ranches in Hexi, there are many that produce more than 10 tons of milk per cow per year."

"The milk production is over 10 tons, which is one of the best farms in the world."

"In addition, the milk protein and milk fat content in Hexi have all reached the world's top level."

Qi Dong became more and more excited as he spoke, and Guo Yang also understood the reason. It turned out that they were doing an experiment on Hexi dairy cows. This was a big gift package given by the seed store.

Guo Yang said: "Well done."

He hadn't paid attention to these parameters for a while. After listening for a while, he realized that Hexi Dairy had reached an incredible level.

The output is more than twice the domestic average.

But there is nothing to be proud of, as the domestic milk supply level has long lagged far behind the world average.

"We want markets, not pastures."

This was the development model first adopted by Sanlu in the 80s, and is also the model currently widely adopted in China.

Dissolve dairy companies' large-scale ranches, transfer cost pressure to dairy farmers, and achieve extraordinary development.

This eventually led to the current contradiction in milk sources, with production and quality unable to be improved. If we want better products, we can only force dairy farmers.

There is no doubt that this is drinking poison to quench thirst, and the ultimate end result will be a lose-lose situation for both dairy farmers and dairy companies.

But Hexi Dairy is completely different.

Many self-operated ranches have been newly built across the country, with 1000 heads, 3000 heads, 5000 heads, 10000 heads...

Regardless of the scale, the breeding standards and management levels are guaranteed.

There is also the best forage grass available. After spending a whole morning carefully looking at every corner and every link of the ranch, Guo Yang found that the Qilianshan Ranch did not disappoint him.

After looking at the last pasture, the grass was already turning yellow.

"Okay, let's see here."

Seeing the two were about to leave, Qi Dong quickly said, "Chairman, have lunch before you leave. The lamb is already stewed. It's all natural and will definitely taste good."

After walking for a whole morning, Guo Yang was indeed hungry, and he didn't know how long it would take to get to the airport.

"Then go and try it."

What surprised Guo Yang was that the place where the sheep were eaten was not on the ranch, but in two inconspicuous bungalows outside the ranch.

The aroma of the stewed mutton was everywhere, rich and mellow, floating in the air, arousing Guo Yang's appetite.

There are already several people gathered here.

"Chairman."

"boss."

Qi Dong said: "These are all colleagues from the field. I asked them to come over and prepare first."

Then he pointed to a herdsman and said, "This is Wang Jiang. The sheep belong to him."

Guo Yang looked at Wang Jiang, a simple man with a flushed face, "Trouble."

Wang Jiang smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. I also benefited from it. After Hexi came, he helped me find a new pasture to borrow. Eating a sheep is nothing."

Guo Yang showed a puzzled look.

Qi Dong said: "It's called a grazing spot, but it's actually a harvested corn field with dense corn stalks. The sheep can only nibble on the corn leaves."

Wang Jiang also smiled and said, "It's good to have corn leaves. Compared with the withered grass, these straws have higher nutritional value. Now is the peak period for the sheep to give birth, and we can't let them lack milk or lose weight."

The corn field might be Tianhe’s seed production base or that of other cooperating farmers.

It really is making the best use of everything.

Guo Yang thought of Tianyu No. 8, a high-quality protein corn variety, a drought-resistant variety, with a whole-plant protein corn content of 12.2% and a high yield.

It cost him 267 points of natural energy.

It can be used as both food and feed.

It can be used as corn silage or roughage. Compared with Alfalfa No. 1, its advantage is that it consumes very little water.

It is also one of the main varieties to be promoted next year.

Wang Jiang opened the lid of the pot and saw that the mutton in the pot was stewed until soft and every piece was soaked in the rich soup.

"Eat it while it's hot."

Guo Yang had been tempted by the aroma for so long that he couldn't help it anymore. He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.

The meat fibers gently break apart in your mouth, releasing a rich meaty aroma that blends perfectly with the deliciousness of the soup.

The mutton is of particularly good quality, tender, smooth, fresh and delicious, which dispels the chill of late autumn.

……

It is convenient to take a plane, and Guo Yang arrived in Lanzhou in the afternoon.

Hexi Dairy has built a 55000-head dairy cow industry demonstration park here, with an annual output of tons of fresh milk.

From forage cultivation, dairy cow breeding, raw milk processing, organic fertilizer production, to high-efficiency agricultural planting and suburban ecological tourism construction.

Guo Yang went through the same inspection process again.

Compared with Qilian Ranch, Lanzhou Ranch had some minor problems, but Guo Yang criticized it more harshly.

As one of the five major pastoral areas in the country, Gansu has extremely vast grassland resources.

Gannan Grassland, Qilian Mountains, West Qinling Mountains, Maxian Mountains...

The conditions for developing animal husbandry are unique.

"Boss, how about resting in the city for a night?"

Guo Yang shook his head and said, "Let's go to Gannan and rest there."

Through the car window, Guo Yang saw the vastness and desolation of the northwest, with withered grass and trees on the hillside, a bleak scene.

At the foot of the hillside, a field of barren dead branches attracted Guo Yang's attention.

"That is?"

The driver took a look and said with pride, "Bitter Water Rose, but it has entered its dormant period now."

Thanks to its world-famous bitter water rose, Yongdeng County was once the richest county in Gansu.

But now there is a trend of decline.

……

After staying in the office for a long time, I went out for a walk and felt the world was vast and my spirit was lifted.

Especially since this is the Gannan grassland with an altitude of more than 3000 meters, the vast grassland is covered with white snow.

Three years ago, this place was plagued by rats. Looking around, all you can see are densely packed black soil mounds and endless grasslands dotted with dense rat holes.

Black soil, sandstorms, no grass, cattle and sheep are getting thinner and thinner, and countless people are starving to death.

"Build dams to divert water, fill drainage ditches, and guide herders to graze properly..."

"Alfalfa has provided batch after batch of excellent forage grass seeds. Wolf grass, purple arrow pea, and Alfalfa No. 1 have all taken root here."

"3200 eagle nests and 12800 scaffolds allow eagles that have lived on cliffs for a long time to gradually choose a new way of life."

"An old man sold his cattle and sheep, rented out his pasture, and settled down at Guomao Beach by the Gahai Lake. When the water birds migrated, he patrolled. When the water birds were short of food, he bought corn to feed them. He also took care of the injured black-necked crane and helped it return to nature..."

Today, the place has changed dramatically, with lush grass and rippling blue waves.

The wind was already chilly enough, and it seemed a little abrupt to walk into the grassland in this season.

Winter always comes early on the grassland, with a snowfall the day before. This makes the snow-capped mountains look even more charming and majestic.

The off-road vehicle drove along National Highway 213. When it arrived at the shore of Gahai Lake, the layered clouds were reflected in the lake, and the lake and the sky were one color, which was a beautiful sight.

When we stepped onto the Maqu Plateau and reached the Yellow River Bridge, the sky was gloomy, the Yellow River was flowing slowly, and the beautiful scenery seemed extremely profound.

The destination has arrived.

Asia's number one pasture.

The territory has more than 1288 million mu of contiguous natural high-quality grassland.

As well as 560 million mu of wetlands, 27 first-level tributaries, and more than 10 lakes, it is a natural reservoir along the Yellow River's flow, providing 45% of its flow.

Luo Xiu was driving an off-road vehicle across the grassland, while an employee of Hexi Dairy was riding a big white horse, holding a whip in his hand, looking very majestic.

Guo Yang was really envious and muttered to himself, "I must learn how to ride a horse."

In this pure land, the semi-stalled dairy farm has become a unique landscape.

Breeding in pastoral areas, fattening in agricultural areas, grass planting in agricultural areas, supplementary feeding in pastoral areas...

Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry has established a 3000-acre high-quality grass seed breeding base here, and the area of ​​artificial grass planting has reached tens of thousands of acres.

This is the milk source export base for Hexi Dairy’s infant formula powder.

……

Yunnan.

Tucheng Village.

In this small village, the whole mountain and field are planted with alfalfa.

The soil here is acidic and the climate is not the most suitable, but the villagers still like to grow alfalfa.

Just because it can make money.

Hexi Dairy has 10 dairy cows in Yunnan, Guangdong and Fujian, and its annual demand for fresh alfalfa is 25 tons.

It has driven farmers to plant more than 3 acres of alfalfa.

We have built a factory building of over ten thousand square meters, integrating a complete set of production lines including drying, cutting and baling, and produce high-quality alfalfa bales to distribute to the surrounding areas.

The company purchases fresh grass at a price of 170 yuan per ton. Assuming that the fresh grass production per mu is 10 tons this year, the annual income per mu is 1700 yuan.

Just one village and 1000 acres of land can increase income by 170 million yuan. Combined with labor income, Tucheng Village can generate 230 million yuan in revenue each year.

There are dozens of such villages in the southwest.

Good cows and good grass can produce good milk.

……

Guangdong.

Hexi Dairy has several ranches here with 3000 to 5000 heads of cattle.

The general manager of the branch is Bai Hongqiao. He is not tall, but he has a strong build and is very talkative. He speaks Cantonese non-stop.

"In the past two years, the dairy product consumption market in Guangdong has grown significantly, especially the demand for high-quality fresh milk."

"Insufficient milk supply is the biggest problem plaguing local dairy companies."

On the side, Dairy Industry Bigwig Wang Dingmian said: "Hexi Dairy got a great bargain!"

"In the past two years, dairy companies and ranchers, and dairy companies and dairy companies have been engaged in a tough game of chess for milk sources at this time every year."

“Whether we expand or build new pastures, it will take another two years for the cows to produce milk.”

Guo Yang smiled and said, "The quality of Hexi Dairy should be able to meet the growing needs of Guangdong people, right?"

Wang Dingmian gave a thumbs up and said, "In terms of quality, yours is really impeccable. It is naturally fragrant, refreshing and smooth."

"Qi Lian Mountain fresh milk is especially special, but people always complain that the supply is insufficient."

"The dairy cow population in Hexi has been expanding rapidly," Guo Yang said with a smile. He felt that the trip was unnecessary after receiving the quality certification from Dairy Cannon.

The trip up to this point was wonderful, with only a few minor issues.

But as you go north along the coast, problems begin to increase, some of which are acquired defects and some of which are management loopholes.

Fortunately, the quality of the milk source is excellent, making Hexi milk a representative of high-quality milk from the beginning to the end.

At this time, Ji Zhuowen had already contacted advertising companies and some mainstream TV channels, and even CCTV agreed to make a program.

Afterwards, he also led people to conduct a comprehensive inspection of quality control.

The two cooperated with each other and made a series of adjustments, eliminating some bad apples and making management smoother.

After this run.

What surprised Guo Yang the most was that the cost of Hexi Dairy had been greatly reduced.

Compared with companies such as Yili and Mengniu, Hexi has an unparalleled advantage, with each cow producing more than 10 tons of high-quality milk annually.

The reason why the profit is only about 20% is that it is still heavily burdened with the costs of a series of investments in milk source bases, factories, cold chain logistics, etc. in previous years.

Based on the current production efficiency, it will take at most two years for Hexi Dairy to fully recover the more than 50 billion yuan it has invested.

It is true that the least number of cows are used to produce the most milk.

(End of this chapter)