Chapter 306 Returning to China; Yellow Dragonfly
"Only Nitro is interested in alfalfa seeds," Barnes said. "Originally Monsanto was also interested, but they are in trouble now."

Is Monsanto in trouble?

Guo Yang really didn't pay attention to what happened recently, but he didn't ask. Anyway, it was a good thing.

"So what kind of cooperation does AIG want to discuss?"

Duncan Malone's expression remained unchanged: "AIG has no interest in forage grass or alfalfa seeds. This time we just want to reach a cooperation with Jiahe on grain trade."

"Oh." Guo Yang nodded, wondering if there was any secret in it.

After a moment, Guo Yang looked at Barnes again and asked, "Is Netero also involved in grain trade, or grain futures?"

Barnes showed a look of surprise and glanced at Duncan Malone, and found that he also raised his eyebrows. Obviously, he didn't expect Guo Yang to guess the key point so quickly.

Duncan Malone said: "Yes, the international grain trade is very profitable now. We know that Jiahe has great power in China and has a lot of grain in stock. We want to buy it from Jiahe."

Jiahe did purchase a lot of grain in China, but could AIG even know this?
Guo Yang didn't quite believe it, which only meant that there were other forces behind it.

It is not difficult to guess who it is. Monsanto, ADM, Bunge and other four major grain traders have been rooted in the domestic agricultural field for many years, and they must know something about Jiahe's actions.

After thinking for a while, Guo Yang said, "Why should we sell Jiahe to you? We can make a lot of money by doing trade ourselves."

Duncan Malone raised his eyebrows and said, "From what I know, Jiahe's international logistics are facing great obstacles, and the speed of grain exports is not fast."

"And AIG has a great advantage in this regard. Jiahe will be able to make a lot of money by purchasing grain in China and exporting it to us."

"This year, grain planting areas around the world have increased steadily, and production is expected to be good. Keeping grain on hand is not the best option."

Over the past year or so, many countries in the Third World have been suffering from food shortages and rising food prices.

Under this situation, countries around the world have increased their grain planting areas, and some organizations predict that the food crisis will be alleviated after this year's grain harvest.

However, Guo Yang knew clearly that these news were true or false, and were most likely smokescreens released by someone with ulterior motives.

As for what Duncan Malone said, Jiahe does not have an advantage in international shipping and logistics, but with grain prices now high and ocean shipping in recession, Jiahe's grain and oil trade is not a problem.

The reason why the delivery speed is slow is because Guo Yang knows that this is just the appetizer and the real food crisis has not yet arrived.

Even if food production increases, it will still fall far short of the increase in demand.

What is AIG's purpose in doing this?

When dealing with these international giants, Guo Yang dared not let his guard down in the slightest.

Are they preparing for an early encirclement and suppression of the country?
That’s why ADM and the like don’t show up.

The room was quiet for a while because of Guo Yang's thinking. After a long while, Guo Yang smiled and said:
"Why doesn't AIG import food from China on its own?"

"That's troublesome. AIG has no warehouses."

“Import directly from a trading company?”

"Isn't Jiahe one of the largest grain trading companies in China?"

Guo Yang drank the water in silence.

Duncan Malone said: "The purchase price will be based on the international market. In addition, Jiahe can also cooperate with AIG on grain futures."

"According to the current situation, financial capital is pouring into commodities, and the futures market is full of vitality."

Guo Yang raised his eyebrows and said, "Does AIG think that grain futures will rise or fall in the future?"

"It will go up, but this year's grain harvest is likely to be good, so it may go down by the end of the year," Duncan Malone said confidently.

Barnes also picked up the water glass and took a sip, observing the two of them calmly.

Guo Yang smiled and said, "Why do I feel like it's going to keep rising?"

The atmosphere was silent for a while.

Duncan Malone said: "Whether the price goes up or down, Jiahe has to sell its grain."

After chatting for a while, Guo Yang had roughly figured out the purpose of AIG, or the group of people including AIG.

There is no doubt that these international grain traders have set their sights on the domestic market.

As the world's most populous country, the amount of food it needs every year is enormous. Foreign media have long been promoting how China will feed this huge population.

Even the slightest imbalance in food supply can cause extremely terrifying fluctuations in food prices.

It is obvious that these people want to reduce domestic food stocks as much as possible before the country sets up export barriers.

ADM, Louis Dreyfus, Cargill, Bunge and others are likely already taking action.

The grain stored by Jiahe made them feel wary.

Guo Yang was not sure whether his speculation was correct, but he quickly came up with a countermeasure and continued to deceive people.

I'm not afraid of you coming, I'm afraid of you not coming.

The grain in the state grain reserves is the ultimate weapon.

Guo Yang pretended to be in a dilemma and said thoughtfully: "Jiahe will still lose money if it sells the grain like this."

"Jiahe has been hoarding food for quite some time, how could it suffer a loss?" Duncan Malone asked in confusion.

“Less profit means loss.”

"..."

Barnes said, "Netero's purchase of alfalfa seeds can also bring you a lot of profits."

"Nitro used dishonorable means to seize the alfalfa market of the island country." Guo Yang said: "Selling Alfalfa No. 1 seeds to Nitro will only make international competition more intense in the future."

"Isn't the alfalfa market potential in China higher than in the island countries?"

"Who would object to making a little extra money?"

Duncan Malone and Barnes didn't want to give in, and Guo Yang was not in a hurry, so he just kept pulling the two of them.

Now he finally understood that his previous concerns about safety were purely unnecessary.

These people have big plans.

What he did was very secretive. What benefit could arresting him bring to these people?

Now he seized the other party's pain point, without mentioning the price, and repeatedly mentioned that Jiahe would make less money.

After a heated exchange of words, Duncan Malone and Barnes finally used subtle threats.

AIG will mobilize various relationships to restrict Golden Harvest's international grain trade activities, and will even push for restrictions on Golden Harvest's business in the United States.

Barnes emphasized that China's domestic alfalfa market is very attractive and does not rule out the possibility of launching low-price dumping.

Guo Yang knew that these were all half-true and half-false pretenses, but he still pretended to be frightened and agreed to cooperate with the other party.

However, the specific details still require both parties to send teams again for detailed consultations.

When Guo Yang walked out of the restaurant, he was surprised to find sweat oozing out of his back.

"This damn weather is a bit hot!"

"It's still cooler in the Northwest. Let's go back and pack our things and return home tomorrow."

You can’t come to America from now on, slip away.

In the private room.

Duncan Malone and Barnes switched to red wine, and the two clinked glasses in relief.

"Are the terms too favorable?" Barnes asked.

"Compared to the profits from futures, that's not important." Duncan Malone took a sip and said, "As long as China can export grain, that's fine."

"Will they really take action against the Chinese market?"

"It's still uncertain, after all, it's a huge thing, but everyone is interested in it." Duncan Malone said: "If we can make enough money in other countries this time, believe me, we will definitely do it."

"At that time, everyone rushed in, including international grain traders, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, etc. No one would show any mercy."

“The purchase of grain is just a foreshadowing.”

Barnes said: "The alfalfa planting area in China has also expanded rapidly in the past two years, which will definitely have an impact on grain production."

"As long as there are enough things like this, even the biggest monster will reveal its weakness."
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June 6th, Pengcheng.

When Guo Yang walked out of the airport and faced the warm sunshine, he actually felt relaxed all over.

It is this land that makes people feel at ease.

The reason why Guo Yang did not go back to Jiuquan directly but came to Guangdong was because he was still thinking about one thing: red fire ants.

This thing is really scary.

So he wanted to see in advance whether he could work out any solution.

It’s a pity that natural energy is running out, and this journey in the United States consumed most of the energy accumulated before, but all the goals were achieved.

Caltrops terrestris and three Asian carp species in Illinois;
the red imported fire ant in Texas;
Wild horn dodder in California and Arizona.

There are six varieties in total, which will bring enough surprises to American agriculture in the future. At least there will be a period of decline, and they will no longer be as strong as they are now.

The domestic agricultural situation will improve.

In terms of grain trade, some goals were also achieved, and overall the trip was worthwhile.

But for a long time in the future, Guo Yang will not go abroad again, and he will also be more low-key. After all, what he did this time is not a small thing.

If someone finds out, there is no telling how many people and forces will be offended.

After resting for a night and adjusting to the time difference, Guo Yang first communicated with Gao De and Chen Yanqiu about the cooperation with AIG.

Then he called Xie Shijie and told him that he was going to sell Alfalfa No. 1 to Netero.

Xie Shijie was still in disbelief and said, "Boss, if you really want to sell it, this will help the enemy!"

"Sell it, and sell it at a higher price." Guo Yang said, "But the original seed nursery needs to be better managed."

If it was a week earlier, Guo Yang might not have sold it, but after getting the wild dodder, Guo Yang felt more confident.

Although Alfalfa No. 1 is excellent, it can also be parasitized by wild dodder. After its nutrients are absorbed, it is also inevitable that it will die and its yield quality will decline.

Moreover, the alfalfa seed production in the United States will be affected, and there will be a shortage of seeds in the next few years.

Even if it does not import alfalfa, it can still import excellent seeds from Canada and Spain.

"Okay." Xie Shijie was a little discouraged.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on." Guo Yang thought for a moment and continued, "But no matter how high the price is, we will prioritize supplying the domestic market."

"Okay." Xie Shijie felt relieved.

"The improvement of saline-alkali land has been very effective this year. We have plenty of orders in the second half of the year, so we won't sell many seeds to foreign countries."

"Well? We already have orders for the second half of the year." Xie Shijie said, "The 2000 million mu of saline-alkali wasteland of the Agricultural Development and National Grain Group has been basically completed."

These 20 million mu have been under contract for almost two years, so Guo Yang was not surprised. "Do they want to continue contracting saline-alkali wasteland?"

"We cooperated with local agricultural reclamation. Now the 20 million mu was finally outsourced."

"The fewer there are abroad, the less there are. The price is expected to be high and the number of orders will not be large." Guo Yang said. He thinks Netero still wants to expand the breeding of Alfalfa No. 1 on its own.

However, the second generation of the commercial variety Alfalfa No. 1 has severely degenerated and basically lost its ability to eat salt. Its quality and yield will also decline, so there is no need to worry in the short term.

hang up the phone.

Guo Yang thought about it and wondered what impact the 2000 million acres of land added by Nongfa and Guoliang would have.
I checked online and contacted the headquarters, but there was no report online or offline about such a large amount of land.

It's a bit incredible.

This is not in line with the style of state-owned enterprises!

You should know that the increase of tens of millions of acres of arable land across the country last year was widely reported.

Guo Yang smelled something unusual, but he was also glad that there was no large-scale reporting, otherwise it would have added variables abroad.

It’s just that Guoliang is learning from the four major grain traders. The group is filled with various global talents and cannot keep secrets from the outside world.

This is bound to affect the future domestic strategies of grain traders and international capital.

We can only take one step at a time.

After finishing some work, Guo Yang rushed to a village near Zhongshan.

In fact, Wuchuan in Zhanjiang was the first area in the country to be hit by a red fire ant disaster, but the distance was too far, so they could only choose Zhongshan nearby.

However, along the way, Guo Yang's phone was not answered, and executives called one after another.

Guo Yang is also happy to learn about the changes in the group in this way.

Apart from regular business, there are only two things that have some influence during this period.

1. The report about Tianhe Seed Industry in Farmers’ Daily was published, and the title was the same as what Xu Xiaoxue said - "Storms and Winds, Building the Aircraft Carrier of Seed Industry".

He didn't have time to read the content of the report, but Qu Yang briefly explained it.

There are two paragraphs promoting Tianhe, and most of the other content revolves around the two cities of Jiuquan and Zhangye.

Not a single word was mentioned about the founder. Guo Yang couldn't help but smile. This was exactly what he wanted.

Second, A-shares have been unpredictable in the past six months. The originally upward trend has fluctuated greatly due to policy intervention.

Insider trading of Hangxiao Steel Structure;
The craze of new fund investors has pushed the number of new fund accounts to an unprecedented high, as if ushering in an era of stock speculation by all the people;

As for the May 5.30 tragedy, it was a costly risk education for stock investors;

Yang Cheng, who was in a dim light, also felt as excited as riding a roller coaster.

Before May 5.30, the Shanghai Composite Index rose to 4336 points. On May 5.30, the cockcrow cried in the middle of the night. In just five trading days, it fell from 4336 points to 3404 points.
Now it is just over 3000 points.

Fortunately, Weiguang’s entry into the market can be traced back to 2004, when the market index was less than 1000 points. Except for Tencent in Hong Kong stocks, Myanmar A’s holdings were all relatively stable stocks such as banks, real estate, and consumption.

So Weiguang is still making huge profits.

However, Guo Yang couldn't estimate when the peak would be reached. He was not going to touch 6000 points, and he would run away as soon as it approached 5000 points.

But now is not the time to sell at 3000 points, so I can only ask Yang Cheng to keep in touch at any time.

After more than three hours of travel, they finally arrived at the destination and met Xu Xuenong.

The director of the Natural Enemies Center also has a keen interest in red fire ants.

The situation was more serious than Guo Yang had imagined.

America and Asia are separated by a natural ocean barrier, but in the face of the trend of globalization, trade gates have been opened everywhere, and the invading red fire ants have also had a godsend opportunity, using a "Trojan Horse" to successfully enter the new Asian battlefield.

Formosa, mainland China, New Zealand, Australia, this crisis, which was originally just within the Americas, has now turned into a global problem.

In the country, there are only a few provinces with low winter temperatures, so there is no threat of spread for the time being because red fire ants cannot reproduce and survive.

The rest are potential threat areas for red fire ants.

After the first discovery of red fire ants in Wuchuan, the Ministry of Agriculture deployed a nationwide survey.
A few days later, more than 500 ant nests were also found in a park in Yongding, Zhangjiajie, Hunan. A total of nearly ant nests were eradicated in the entire area.

Subsequently, red fire ants also appeared in Yongxin and Luchuan areas of Nanning, Guangxi.

Fortunately, after investing a lot of manpower and resources, several areas have successively controlled the spread of red fire ants.

But when Guo Yang wandered through the fields of a affected village, he could still vaguely sense the impact of the disaster two years ago.

The surrounding biodiversity has decreased significantly, many insects have disappeared, and the ecological balance has been destroyed.

Xu Xuenong said: "More than two-thirds of the people in the village have been bitten, and some have been bitten more than once."

The two were walking on the ridge of the field. Guo Yang saw an old farmer beside the rice field in front of him, so he walked up to him and asked.

However, the language barrier was too great and Guo Yang was still confused.

After turning around twice, Guo Yang still didn't find any red fire ants, and couldn't help wondering:
“How did this village prevent and control the fire ants? How did they eliminate the red fire ants so thoroughly?”

"A lot of pesticides and poison baits are used, so it's so quiet here that even the chirping of katydids is hard to hear."

This is probably because the farmers used pesticides too harshly, causing harm to local organisms. Guo Yang no longer expects to find red fire ants.

Xu Xuenong added: "It was mainly when we first discovered it. By the time we realized the problem, dark red ants were everywhere, rushing forward like a tide."

"Wherever they passed, grasshoppers, caterpillars, beetles, snails and ants were left dead everywhere."

"The most pitiful ones were the toads and frogs, who were rolling on the ground and screaming like crazy, with more and more red ants sticking to their skin."

“The crops that were once full of fruits now stood emaciated on the dry land, and even the fruits and seeds in the remaining shells were gone.

If some livestock accidentally step on ant nests, they will be bitten by a large number of red fire ants, causing the death of young livestock and poultry or reducing milk and meat production. "

After hearing what Xu Xuenong said, Guo Yang had a more intuitive feeling.

Although it is a rural field, there is no sound of katydids chirping or frogs croaking. The once huge animal kingdom is now as silent as death.

The entire village was looted. Not only were field mice no longer suitable for growth here, even grass-eating and mud-eating insects found it difficult to settle down there again.

Guo Yang has a more intuitive understanding of the destructive power of the red fire ants that he had just bred in the United States.

What is an ecological disaster?
The village in front of me cannot be ranked.

"Which other village has suffered a disaster recently?"

"I heard that the cotton fields in Su Province have been invaded by red fire ants. Do you want to go?"

"Su Province is too far away."

Xu Xuenong thought his boss was curious about the red fire ants and said, "The Institute of Plant Protection of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has conducted research on artificial breeding of red fire ants."

Guo Yang was surprised and asked, "Can it be artificially raised?"

"Well, after the red fire ants appeared in Wuchuan, the Ministry of Agriculture attached great importance to it and set up a special project to provide uniform test insects for red fire ant research."

“Where is the nearest breeding site?”

“Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-sen University.”

Guo Yang immediately took out his mobile phone and contacted them. Huinong.com had reserve resources in this regard.

It was very convenient to get in touch, and it was done in just a few minutes. At this time, Xu Xuenong also finished answering a phone call.

"Boss, a large number of red fire ants were found in another village." Xu Xuenong emphasized: "Not far away."

"Let's go." Guo Yang's eyes focused.

Half an hour later, Guo Yang and his companions arrived at the village.

Villagers have been busy under the guidance of local departments, and pesticides and poison baits are still the main methods of prevention and control.

Some villagers who were accidentally bitten felt severe itching, pain, redness, swelling and blistering, but fortunately they have developed a complete coping mechanism.

Guo Yang also took the opportunity to look at the red fire ants and collected some information, which was similar to what he had seen in America.

After having a general idea in mind, I rushed to the Pest Control and Resource Utilization Laboratory of Sun Yat-sen University.

There are two types of artificial nests of red fire ants used in the experiment here, one made of gypsum and the other made of sand.

The laboratory has bred a large number of red fire ants.

In addition, the biological control of red fire ants has been studied in depth. In addition to common parasitic natural enemies and pathogens, even predatory natural enemies have been studied.

Birds, dragonflies, spiders...

The most effective predatory beneficial insects are dragonflies, and the most common one in China is the yellow dragonfly.

During observation, researchers in the laboratory discovered that the yellow dragonfly has a predatory effect on the mating flight of red fire ants.

The same was true of the information Xu Xuenong collected last time, so I guess the source was here.

The mating flight of red fire ants mostly occurs after rainfall, when the temperature is above 24°C.

As long as the conditions are right, the nuptial flight of red fire ants can occur in any season of the year, mostly in spring and autumn.

In the laboratory where red fire ants are raised, nylon nets are covered in mid-air to prevent the spread of the resulting mating flights of sexual ants.

Mature winged ants can also be collected from the cover net in time as experimental materials.

The laboratory also has yellow dragonfly specimens collected for identification.

After completing the formalities, Guo Yang and Xu Xuenong successfully obtained the experimental materials of red fire ants and yellow dragonflies.

That night, with the help of the seed store, Guo Yang found a way to deal with the red fire ants.

The yellow dragonfly is the answer.

It can even deal with red fire ants.

However, Guo Yang does not intend to cultivate them naturally. Instead, he wants to use the opportunity of eliminating red fire ants to build a natural enemy factory in the south.

With the support of various departments, Xu Xuenong has made progress in the work of the Natural Enemy Resource Center in the past half month.

The design of the natural enemy insect production workshop has been completed, and the natural enemy factories in the south can be directly used as a reference for smaller replicas.

In this way, a natural enemy insect production workshop project covering an area of ​​1500 square meters was approved in Guangdong.

The annual designed production capacity reaches 5 million heads.

In addition to the yellow dragonfly, the natural enemy insects that the natural enemy center has already mastered, such as the trichogrammatid wasp, will also be produced and bred on a factory basis.

Maybe it will be of great use in a month or two.

(End of this chapter)