magic ranch

Chapter 473 Happy Harvest

(Thanks to friends Yangzhong, I love flying birds for rewards and encouragement)
Landosy, a new resident, stayed here for two days before leaving in that Prius.There are still studies to deal with, and I haven't graduated yet.

Liu Heming is also absent from work in the restaurant today, and no one will take orders.Today is the day when these winter wheats are harvested. Although the area of ​​these winter wheats is a bit small compared to the planting area of ​​the entire pasture, the heavy ears of wheat make people feel happy from the bottom of their hearts.

"Dexter, congratulations, even if you didn't measure, this year's Xiangshui Town is a bumper harvest." Jones, a staff member of the Wheat Association, said with praise when he came here.

"Jones, how is the winter wheat market this year? Then I can consider whether to let your Wheat Association sell it for me directly, or let my sales company sell it myself." Liu Heming asked with a smile.

"This year's market is even worse than last year." Jones said.

"Global production of wheat has increased again this year, and with fierce competition from the Black Sea and Europe, U.S. wheat exports have been somewhat sluggish in the past two years. We predict that the best price for hard red winter wheat this year may be $230 a ton , lower than last year's price."

"Judging from the recent transaction prices, our estimated price may be a bit high. Most of the current transaction prices are around 220 US dollars, and there is still a downward trend."

"But I don't think there is any need to worry about the wheat in Xiangshui Town. The quality of your wheat is very good and the yield is high. You will surely welcome the harvest this year."

"Jones, after we commissioned SGS to test, the protein content of our hard red winter wheat can reach 15%, which is higher than the highest quality hard red winter wheat, so how much premium can we sell compared to the current normal price? ?” asked Susanna, who had rushed back to participate in the harvest.

"I'm not sure about this, but I think there should be no problem with a price increase of 10%-15%. However, the main trading targets will also be those production-oriented enterprises such as flour processing factories. If it is those grain distribution companies A 10% premium should be the maximum amount." Jones thought for a while and said.

She has been in the industry for many years, and she has never seen hard red winter wheat with such a good yield and quality, but no matter how good the quality is, it cannot be separated from the category of wheat. The basic price trend is here.

"If the Ministry of Agriculture can grant you a USDA certification label, the price can go up by about 15%, but I don't think you have done any preparations for this now." Jones continued.

Susanna glanced at Liu Heming, who grinned wryly.

Now the relationship between my side and the Ministry of Agriculture is a little delicate. In fact, even according to normal standards, my side should get USDA certification this year.But now because I want to launch SUSDA, there are some abnormalities in the whole review process.

They will give you a three-year production time limit, even if your land has been abandoned for many years, but they have not supervised it before, so it takes three years.Not only the wheat, but even the vegetables in the pastures are not eligible for USDA labeling.

Liu Heming felt that the U.S. Department of Agriculture was too stingy. Didn’t he just want to introduce a SUSDA standard? You need it.I want to play with you, you have a lot of scruples.I play by myself, and you feel that it is disrespectful not to bring you along.What do you want?
But today he has also seen the cruelty of grain cultivation. Last year, George's wheat quality was not as good as this year, and he could sell it for $273 a ton, but according to Jones, it would be very good if he could sell it for $230 a ton this year.

This is the helplessness of farmers. Your income is not under your control, regardless of whether your crops are harvested this year.

"Dexter, let's see how much wheat you can produce per acre. I always think there will be a miracle today." George said excitedly.

"OK, John, I will leave the task of harvesting this acre of wheat to you." Liu Heming said to John who was waiting by the side.

"Alex, are you ready?" John asked Alex seriously.

"Uncle John, Alex is ready." The little guy nodded vigorously.

Heloise, who was watching from the side, was a little itchy, and she also wanted to play with the harvester for a while.However, the cab of the harvester is too small, it’s okay to bring the little guy Alex, but it will be too crowded if you bring her again.

The harvester drove slowly in front, and rows of wheat were swallowed by it. The truck driven by Ralph followed slowly, receiving the wheat grains sprayed out from the harvester.Fernand and the others followed the car behind and put aside the straw bales packed by the harvester.

This is the efficiency of mechanization. Although labor is still required, this efficiency is not comparable to dozens of you.Of course, Liu Heming also spent the money, whether it was a harvester or a truck, he had to use money to buy it.

An acre of land was harvested quickly, and now all eyes followed Ralph's truck.

"OK, let's see if our output can make us go crazy with joy." After Ralph's car stopped, George picked up the big wooden basin next to him.

"One, two, three... 38, 39, forty!"

Every time everyone weighed a pot, they would call out a number. When the number called forty, everyone became a little uneasy.

Forty bushels have been weighed out now, and there is still in the truck, and it is estimated that there will be at least three bushels.That is to say, Liu Heming's wheat yield per acre has reached 43 bushels.

"Everyone tell me, am I dreaming?" After the final weighing, George began to run around in the crowd, asking everyone he saw.

The total yield was 43 bushels and a bit more, less than half.This output is not only unique in Xiangshui Town, but also ranks first in the whole United States.

"I really didn't expect that the land here could have such a high yield under careful cultivation." Jones on the side also said with emotion.

"Okay, let's see how the quality of these wheat is." Liu Heming stopped George who was still asking frantically.

In terms of weight, it did not disappoint everyone, with a bushel weighing 60.3 pounds.This weight is not too light. Don’t look at George’s wheat field last year, which weighed 58 pounds per bushel. Liu Heming’s weight is only a little over two pounds more than him.

That's because this year's harvest was delayed compared to last year, the humidity of the wheat is not so high, and it can be stored more conveniently.None of these wheats were measured by Jones.Whether it is the integrity of wheat grains or nutrition, it exceeds the existing level 1 standard.

"It's okay, but the next sale is also a problem. John, let's get everyone started. If you finish the collection earlier, you can finish work earlier." Liu Heming said with a smile.

"Dexter, I can help you get in touch and see if those flour companies are interested." Jones said.

"Thank you Jones. We will inform you of the price of these wheats later. If I just go up from the purchase standard of this year's wheat, I'm afraid I won't be able to sell them at a good price." Liu Heming nodded with a smile.

The money to join the Wheat Association is not in vain. Since Jones said to contact him for himself, it is definitely not a polite remark.It's just that he doesn't have much hope for Jones now. Like those vegetables, he will feel uncomfortable if they are sold at a low price.But if the price is too high, it may exceed the current market price.

Those who purchased vegetables had already talked to Suzanne for several days, and they were still discussing the price. None of them could really make up their minds to purchase.

No matter how good the quality of vegetables is, market acceptance must be considered.The purchase price is high, the transportation cost, and then to the retailer, all parts have to flow out of profits, and the price will be even higher.

Even in ranch restaurants, few people use these vegetables.This is only a small increase in the price, and they all feel that the price is very expensive.

This is just like the Apple mobile phone when it was just released. Buying a mobile phone at a price of more than 5000 yuan will feel very luxurious.But up to now, mobile phones worth several thousand yuan are all arcade machines, and people have accepted the consumption standard for this product.

The harvester started rumbling again, not to mention the efficiency of several harvesters working at the same time. During the time when everyone was chatting, there was a large area in front of them.

"Dexter, I think even if our output is not as high as yours, it should still reach sixty bushels." George said happily.

"You don't regret transferring all these lands to me? In fact, even if you regret it, I will not return these lands to you." Liu Heming joked.

"No, Dexter, we really don't regret it. In the last year of farming, we were able to get a good harvest, and we were content. This proves that it's not that we can't farm, but that we My luck is too bad." George said very seriously.

"It will be fine next year. I will give priority to building the houses you live in in Xiangshui Town. You are a special group of people, and there will be single-family houses with courtyards waiting for you." Liu Heming nodded.

The big guys are mean enough to themselves, and I have to be mean enough to them.With their land, they have already been able to connect their existing pastures into a large piece, and the planting next year will definitely be more convenient.

In the following time, I did a random check and found that the quality of this year's wheat field is really good.In fact, even judging from the current output, Liu Heming can make a profit.

One acre can produce 1.45 tons of wheat, even at the current purchase price, it can be bought for 333 US dollars.As for the wheat on his side, everyone knows that the price will definitely be much higher than this price.

(End of this chapter)