magic ranch

Chapter 535 Another Good Harvest

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Let's do what we say, and on the second day, the entire ranch is in harvest mode.

Harvesting is joy, and Liu Heming also "shared" this joy with the tourists who came to play. Anyone who wants to follow along will give you a chance, anyway, just play while collecting.

Not to mention that the tourists are very enthusiastic about this small event, and the registration is very enthusiastic.There are even some people who come here especially to experience harvesting crops.

For farmers, this is commonplace.But for these people, they really haven't experienced much.I have always lived in the city, and these are just some information I have learned about, and I have never really participated in it.

The first thing to be harvested was corn. A total of 190 bushels were harvested from the 59.3 acres of planting area, which is equivalent to a yield of about 5200 bushels per acre.The weight is also a little less than the corn harvested earlier, at [-] pounds per bushel.The yield of one acre reached [-] kg.

Here is the impact of not using herbicides and intensive cultivation, but the yield is not low, and it is still higher than the normal planting level in the United States.This is the heaven-defying bonus brought by the title of farmer.

Production of sorghum, oats, soybeans, and barley is also encouraging.Compared with the normal planting level in the United States, although the advantage is not obvious, it is also very gratifying.

The most anticipated food crop is wheat.Because wheat is widely used in the United States, and it is also their main daily food variety.

Wheat production did not disappoint.Winter wheat was harvested at 43.5 bushels per acre and 60.3 pounds per bushel.The yield of these spring wheats was 46 bushels per acre, and a bushel reached a weight of 62.5 pounds, and an acre was 1300 kilograms.

Regarding his output, everyone was a little speechless, and even Jones from the Wheat Association didn't know how to evaluate it.

This is not ordinary wheat, this is organic wheat grown without the use of any chemical fertilizers or chemicals.Even though there is no USDA certification yet, they still have serious organic wheat, which is of high quality.

"Dexter, I'm afraid these wheat still don't need the help of our Wheat Association?" Jones asked with a smile.

Liu Heming nodded, "In terms of normal sales, I will suffer a lot, so we should figure out a way by ourselves. And we are still considering whether to directly build a flour mill. The quality of these wheat is very good, if the cheap I feel bad for selling to those flour mills."

The sales of winter wheat are not very satisfactory. Although the selling price is not low, he still feels that he is at a loss.The cost of investing in a flour mill is not very high, and the technology is not that complicated.They are all mature processes, as long as the flour is produced according to the standard operation, it will be OK.

"Dexter, why do you still pile those rice in the field?" Jones asked curiously.

"These rice is very high-quality rice. Just like those sorghum and glutinous rice, they are placed in this way to make them taste better." Liu Heming said with a smile.

"I will always pile these here, let them experience wind, frost and heavy snow, and then thresh them. When you go to eat the cooked rice, it will taste very fragrant."

"Dexter, is this true?" George asked curiously.

In the past, he basically had no love for rice, steak and bread, this is the kingly way.But the more times he ate at Liu Heming's place, he found that the rice tasted very good.Especially the rice stewed in a big pot is really a perfect match with Chinese food.

"I haven't tried this way for rice, but we used to make sorghum this way at home. It should be similar, maybe after going through wind and frost, the inside of the rice will change a little bit. Anyway, we can experiment, even if It doesn't matter if it's unsuccessful." Liu Heming shrugged his shoulders and said.

If you ask him the reason, he won't understand it, because he understood it when he was a child.At that time, bundles of sorghum ears were piled up on the courtyard wall, and occasionally we had to chase away the little sparrows that came to eat them.

"Dexter, sorghum can be cooked and eaten, is it delicious?" Lewis, who came to join in the fun, was a little uneasy.

"It depends on one's taste. Sorghum is considered a coarse grain, and its taste is not as delicate as rice, but it can be considered a healthy food." Liu Heming said with a smile.

"Anyway, I prefer to eat it. In summer, I make some sorghum rice and rice, and then serve it with some pickles and egg sauce. If some small fish and shrimps are dried and fried as a dish, it will be even more delicious. "

As he spoke, he was drooling a little.

It may be because I grew up in the countryside since I was a child. In the past, it was not like now that we had rice and white noodles every day.At that time, the family conditions were not good, and the staple food was basically sorghum rice.Whether it was sorghum rice porridge in winter or rice water with sorghum rice in summer, he would scratch his throat when he ate it.

But, well, things are really that weird.Now that life is better, I don't eat much sorghum rice, but I think about it.When I used to go home in China, I would always find something to cook and eat.

"OK, Dexter, we must dry it well, so that we can taste it together." Lewis said with great interest.

The arrival of Liu Heming subverted their feelings about food too much.Authentic Chinese food is more delicious than the improved version, and many foods that have not been eaten before are also very delicious.In the past, who would eat stingrays unless they were starving to death?
Now not only dare to eat, but also love to eat.The dish called boiled fish, I don’t eat it for a while, I still think about it.

"Dexter, do you need to build some more barns on your ranch?" George asked with a smile.

"We have to build it next year, otherwise these barns won't be enough." Liu Heming nodded with a wry smile.

"The grain planted last year will be left for the cattle that will be fattened this year. Now the number of cattle and sheep is still small, and it is barely enough to wipe out the grain. I plan to try brewing some beer from the barley, so that my future The restaurant can have more ingredients that are supplied from its own ranch.”

"Then will the price of your restaurant's dishes be raised? Will that not affect the customers who come to spend?" Lewis asked.

Liu Heming shook his head, "We will give you more choices. Just like when we buy a car, there are low-end and high-end versions. My future restaurant will not say that it will be the most expensive restaurant in the world, but it will definitely be It is the best restaurant in the world.”

"In the future, there will definitely be other restaurants in Xiangshui Town. Ordinary diners will leave it to them to greet them. Otherwise, we will steal all the business, which will not be conducive to the future development of our Xiangshui Town."

"And if I don't use as many vegetables and related products from my ranch as possible in my own restaurant, I'm afraid other restaurants will use less."

For this point, we have nothing to say.Although it is said that the sales of vegetables in the pasture are also very good, it is because the current supply is still limited.If these greenhouses under construction in the ranch are also put into use in the future, the output of vegetables will increase by at least five times.

This is a major event related to the future development of Liu Heming's ranch. Everyone knows that Liu Heming owes a lot of debt, and the monthly interest is a set of figures that they could not imagine before.

Everyone looked around again, and the workers were working in an orderly manner.

"Dexter, are you still growing winter wheat today?" Jones asked.

"I won't plant this year, let the land slow down." Liu Heming shook his head.

"Next year, I will see how the land is improved. If there are many improved lands, I may continue to cultivate hundreds of acres of winter wheat."

"Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether I plant or not. Although I can keep my ranch in the harvest period after planting, but for the workers, their labor intensity will also increase a lot. Now the ranch The work intensity of the workers is about 1.5 times that of other pastures."

"Hey, no matter what, you won't need our Wheat Association anymore." Jones said with a smile.

"That's not necessarily the case, the main reason is that your sales channels are not suitable for me now." Liu Heming stretched his waist.

"Actually, you can also try it. Do you want to set a new standard for the rating of wheat? On the basis of the existing one, raise another grade?"

Jones rolled his eyes, "Our standards can only follow those of the Ministry of Agriculture. Are you still unable to obtain USDA certification from the Ministry of Agriculture?"

"They're all dead-headed. Anyway, whether I give them or not doesn't have much impact on me now. Now people have begun to accept my vegetables. Without them, my promotion speed is just a little slower." Liu Heming shook his head.

"In two years, even if it is given to me, I don't want it. My own standards are much higher than theirs. My bear logo is the logo of the highest grade agricultural and animal husbandry products."

Jones nodded, Liu Heming did have such confidence.

Many farmers and ranchers join various associations in order to find a market for their products.But Liu Heming doesn't need it, all his products are already higher than the existing evaluation standards, and he needs to find special customers to sell them.

Anyway, she felt that even if the Ministry of Agriculture had some concerns, it should support the promotion of the new standard.At that time, Liu Heming was very difficult. If Liu Heming was given help, it would be beneficial to the improvement of the quality of American agricultural and animal husbandry products.

I took everyone around here again. Although this time it was considered a bumper harvest, it was just that Liu Heming didn't hold any large-scale celebrations.

The landlord's house doesn't have much food left over, and the fire fighting some time ago caused him to dig out a big hole, so he has to live on a tight schedule these days.

(End of this chapter)