Since the cost is not large, Link will not object to Benjamin's intention to do this experiment in Hans.

He thought for a moment and said, "You can do this at your discretion." ”

Benjamin said to Link: "China's green forage preparation method. Some agricultural TV channels in China have special descriptions. Liu also searched for me on the Internet and showed it. But I'm going to put him in charge of this for the time being. ”

Benjamin was the manager of Hans Farm, and Link basically gave him the personnel rights. Knowing Benjamin's intentions, he nodded and said, "Yes." However, in the experiment, you should pay attention to the difference between high-density cattle breeding and small-scale farming. ”

Benjamin didn't understand when he heard this? Link asked him to do an experiment on Hans Farm to see what kind of forage was better. Maybe Link was planning to do the same on a few other farms.

He immediately nodded and said, "I'll pay attention." ”

Link added: "Also, that kind of green storage feed also depends on whether it meets the regulations of the United States. ”

Benjamin said with a smile: "I have considered this issue and asked the relevant structure to evaluate it. That kind of green fodder is harmless. ”

"But it certainly doesn't meet organic standards. "Organic standards are too restrictive.

"No, the organic standard only limits the type and number of bacteria, heavy metal content, etc. ”

Link laughed and said, "That would be less troublesome." I don't have a problem anymore. You make a plan and need the funds, and I will allocate them to you. ”

The overall profitability of Hanse's farm is very high. But if wine production is excluded, even the groundwater that flows out spontaneously is much higher than the total output of the farm's other agricultural products. The returns on other produce from Hanse Farm are actually very low. So some expenses, need to take money from Link's pocket.

"I'll come up with a plan as soon as possible. ”

After Link finished his breakfast, the two drove around the farm. Benjamin was also on the ground to introduce his plans to transform the farm. He showed Link those places where fruit was going to be grown, which places were going to be cultivated land, and what kind of facilities needed to be renovated.

Link secretly did the math. Intensive cattle breeding, larger scale, the cost should be reduced a lot. If the herd is more than 10,000 and spread it evenly, the cost per cow does not seem unacceptable.

If China's green fodder were better, he felt that his farm would have used it that way.

Of course, even if Benjamin's experiments do prove to be better than existing ways of raising cattle, he may not necessarily use them immediately.

Because the cattle industry itself in China and the United States is very different. For example, is there such a large cattle farm in China?

Link asked him to do the experiment because he now has several farms that have certified organic food, and three other very large farms have not yet applied. And the area of a few farms that have not yet applied can be more cattle.

It just so happened that Kempnay mentioned the concept of pollution-free standards, and he was hesitant whether those farms should still apply for organic certification.

For those farms, especially Fairy Peak Farm and Baker Farm, there is no shortage of water. It is entirely possible to raise more cattle on limited pasture.

Although the price of organic beef is much higher. However, the standard of organic cattle breeding has greatly limited the breeding density of cattle farms. Of course, this is also because the pasture yield is limited. Because most of the pastures in the United States are in semi-arid areas, many pastures in such areas need more than a dozen acres or even dozens of acres of pasture to feed a cow without additional feeding.

If there is enough water on the farm, it is possible to reclaim some arable land for the cultivation of pasture for cattle. Tall and fast-growing pastures, it is ideal for planting specifically to feed cattle. For example, Mexican corn, sweet elephant grass, etc., these grasses grow quickly and have tall plants. As long as the fertility is sufficient and the irrigation keeps up, the yield per acre can be twenty or thirty tons of fresh grass.

If he really didn't fit the pasture, he could have grown corn.

In particular, he searched for a Chinese agricultural program on the Internet and watched a technical tutorial on making green storage feed. Corn was found to have at least twenty tons of biomass per acre if the whole plant was used to make feed.

That would make enough feed per acre to feed a cow and a half, and non-organic beef is indeed cheaper, but it doesn't know how much more money is made per unit area than organic standards.

The investment in the facilities for the fermentation of green storage fodder and the cattle pen is very large. There is even a need to build a dedicated plant for making feed. It's safe to say that the cost of intensive cattle farming will be high.

However, intensive cattle farming can be used to raise 90,000 cattle from an area of land that can only raise 3,000 cattle in a free-range manner.

So the question is, can organic cattle be thirty times more profitable than non-organic cattle?

After Kempner came up with the idea of a pollution-free standard, he even had a plan to stop applying for the three farms that now had organic certification if it was accepted by the public.

Animal husbandry in the United States is mainly cattle raising. If Benjamin's experiments prove to work, he may be able to come up with a new standard for cattle breeding. This will also be of great help to his agricultural program.

That's why he agreed to let Benjamin experiment.

After a round trip around the farm, Link made another trip back to Overtown to have lunch with Barbara and Jeff before taking off from Hans Farm's airport in the afternoon. Private jets cannot fly at an altitude of more than three thousand feet before entering the fairway.

So as he passed over Ekobe's farm, he could see what seemed to be a lot of construction underneath. Patches of land have been cleared. And there's a lot of land being cultivated. It seems that Luke Truss does have the heart to do a big job.

Previously, Douglas had investigated that Ekobe's ownership was shared by Luke Telles and Hull Donald. The two of them colluded together, which did surprise him a little.

But he just waited to see the show.

Speaking of which, Bell Farm has grown more than two million grapes, and I heard that more are being planted this year. If thousands of acres of vineyards bear out nothing, I wonder if John Malone will vomit blood.

The plane quickly flew over Ekobe, and then followed the air traffic control center's approach to the air and flew high into the air.

Soon he landed at Mora airport. Upon returning to the villa, he finds Hannah whispering into Jessica's belly.

He smiled and said, "Is Hannah lazy today? Why didn't she go to paint?"

"Not really!" Hannah protested quietly. "Alyssa is not available, don't want Hannah to go. ”

Link saw that she was obviously in a hurry, but she deliberately lowered her voice and looked cute, so he couldn't help but pick her up and kiss her twice.

A child of her age speaks as if she is shouting in order to make adults notice her immediately.

But after he said that Jessica's baby would be scared when he heard someone talking loudly. She lowered her voice as she spoke in front of Jessica.

Jessica hugged him for a while and said, "Alyssa has a friend coming from Italy to see her, and she's going to Seattle to pick her up." ”

"Yes, that's it. Alyssa went to pick up someone, but she wasn't available. I'm not lazy!"

Link said to her seriously, "It's Daddy's fault." Can Hannah forgive Daddy?"

Hannah nodded smugly, "Well, I forgive Daddy." As he spoke, he hugged his neck and kissed him on the face, proving that he was very generous.

After his father and daughter made a fuss for a while, Jessica smiled and asked, "Did everything go well with your trip to New York this time?"

"Flon just asked me to divide the money. I was able to share nearly half a billion dollars. Link finished talking about New York in just two sentences, and said that he planned to give some of the money to Martha to invest.

Jessica nodded and said, "I don't say anything like jewelry and gold." But the castle does lack some artwork. She smiled herself as she thought that the majestic castle was empty except for the furniture. "Of course, there is still a lot of room for appreciation in artworks. ”

In fact, the most important thing is that because things like art are difficult to value, there will be a lot of room for manipulation in inheritance tax in the future. For example, many wealthy people will buy some artworks, which may be for interest, but they may not have the intention of "reducing" their assets.

Link didn't think that long-term. He's still young, and if nothing happens, he'll probably have a few decades to live. I'm thinking about the inheritance now, I'm too anxious.

He considered that the next few years would be a few years of rapid expansion of his assets. And these years are also the years when the United States is most unclear about the future. But he can't use so many assets now.

It is true that billions or even tens of billions of dollars of investment projects are often seen in the world now. But there is a national dimension to those investments. Now he can't get the blue eye of the U.S. government. He had too much cash in his hand, and it didn't do him any good.

When he buys gold and gemstones, it is because they can hold their value when the dollar depreciates, and he can cash in a short time as long as he needs the funds. That's even more convenient than stocks. And the reason for buying art is indeed because he felt that the castle needed some art.

That was the last time Jessica mentioned the carbonized wood, and he suddenly thought of Kempner's villa at Holland Farm.

And his home is a castle, which certainly can't be as arbitrary as Kempner's arrangement. Making carbonized wood furniture or artwork may give the castle furniture a certain artistic touch, but that's not enough. So he felt he needed some art.

He shared his thoughts with Jessica, and finally said, "For the rest of the money, I may have to find some better investment projects." ”

Hearing his thoughts, Jessica laughed and said, "If you want to invest, maybe you can go to China." The economy there should be the fastest growing country in those years. ”

"I'm thinking about it too. It's just that if it's personal funds, it's not necessarily easy to find a suitable project. ”

Some U.S. companies do own stakes in Chinese companies. But that was actually negotiated by Chinese companies when they were doing an IPO in the United States, or they later increased their holdings.

But now most of China's large companies that can be listed in the United States have completed the listing process in the United States. He has lost his chance.

As for venture capital or something, Thomas & Co. with Snapton is enough. If Snapton needs funds, he can also borrow money from the bank to let the bank's funds flow. The bank's funds are running out of money right now, and Claire is struggling to figure out how to get all that money flowing. When he puts his money in the bank, he just eats his own interest.

Jessica said, "Maybe you could consider giving that money to other funds." I mean, except for your companies. ”