【Chapter 665】 Mirror Lake Beef Cattle

In late autumn, the scenery of 'Mirror Lake Ranch' is bleak, and the yellowing blades of grass cover the entire grassland, which looks like a huge yellow carpet from a distance.

It's also the busiest season of the year at Mirror Lake Ranch, and a lot of work is on the farm staff, and they even need to hire temporary helpers to help.

Huge rolls of hay are arranged like chess pieces on the meadow, which is also the most attractive sight for tourists and cameras this season. In the past, people only saw the prosperity of hay reserves in European and American pastures in film and television works and photographic works, but now they can also see it around them, which is naturally amazing.

In the past two months, the production machine of 'Jinghu Ranch' has been running at full capacity, stockpiling a large amount of green fodder and hay, which, together with a certain amount of corn, soybeans, wheat flour, protein, etc., can ensure that more than 100,000 heads can survive the winter in the snow season in the Jinghu area.

As the first snow of the year began to fall on the snow peaks of Biluo Snow Mountain, the staff of Jinghu Ranch also went all out to inspect and strengthen the cattle shed and build a new cowshed to ensure that more than 100,000 cattle have shelter from the wind and snow.

When Xiao Feng took Smith to ride the tall quart horse around the ranch, he saw such a busy and orderly scene.

"Xiao, you own a top-notch pasture!" Smith exclaimed, looking at the endless pastures and the cattle and sheep scattered among them.

Despite the fact that the Walton family made their fortune in retail, that doesn't stop Smith from having enough knowledge of ranch operations. Smith's aunt, Ann Walton, is married to Kroenke Stein, who is known in the media as 'Silent Stan', and Kroenke owns more than $300 million worth of ranches in Montana and Ohio, in addition to being the world's number one sports tycoon!

In the past, Smith spent a lot of time on the ranch, so he has a special affection for the ranch and can see the condition of the ranch from some details.

Smith noted. The tips of the grass have turned yellow, but the grass of 'Jinghu Ranch' is still fertile with roots and leaves, and this kind of grass may be the world's top milk source and the production of top beef.

"My luck has always been very good!" Xiao Feng was not modest in the face of the compliment, and said with a smile: "It's just that the area of 'Jinghu Ranch' is really limited, and if you want to expand the scale, you can only find another way!"

'Mirror Lake Ranch' doesn't look big. However, when converted into acres, it is only about 40,000 acres, which is dwarfed by the super ranches in Europe and the United States, which often cost 780,000 or even 100,000.

What's more, the 'Jinghu Group' has only obtained the right to operate the 'Jinghu Ranch' for 50 years, and has to pay nearly 100 million yuan in leasing fees every year, and its operating costs are far beyond the imagination of the outside world.

During this period of time, Xiao Feng carefully studied some property rights characteristics in Europe and the United States, especially the United States, and found that buying land to build pastures in the United States, Australia and even the Maple Leaf Country is the most cost-effective business.

Compared with the domestic policy of land ownership by the state and collectives in China, private ownership of land in Europe and the United States can undoubtedly bring more long-term benefits to the Xiao family. This made Xiao Feng's determination to move the industrial center to the United States more and more firm.

This time, the arrival of Smith gave Xiao Feng an additional channel to learn about agriculture and animal husbandry in the United States!

"American farmers don't have your good luck, if you enter the American agricultural and pastoral circles, you may be able to have greater success!" Smith has been in China for four years, and he has long been accustomed to the implicit statements of Chinese people, and soon understood Xiao Feng's intentions.

At the helm of Wharton. Seen by Smith as a springboard to take over Walmart in the future, he naturally hopes to excel. Finally, it was approved by the board of directors.

The product quality of 'Jinghu Group' is naturally not to be said, but the scale is too small, the output has been low, and after the supply of the Chinese market, there is not much share left for Wharton.

Now seeing that Xiao Feng has the intention of expanding in the United States, there is no one happier than Smith!

"After coming to the U.S. early next year to pick up my private jet. We will start the investment plan in the United States, and I hope that Smith will help us introduce some powerful people!" Xiao Feng was also very clear about Smith's appeal, so he was not too polite.

Whether at home or abroad, the bundle of interests is always the best method. With the carrot of the 'Mirror Lake Group's large number of high-quality agricultural products, I believe that Smith and even the Walton family will not be left behind.

Of course, Xiao Feng's investment expansion plan in the United States will not pin all his hopes on the Walton family, whether it is the Xu family or other red families in the United States, they also have enough influence in the United States to provide enough help for the investment plan.

Besides, the 'Jinghu Group' has hundreds of millions of dollars in investment projects at every turn, and presumably the banks and consortia in the United States will sharpen their heads to obtain these businesses, and then the ease of life will be unimaginable to everyone.

In a few words, Xiao Feng revealed some of his future plans to Smith, and then the two turned the topic to hunting, sports, etc., and the guests and hosts had a very happy conversation.

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Before this batch of 'Jinghu Beef Cattle' was slaughtered and put on the market, the inspection team from the U.S. Department of Agriculture still came to Jinghu Ranch to conduct random inspection and grading as usual, which has become the practice of Jinghu Ranch.

In fact, even the employees of 'Mirror Lake Ranch' have become accustomed to the storage of these big-nosed gringos, and can even drag a couple of English sentences with them from time to time.

As the quality rating of Jinghu Beef Cattle has become more stable, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which used to conduct random inspections of each batch, has gradually relaxed the conditions for inspection, but only random inspections are carried out from time to time.

According to the usual practice, if the 'Jinghu Ranch' is located in the United States, the frequency of spot checks will be further reduced, but out of distrust of the epidemic areas in China, the spot checks will be so strict.

While the three random 'Jinghu beef cattle' were being processed in a fully automated modern slaughterhouse, Xiao Feng accompanied Smith, Brian Lin, Watanabe, and the senior management of the 'Jinghu Group' to wait outside.

As for the other customer representatives, they are filling out the form in the large conference room next door and placing orders with the 'Jinghu Group'!

With the increasing scale of 'Jinghu Group', the business that usually requires Xiao Tao and others to come forward in person has been gradually let go to the middle management of the group, and the system of modern enterprises is gradually being established!

For Xiao Tao and others, this is a process of hard learning, and the speed of the development of the 'Jinghu Group' is so fast that they have to do their best to keep up with it.

Fortunately, because the various products of the 'Jinghu Group' are in short supply, Xiao Tao, Xiao Qiang and others can put more time and energy into product quality management, which is not too difficult.

If it is replaced by other companies, the senior management will have to worry about marketing, raising funds and other affairs, I am afraid that it will make all the senior executives anxious.

In less than an hour, the test results of the three 'Jinghu beef cattle' were freshly baked, and the best steak was still 'P grade', which could be sold for the highest price. As for other materials suitable for Chinese food, although they have not been rated by the Ministry of Agriculture, they are top-notch ingredients for chefs and purchasing managers in Chinese restaurants.

Therefore, when the Ministry of Agriculture still rated this batch of 'Jinghu Beef Cattle' as the highest grade, all the purchasing representatives were excited, after all, better ingredients can attract more customers and bring more profits.

In the afternoon, the marketing department of 'Jinghu Group' counted the orders of each purchasing representative, and more than 10,000 'Jinghu beef cattle' were divided up at once!

The end of the year has always been the peak season for restaurants, especially Christmas has a special meaning for Western restaurants, so the top steak produced by more than 10,000 'Jinghu beef cattle' is tantamount to a drop in the bucket for more than 100 Western restaurants, and almost every representative is doing their best to strive for more quotas.

Weighing more than 1,800 pounds on average, the price of 'Jinghu beef cattle' is $12,000, and the high-quality hides can bring about $100 to the Jinghu Group, which is enough to offset the cost of slaughter.

This batch of 'Jinghu Beef Cattle' is expected to bring US$150 million, or about 1 billion RMB, to the 'Jinghu Group's sales revenue, accounting for one-fifth of the beef cattle sales in 2012!

However, under the limited area of 'Jinghu Ranch', the expansion space of 'Jinghu Beef Cattle' is already very small, at most it can reach 60,000 heads/year, after all, 'Jinghu Ranch' wants to leave more grassland for dairy cows as the milk source of 'Jinghu Dairy'.

In this case, it is imperative for Xiao Feng to go out and find more pastures to raise more top beef cattle, and perhaps at that time, all the 'Jinghu beef cattle' of 'Jinghu Ranch' will be transferred, and eventually only the cows will remain in 'Jinghu Ranch', becoming a veritable 'world's best milk source'.

As soon as the news of the "Jinghu Ranch" beef cattle harvesting 1 billion RMB was broadcast, it attracted great attention from the financial circles and the public, after all, in the field of high-end agricultural products, "Jinghu Group" has been at the forefront of all agricultural enterprises in the country!

Many people are speculating about what the future limit of the 'Jinghu Group' will be, and if the 'Jinghu Group' has a large number of grasslands, will it be built into the world's top agricultural product group?

To this end, local governments with a large number of grasslands, including Grassland Province, Plateau Province, Tianshan Province, etc., have issued invitations to the 'Jinghu Group' for investment inspections, trying to attract the 'Jinghu Group' to build new pastures on their own land.

You must know that a 'Jinghu Group' has created a GDP of 50 billion, which is undoubtedly the biggest temptation for inland backward provinces!

It's a pity that no one knows that Xiao Feng's footsteps are about to go abroad! (To be continued......)

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