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He was thinking about the farm when Fred called and met at the farm about an hour later. He had no choice but to rush back immediately.

An hour later, he rushed to the airport in the south side of the farm. Before Fred's small plane arrived, Anthony also called him and told him that the Huaxia crew would arrive at the farm in two days for a half-month shooting.

He remembered this and said, "Did the Gilolo people agree?"

"Haha, I have to say, they are all very people who love the present. When they heard that there was an opportunity to be on TV, they were all happy to do so. However, whether they can participate or not needs to be known by the crew. ”

Li Sheng saw a plane flying closer and closer in the sky and said, "I know about this matter." That's all for now. Fred has arrived!"

Fred still flew his own small plane. After seeing Li Sheng, he gave Li Sheng a hug very warmly: "Li, I have to thank you." ”

Li Sheng was a little puzzled by his sudden thanks: "Thank me?

"Thank you for having me to dinner with that prince that day, it was not only a bragging experience for me, but also a regret for my first order. He laughed. "You know what? I fatten my cattle with pasture and they cost 20 percent more than those with other feed. ”

Originally, he had thought of feeding half of the cattle with a quarter of the amount of fresh grass and other fertilizers, but he soon discovered that the cattle gained weight at a faster rate. Later, he let a small number of cattle eat fresh pasture.

It was found that this allowed the cattle to gain weight faster. So he let only 2,000 of them eat pasture. These days, the cattle in his ranch are slaughtered. After testing, cattle fattened with grass from Silent Farm were not only more than 10% heavier than other cattle, but also had a higher meat quality.

The quality of the beef means that the unit price of beef is high, so how can he be unhappy. He came this time to ask for more pasture. He plans to feed all of his cattle to the grass of Silent Farm.

Li Sheng listened to his words and said with a smile: "That's really gratifying." He had expected such an outcome.

Fred pulled out a check and said, "Well, this is the payment for the pasture some time ago." You look at the number, right? ”

Li Sheng glanced at it, then put it away and said, "I'll ask Anthony to check it." He is in charge of the sale of forage. ”

Fred smiled and said, "Lee, I'm going to buy more grass this time." I don't think you're going to turn me down, are you. ”

"Of course, but on such a hot day, do we have to talk here?"

Li Sheng led him to his office, beckoned him to sit down, and said, "Okay, Fred, you can tell me what you have planned." ”

"I'm going to use all the cattle on the farm to eat the grass from Silent Farm. "There's nothing he can do, there's no grass left on his farm. If you feed compound feed, the cost is too high. If he could raise more cattle from the low-cost pasture at Silent Farm, he might be able to make a lot of money every year.

Li Sheng didn't immediately agree to him, but asked, "Then how many cattle do you plan to breed?"

"This year, I'll slaughter 4,000 heads. Another 4,000 will probably be slaughtered next year. There are also a few hundred calves and nearly a thousand cows. However, I plan to buy 6,000 new calves this year. ”

Li Sheng calculated for a moment and said, "In other words, in the first half of next year, you will probably need twice as much grass as this year." And in the second half of next year, we will need three times as much pasture as we will this year. ”

"There are certainly not so many in the second half of the year. I'm only going to buy calves that are nine months old to one year old, and after a year, there is no way to slaughter them. And, in my experience, it is enough for an adult cow to eat forty kilograms of pasture a day. ”

Li Sheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Fred, you know that your previous cattle needed to eat 150 tons of fresh grass a day. If you follow your estimates, this number will be doubled. I need to reserve at least a few hundred acres of playground for the cattle on your ranch. It's a little bit unworth it for me. ”

He calculated that the grassland of Silent Farm, under the condition of extreme harvesting, would produce about 400 tons of fresh grass per hectare per year, which was much higher than previously expected. But that drains the earth very quickly. So it's simply impossible to do that. If you harvest every year, you only need more than 1,000 acres of land to meet Fred's needs. But he still exaggerated the number a bit.

In fact, Li Sheng still has some ideas about forage sales. That's a no-brainer business. As long as someone is harvesting with a machine, he doesn't have to do anything else, just wait to collect the money.

But that feeling is to fish with all the water, and one day the soil of the pasture will be exhausted. When the grass grows, it is transported to another place, and when it is eaten by the cattle and then pulled back into the field, it is a completely different matter. In the long run, the fertility of the pasture will be exhausted one day, and no matter how high the yield is, it will only be a temporary situation. If he can't solve the problem of soil restoration, he really relies on selling pasture for a living, and one day, nothing will grow in this pasture.

By inflating the amount of land needed, he was also suggesting that Fred would not be able to expand his herd in the future.

Fred probably didn't hear what Li Sheng meant. He said, "Don't do that, Lee. It's not good that you're giving me a taste of sweetness, but you're going to cut off my thoughts. It's really bad!"

Li Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not saying I won't sell it to you. I just want to say that your ranch will expand in the future, and I can only sell you so much forage before I think of a better way. ”

Fred was already happy with that. This is the first time in more than a decade that he has been so confident in expanding the scale of his farm. He smiled and said, "I see what you mean." Rest assured, I won't be hauling my herd until I have your grass support. ”

Li Sheng was quite satisfied with his statement.

But Fred twisted himself on the couch to make himself sit more comfortably, and said, "Actually, Lee, I don't think your herd can eat all that pasture, haven't you thought of stocking up on dry grass for sale?" You know, some of my friends have heard about my farm and are thinking about buying grass from Silent Farm. It's just that they are too far away to transport the fresh grass there. If it was hay, I think they would happily buy it. ”

Li Sheng has also considered a similar problem, but for that reason, if a large amount of material is removed, the grassland may need to apply fertilizer to maintain fertility in the future.

However, when he thought of fertilizing, Li Sheng thought of a solution that might be perfect for solving the problem. He laughed and said, "I still need to think about it before I can decide." ”

Fred left the Farm of Silence with a satisfactory answer. Li Sheng was left alone in contemplation.

Li Sheng is thinking about how to increase the productivity of the pasture. In fact, it is very simple to increase the productivity of the land, and that is to fertilize. But Li Sheng doesn't want to use chemical fertilizers.

The two most important factors for pasture pastures are irrigation and fertility. Irrigation problems, Li Sheng does not have to worry. The pasture itself is an irrigation network. And fertility doesn't seem to be a problem that can't really be solved.

He can not use the spending. However, organic fertilizers can be used.

Now that the farm's green manure is not used up at all, perhaps he can consider using some of it on the pasture. Especially those meadows that have been harvested. Maybe the yield of forage will be higher after using green manure.

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to find Zhang Feng. After sharing his thoughts, he said, "If we can really increase the yield of forage per unit area, we may be able to sell fresh forage and reserve forage directly." ”

Zhang Feng looked at it, stood up and said, "Boss, why don't we go and see the efficiency of green manure." ”

He also knew that the effect of those green manures was still very good. But how it compares to fertilizer, he can't say.

The two drove to the continuous pool area where green manure was piled up. These pools are more than five meters deep, each area is an acre in size, and are surrounded by guardrails. There was a not-so-pleasant sweet aroma all over the place, which was the fermentation of kelp and grass.

The giant algae and grass are crushed by a pulverizer and thrown into a pond for fermentation, and the fermented green manure is like a pool of dark green thick porridge. When it's time to use it, the manure is pumped into a special tank and transported to where it's needed.

The two of them saw that the pools were almost full. Zhang Feng said to Li Sheng: "Boss." I think if you want to fertilize the pasture with green manure, I think it's still feasible. But there is a need for more algae, and more manpower is needed. Otherwise, the grassland is too large, and this bit of green manure will definitely not be enough. ”

Li Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Then get three or four more lakes to grow giant algae." If there is not enough manpower, recruit again, and buy a car if it is not enough. ”

Zhang Feng sweated and hurriedly said, "We still have to experiment first." ”

Li Sheng smiled and said, "Of course. That's right, Lao Zhang. I went to the hills in the morning to have a look. Those grape tea trees and the ones we planted last time can have a hard time surviving the dry season. I'm going to build a drip irrigation system, what do you think?"

"The cost of drip irrigation is relatively high, and the water consumption of sprinkler irrigation is relatively large. Zhang Feng knew that Li Sheng was rich, but he still reminded him. "And this system only takes half a year at most. ”

Li Sheng pondered for a while and said, "Let's make the whole one." God is right? It is a half-year dry season, and if it gives you nine months, you will have no place to reason. ”

Zhang Feng felt that his words were not unreasonable. And Li Sheng's words also made some bad things in his memories surface: "Li, if you don't say it, I forgot it." ”

After a pause, he continued: "If there is a big drought, our farm will easily run into trouble. Especially when it comes to transportation. ”

Li Sheng immediately understood what he was talking about: "Are you saying that the drought will be so serious that it will affect river transportation?"

"That's right, in a year, I was working in the southern plateau. A large river near the farm where he worked broke down. That year, I heard that many of the tributaries of the Amazon basin had dropped to their lowest level of water in the same way. In the year or four, the dry season was also particularly dry. This year is not the driest, but the volume of the Mapuera River is now very small, and it can only be accompanied by boats of about 1,000 tons. ”

The Mapuera River is relatively good. It is a tributary of the lower Amazon, and its basin is mostly forested, and before it flows into the Amazon, there is a Sipalu River, which forms a large lake ten kilometers upstream of the village of Orishmina. Therefore, the amount of water is guaranteed to a certain extent.

To the west of the farm, on the Nyamonda River, the water level is shallow enough for adults to wade across the river.