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Three super strong deer harvesters, each harvester is equipped with two land overlords to transport grain. When it was time to start working, the three harvesters began to harvest at a constant speed of 25 kilometers per hour.

The scorching sun baked the earth, the harvesters drove by, and the smoke billowed out.

During the harvest season, all the farm staff are mobilized.

Twenty-two men from the Farming Department, Ron and Frank. There are also twenty-four women from farming communities. Don't underestimate the women on the farm, the veteran drivers, who are mainly responsible for transportation, $15 an hour, and the money they earn goes to the community fund.

This is the result of Hank's consultation with everyone......

In addition, the collective income of the family members of regular employees will go to the community fund. Hank and his big group have been together for more than ten years, and they have a very close relationship, and they have no objection to these.

There were 28 employees in the security department, who were left on duty four days and nights, and 24 were assigned to the temporary harvesting team. Responsible for warehouse ......

Six people were also sent from the ranch.

As a result, the harvest team consisted of 78 people, divided into two shifts, day and night. Under Hank's scheduling, everyone has a clear division of labor and is orderly.

Ye Mu inspected various work sites and received businessmen who came to purchase grain. On the farm, grain merchants usually come a week before the harvest, but this year's barley was harvested early without notifying the grain merchants, which is why the current situation has been achieved.

Barley is generally traded in bushels, a unit of volume. 1 bushel of barley is about 21 to 22 kilograms.

U.S. barley is mainly imported from Canada, and the country's production is very small. This year, the climate in Canada is also relatively harsh, but the main barley producing areas have rained twice in three days, and the yield of ordinary barley is okay, and the quality of barley, which is used to brew malting, is more than one grade worse than in previous years, and the yield has also been affected. The price of high-quality malting barley also increased in tandem this quarter, and the price of ordinary barley also increased slightly compared to last year.

There are certain requirements for the appearance, color and quality of malting barley grains. The appearance is full and round, the particles are uniform, the color should be dark, and the quality is identified by specialized personnel.

Generally speaking, where there is less rainfall, the color of barley grains is better, and with a certain amount of watering, the weight of 1,000-grain barley is much higher than that of ordinary barley. But the yield is low, generally speaking, malting barley yields around 1.3 tons per acre.

The yield of malting barley in the leaf field is about one ton, but fortunately, the quality is good.

Several grain traders took a bid after looking at the barley, and the final price was $7.25 per bushel. Pretty good price......

Nearly 22 kilograms of malting barley dried at 1 bushel, 43,000 acres in planting areas 2 and 3, and a pre-production of about 36 million kilograms of barley, or 1.64 million bushels, were produced......

$7.25 per bushel, $11.8 million in output.

Malting barley yields are low and prices are high. Common barley has a low price and high yields, with 46,000 acres in planting areas 1 and 4. The barley in the fourth planting area was blown down by the wind, and the grain production was properly reduced, and the harvested barley was mixed with sand and could only be used as food. Fortunately, the Stone Canyon Ranch is almost built, and the cattle can be driven into the pen in mid-September, and there is no need to sell the barley in the No. 4 planting area.

Cultivation Area 1 is high-yielding barley, and even if affected by natural disasters, 29,000 acres of high-yielding barley and malting barley in planting area 2 and 3 are comparable in production, at a price of $5.34 per bushel, with a total value of about $8.76 million. The total production of the No. 123 planting area is just over $20 million, and there are still 17,000 acres of barley sand-laden with it.

High-yielding barley seems to be a good deal, but when you count the fertilizer money invested, you actually make money by growing low-yielding malting barley.

Losses due to weather disasters were slightly offset by higher food prices. With the adoption of John Deere's digital system, the cost of farming and harvesting has also been reduced.

After signing the grain procurement contract, Ye Mu's chest seemed to fall on a stone.

The net profit is good, nearly 10 million. Twice as many as it was during Webb's Farm days......

Of course, this is not counting the investment of Ye Mu on the farm.

Coming out of the office, Ye Mu received a call from Zhang Dongsheng, and complained as soon as he opened his mouth: "Old Ye, you are too inauthentic. ”

Ye Mu was confused and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Didn't you say it before, call me when the barley is harvested, and I'll come over and do a special live broadcast."

"It's too busy, it's not too late for you to come over now, you can see the power of the super strong deer." After signing the contract and calculating this year's profits, Ye Mu's whole person became relaxed.

"Okay, are you at home? I'll fly in a helicopter. ”

"At home."

Back at home, Zhao Jiyang was cooking lunch.

"Cook more rice, Zhang Dongsheng will come later." Ye Mu said and took a piece of beef from the refrigerator.

"Is the contract signed? The barley price is good this season, is it profitable or loss-making? Zhao Jiyang put the rice into the rice cooker and came over to help Ye Mu wash the potatoes.

"It's definitely making money, with a net profit of about 10 million." Ye Mu said with a smile.

Zhao Jiyang smiled and narrowed his eyes, and said, "With so much money, I've made a fortune." ”

"If it weren't for the storm the other day...... By the way, when will you get a driver's license, I'll buy you a car. ”

"Don't. Just buy me a bag. ”

"You still have half a month to start school, so it's more convenient to have a car." Ye Mu said.

"I went back to China in November, and it was a waste to buy a car. I have a bike at school and it's only a few minutes away from ......."

Ye Mu took out the cut beef from the boiling water, stir-fried it and poured it into the pressure cooker, put down the spices and potatoes, and covered the pot: "Or will you finish college in Seattle?" ”

"I want to go home and spend time with my parents. I haven't gotten married yet, and we're together every day, I'm afraid you'll be tired of me one day. ”

"I'm tired of you, I won't be tired of you myself......" Ye Mu doted on Jiyang in his arms and said softly.

The sound of helicopter propellers came from outside the house, and Ye Mu went out to take a look, it was Zhang Dongsheng and Anna.

"Have you eaten pigeons? This wheat harvest is slippery and fast...... "Zhang Dongsheng took a look over the farm before and found that a large piece had been harvested.

"No, no." Ye Mu took the beef jerky brought by Zhang Dongsheng: "Is there any spicy beef jerky?" ”

"Yes, all tastes." The beef jerky brought by Zhang Dongsheng is still the beef jerky of trial production, and said: "How is the wheat straw this year?" ”

"Isn't the straw the same in what year?" Ye Mu Road.

"I said the price. The forage yield in the pasture is seriously reduced, and you need to buy at least 15,000 tons of barley straw and 3,000 tons of pasture. ”

"Well, this year's forage yield has generally decreased, and barley straw will definitely not be last year's price. Ask Hank ......"

Zhang Dongsheng didn't say that Ye Mu had forgotten that there was such a thing as barley straw. In total, 89,000 acres of barley produce about 23 to 250,000 tons of straw. According to the twelve or thirteen dollars a ton in previous years, the bundled straw, excluding the fuel consumption of the machine, can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars, and this year it should be doubled.