At the end of the visit to the town, the two had lunch in the town by the way, and Wang Bo tasted a fruit feast. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the afternoon, the official visit to the farm began, the campfire farm grows crops such as autumn wheat, malt, canola and green corn, and Christan's farm is large and grows more crops.

Wang Bo was amazed, and Christian shook his head and said: "The market is not good now, and you can't put your eggs in one basket, so you have to plant a few more crops, in fact, this will be lower in income." ”

This is a reluctant move by farmers, as international food prices are unpredictable and the weather in New Zealand is not good, and farm incomes are affected.

In the past, farmers would grow one or two crops in a season, which was easier to manage, cheaper to grow on a large scale, and could make more money.

Wang Bodao: "My farm has a good harvest this year, isn't it bad?" ”

Christian sighed and said: "My spring wheat is at a loss, there was a drought in January during the wheat filling period, and as you know, there was no rain or snow in the past winter, and there was a lack of water. ”

"Later, I was ready to harvest in February and March, damn it, this summer came late, and the wheat encountered frost, and the early growth was not good, and the later harvest was not good, and the grains were not full."

Wang Bo nodded silently and said, "What about the autumn wheat?" ”

They were walking right into the wheat field, where a large harvester whined through the field, followed by a large pickup trailer into which the harvested wheat was delivered.

When the trailer was full, Christian beckoned it to come over, and then climbed up the ladder with Wang Bo, and stirred the wheat grains inside with his hands to show him.

Wang Bo couldn't help but shake his head, the wheat grains were still not full enough, according to New Zealand's division of grain, this belongs to the third level of wheat, and it can't be sold at a good price.

Christan seemed to be worried that all the bad news would hit him, so he said: "Fortunately, the government subsidies are relatively high now, and although the wheat harvest is not good, there are few diseases, which is not bad." ”

Take Wang Bo to wander in the wheat field, the two hundred hectares of wheat is very spectacular, the stocking looks, at a glance is full of sprinkled wheat fields, the brilliant sun sprinkles down, the ears of wheat flutter with the wind, reflecting the sun like waves.

In this kind of place, you can really smell the fragrance of wheat, Wang Bo took a deep breath, the fragrance of wheat and the fresh smell of the earth were mixed together, which was quite novel to him.

Several big dogs were running in the wheat field after the harvest, and the dogs on the campfire farm were all big German herdsmen, with their ears pricked up, and they ran like the wind, rolling in the wheat field a few times, and their bodies were covered with broken cereal.

The farm uses a modern large harvester with the ability to crush the straw, which is broken and collected together, and then the government arranges for cleaning trucks to deliver the stuff.

New Zealand strictly prohibits the burning of straw in farmland, and after being caught, the farm will be heavily fined.

After the harvester in this way, it is inevitable that some wheat straw fragments will fall in the farmland, because the crushing is very successful, these wheat straw fragments are like small snowflakes, falling in the field soft, and the German herdsmen are crazy with excitement.

Behind these strong German herdsmen, there is also a small border herd stumbling to follow.

Christian whistled, and several dogs turned their heads to look at him, but only the little border herd ran at him.

He picked up the puppy and laughed, "Look, this kid wants to play with the big dog, but that's not okay, they'll tire you out, because they're adult dogs." ”

After a brief tour of the wheat field, he beckoned, "Come on, I'll take you to see a beautiful one." ”

As soon as he said this, Wang Bo guessed what he was going to see, it must be a rape field.

In the morning, when he looked down on the farm from the helicopter, he noticed the vast rape field, and although he had missed the time when the rape flowers bloomed, he still saw the beautiful rape that bore so much.

Rapeseed is a long-day crop, likes cold or warmer climate, the whole growth period of rape is completed below the average daily temperature of 22C, when the temperature is higher than 3C, rapeseed can germinate and emerge, due to the difference in climate between regions, resulting in different rapeseed planting seasons, so there are winter rape and spring rape.

New Zealand has a mild climate, with a lower limit of average winter temperatures of -5 degrees Celsius and the lowest average temperature of the coldest month of -5 degrees Celsius, which is still safe for canola to overwinter.

Therefore, New Zealand can grow winter rape can also be planted spring rape, winter rape is sown in autumn and harvested in late spring, spring rape varieties are not very strict with low temperature requirements, not only autumn sowing and summer harvest, but also spring and summer sowing, summer and autumn harvest.

When the two reached the rape field, the wheat waves disappeared and were replaced by a sea of greenish yellow.

There are hundreds of hectares of rapeseed spreading, Wang Bo put his hand into a hood and put it on his brow to look forward, the green and yellow of the eyes are boundless, occasionally mixed with the blooming rape flowers, it is still very pleasing to the eye.

Christian grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and showed him it, "Look, what are these?" ”

Wang Bo also grabbed a handful of soil and looked at it, and said in surprise: "Sandy soil? The soil here is very poor. ”

Christian laughed and said, "Yes, it's just that the soil here is relatively poor, and it's all sandy land. When I bought the farm, it didn't include the sandy land, and there was only sparse weeds on a large area of sandy land, so I negotiated with the government and bought them for 1,500 yuan per hectare. ”

Wang Bo said admiringly: "You did so beautifully, this is the Alaska that belongs to you." ”

Rapeseed does not have very strict soil requirements, and high yields can be obtained on various soil qualities such as sandy, clay, red and yellow loam, as long as correct farming methods and reasonable cultivation techniques are adopted.

The topic obviously made Christian a little proud, and he said: "Thank you, that's true, but they don't have many crops to grow, and I chose mustard rape, so there is still some harvest." ”

Mustard rapeseed has a well-developed root system and strong drought tolerance, and can be cultivated under conditions of poor soil fertility and arid climate, such as in northwest China, such as Gansu and Qinghai.

Wang Bo asked, "Don't you plan to harvest these rapeseeds?" I think they're cooked. ”

"It's been two days, it's been a bit better lately, you know, and I'm trying to pick a continuous sunny day to harvest the rapeseeds," Christian said. ”

After the rapeseed is harvested, it should be dried quickly and the grains should be beaten out in time, otherwise in case of rain, the rapeseed in the field will be damp, and the grade will drop and affect the selling price. (To be continued.) )