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"Uh...... Of course, you also know the geographical environment of China, there is not much land suitable for the vigorous development of animal husbandry, and the resources cannot be compared with Canada, so I just planned to set up a small farm at the beginning, which is about to be more than 1,000 heads. ”

Li Yifan scratched his head, now he really doesn't want to expand the scale of domestic beef cattle breeding, and in fact, he really doesn't have the resources to expand the scale of breeding.

The domestic environment is not like Canada, only one province like Mengjiang Province has a large number of grasslands, and such grasslands are still being eroded by wind and sand, not to mention that the two giants of the dairy industry in China have long stood firm, where is their place for development?

"So? That's better, I thought you had a large farm in China! It's not that big! ”

Edmund's next self-talk made Li Yifan very strange, how can any employee not want his boss's business to become bigger?

"I thought so, I thought you were going to open a large-scale beef cattle breeding enterprise in China, so you need to introduce a lot of beef cattle, don't look at this beef cattle in our Canada is not expensive, but once it comes to export, the price will rise."

As soon as Edmund saw the strange faces of Li Yifan and Andy, he immediately understood the loophole in what he had just said, so he hurriedly explained it to the two.

And his words, Li Yifan can also understand, it is indeed like this bird abroad. Especially in developed countries such as Europe and the United States. But whatever they have is something. As long as you Chinese want to buy, the price must be extremely expensive, even if you don't double it, it will give you a price of one and a half times, which is really a headache.

Originally, he was really thinking about bringing in some beef cattle from Canada, but now listening to old Edmund say this, it seems that he has a more hode idea.

"If you're bringing in some beef cattle from here, especially for breeding, it's going to be very expensive. But if you bring in some cows from here and don't bring in beef cattle, the price will be cheaper. And I don't know, what are the requirements for beef cattle over there? If the quality of beef cattle is not high, then the cows in our pasture can be used as breeding cows, and you can spend no money at all. ”

Edmund's words made Li Yifan's eyes light up, don't look at him now that he has a sum of money, but it is best to save some of this money, after all, he will have other big jihua in the future.

"Oh? If you have any good ideas, you might as well talk about it. ”

For such employees who get into the role quickly. Li Yifan liked it very much, and he felt that it was really a good choice to hire Edmund as the manager of this ranch this time.

"We Westerners like to eat steak. In addition, the quality of steak and beef is relatively high, and most of the beef needs to have a snowflake texture, and you may have heard that the highest price to buy in the beef market is the Japanese Wagyu ......"

Indeed, what the old Edmund said is true, the current Westerners have long been out of the era of filling their stomachs, beef is their staple food, and Westerners who like to eat steak have particularly high requirements for the quality of beef.

When people eat steak, they definitely don't just want the beef to be lean, but also pay attention to the snowflake texture of the beef, and to put it bluntly, it also contains a certain amount of fat in the lean meat.

When this kind of beef is fried in steak, it not only looks good, but also locks in moisture, and the most important thing is that it tastes particularly good, and now the most expensive beef on the market is the Japanese Wagyu, and their Wagyu beef is better at this point.

"But as far as I know, Huaguo is not a big beef consumer, and Chinese people prefer pork more than beef, so I don't think the requirements for beef quality should be so high for us."

Old Edmund said that he looked at Li Yifan here, and after seeing Li Yifan nodding quietly, his nature was even higher.

"The main beef cattle raised in our current ranches in Canada are Charolais, Simmental, and Hellford, these three types of beef cattle have high meat yield, and the fat content in the meat is not too high, but these are all good beef, and the price in the market is also high, of course, the cost of feeding is followed, and the requirements of these cattle for the living environment will be correspondingly very high. And if you raise such beef cattle in China, I don't know if you will make money, and as you said before, the environment for the development of animal husbandry in China is actually very small, because the land suitable for large-scale development of animal husbandry is limited......"

It seems that the elder Edmund has done related work in the animal husbandry industry in China before, so these are the way to go.

"If the quality requirements for beef are not so high, then I suggest that you might as well be direct, use our cows as cows to breed, anyway, the quality of these cows is not bad, and the breeding bulls do not have to worry, we can directly introduce some high-quality bull semen # liquid for breeding, so that the production of new cattle, although in the quality and quality of meat production, may be worse than those pure beef cattle, but the advantage is that the cost of feeding is low, and the investment required will not be very large......"

What can be like this?

Li Yifan listened to old Edmund's words, and was a little shocked, it turned out that he was still thinking about wanting to raise a large-scale herd, and this time it seemed that he would have to pay a lot of money in Canada to bring in beef cattle back.

But now after listening to what old Edmund said, he immediately felt that what Edmund said was right, and it was definitely a good idea.

Ten years later, when the consumption capacity and consumption habits of the Chinese people, coupled with the scandals of some pig farmers continue to be exposed, the domestic beef and mutton will usher in a peak consumption period.

Although shabu-shabu mutton seems to be the main force, in fact, the consumption of beef in later generations is not bad.

Moreover, the way Chinese people cook beef is not as good as Westerners like to make steak, and Chinese people prefer to stir-fry. Or the way to use hot pot. And hot pot seems to be more popular.

And the beef slices used to make hot pot. Its practical use is some leftovers from the cow, as for haode beef, of course, it has naturally flowed into the meat market.

So in fact, the cost of beef slices used in hot pot restaurants is not very high, of course, this is still compared with those adulterated beef and mutton, and those guys are more profitable.

Because when slaughtering cattle, it is inevitable that some fat will be produced that people don't like, and Chinese people don't like butter like Westerners. Therefore, these fats can generally only be disposed of, such as landfills, or sold to chemical factories to make soap and soap.

But a few years later, after the hot pot diet became popular across the country, the beef fat would become a favorite among meat processors.

They only need to mix a certain proportion of lean and fatty meat, then squeeze it, freeze it, and then slice it with a machine, which becomes the beef slice sold in major hot pot restaurants.

A slice of beef down. Often, half of it will be fat.

But even so, these beef fillets. It is still very popular in hot pot restaurants, after all, compared with the beef that costs fifty or sixty yuan a pound outside, the beef in the hot pot restaurant is still cheap.

Of course, what you are looking for is the kind of regular hot pot restaurant that does not use participating beef, and if you are looking for a black restaurant, then you must be losing money.

But in any case, Zuihou is still profitable, and this method proposed by Edmund just provides Li Yifan, a businessman, with the most cost-saving method.

Yes, if you can do that, why bother buying beef cattle in large quantities?

After all, the current domestic dairy industry is growing rapidly, and there are a large number of professional dairy cow households across the country, so the country is optimistic about the introduction of high-quality dairy cows from abroad.

But once it comes to beef cattle, it's different, after all, a few years ago, even in recent years, mad cow disease was once prevalent in Europe and the United States, but it made people talk about disease and change color.

Therefore, the national inspection and quarantine and customs are very strict for the beef cattle and beef products introduced from abroad, and the inspection procedures are very complicated.

Li Yifan also had a headache earlier, but now Edmund put forward an idea, which suddenly made him feel uncomfortable.

Yes, you can first bring back more than 100 cows from here, and then bring back some cow essence, and then go back to the veterinarian and artificially conceive those cows.

In this way, a generation of calves can be quickly bred, and then they can be marketed, and their own chain hot pot restaurant Jihua will not be greatly affected.

As for high-quality beef cattle, you can let Edmund introduce a batch here, and then carefully cultivate, once the breeding is successful, then you can continue to engage in some cows back, and then introduce cattle essence ¥ seeds, artificial breeding in China, this is not cheaper than directly from abroad a large number of imported beef cattle or something back to raise?

At best, it will be a waste of time, and even if the calves born by these cows are not cost-effective in terms of future meat production, they can directly import cow essence from here, and then introduce some high-quality beef cattle and cows from domestic pastures for artificial breeding.

You must know that although the domestic beef cattle are not as famous as these foreign beef cattle, in fact, there is no shortage of high-quality beef cattle breeds in China.

Thinking of this, Li Yifan couldn't help but be very happy, this Edmund really came up with a good idea for himself.

Andy was also very satisfied with Edmund's advice, and the old guy did seem to be a very qualified ranch manager.

After another day at the Red Deer River Ranch, Uncle Andy hurried back to Vancouver, after all, he still had a law firm to run there, and Li Yifan stayed here for another week before returning to Vancouver, during this week, he and Edmund studied and understood in detail the breeding knowledge of dairy cows and beef cattle, but the time was too short, and he only learned some fur, but this was enough for Li Yifan at this stage.

Soon after returning to Vancouver, he was ready to return to China, after all, the trip abroad was almost over.

The night before returning to China, the eldest uncle's family came to visit Li Yifan again, and after dinner, the eldest uncle Andrew and the second uncle called Li Yifan to the study.

"I heard you bought a ranch in Alberta?"

Andrew asked with a smile as he looked at Li Yifan.

"Yes, we were optimistic about the development of the domestic dairy industry before, and we wanted to develop in this area, originally this time I just wanted to introduce some beef cattle and dairy cows, but I didn't expect that the price of the ranch was very appropriate, and the most important thing is that there is an oil and gas field under the ranch, I think the price of 90 million is just right now, and it may not be able to buy it at three times the price after a while, so I made a move."

Li Yifan's answer made Andrew, who was sitting opposite, smile and nodded.

"No wonder Anna said that you are an assertive child, and indeed this sale is very good, you must know that in the future, this land may not be something you can get at the current price."

Andrew, as a politician and a city councilor in Vancouver, is very clear about the Canadian government's energy policy, although the current international oil market prices are very low, but this has not stopped the Canadian government from vigorously developing Alberta's oil sands mineral resources.

Once international energy prices recover in the future, the Canadian government will immediately increase investment, develop policies, and introduce greater investment, so that Alberta's oil sands resources can be more favorably supported and developed.

"When the time comes, I'll have people visit your ranch, and if I can, I'll persuade the oil companies to help you build a gas pipeline so that your gas can be bought directly into the oil processing plant in Edmonton."

The eldest uncle's understatement made Li Yifan almost jump up with excitement, is this okay? He really didn't expect that his eldest uncle would have such great energy.

Uncle Andy has long said that the price of building a gas pipeline is not cheap, and the people in the oil company are certainly not good men and women.

"Haha, of course I may not have such great energy, but your aunt can, you must know that their family is the majority shareholder of the Sun Oil Company and the Canadian Synthetic Oil Company......"

Seeing Li Yifan's surprised expression of being able to swallow an egg in one bite, the eldest uncle Andrew explained to Li Yifan with some smugness.

No wonder! Originally, I was still having a headache about how to maximize the use of natural gas under the pasture, but such a problem is completely a matter of one sentence for Sun Oil Company or Canadian Synthetic Oil Company...... (To be continued.) )