Section 168 Agricultural Material Stores
Zuihou agreed to use the method of small loans in kind, which is more convenient to operate and easy for farmers to understand.
Poultry fry are provided to farmers on credit, with a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 birds. Farmers sign an underwriting agreement for poultry eggs, and farmers use poultry eggs as poultry seedlings to repay principal and interest.
"I'm proposing a total of 20 eggs per chick," Ms. Ye said.
"It's just given for nothing! Too little. Wu Nanhai felt a little at a loss, "The poultry seedlings we give to farmers are not newly hatched chicks, but 18-week-old reared chickens -- a lot of manpower and material resources have been spent during this period." And bring several kinds of laying hens, whether it is a light breed of white shell laying hens or a medium-sized breed of brown shell laying hens, can produce an average of 220 ~ 280 eggs a year. A chicken can lay eggs for at least 2~3 years. I feel that I have lost the cost of asking them for 50 eggs as poultry seedlings. โ
Ye Yuming said: "At the beginning of the promotion, we suffered a little loss. Or 20 eggs. โ
The so-called middle peasants, rich peasants, and small landlords in Lingao all have limited economic capacity, and the peasants' industrious and suspicious mentality makes it necessary for this kind of promotion to show sufficient temptation of profit at the outset, but not to let the conditions go too far, and the peasants do not believe it.
Wan Lihui also conforms to Ye Yuming's point of view, saying that 50 eggs is actually too much. This annual egg production is achieved under the premise that poultry farms are intensively reared and sufficient compound feed is provided. In the state of soil farming, because the feed provided by farmers is single, the quantity is generally small, and the poultry must spend more time foraging in the wild, in this case, the egg production will not be so large, and the probability of loss and death is also very high.
"I think it's very possible that a few of these 5~10 chickens will die for various reasons. Although you are a student of agriculture, you do not know the suffering of farmers. Wan Lihui said, "If you are not careful to engage in farming in the countryside, you will lose all your money." Of course, a few chickens don't seem like anything to modern people, and I'm afraid that they are a lot of property for the farmers here. โ
Everyone discussed and discussed, but Zuihou still accepted Ye Yuming's plan: each chicken received 20 eggs as the principal and interest of the laying hens. The repayment period is paid within six months from the date of rearing.
After the principal and interest are paid off, Tiandi will underwrite all the eggs, and Zuihou will also buy back the mother machine that cannot lay eggs. Everyone thinks that as long as the farmers are well fed, there are no unexpected losses, and it is obvious to benefit from this jihua.
"This is also a good opportunity for us to promote the use of negotiable vouchers to farmers across the county." Yan Ming said. Since the issuance of the negotiable bills for more than half a year, a certain degree of credit has been formed among the merchants in the county, but the recognition of this kind of banknotes by farmers is still relatively low.
Purchases are paid to farmers in paper money. In addition, in line with the policy of stimulating the use of circulation coupons in Dongmen Market: all purchases that use circulation coupons in the stores opened by the crossing group can be discounted by 95%.
It is precisely because farmers instinctively do not trust the circulation vouchers that they will spend them in the market once they have them, which can further stimulate the circulation, avoid the hoarding phenomenon caused by the payment of metal currency, and truly make the currency circulating.
"We're not calling it promotion, we're just posting it upside down." Someone sighed.
"Most of the countries on this shijie have subsidies for agriculture, otherwise no one would have farmed the land for a long time." Ye Yuming said, "This can be regarded as a disguised agricultural product subsidy policy." โ
"From the immediate point of view, we will suffer a little loss, but to do this kind of promotion, we must first win the trust of the people." Ye Yuming made a concluding statement, "With trust as the foundation, it will be easier for Heaven and Earth to promote anything in the future." โ
Poultry provided to farmers, tentatively only laying hens, Wan Lihui suggested to provide white chickens, this light white shell laying hens in the 21st century is no longer popular, but it has the characteristics of resistant to rough feeding, high conversion rate, good at foraging for their own, very suitable for farmers free-range.
"Another point is that we want to provide jishu services for feed and breeding." Wu Nanhai said, "It's not just about giving the chickens to the farmers, it's about following up!" โ
The issue of feed is particularly important, as free-range breeding can greatly reduce the likelihood of chicken plague and the like, but it is clear that the free-range laying hens will not be fed sufficient feed as farmers in the 21st century.
The compound feed that laying hens need is particularly particular, according to modern breeding, there are 39 different nutritional indicators for laying hens. Not only should you have enough protein, but you also have enough fiber and calcium.
"The farmers here, I think they are short of food, do they have the ability to raise chickens? Don't starve the chickens to death. โ
Raising chickens requires food, and in the past, although farmers raised chickens to subsidize their families, the scale was generally small.
Wu Nanhai said: "Even if the farmers have enough food to use. It is also necessary to provide formula feeds, especially protein and calcium. This has a big impact on the egg production rate. Otherwise, our promotion will be meaningless. โ
"How?"
"Feed loans in kind, or use eggs to repay the loan."
"If you take out this one-pass loan, the farmer will be saddled with a serial Hades debt......
"As long as our feed has an effect on increasing production, we should still be happy." Wu Nanhai seems to be very sure of this, "Farmers used to spend money to go to the city to buy manure, buy household garbage, and buy bean cakes and peanut cakes from the workshops...... They have a sense of investment and know that if they want to have a good harvest, they have to invest highly. We do not interfere with ordinary feed, and provide formula feed, mainly to supplement protein and calcium, and then add a variety of nutrients that are easy to be insufficient in farmers' free-range breeding. โ
Everyone has no objection to this, and the problem of details is still solved by the Committee of Agriculture itself. The lending institution is carried out by Delong. There will be an internal settlement between the Heaven and Earth Society and Delong. The Finance Committee hopes that monetary settlement will be implemented between various departments as soon as possible, so as to facilitate the improvement of the financial system, rather than physical accounts that are difficult to value.
As a supporting project, Delong Grain Bank will also launch a kind of "agricultural loan" cash small loan, which is specially issued to farmers to purchase agricultural materials such as formula feed, native veterinary drugs, and disinfectants. In this way, we will support farmers' production and at the same time expand the circulation of grain vouchers.
"I have an idea," Ye Yuming put forward a new opinion before the meeting, "Lingao iron farming tools are in short supply, not only of poor quality but also very high in price, which greatly affects the level of production. The metallurgical sector is now unable to open up to supply the needs of the whole county, can it give special preferential treatment to the farmers who participate in the Heaven and Earth Meeting? For example, the promotion of new agricultural tools at cheaper prices. โ
"I guess that's okay." Wu Nanhai nodded and turned to Dai Harmoni, the representative of the Planning Commission. This person was in charge of the distribution of materials on D-day, and after the gradual improvement of the organization, he did not talk much, and concentrated on the administrative work of the Planning Commission, mainly responsible for the approval and review of various major projects, and often loughed on various construction sites.
"How much do you need?"
"The Committee of Agriculture itself wants to expand the agricultural industry, and it also needs to replace some of the lost agricultural tools, plus this time the heaven and earth will promote ......" Wu Nanhai took out a notebook from his body, "...... At least fifty pieces per month. It seems that he is afraid that the Planning Commission will refuse, "I will hand over the damaged farm tools to the Planning Commission and return them to the furnace." โ
Dai Huo said: "The problem is not very big, and the current daily steel production of the metallurgical sector is still enough to support these volumes." But if you give it to the farmers outside, it's hard to recycle. This part of the loss needs to be taken into account......"
"Do you trade in the old for the new? Let the farmers return the old ones, subsidize the difference a little, and then we will sell the new ones to them. โ
"That's about the case." Dai Harmony agreed.
"How about we just open an agricultural supply store?" Wan Lihui had a whim, he remembered that the people in the countryside who were engaged in the trading of agricultural materials were very rich, "new farm tools, formula feed, soil pesticides, soil fertilizers, seeds...... There are so many good things, don't worry about no one coming to buy them. โ
Everyone thought it was a good idea, so it was decided that Tiandihui would open an agricultural material store in Dongmen City to sell various agricultural products under the "Tiandihui" brand. In the initial phase, these products were supplied only to the landlords and smallholder farmers who participated in the jihua extension and were not exported.
"In addition to iron farming tools and seedlings that cannot be popularized in a short period of time, formula feed, soil pesticides, soil fertilizers ...... It should be open to supply soon. Wu Nanhai said.
After the meeting was dismissed, Yan Ming enthusiastically discussed with Ye Yuming, Dai Hui, and others the prices of agricultural materials -- the "agricultural loans" issued were mainly used to purchase these products. While they were arguing about the price, Wu Nanhai rushed back to the farm with Wan Lihui.
Wan Lihui asked Wu Nanhai what he was going to make of this "formula feed". Wan Lihui knew that the grain storage base of the farm was actually not thick. There is not much grain to make feed, and it is only from the scraps of the seafood factory: fish bones and scales.
Wu Nanhai entered a special warehouse and came out with a wooden box: "This is the main ingredient of my formula feed." โ
"What is this?!"
"Earthworms." Wu Nanhai smiled, "Have you ever raised it in the countryside?" โ
"No-" Wan Lihui suddenly realized, "But someone has done it, mainly for professional chicken farmers!" โ
"Yes, in addition to earthworms, I also plan to engage in maggot breeding - I haven't done this myself, and I can't find so many culture media, so let's start with simple earthworms."
"You're going to use earthworms as raw materials to make formula feed."
"You also need to add some plant-based ingredients, fish offal meal, and shell powder, which are all needed by laying hens."
The main formula of feed formulated by Wu Nanhai is: dried earthworm powder, fish offal powder, and shell powder. He doesn't have corn, the most common feed grain, so he can only meet the formula feed
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