Song Tan Jishi

Chapter 782 782. How to make money raising cattle

Niu Jia's words did not contain those obscure professional terms, but were simple, easy to understand, and straightforward. Even a layman like Song Tan could now think of a rough combination of varieties in his mind.

After thinking for a while, she asked curiously: "That kind of Wagyu beef, what kind of snowflake beef, what kind of cattle are they?"

 What she raised cannot be worse than Wagyu!

This time it was Niu Ben's turn to explain: "Don't listen to the nonsense of people who are living a good life! Why do you get snowflake beef when you listen to music and drink beer? People get fatty liver after drinking alcohol, so how can Niu be fine if he drinks every day?"

“Snowflake beef means that there are marble patterns on the beef. As long as the intramuscular fat of the cow exceeds 10%, it will appear. As long as the feed ratio is appropriate for the three types of cattle that Jiajia just mentioned, they can all grow!”

“You take the cattle back and raise them free-range in spring, summer and autumn, and adjust the feed when it’s cold in winter to ensure the meat is of good quality!”

At this time, Yan Ran was also listening intently, taking pictures with the camera, and kept remembering the key points.

After thinking about it, Niu Ben said again: "Teacher Song said that your family still has a farm, right? Do you need cattle to plow the land? If necessary, I also recommend these three types. These three types can reproduce, grow meat, and work. of."

“As long as you don’t get too tired and the meat grows slower, the meat will actually be firmer and more flavorful.”

Song Tan thought for a while, there was work, but was it necessary to use oxen? Not very useful.

 But since these three types of cattle are the most common in the entire pasture, these three types must still be suitable.

 She looked at Professor Song and listened to the professionals throughout the process.

Professor Song laughed loudly: "I just told you to bring Tantan here. Some experiences cannot be accumulated without seeing them with your own eyes."

“Niubeng, the place where Tantan’s family grazes their cattle is a river beach. The area is not as big as yours, but it still has a hundred acres. However, after removing more than ten acres of tidal flats and reeds, the usable area is far from what you have.”

“Just tell her what the arrangement is.”

 “It’s not too small!” Niu Ben had a plan:

“The riverbank is good, it’s moist and gentle, the land is rich in nutrients, and it’s well maintained. This resource is more important than cattle!”

But now...

 He stopped the car: "Here we are! It's already noon, let's eat first!"

Yan Ran immediately touched his stomach in distress.

 …

Niuben's pasture covers more than 300 acres. The terrain is gentle and slightly sloping, with pastures and wild grasses mixed with seeds. Now the wind in early autumn has caused the green to be deep and shallow, undulating.

 The air is filled with the freshness of the wilderness and the unavoidable smell of cow dung.

There is no other way. There are nearly 300 acres of pasture, with 200 adult cattle and more than 100 calves. In total, there are about 300 animals. Even if people often come to purchase, it will be filled soon.

 Even if he took care of it carefully, it would be difficult to completely freshen the air.

 But overall, it is still a quiet pastoral.

There were only a few of them at the dinner table, and Niu Ben didn't notice them either: "The workers are getting paid today, and my wife is going over there."

“There are still workers?” Song Tan was curious: “How many people are needed to raise cattle?”

Niu Ben shook his head: "You don't need many people to raise cattle, as long as you can ensure that no one destroys and steals them."

“But, for such a large pasture, as I said before, resources are more important than cattle. This is not nonsense.”

While pouring Professor Song a glass of wine, he explained slowly: "For example, my pasture is a registered farm company with all the qualifications. It is quite troublesome to run this project. The project is too complicated."

"Now that you have the qualifications, the next step is to raise cattle. In spring, summer and autumn, all kinds of grass are spread freely on the pastures, allowing the cattle to eat as they please, and they can't finish it. But if they are raised like this, the air is good and the mood is good, how can the cattle be bad? "

“This is one of the reasons why our cattle rarely get sick.”

Speaking of this, Niu Ben quickly poured wine for Niu Jia: "Of course, Jiajia feeds them disease prevention medicine every year, which also contributes a lot!"

When the child in Niu Jia's arms heard the movement, he clapped his hands and burst into laughter: "Jiajia! Jiajia!" Professor Song couldn't help but laugh: "Well, what a good name."

Niu Jia looked numb.

 Niu Ben held the cups and touched each of the three of them, and soon returned to the topic:

“Besides, we are raising cattle, but there is an old saying that we must believe. That is, if a family has a lot of wealth, it does not include the hair.”

“When raising cattle, you can’t just look at making money, but you also have to be prepared not to make money—Boss Xiao Song, what I say doesn’t sound good, but it’s true.”

 In fact, this is indeed the case. As long as the livestock is not sick, once a serious infectious disease occurs, it is likely to be in vain for the whole year.

 Just like raising chickens and pigs.

 Hence, Niu Ben also has other ways to increase revenue:

“In my pasture, there is a fixed area where high-yielding pasture is planted every year, and there is a workshop for processing and storage, which is used to prepare winter fodder for cattle.”

 This coincides with Professor Song’s arrangement!

Song Tan looked at Professor Song, and it was hard to tell that this was not Niu Ben’s experience.

"In addition, there is an area where I have planted other grass species. One is cat grass. Do you know cat grass? Wheat grass, barley grass, oat seedlings, the like, and catnip. Processed into powder. The market for powdered or cat grass pellets is booming!"

Huh? Pet market? Song Tan didn't expect this.

 She was very excited.

Looking at Yan Ran again, she didn't even bother to eat (mainly because she hadn't finished digesting her breakfast). She just sat on the side and clicked on her notebook. She was obviously too busy writing down information.

Niu Ben tried to persuade her again and again but to no avail, and now she became proud: "There are also rations for grass-eating pets such as rabbits and chinchillas, such as Timothy grass, alfalfa, fruit tree grass and the like."

“This kind of pet is actually very profitable even though not many people keep it.”

If he didn't keep breed cattle here, he might have all kinds of cat and dog food, freeze-dried food.

Song Tan was amazed.

 No wonder Professor Song insisted on bringing her here. These experiences are not face-to-face, who can say so much!

However, compared with raising cattle on the riverbank, there is another point to note:

"You need to have a big fermentation tank next to it. Why, because there is a lot of cow and sheep excrement. It doesn't matter to me here. If you want to clean it, you can clean it. If you don't, just use fertilized land. Anyway, the place is big and spacious enough, and it won't decompose quickly. Influence."

“After all, there was no pasture before, so just a few dozen cows per 100 acres would be enough. It’s different now. Nowadays, with scientific breeding, a hundred cows are more than enough.”

“There are so many cattle and sheep, how can you not clean up the excrement?”

“But it’s different next to the river. The water vapor is moist and the feces is not easy to dry. In addition, when it rains, the feces will be slowly washed into the river.”

“The water next to the river will be too fat by then. Not only will it stink easily, but it will also be unpalatable to fish, and it will not be good for cattle to drink.”

“Build a fermentation tank and ferment cow and sheep dung separately. If you want to use it in your own land, use it yourself. If you don’t want to, sell it!”

He spoke sincerely: "I'm telling you, there are too many people in the city planting flowers and fields now, and the cow and sheep dung is fermented into pellets, and some people buy it!"

“Look, if we raise a cow, we can make more money than just the cow!”

Update 3, surprise!

　　　Good afternoon, have a nice weekend, and the evening is gone.

I have read information about raising cattle on pasture and asked cattle raisers, including the quantity. If you have other opinions, please feel free to discuss them actively.

Let’s all brainstorm and build our home bit by bit!

The river beach is very big now, but not big enough, but in the future, the family’s wealth will be expanded step by step. take it easy.

 (End of this chapter)