To be honest, this was Yang Dongxu's first time to visit a foreign breeding farm. In the past, he had thought that if he had money, he would buy a large piece of land abroad and build a Daxing farm. From now on, everything he eats at home would be produced by himself and consumed green and safe food.
As a result, after years of digging and filling holes, there was no time to realize this idea. The two families first visited a beef farm in a small town not far from the German capital.
The environment in foreign countries is indeed much better than that in China, especially in rural areas. Walking on that street in the city, you may still smell the smell of urine, or even see all kinds of garbage that has not been cleaned up. You must know that rats on the streets of London, England, are not afraid of people at all. The smell of urine on the streets of New York can be smelled from far away.
However, the environment in the suburbs and rural areas is indeed very good. There are no plastic bags flying around, and there are no bottles littering the ditches after being sprayed with pesticides.
It’s not clear whether the water is clear and you can drink it directly, but you can see the green aquatic plants and swimming fish. The surrounding greenery is also very good. The main reason is that except for the big cities in Germany, the people living in the countryside are not so dense at all.
For example, in the small town in front of us, there are tens of thousands of acres of farms around it. 90% of the land belongs to large farmers, so there are not many small farmers scattered around. Except for some permanent residents who are considered a market gathering place, there are no other people in the entire town.
Naturally, no one will help you plant things in every corner. After all, they want to have a large piece of land for farming. Moreover, farming is ingrained in the Chinese people's bones, and they feel uncomfortable when they see the land without planting something on it. Foreigners obviously don't have this hobby. They would rather lie on the lawn and take a nap if they have this free time.
The eldest sister and Zhou Ya took their children to play with a group of town children on vacation in the town park. After all, the weather is still quite hot now. Although it has been windy for a few days, children's skin is so tender that it is easy to get sunburned if they are exposed to a little bit of sun.
So Yang Dongxu and Liu Leehom were the only ones to visit the farm. Even Ran Feifei, the aunt who contacted the farm owner, stayed in the park and did not follow.
The farmer was contacted by Ran Feifei through the food supplier, so the other party was very enthusiastic and personally drove two people to the farm in a pickup truck to visit.
I didn’t see a beef cow that had two holes cut into its belly and then watched it eat. The laws for foreigners are sometimes quite dumb. For example, in some countries, to kill lobsters, you need to freeze them unconscious before killing them. Killing them alive is inhumane.
But two holes were made in the calf to observe the cow's eating and digestion. So the two big holes were said not to affect the cow's health, and no one said it was inhumane. In short, it was quite speechless.
Basically, the cattle raised in foreign countries are different from the cattle raised in China. Due to the development of rural breeding industry, the breeds of foreign cattle breeding are basically a few fixed breeds of beef cattle.
Unlike China, there are domestic cattle, cattle raised on pastures, and even buffaloes from the south and yaks from Tibet. In short, every place has its own varieties. No one seriously studies and breeds one variety specifically and uses it to create a good brand.
Therefore, when purchasing beef from a foreign country, just ask what kind of beef the farm produces and what the quality of different parts is. Basically, they are all very similar.
Of course, there are also some famous specialty beefs, such as Japanese snowflake beef. In fact, to be honest, although Yang Dongxu is delicious, it is not a glutton.
When eating beef brisket with potatoes, or steak, or braised beef. He really couldn't tell whether it was yellow beef, Monte beef, or top-quality snowflake beef. Mutton can be classified according to the smell of mutton and the strength of the meat. Chicken and duck can taste it, but beef can't really be felt.
Unless the beef cattle of a certain kind are raised on feed all the time, the taste difference is as big as the taste difference between domestic free-range chicken and farm feed instant chicken, and the other ones are really hard to tell.
"Originally I wanted to build a free-range cattle farm, but unless we go to Tibet and Inner Mongolia to provide a playground, we can only raise cattle in captivity and not free-range cattle." Liu Leehom said helplessly after walking around the cattle farm.
It is obviously impossible to become a nomad on the Tibetan Plateau, but it is not that difficult to get tens of thousands of acres of land for you to grow pasture and run a cattle ranch under other identities.
Basically, we can contract 10,000 acres of land in rural areas, which involves a large number of farmers, let alone tens of thousands of acres of land. China's urbanization is not good, and the land is scattered in the hands of farmers. Every rural person has his own land, which is very scattered.
If you want to gather together, even when Yang Dongxu is reborn, you can only do it if the government takes the lead and then collectively contracts. But those are basically contracts of several thousand acres, not many tens of thousands of acres, let alone tens of thousands of acres.
And even if tens of thousands of acres of land are contracted to you, the contract price per mu of land is enough for you to buy a farm abroad. This is no exaggeration.
For example, in the next few years, the price of rural contracted land will continue to rise. 500 yuan is the normal price. By around 2018, it is generally 800 yuan per acre, and even 1,000 yuan per acre.
Even if it is calculated as 800 per mu, the price of 10,000 acres of contracted land is 8 million. At this price, you can contract a large farm in a South American country like Brazil, Germany, or the UK.
Moreover, 8 million is not a one-time contract for several years or ten years, but a contract fee of 8 million every year. But after buying the farm, in addition to paying taxes, the cost is many times higher than the fact that the farm is basically privately owned forever.
Therefore, captive breeding in China is the most suitable way of raising them. If they are raised in free range, they can only go to places with natural geographical conditions in Tibet and Inner Mongolia. If you want to do free-range breeding in other places, you will basically lose money.
"If you really want to build a large-scale beef farm or something, the domestic environment is really not suitable and the cost is too high. You can consider doing it abroad. If you think Europe and the United States are too far away, you can do it in Russia. I have connections there. It can ensure the safety of you and the farm, and get a large piece of land for you." Yang Dongxu suggested.
"It's very difficult. First of all, let's not talk about whether your sister and little beauty are used to life abroad. Even my parents can't let me run so far, even if Russia is a neighboring country." Liu Leehom smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He does have a dream of a big farm, not just a breeding farm, but a comprehensive planting and breeding farm is what he has always wanted.
It would be perfect if the farm was big enough and had a stream or a lake or something. When I have nothing to do, I usually ride a horse for a walk, get a lounge chair under the shade of a tree and take a nap, with a fishing rod next to it. It's not too comfortable.
In fact, when he went to the courtyard a few years ago, he was very moved when he saw Yang Dongxu fishing in the pond in his yard. However, in recent years, due to the groundwater in Yanjing, the water quality of the ponds in the courtyard has not been very good.
Yang Dongxu had no choice but to build a waterproof layer underneath, occasionally let Cui Ma or Aunt Hua change the water, and keep some ornamental fish inside. And such a pond has undoubtedly lost its soul, that is, it was regarded as a scene when living in a courtyard house, and it no longer has the comfort of moving a lounge chair next to it.
"If you really want to go, just find a suitable opportunity to ask Zuozuo Ideological Work. If you really want to do free-range farming, we have connections at home and abroad so you don't have to worry about selling. It is indeed more promising than if you circle a few hills in your hometown. A lot." Yang Dongxu patted his brother-in-law on the shoulder.
This matter can only be decided by Liu Leehom himself. When the eldest sister and her family decide, whether it is to contact the farm or do something else, it is actually a trivial matter.
"Let's talk about it when we get a chance. I originally came to visit foreign breeding farms with high expectations. Now, although I feel that they are doing a really good job, I don't have the mood to continue visiting." When I think about the price of domestic land, , Liu Leehom suddenly lost his mind to think about setting up a large-scale free-range farm in China.
So after walking around for a while, they felt that they had no energy left, so the two of them simply said goodbye to the farmer and returned to the town. Wandering around the town with my family.
If you are traveling abroad, you don’t want to visit big cities or see some iconic buildings and historical relics. Going to a rural town to enjoy the slow-paced rural life is actually a good choice, and it doesn't cost much, and it doesn't have the crowded feeling of cities or China.
"What's wrong with my brother-in-law? You see he's depressed after he comes back?" After playing until about four o'clock in the afternoon, the group of people started to get in the car and go back to the city. Zhou Ya held her son, who was tired from running all morning, in her arms to make him sleep more comfortably. Some.
"As for the farm, my brother-in-law wants to build a large-scale breeding farm, or even a large-scale integrated breeding and planting farm. This is not easy to do in China.
Even if you make no money, you may still lose more money than you gain. After all, domestic land prices are too high, so come abroad to get it. He is also afraid that his eldest sister and children will not be used to life abroad, and his parents may not agree. In other words, he himself is not sure whether he can adapt to life abroad. Yang Dongxu said helplessly.
"This can only be decided by himself. If the eldest sister agrees and his parents don't have any objections, they can give him a farm. The family has different opinions, and even he himself is not sure, so we can't help him."
"That's the truth. To be honest, when I first started making money, I had two ideas. One was to buy a house as an apartment, and the other was to have money to build a big farm.
You can rest assured that everything you eat will be home-raised green food. You can go horseback riding if you have nothing to do, and then sit by the lake and go fishing. Don’t worry, it’s not too nice. "Yang Dongxu couldn't help but show a look of yearning on his face.
"It's wonderful to think about retirement life in advance, but you only see the leisure side of the farmer. Think about managing so many cattle and sheep every day, cleaning the manure in the breeding pen, harvesting grass...every day There are so many things to be busy with.
How long does it take for you to be as comfortable as you want to be? If you leave the farm to others without asking any questions, you probably won't be able to enjoy it that way.
So what you actually want is not a farm, but a pleasant leisure time after owning a farm. But if you live like that for too long, you will get tired of it.
So instead of setting up a farm, it’s like raising a chicken to eat eggs. It's better to treat it as a vacation and leisure project occasionally, and find a suitable farm to travel to if you have something in mind. When you feel nothing, just leave without delay. "
"Listening to what you said, I thought it felt like this. I just want the leisurely life of a farmer, not that I really want to be a farmer." Yang Dongxu couldn't help but smile and nodded.
