Argentina produced approximately 37,000 pigs last year.
If this number is for an individual, it actually sounds like a lot, but this is Argentina’s annual production volume.
This reminded him of an interesting piece of news from his previous life, which was that the largest special economic zone city in New China, including the floating permanent population, had about 18 million people, more than 5 million fewer than Argentina today, and ate 6.6 million pigs a year. , a very astonishing number.
Looking at it this way, 37,000 pigs are not even a fraction.
What's more, Argentina's current pig production is mainly distributed in the relatively poor northwest and northeastern regions of the country, where there are not many pastures. Pork has become the main supply source of meat products in these regions and is a substitute for beef.
And these 37,000 pigs are indeed not worth mentioning compared to the 20 million cattle raised domestically last year.
For most poor Argentinians, there is a high probability that they cannot afford meat. Whether it is beef or mutton, they are relatively luxurious, and the price of chicken is relatively low.
For the common people at the bottom of most rural areas today, the cattle and sheep they raise generally have to be sold, and they are reluctant to eat them. They have to exchange them for bread so that they can barely survive. Some of them work on farms.
People in the city will be better off, but it's still very limited.
Moreover, most of Argentina's beef is exported to other countries and exchanged for foreign exchange, etc., but it is difficult for local residents to afford it.
It was only after the 1970s that the supply of meat increased in most areas of Argentina, the price of beef and mutton fell, and most residents could afford it, but it was still very limited.
Among the major countries in Latin America, Brazil and Mexico have the largest number of pigs.
It's just that, like Argentina, they don't praise the taste of the pork they sell. Even Americans raise a lot of pigs, but they all have one thing in common: they taste unpalatable.
In some countries in the Americas, some even regard chicken and pork as food for the poor. For example, later generations of black Americans have always regarded fried chicken and watermelon as a form of discrimination.
But chicken is much more delicious than pork after all, so the production of broiler chickens in Argentina now exceeds that of pork by dozens of times.
On July 12, a regular town hall meeting in Blanca City,
At the meeting, Saint Jose made an important proposal to the civil servants.
"I propose to build a pig breeding base, a breeding pig breeding base, and a pig breeding technology center in the name of the State-owned Assets Committee of Blanca City. In the future, about 20 pig breeding centers with an annual output of 10,000 pigs will be established around Blanca City. field."
"Of course the first step is to unite with surrounding breeding companies,"
"At the same time, we will establish a pig cooperative and recruit surrounding farmers to develop our pig raising business."
Pig breeding is actually a cooperation between the Blanca City Breeding Company and Sunshine Agriculture, but a new breeding company must be established with the State Assets Commission and unanimously negotiated.
Saint Jose regards pig raising as a career and takes it seriously.
"Mr. Mayor, it's understandable to grow soybeans, but why raise pigs? It's okay to raise cattle, sheep, and chickens. We can't understand it."
A young civil servant raised his hand after discussing with several colleagues around him. He was a newcomer to the State-owned Assets Commission and had just joined the job.
The breeding industry is no different from the planting industry and cannot be expanded rapidly in a short period of time. 500 breeding pigs are only a partial foundation. It will actually take two or three years to fully realize its potential, so it is also an attempt of his.
Saint Jose nodded in appreciation.
He does not want Blanca City to be his one-stop shop. There are many important things that he hopes most people in Blanca City should know.
"I will give you a unified answer later. If you have any questions, please continue."
"Yes, Mr. Mayor, I heard that pork is not delicious. We have enough beef and mutton here, why do we raise those kinds of pigs?"
Another senior official also said.
"Mr. Mayor, this seems unnecessary. It tastes worse than pork."
Officials, big and small, were talking a lot, and now the venue was as noisy as a vegetable market.
Seeing that the discussion was almost complete, Saint Jose slowly spoke,
"I would like to explain the necessity of developing pig farming based on the following reasons."
"First, I estimate that the population of Blanca City will exceed 1 million in the next five years, and will exceed 2 million in 10 years. The amount of meat products consumed every day is astronomical. Based on last year's estimate of Blanca City, 1 million People probably eat as much meat as 200,000 cows a year."
Sanjesé's estimate is very reasonable. Last year, almost 100,000 people in Blanca City ate 15,000 cattle, and of course other meat. He made a simple conversion.
Such a huge population ranks second in Argentina, but other cities are also developing slowly and are not as radical as Blanca City.
This is a population figure that gives officials a headache.
"Such a huge demand for beef will inevitably lead to an increase in beef prices. As for the reason for the increase, you can tell by looking at the beef prices in previous years. I will not elaborate further."
This is the drawback of capitalism. The price system is unstable. The only way to suppress prices is to provide sufficient supply to prevent businessmen from raising prices indiscriminately.
This is what state-owned supermarkets do, and prices in Blanca City are now much lower than in other places. This is actually a game and balance behind it, as well as the various means in the hands of Saint Jose.
The reserve granary in San Jose and the acquired cattle ranch are all preparations for this. A huge city will inevitably need huge supplies. La Plata City can get the resources of the entire province. Buenos Aires is Nationally, Blanca City wants to break through the situation. In addition to uniting with surrounding cities, it also needs to establish some of its own supply chains.
“Although beef is cheap for export in our country, it is more than 2-3 times more expensive than pork. Breeding broiler chickens is relatively more troublesome and has higher technical requirements. Moreover, chicken and pork are not simple substitutes. Our country can have There is enough chicken supply, and the production cost of pork is actually more than twice that of cattle, and the slaughter volume is also faster. It takes 5-10 years to raise a cow on the grassland, and it only takes 210 days to raise a pig. 180-200 pounds, faster if the breed is good.”
Saint-Jesse once again talked about the benefits of raising pigs, whether it is cost or time, or other, or even feed. Pigs are omnivores and can eat many things. Of course, feed mills and soybeans are what he prepared.
"It takes about 18 months for a cow to be raised from an early age before breeding. After breeding, the gestation period takes 7 months to give birth to a calf. Cows normally only give birth to one cow per litter, and very rarely give birth to two. Cattle raised in indoor fences also need to grow for at least 2 years. It will take about 10 to 12 months before beef is available on the market. As for sows, they can be mated 5 to 12 months after birth. The gestation period is about 4 months. They can generally give birth to about 10-16 piglets. They can be slaughtered at 7 months. .”
Seeing that everyone was attracted by his numbers, Saint Jose continued, "Beef, sheep, and pig, compare these three types of meat."
As for chicken, he didn't say that this chicken supply is not mainstream, at least not now, and he will pay attention to it.
“There are also ewes that need to be raised for 7-8 months before they are bred. After breeding, it takes 5 months to give birth to lambs. Normally, 2-3 lambs are born in one litter. It takes about 7-8 months for lambs to be put on the market to provide mutton. "
St. Hesse made a simple comparison and took out a comparison picture. The advantages of pigs are very obvious and they can be supplied in large quantities.
This allowed the officials who were good at calculations to do some casual calculations and their mood eased.
"Second, regarding the issue of unpalatable pork, I have eaten the pork here and it is indeed unpalatable, but this is because our country has not developed scientific breeding methods at present. I have found some pig raising experts at home and abroad. With professional breeding and scientific and large-scale breeding, the taste of pork will be greatly improved, and the cost is very low."
What San Jose is actually talking about is a professional veterinarian who performs surgical operations to remove the testicles or ovaries of boars and sows and perform castration. Of course, he also contacted the Chinese in Cordoba and asked them to go to Nanyang to help find some Chinese pig makers. Perform unified relearning.
Of course, he himself is deeply disgusted with the profession of eunuchs, but after all, China has more than two thousand years of feudal history, and the old craft of pig castration has a history of hundreds of years. It is still the most authentic Chinese people, maybe Vietnam, There are also some in South Korea and Japan.
"Third, we need to do a good job in supplying vegetable baskets for such a large population in the future. Pork is a very popular meat, and the current domestic breeding methods are still very poor. I am not opposed to raising broilers, but it is mainly for the purpose of caring for people. If everyone eats pork instead, chicken farms can continue to be built.”
What is the so-called feeling full and warm? If the people of Blanca City eat well and drink well, the fertility rate will definitely be maintained at a relatively high position. The lower class citizens must also be able to afford meat. Relatively cheap pork is a substitute for beef. .
Coupled with reasonable policies and guidance, the city's population will inevitably increase faster.
After all, even ordinary people have to eat meat. Even if Argentina is rich in products, there are many poor people at the bottom who cannot afford meat. The price of a pound of Argentine beef is now 100 pesos for 500 grams. Even though the overall supply of beef is relatively sufficient, the price Can't afford it or can't afford it.
Sanjesé still remembers that when he was a soldier in Cordoba, the highest price of beef reached 190 pesos for 500 grams. That was because of the drought in Argentina, which led to a reduction in grain production and the death of a large number of cattle, causing the price of beef to skyrocket. Although the currency is now devalued, Domestic beef prices are generally relatively low.
Argentina does not have an all-powerful government to control prices macroscopically. This has also led to some evil businessmen and many profiteers. In fact, Prali Foods and Blue Cloud Textile suffered a lot, but it was much better to establish their own supply chain later. .
Pork currently costs 50 pesos for 500 grams, and after cost reduction in San Jose, it is expected to be reduced a lot. Assuming that an ordinary Argentinian civilian’s monthly salary is about 3,000 pesos, he can only afford 30 kilograms of beef, but he can buy more pork. , Fortunately, the prices of other breads and the like are low, so people don’t eat beef when nothing happens. In fact, the price is not too high.
“Finally, I hope everyone will realize that although our country has a lot of beef, it has nothing to do with many people. I hope Blanca City can improve the living standards of more people.”
San Jose does not regard pork as its staple food. Instead, like its previous life, it develops the main dish + rice model to feed a larger population.
Of course, the premise is that the more Argentina lives, the better.
In the end, Sanjesé discussed it with the officials for more than two hours, ending with a pork delicacy to convince them.
Everyone felt that pig raising was something that really needed to be taken seriously, and the Mayor of St. Hesse always did things one step at a time and looked at the next three steps. They also began to look forward to the delicious pickled pork with pickled vegetables and Dongpo pork that the mayor mentioned. Amazing oriental cuisine.
The meeting decided to establish a state-owned breeding company in Blanca City, which will be responsible for pig breeding and breeding, as well as the construction of other supporting facilities.
The breeding company will also purchase 3,000 piglets and breeding pigs from China and Brazil to compare with European breeding.
The national pig farm in Blanca City was built on a remote farm in the west.
Sunshine Agriculture also established the Sunshine Pig Farm, next to the national pig farm. In addition, some families in Blanca City also established pig farms.
The Department of Veterinary Medicine was established directly at the National Southern University School of Medicine.
Under the leadership of officials from all walks of life in the city hall, all work is progressing very quickly.
...
July 22,
Juan and Horst's southern oil team officially arrived at the port of Blanca City by boat.
San Jose led a group of senior Blanca officials to give them a grand welcome.
The port of Blanca City was filled with blue and white Argentine flags, and many citizens from across the city came out to welcome him.
Many people are very shocked by oil and automobiles. These two industrial areas are the focus of publicity, and everyone is very interested in such high-paying jobs.
During this trip, Juan also brought back 543 technical experts. In addition to people from Eni Petroleum, there are also people from Fiat Group, as well as some machine tool processing experts and special steel technology experts.
Help the city of Blanca build its own production factory.
15 freighters leased from Greece, loaded with automobile production lines and refinery production line equipment, were parked quietly in the port.
St. Jose was in an excited mood. He chatted with Juan and Horst for a long time and expressed condolences to these Italian experts.
In order to allow these Italian technical experts to arrive smoothly and provide good services, San Jose has previously arranged several newly renovated residences and special dormitories in the East and West Districts, and even built special roads.
Supporting facilities are also under construction in the western Petroleum Industrial Park in Blanca City and the Automobile Industrial Park in the eastern part of Blanca City.
We also recruit Italian professional students in China and prepare for the match in advance.
Several professional vocational schools are also under construction.
This seems to be considered a benefit of a country of immigrants. After all, there are many immigrants from Italy and Argentina.
There are many Germans in Rennes Military Industry.
Sanhai Shipyard is a construction company of the Spanish national shipyard, and San Jose has recruited skilled workers of Spanish descent.
Of course, people of mixed race now account for the majority in Argentina, and most people’s parents are not pure.
Therefore, most people in the shipyard are still ordinary.
Moreover, the arrival of Fiat technical personnel will be a great improvement to the Argentine industry.
San Jose currently owns four major industrial groups related to mechanical processing.
The first one is Rennes military industry. The processing of firearms production, artillery, rocket launchers, and tank armor are all closely related to machine tools.
The second is Sanhai Shipyard. The production of some key parts of small diesel engines, such as the diesel engines of 10,000-ton giant ships, is still imported from abroad.
The third is the San Martin Aircraft Factory, which also produces parts and components, and the core engines are also imported. Argentina currently does not have the technology to produce aero engines, and San Jose is also waiting for an opportunity to see if it is possible to produce its own aero engines.
The last one is Leidun Industry, mainly Leidun Motorcycle Factory and Leidun Tractor Factory. There is also Leidun Machinery Factory which is responsible for various machine tools. However, most of these machine tools are imported from abroad and are relatively expensive.
In fact, there is another Argentine diesel engine factory. Some key components of domestic diesel engines use machine tools, but currently they mainly copy several diesel engines, such as two models of Thunder Shield tractors, which drive 500-ton and 2,000-ton fishing boats. Diesel engines, and tank diesel engines.
However, among most of the equipment imported by Argentina, machine tools are also an important import, second only to automobiles as consumer goods.
In other words, the main key equipment of these industrial groups-machine tools and engines and diesel engines are all imported from foreign countries. There is no way to do this. Most of the more advanced factories in Argentina were developed in this way.
For example, the biggest competitor of Thunder Shield Motorcycles now is Zanella Motorcycles, founded in 1948. It is the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the country and is headquartered in Buenos Aires.
Initially, Zanella used engines designed by Italian Ducati Industrial and licensed the production of 100 and 125cc engines from Italian Cecato motorcycles.
The situation of Thunder Shield motorcycles is slightly different. Although they received help from Honda Co., Ltd., and although most of the first generation were assembled goods, the second generation of Thunder Shield motorcycles have already achieved most of their parts made in China. ization, producing Argentina’s own motorcycle engines and motorcycles.
Of course, most engine production equipment is still processed by imported machine tools from Germany, Spain, Austria and other countries.
It’s just that the production and processing of motorcycles is not that difficult after all. For cars, it can only be done by importing complete production lines.
This is equivalent to handing over the lifeblood to foreigners, so when negotiating with Sofia Automobile, they also clearly requested the establishment of an Argentine domestic machine tool company, using the foundation of the Rennes Machinery Processing Plant to establish a specialized machine tool factory.
The purpose of this machine tool factory is to produce real Argentinian independent machine tools, especially to imitate and build its own automobile production line. The Fiat 600 is not the end, nor is the Thunder Shield 250, nor is the T-54 tractor, nor will the Arrow 2. end.
This time, the Fiat 600 has a van production line and a car production line. If mass production is successful, 30,000 cars can be mass-produced in Argentina every year. San Jose feels that this is not enough. The price of a Fiat 600 will not exceed 1,200 US dollars.
After all, Argentina imports a lot of cars every year, and 30,000 cars is still far behind. Compared with the 5 million cars in the United States and the more than 1 million cars in the UK, there is a huge gap.
San Jose's goal is to slowly develop its own production line based on the Fiat 600 series and increase its output to 60,000 vehicles.
Then it will take another three years to produce cars designed and manufactured by Argentina itself.
Eventually succeeded in establishing its own automobile industry.
As for the refinery, domestic personnel don’t have to worry too much.
...
On the morning of August 24, a big event happened in Brazil. Their President Vargas committed suicide at the age of 71.
A few hours earlier he had decided to give up his seat to Vice President João Cave.
Previously, senior Brazilian officials believed that the Vargas government's financial downturn and other scandals had led to growing public distrust of him, and therefore persuaded Vargas to give up the presidency in the interests of the nation.
After Vargas committed suicide, people discovered a letter he wrote to the Brazilian people.
In his letter, he accused the "international financial group" of conspiring to undermine the Brazilian nation and ignore the demands of the Brazilian poor, who supported Vargas the most.
After hearing this news, Saint Jose held a moment of silence in his heart for this Brazilian national hero, although many Brazilians have long forgotten this person in later generations.
He believed that Vargas was one of the greatest presidents in Brazilian history and the founder of Brazil's industrial miracle in later generations. He left behind a relatively strong Brazil.
He actively attracted foreign investment, especially the United States, to develop Brazil's national industry, established the Brazilian National Steel Company, several large hydropower stations, etc., laying the foundation for Brazil's modern industry, and developed local Brazilian resources such as the famous Vale iron ore.
This is an American manipulation of Brazilian politics and a tragedy for Brazilians.
On the domestic front, the Córdoba faction has also taken action and stepped up its opposition to Bilon. The CIA has blatantly appeared in Córdoba.
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