"Mr. Chen, don't worry. Thank you. In fact, I also have something very urgent, and I want to trouble you." Xiang Nan said.
"Please tell me something." Chen Jinshan nodded.
"It's like this. The year before last, my orchard had a good harvest, with a net profit of more than 200,000 yuan. When the county, city, and province knew about it, they set me up as a model and called on the people of the province to learn from me.
Therefore, starting from the year before last, the province vigorously promoted fruit cultivation. This was originally a good thing, but this year, tens of thousands of acres of fruit will be put on the market. Within half a month, at least 30,000 tons of fruit will be produced.
The consumption capacity of several nearby counties and cities simply cannot be absorbed. If measures are not taken in time, I am afraid that the price of fruit will drop to an extremely low price by then. Not only will the people not make money, but they will suffer huge losses. Xiang Nan explained.
Chen Jinshan and Ma Defu were shocked when they heard this.
"Brother Yongfu'er, are you telling the truth?" Ma Defu asked in surprise.
"I won't talk nonsense. In fact, you should also be able to see that Yuquanying alone has planted more than 6,000 acres of fruit trees in the past two years, which is more than 15 times that of two years ago." Xiang Nan said, "I Three suggestions were made to them early that year: they should pay attention to guiding and instructing fruit farmers in planting; they should open up the market and contact fruit merchants from other places to avoid harming farmers due to low prices; they should introduce deep processing enterprises to increase the added value of products.
However, it did not attract their attention at that time.
Last year, I saw that they had not yet taken action, so I went to the county, city, and province to remind them again and again. But they have no awareness of this and still refuse to listen.
So starting last year, I built my own cold storage, winery, cannery, and fruit vinegar factory, but my digestion capacity is still limited.
That’s tens of thousands of tons of fruit. I can only digest one-third of it at most, leaving two-thirds. If I can’t find a market in time, it will just rot in the ground.
After excluding the costs of seedlings, fertilizers, irrigation, pesticides, and labor, fruit farmers not only make no money, but also suffer losses of up to 300 yuan per mu.
As a result, our Yuquan camp alone suffered losses of 1.8 million. "
"..." Chen Jinshan and Ma Defu both showed solemn expressions.
If what Xiang Nan said is true, then this matter is really serious.
There are 4,000 households in Yuquanying, and their total assets are probably not worth tens of millions. Just losing 1 million yuan, which is equivalent to a loss of more than 400 yuan per household, is simply a bolt from the blue.
"Comrade An, I will pay attention to this matter you mentioned immediately." Chen Jinshan nodded, "Defuler, in the past two days, you will take me around to find out the details and see the specific situation."
Ma Defu nodded solemnly.
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In the next few days, Ma Defu took Chen Jinshan around. In addition to Yuquanying, he also visited several surrounding counties and cities. As expected, he could see orchards full of fruits everywhere.
The locals don't care about sales at all. It seems that when the fruit is ripe, it will automatically turn into money. Who will buy it, who will transport it, and where it will be transported. Is the consumption capacity sufficient? The market supply is insufficient...
They had never considered these, but Chen Jinshan knew that if one of these links went wrong, it would lead to catastrophic consequences.
Because southern Fujian developed early, in the past two years there were too many citrus plantings, which caused prices to plummet and fruit farmers to lose money.
So he quickly reported it and contacted fruit merchants in the south to see if he could come over to purchase.
Chen Jinshan's report did not attract enough attention, and no measures were taken.
Firstly, their cognition is limited and they simply don’t believe that such a thing could happen; secondly, their abilities are limited and not everyone has connections. Even if they are aware that there is a problem, they usually ignore it because it has nothing to do with them.
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In July, the grapes begin to ripen.
Because the grapes in Xiangnan are well cared for and have sufficient water and fertilizer, they are the first to mature and go on the market, and fruit merchants come to purchase them. In less than a week, 400 tons of grapes were basically sold out, and bags worth more than 1 million yuan were sold safely.
Seeing him making lots of money, the villagers became more confident about this year's harvest.
But when their grapes began to ripen, the nightmare came.
At the same time, more than 10 million jins of grapes were ripened together, with more than 7 million jins in Yuquanying alone.
The fruit seller really couldn’t collect it, and he really couldn’t sell it. Because Yinchuan is a second-tier city after all, its spending power is limited. Tens of millions of kilograms of grapes are eaten and bought every day by every household, but there is never enough to buy or eat them all.
As a result, grape prices have been falling.
When Xiang Nan was selling, because the output was still small, he could sell for 1.5 yuan, 1.8 yuan, or even 2 yuan per catty.
But now, the price of grapes has been falling all the way, to 60 cents, 50 cents, 40 cents, and even to 30 cents or 20 cents.
If the fruit is sold at such a price, the fruit farmers will not even be able to recover the money for fertilizers and water. Not to mention the fact that I couldn’t grow crops because I planted fruit trees, so I lost hundreds of dollars that I could definitely earn from growing crops.
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"Oh, this price is too low. It's not even enough to cover the cost. Why don't you mention it again." Yang San said angrily.
"Well, why mention it? You don't know that now the city is overrun with grapes. There are grapes everywhere, and they can't be sold at a high price. If you don't believe it, you can sell the grapes yourself in the mall and see if you can sell them. ." The fruit seller explained.
"Oh, isn't this life-threatening?" Yang San pulled his hair in annoyance after hearing what he said.
"I told you before, nothing will fall into the sky. You can make a lot of money, but others will miss you." Li Dayou gloated upon seeing this.
"Don't look at the joke. I'm almost dying of worry. Oh my, you'll lose money if you sell these grapes, and you'll lose money if you don't sell them. It's really embarrassing." Yang San said depressedly.
Shuanmen, Wuquan, and even more villagers were pulling their hair out with worry at this moment.
"Well, dig up the fruit trees now, and never plant this shit again." Yang San rushed into the house angrily, holding a shovel.
Everyone was about to stop them, but at this moment, the loudspeaker in the village suddenly rang, "Villages of Jintan Village, please pay attention. Villagers of Jintan Village, please pay attention. The acting village chief Ma Defu is announcing good news." Jun Winery is open to purchase grapes from Yuquanying at a price of 60 cents per catty.
Settlement on the spot, no delay or arrears. "
Upon hearing the news, the villagers all jumped up from the ground and immediately pulled flatbed trucks to deliver grapes to the winery.
Yang Sandu threw away the shovel, took the grapes off the fruit vendor's scale, and ran all the way to the winery.
The price of 60 cents per pound is already a good deal for them.
With more than 2,000 kilograms of grapes per acre of land, at 60 cents per kilogram, you can earn more than 1,000 yuan. After excluding water, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, etc., you can make more money than growing corn and potatoes.
When the fruit seller saw him, he quickly drove his three-wheeled agricultural vehicle to the winery.
There are more than a ton of grapes in his car, which he collected for two to three cents. If they change hands, it will be six hundred yuan.
Li Dayou originally wanted to see everyone's jokes, but now that grapes have sales channels and everyone can make money again, he couldn't help but smack his teeth in annoyance.
No matter how many times I calculated, there was a capable man named Xiang Nan in Jintan Village.
