Chapter 2994 The key to unlocking future agriculture
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“In addition to rapid population growth, human diet is also changing subtly.
As the world's demand for high-quality protein, mainly meat, eggs and milk, is also increasing day by day, the proportion of meat, milk and eggs in the food structure is also constantly increasing.
Livestock and poultry are currently the most important and best source of meat, milk and eggs. Whether they are livestock and poultry used to provide meat, or livestock and poultry for milk and eggs, they require a large amount of grain to be raised.
The current conversion rate of grain to meat is about 10 to 20 percent on average. In other words, we consume ten kilograms of grain to obtain about one kilogram of meat, milk and eggs. This conversion rate is too low.
Although people have been trying to improve the conversion rate between grain and meat, progress has been slow. So this means that we need to grow more food to feed these livestock and poultry for human use.
With such a huge demand for food, it is obviously not possible to rely on traditional technology, and only genetically modified technology and gene editing technology can be applied. Only these two technologies can help us significantly increase crop yields to meet human needs.
Although there are still some problems with transgenic technology and genetic technology, I think it is only a matter of time before they are opened up and accepted. "
"Besides, although there are many problems with these two technologies, after decades of development and experimental observation, it has been found that crops that have undergone genetic modification do not seem to have much impact on the natural ecological environment, and they are also harmful to our human health. There was no threat.
Although people's acceptance is still relatively low now, I believe it's not far away from their true acceptance. "
“In fact, many of the things we eat now contain genetically modified crop ingredients, and probably only a small number of people who have very high requirements for material life and have good living conditions have not been exposed to it.
Many restaurants on the market now actually use these ingredients in order to control costs. Haven’t we eaten in these restaurants or eaten in them? "
“In addition, most of the meat we currently hold, except for some high-end meat, is slaughtered from livestock raised on soybeans and corn grown using genetically modified technology.
Why, because of cost. Genetically modified crops have lower costs because of their high yields and strong resistance to pests and diseases. This is undoubtedly the best choice for all farmers. "
Speaking of this, Wu Hao paused for a moment, then faced everyone's gaze and said: "So for the vast majority of people, whether we accept it or not, we are actually being forced to accept it, but no one has exposed it. This layer of window paper may have been adopted by default.
So why can't we accept these drought-tolerant pasture varieties developed using transgenic and gene-editing technologies?
Could it be that what comes from abroad is fine, but not what we produce domestically? Grain is fine, but not these pastures.
As mentioned earlier, compared to these concentrated feeds, the meat quality of cattle and sheep raised on fresh pasture is better. And because it is produced in China, all aspects are strictly monitored to ensure the quality and safety of these meats and ensure that everyone can eat with confidence. "
Having said this, Wu Hao turned his attention to Deputy Director Cheng and said: "I think in this regard, the state and relevant departments should stand up to explain and guide and eliminate the public's misunderstanding."
Hearing what Wu Hao said, Deputy Director Cheng shook his head with a wry smile and said: "It's not as simple as you think. The country's intervention means the final word. If problems arise, it will have a huge impact on credibility. So any decision must be made Be extremely cautious, and you will never come forward before you are completely sure."
Speaking of this, Deputy Director Cheng glanced at Wu Hao and softened his tone: "However, as you said, this project is indeed of great significance, so I think the country should give strong support.
But the key to the success of this project is that you have to be strong and you have to be strong. You have to come up with something convincing and achieve results. "
"Actually, we have been working hard in this area." Shen Ning said with a smile: "Shortly after the establishment of our Haoyu Technology Company, we began to enter the field of agricultural technology. We have successively cooperated with A Li, J Dong and other partners. We have built many new smart unmanned farms and pastures in the northwest region. Currently, in Western Xinjiang alone, our farm area reaches one million acres, which is larger than a county in the eastern and central provinces.
These pastures are all managed intelligently and unmanned, and can produce a large amount of food and cash crops for us every year. Such as corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, sugar beet, sunflower seeds. In addition to this, there are a large number of vegetables such as tomatoes, potatoes, onions, peppers and more.
These grains and vegetables are also sold directly through online platforms and offline supermarket chains. Because the entire planting process is broadcast live online, the origin can be traced, and the quality is guaranteed, so these products are also very popular among consumers. "
“In addition to farms, we have also established many pastures and breeding farms in the northwest region to raise beef cattle, dairy cows, sheep, chickens, and pigs.
We can produce hundreds of thousands of tons of various meats every year, and these meats are also sold throughout the country through cold fresh channels. "
"In addition to this direct operation method, we also establish large-scale pastures through cooperation with farmers and provide farmers and herdsmen with sufficient fodder to help them raise cattle and sheep. We can also directly repurchase the cattle and sheep they produce. purchase, thereby effectively helping these farmers to become rich.
This also gives our Haoyu Agriculture a certain influence in the entire northwest region, which can lay the foundation for our next step in expanding the agriculture and animal husbandry industry in this region.
In addition, we have also established very complete sales channels, which can also help us sell these agricultural and maternal products better and faster.
If we can obtain the approval, we are confident that we will build a huge beef cattle breeding base with a scale of one million heads within five years and be able to sell hundreds of thousands of high-quality beef products to the market every year.
If we can get further permission, we will also enter the dairy market to provide very high-quality milk sources for the domestic market.
This kind of milk source is not comparable to that of small retail households and small breeding farms. Because it is raised on pasture, the milk it produces is richer in nutrients and of better quality.
Whether it is used for drinking fresh milk or processed into formula milk powder, it is definitely a high-quality dairy product, thereby creating a domestic high-quality dairy product brand and breaking the monopoly of the two major domestic milk manufacturers. "
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