Comrade Xu Yin, who is hard-working and capable, was loaned to Red Star Farm after the beginning of spring to exchange experiences in retting.
The farm does not have enough livestock manure to build a biogas digester, so it still uses artificial retting to topdress the crops.
Sister Tian’s younger brother and sister-in-law both work at Hongxing Farm. One time, Sister Tian returned to her parents’ home and said that Comrade Xu Yin knew a wonderful method of retting fertilizer. The retting fertilizer was not only eco-friendly and odorless, but also extremely fertile. The farm director borrowed Xu Yin through the farm director Qi.
Xu Yin stayed at the Hongxing Farm for three days. Not only did she teach them how to make ecological fertilizers, but she also taught them a few tips on interplanting. This was her farming experience that she had accumulated through several small worlds. Some of them were learned from the skill manual exchanged in the system mall.
For example, when corn is interplanted with garlic, the allicin secreted by garlic can drive away corn aphids and reduce the incidence of corn sclerotinia;
For example, when corn and cucumbers are interplanted, the cucumbers do not need to be trellised and can grow around corn stalks, saving labor and time, and can also reduce or suppress cucumber mosaic disease.
Another example is when spring corn is interplanted with pumpkin, and late corn is interplanted with winter melon. The corn grows upward, and the pumpkin and winter melon climb across the seedlings without affecting each other. However, the nectar of the pumpkin and winter melon can attract the parasitism of the black egg wasp, the natural enemy of the corn borer, and can effectively reduce the damage caused by corn borers...
The farm workers were stunned for a moment.
They know about interplanting - plant tall and short together to get more light, but they didn't expect that there are so many details?
According to what Comrade Xu Yin said, interplanting will not only provide sufficient light and reduce crop diseases, but also increase production?
So what are you waiting for! Hurry up and start planting!
The farm director immediately listened to Xu Yin's suggestion and interplanted the corn with garlic, winter melon and cucumber.
When the summer harvest came, no matter whether it was due to top dressing or interplanting, the farm had a bumper corn harvest, the yield per mu increased a lot, and vegetables such as garlic, winter melon, and cucumbers also grew extremely well.
The farm director was so happy that he personally sent Xu Yin a basket of corn and vegetables as a thank you gift, and jokingly said:
"Xiao Xu, I think you are overqualified to stay in the breeding farm. How about working in our farm? Can you tell me about the treatment? I can definitely satisfy you if I can make the decision."
Director Qi heard that Director Zhou of the farm was here and thought he was here to borrow Xu Yin again.
Xu Yin has no time recently. The first batch of walnuts has matured and the ewes have produced milk. Her guidance is needed everywhere, but she can't get away.
So, he rushed over to refuse. Unexpectedly, when he heard these words, his face turned dark and he angrily chased people away:
"Lao Zhou, why are you so cunning! Poaching corners of our company behind my back? What do you mean if you stay in our company and overuse your talents? Oh, can you shine at your Red Star Farm? Go, go, go! Who will lend you people in the future? , I will never borrow it again! God knows if we will poach the backbone of our field just by borrowing it. Do you think it is easy to cultivate a backbone? Why are you so cunning..."
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Xu Yin slipped away quietly when the two field directors were bickering.
If she had been asked to choose a farm or a breeding farm when she first came here, she would definitely have considered choosing the farm without any land.
But after two years of working and living on the farm, she has developed a relationship with this place. What’s more, the walnut trees are bearing fruit this year, and she is still waiting to eat the paper-barked walnuts she planted herself!
Last year, the walnut trees only bloomed but did not bear fruit. All the staff at the farm were worried about Xu Yin - if they did not bear fruit this year, she would have to bear the cost of these 300 walnut trees.
Fortunately, I was able to bear fruit this year.
When the walnut flowers withered and produced small fruits, all the workers were happier than Xu Yin herself.
As the walnuts grow up day by day, their hearts also expand day by day:
"This walnut is too good!"
"There are so many and so big! Do you think they are all tied together with the ones from last year?"
"Not only are walnuts bearing fruit, have you noticed? The bamboo shoots and wild vegetables in the back mountain are also growing very well. One crop after another, it seems that there is never enough to cut."
"I feel like God has opened his eyes! There was a drought a few years ago and not a single blade of grass grew. In the past two years, the capital has been returned to us with interest!"
Hearing the happy discussions of the employees, Xu Yin put away the spiritual dew that she did not dare to continue using, hiding her merit and fame.
Although it was the first year to bear fruit, the walnut production was quite large. Director Qi asked Xu Yin to discuss how to sell the walnuts.
As mentioned before, should we cooperate with a non-staple food factory to produce walnut powder, walnut cake and other snacks for sale, or should we dry them and sell them directly?
"I think these walnuts are selling well. Not only are they big, but the walnut meat is also very plump, white and tender. The profits of each factory this year are better than last year. I heard that the business of melon seeds and peanuts at the supply and marketing cooperative is very good. , maybe our paper-skinned walnuts will also be very popular. How about we store them in the supply and marketing cooperative and sell them directly?"
Director Qi is full of confidence.
Xu Yin was thinking about another possibility: "Director, do you think it is feasible for our factory to produce it ourselves?"
"puff--"
Director Qi squirted the tea and choked several times before he found his voice:
"Xiao Xu, what are you talking about? Produce it yourself? How to produce it? We are a breeding farm!"
All he had to do was shake Xu Yin to wake her up.
But Xu Yin felt that if a breeding farm could be opened under a textile factory, why couldn't a food processing workshop be set up under a breeding farm?
"With our own processing workshop, can't we process the walnuts, goat's milk and even the endless fruits and vegetables in the factory anytime and anywhere? We don't need to look at the faces and plans of the non-staple food factory. We can still do it ourselves during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Making mooncakes to provide benefits to employees saves a lot of money than purchasing them from outside..."
She was actually thinking of the inescapable movement a year later.
If we have to cooperate with a non-staple food factory every time, if something happens to the non-staple food factory at that stage, wouldn’t the breeding farm be affected?
Rather than relying on others, it’s better to do it yourself. If you engage in your own production behind closed doors and are not affected by the ups and downs of the outside world, you will be able to remain stable for as long as you want.
Director Qi didn't know what Xu Yin was really thinking, but as he listened, he was miraculously moved by her.
But this matter is not a trivial matter. Even if it is just a small workshop, it must have funding. What can you do if you don’t have money? Besides, he is not qualified to approve this application.
So he went to the main factory to find the leader.
When he arrived at the main factory, he was still thinking about how to mention this matter to the leader. This step was really too big and he was afraid of being criticized, but he saw Director Lin put a red-headed document in front of him with an emotional look on his face.
"Old Qi, you came just in time, I was just looking for you."
Director Qi picked up the document and took a look at it, his eyes almost popping out of his head.
What! ! !
Will the breeding farm have its own textile factory?
The breeding farm is no longer a department of the textile factory, but is affiliated to the Pingcheng Agriculture Bureau, and will become a signature unit that Pingcheng focuses on promoting?
this……
Director Qi's eyes went straight.
"Lao Qi." Director Lin smiled and stood up to shake hands with him. "From now on, we will be on equal terms. Also, Xiao Xu will be the deputy director from now on. When you retire, she will take over."
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(End of chapter)
