Chapter 1266 1250. Big Farm (1/5)

Chapter 1266 1250. Big Farm (15)

After visiting the town, the two had lunch in the town by the way, and Wang Bo tasted a fruit feast.

In the afternoon, we started to visit the farm formally. The bonfire farm grows crops such as autumn wheat, malt wheat, rapeseed and green corn. Christian’s farm has a larger area and more types of crops are planted.

Wang Bo was amazed, and Christan shook his head and said: "The market is not good now, and you can't put all your eggs in one basket, so plant more crops. In fact, the income will be lower."

This is the helpless move of the farmers. The international agricultural food prices are unpredictable, and the weather in New Zealand is not good. The income of the farms is greatly affected.

In the past, farmers would plant one or two crops in one agricultural season, which is convenient for management, low cost for large-scale planting, and can make more money.

Wang Bodao: "My farm has a good harvest this year, isn't it bad?"

Christian sighed and said, "My spring wheat is losing money. In January, the wheat grain filling period encountered a drought. As you know, there was no rain or snow in the past winter, and the water source was scarce."

"Later, it was ready to harvest in February and March. Damn it, this year's summer came late, and the wheat encountered frost. As a result, the growth was not good in the early stage, and the fruit setting was not good when it was harvested later, and the grains were not full."

Wang Bo nodded silently and said, "What about Qiumai?"

They happened to walk to the wheat field, and a large harvester was whining in the farmland, followed by a large pickup trailer, and the harvester would send the wheat into it.

Once the trailer was full, Christan beckoned it to come over, and then led Wang Bo up the ladder, stirring the wheat grains inside with his hands to show him.

Wang Bo couldn't help shaking his head. The wheat grains were still not plump enough. According to New Zealand's classification of grain, this belongs to the third-grade wheat and cannot be sold at a good price.

Christian seemed worried that so much bad news would hit him, so he said, "Fortunately, the government subsidies are relatively high now, and although the wheat harvest is not good, there are very few diseases, which is not bad."

Taking Wang Bo for a walk in the wheat field, the 200 hectares of wheat is very spectacular. Looking at it from stocking, it is clear at a glance that it is full of wheat fields. The bright sun is shining down, and the ears of wheat are fluttering with the wind, reflecting the sun like waves.

In this kind of place, you can really smell the aroma of wheat. Wang Bo took a deep breath. The smell of wheat mixed with the fresh smell of soil is quite novel to him.

Several big dogs ran in the wheat field after harvesting. The dogs in the campfire farm were all big German shepherds with their ears pricked up. They ran as if they were carrying the wind. Full of shredded cereal.

The farm uses a modern large-scale harvester with the ability to crush the straw. After the straw is broken, it will be collected together, and then the government will arrange a cleaning vehicle to send these things away.

New Zealand strictly prohibits the burning of straw in farmland. If caught, the farm will be severely fined. At that time, Wang Bo had to go to Wellington to apply for burning weeds, otherwise he would not be allowed.

In this way, after the harvester passed, some wheat stalk fragments would inevitably fall on the farmland. Because the crushing was successful, these wheat stalk fragments fell softly on the field like small snowflakes, and the German shepherds went crazy with excitement.

Behind these strong German shepherds, there is a small border collie stumbling along.

Christian whistled, and several dogs turned to look at him, but only the little border collie ran towards him.

He picked up the little dog and said with a laugh: "Look, this kid wants to fight with big dogs too, but that's not okay, they will tire you out, because they are grown dogs."

After visiting the wheat field for a while, he beckoned and said, "Come on, I'll show you a beautiful one."

As soon as he said this, Wang Bo guessed what he was going to see, and it must be a rapeseed field.

When he was overlooking the farm from the helicopter in the morning, he noticed the vast rapeseed field. Although he had missed the season of rapeseed blooming, it was still beautiful to see such firm rapeseed.

Rapeseed is a long-day crop and likes cold or warmer climates. The entire growth period of rapeseed is completed below the average daily temperature of 22°C. Rapeseed can only germinate when the temperature is higher than 3°C. Differences lead to different planting seasons of rapeseed, so there are winter rapeseed and spring rapeseed.

New Zealand has a relatively mild climate. Its average temperature in winter is 10 degrees Celsius, and the average temperature of the coldest month is minus 5 degrees Celsius. For rapeseed, it can still survive the winter safely.

Therefore, New Zealand can grow both winter rapeseed and spring rapeseed. Winter rapeseed is sown in autumn and harvested in late spring. Spring rapeseed does not have strict requirements on low temperature. It can be sown in autumn and harvested in summer, and can be sown in spring and summer and harvested in summer and autumn.

When the two arrived at the rapeseed field, the waves of wheat disappeared, replaced by a sea of ​​green and yellow.

There are hundreds of hectares of rapeseed spreading. Wang Bo put his hand into a hood and put it on his brow to look forward. The green and yellow are endless, occasionally mixed with blooming rapeseed, which is still very pleasing to the eye.

Christian grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and showed him, "Look, what are these?"

Wang Bo also took a look at the soil, and said in surprise: "Sandy soil? The quality of the soil here is very poor."

Christian laughed and said, "Yes, the soil quality here is relatively poor, and it's all sandy land. When I bought this farm, it didn't include these sandy lands. At that time, there was only sparse There were sparse weeds, so I negotiated with the government and bought them at a price of 1,500 yuan per hectare."

Wang Bo said with admiration: "You did a great job, this is buying your own Alaska."

Rapeseed is not very strict on the soil. On various soils such as sandy soil, clay soil, red yellow loam, etc., as long as correct farming methods and reasonable cultivation techniques are adopted, high yields can be obtained.

This topic obviously made Christan feel a little proud. He said: "Thank you, that's true, but they can't grow many crops. I chose mustard rape, so there are still some harvests."

Mustard rapeseed has a well-developed root system and strong drought tolerance, and can be cultivated in conditions of poor soil fertility and dry climate. Northwest China, such as Gansu and Qinghai, has places to grow this kind of rapeseed.

"Aren't you going to harvest these rapeseeds yet? I think they're already ripe," Wang Bo asked.

Christan said: "It's a matter of the past two days. The weather has been relatively good recently. You know, I hope to choose a continuous sunny weather to harvest rapeseed."

After the rapeseed is harvested, it must be dried in the sun quickly, and the seeds should be punched out in time. Otherwise, if it rains and the rapeseed in the field gets wet, the grade will drop and the price will be affected.