Santana Valley Ranch is located in the southern part of the lower reaches of the Moro Valley, Santana Valley.
A pasture occupies a flat valley with fertile land, abundant water and abundant pasture.
The only bad thing is that it's too remote.
Even more remote than River Valley Ranch.
A few years ago, Brett found this ranch, but the other party only rented it out, not sold it.
According to the information Chen Mo and the others have, the ranch's operating conditions are not very good, but it has no debts.
The annual profit is hundreds of thousands. It is jointly managed by a big family, and they are busy from dawn to dusk every day. This time they found the other party, who relented a little and asked for 50 million.
On the contrary, Flower Creek Canyon Ranch, which is adjacent to Santana Valley Ranch, took the initiative to contact Bright and asked if he was interested in their ranch.
The Huaxi Canyon Ranch is surrounded by mountains on both sides and a small valley 6 kilometers long in the middle. It covers an area of only 1,000 acres. The ranch's construction, machinery and equipment, cattle, sheep and horses are all packaged together, and the other party's asking price is only US$5 million.
Such a comparison shows how cruel the asking price of Santana Valley Ranch is.
"Boss, how about this Huaxi Canyon Ranch?" Returning to the ranch, Brett took Chen Mo to the Santana Valley and Huaxi Canyon Ranch.
A reservoir water source shared by Flower Creek Canyon Ranch and Santana Valley Ranch.
The Santana Valley was pretty good, so Chen Mo took a quick look at it and went directly to the Huaxi Canyon Ranch. The mountains here were steeper, and the 6-kilometer-long valley plain only covered an area of 1,000 acres.
There are only two ranches here, where dozens of people live.
It takes an hour to drive from a populated area to the nearest city, which is very remote.
The grass in Huaxi Canyon Pasture grows knee-high, and cattle, sheep and horses graze leisurely among them.
Chen Mo and the others went directly to the rancher's house and were warmly received by the rancher's family.
After seeing the price of 5 million US dollars, he thought it was suitable. Chen Mo didn't even bargain with the other party and bought it directly.
As for the Santana Valley Ranch, the other party’s asking price was too harsh. After that, Chen Mo and the others didn’t take care of the other party for a long time...
With these 1,000 acres of grassland, it is almost enough for a short period of time.
The two sisters-in-law, Chen Xiao and Zhang Xia, have returned to China. They have money, but they don’t have their own careers. They lose the most if they put their money in the bank. Some of the money is invested in stocks, and more is invested in real estate in their hometown...
Chen Chen takes care of his parents in San Francisco.
Chen Mo returned to the ranch and made further plans for the ranch, as well as the hills to the west of the valley ranch that belonged to Field City. A total of nearly 13,000 acres of undeveloped hills were acquired without much effort...
Santana Valley Ranch should be up for sale, and Valley Ranch has been acquiring land one after another. Although there is still a demand for flat, fertile land, it is not as strong as before. In the end, it was the ranchers of Santana Valley Ranch who took the initiative to find it.
Brett, start real acquisition talks...
Santana Valley Ranch has 4,500 acres of flat land and 500 acres of woodland, for a total of 5,000 acres.
The final transaction price was US$32 million.
Thus, River Valley Ranch owns 40,000 acres of hill land, valley land, and large valley basins, totaling 12,870 acres, and 789 acres of forest land.
It has 4 reservoirs.
The 13,000 acres of hills belonging to the City of Field cost only US$6.7 million. This is a barren hill that has not been developed. The prescribed development period is five years. If it is still in a barren state within five years, the City of Field will take back the land...
In this way, Chen Mo still has US$10.78 million in his account.
It's just that the expenses on the ranch are huge, and up to now, it's still not possible to balance the income and expenses.
"Boss, there are still 300,000 US dollars in the account." Brett approached Chen Mo pitifully.
It's the middle of the month in a few days, and wages have to be paid.
The ranch has expanded again and again, and now it has 101 employees, mainly workers who have taken over Santana Valley Ranch and Flower Creek Canyon Ranch. At the same time, in order to obtain the land belonging to Field City, the ranch also promised to provide the city with 35
jobs...
The city of Field is small, with a population of less than 5,000.
Chen Mo touched his chin and looked at Brett with a gloomy face: "I really think I have more money than I can spend all my money."
Jia Da Yeda’s monthly expenses are also huge...
In terms of workers’ salaries, the monthly fixed expenditure is 790,000.
The current salary is divided into 4 levels. The monthly salary of management and technicians is over 10,000 US dollars. The monthly salary of the first batch of workers is 5,300 US dollars.
The second batch of workers earns a monthly salary of US$4,500.
Workers after this will earn a monthly salary of US$4,000.
All are very high treatment.
Labor costs here are really high. For example, at Santana Valley Ranch and Huaxi Canyon Ranch, their half-monthly salary was US$1,900. After arriving at Valley Ranch, their monthly salary increased by US$200.
Don’t underestimate two hundred dollars, it’s 1,350 yuan in RMB.
"This... the ranch is expanding too fast, and it costs money everywhere." Bright said helplessly: "This is California again, everything is more expensive, even oil prices are more expensive than in Montana. Of course, beef of the same quality is produced in California.
Beef is also more expensive than in Montana.”
"Can my ranch make money with this operation? There are also 35 jobs promised to Field City. In total, the annual labor cost of this ranch is more than 11 million yuan." Chen Mo scratched his head and started to add up.
stand up.
"It's more difficult now. But by next month, everything will be fine... There are currently 861 ewes producing milk on the pasture, and the daily milk production is about 3,200 pounds. In another week, you can be like Eli
Sen Logistics Company delivered the goods, so there is income every day..."
3,200 pounds a day.
A sheep produces 3.7 pounds of milk per day, which is a little over one kilogram.
The purchase contract signed with Ellison Logistics is US$6.7 per pound. The other party said how much is required...
Chen Mo recently investigated the sheep cheese market, sheep cheese powder, goat cheese and sheep cheese. Both cheeses are bought by the gram. For 100 grams, the market price is about US$2,050.
When milk is processed into cheese, the ratio is about 10:1.
That is to say, it costs US$67 to produce one pound (453 grams) of Dorper sheep cheese, and including transportation and processing, the cost should be around US$75 per pound.
If Ellison Logistics can open up sales channels, there will be very good profits.
Wellen Company and Barberna Company, both of which own mid-to-high-end restaurants, should have a huge demand for goat cheese.
But the current output is 3,200 pounds, all made into sheep cheese, and the monthly output is 9,600 pounds. It is not too much, but it is not too little. Wellen Company and Barberna Company, if any company uses all sheep cheese,
Cheese, the current output is not enough to supply anyone.
When Ellison Logistics started to request goods, the ranch had a relatively stable income, almost US$640,000 per month.
The plan of the River Valley Ranch breeding base is to raise 8,000 ewes. In this way, the number of milk-producing ewes can be stably maintained at around 3,000... As long as the demand from Ellison Logistics is large enough, and just selling goat milk, River Valley Ranch can
Make a lot of money.
But you can't put your eggs in one basket and you can't always rely on Ellison Logistics.
"Is there no fresh milk supplier to contact us?" Chen Mo lit a cigarette and said.
"Yes, the price they gave is too low."
"How much?"
"The highest one is $5 per pound. And they are all community suppliers. The sales volume of these suppliers is not stable, and the shelf life of fresh milk is not long... They require that those who cannot sell out can be returned." Brett shrugged: "Yes.
The amount of organic fertilizer produced by the pasture is more than 5,000 tons. Several wineries have contacted us..."
"What's the quote?"
According to the specifications of the Ministry of Agriculture, it is divided into three types: organic fertilizer, bio-organic fertilizer, and agricultural bio-bacterial fertilizer. According to the form, it can be divided into granules, powders and liquids. According to the source of organic matter, it can be divided into animal and poultry manure, crop straw, other product scraps, etc.
.
The price is convenient and the difference is huge.
The organic fertilizer in the pasture is mainly animal and poultry manure. After fermentation and cultivation, the uses include bio-organic fertilizer and agricultural bio-bacterial fertilizer... The main markets are vineyard organic fertilizer, vegetable garden organic fertilizer and strawberry garden organic fertilizer...
It can also produce targeted organic fertilizers, such as organic fertilizers used to improve soil, but these are relatively expensive.
"The other party needs spring organic fertilizer for the vineyard, and the price is 115 US dollars per ton. I don't sell it. The same type of product we sell to Napa Valley and Sonoma County, the price per ton is more than 200 US dollars. I am ready to expand a bit.
Markets in Napa Valley…”
The existing more than 5,000 tons of organic fertilizer are the excess fertilizer after eliminating the needs of the valley pastures. These organic fertilizers can continue to be cultivated and can be sold now without any rush.