Chen Mo was about to go to the kitchen to help cook when Brett called.
"Back."
"Can you come to the office?"
"Ok." After hanging up the phone, Chen Mo said to his father, then went out and rode a four-wheel drive to the River Valley office building.
Brett was sorting out information in the office, and Chen Mo walked in: "What do you want from me?"
"We now have the Delai River Valley, the Moro River Valley, the Santana Valley and the Flower Creek Canyon. Especially the Santana Valley and the Flower Creek Canyon, the soil is fertile and has sufficient irrigation water sources..." Bright unfolded the ranch sandbox: "The Ranch
The flat land we currently own is 12,870 acres. Especially the Santana Valley and Flower Creek Canyon, which are more suitable for planting. I wonder...can the breeding area be moved to the Delai Valley? The land here is much poorer and the water source is
It’s also a problem.”
"This..." Chen Mo thought for a moment and shook his head.
Bright's proposal can create greater value for the ranch, but the valley where Chen Mo's villa is located is connected to the Tarai Valley, and it would be too unsightly to build a large breeding farm here.
In the future, the hilly areas will have to be developed. Chen Mo does not want to damage the landscape here: "No. If the hilly areas are to be developed in the future, we cannot build large pastures in the Terai Valley."
"Okay." Brett nodded.
There are tens of thousands of acres in the hilly area. Brett knew Chen Mo's plan to plant grapes in different areas. When the grapes grow up...either build a large winery or plan a real estate project: "There is one more thing.
."
"explain."
"I contacted the seller of Jiabao fruits in Xiaoxi Valley and sold them at a price of 20 US dollars per pound. You were out with Mr. Bai at the time, and I couldn't get through either your phone or Mr. Bai's phone... I just sold it myself.
The contract was finalized, and a mutton contract was also finalized.”
"Aren't you selling to a fruit dealer?"
"How can a fruit dealer have such an appetite? The output of your Jiabao orchard this season should be more than 4,000 pounds. I contacted the purchasing department of the Albertsons supermarket chain and took them to visit our pasture...
"
In terms of operation and management of the entire ranch, Chen Mo gave Bright the authority he should have as a CEO. Brett himself could sign for expenditures within one million US dollars. But usually, if there were more than 500,000 in expenditures in a day, the bank would send it to Chen Mo.
Text message reminder... The accumulated expenditure in one week is 2 million, and the bank will also call Chen Mo to inform him.
In terms of management, Bright has the final say in Chen Mo's absence.
He is the CEO of the ranch and is only responsible to Chen Mo.
"There is too little information about Jiabao fruit on the Internet. It is sold by e-commerce, and the price is usually more than 30 US dollars to 100 US dollars. I also sent people to high-end fruit retailers to inquire, and they were willing to purchase it, but the price given
The prices are all between US$15 and US$25, and we are required to deliver them door-to-door. The demand from small retailers is not large, so they are packaged and sold at once.”
"Hmm. Have you ever considered setting up our own e-commerce department?" Chen Mo looked at Bright and smiled.
"I have thought about it. It's just that the funds for the ranch are still very tight right now..."
"The sales of goat's milk... I remember that Albertsons supermarket chain is a high-end supermarket, but you didn't promote our goat's milk?"
"Of course there is. I have signed a series of contracts here..." Bright said and stood up, opened the safe behind him and took out a pile of documents, and found several contracts from it: "Jiabo fruit purchase contract, mutton purchase contract,
Goat milk purchase contract. The price of mutton sold to supermarkets is...slightly cheaper than that of Ellison Logistics, but we only signed a contract for 3,000 pounds of mutton. This is an attempt. If the market responds well, we can offer it here.
price."
Chen Mo nodded. It doesn't matter if it's a little cheaper. The important thing is to expand a sales channel. The Albertsons supermarket chain doesn't seem to be very famous, at least among the general public in China. Many people are not familiar with this supermarket...
A Fortune 500 company and one of the largest supermarket chain brands in the United States. The price of Albertson's products is not only much higher than that of Wal-Mart's neighborhood stores and super centers, but also higher than that of other large stores. At the same time, Albertson's merchandise displays have themes.
It offers recipe cards and seasonal merchandise displays…
This is a super big deal. If it is taken care of, even if it falls out with the Garrison Group in the future, Ellison Logistics will no longer purchase products from River Valley Ranch, and the ranch will not have to worry at all.
"Goat milk retails for $11.50 per pound."
Chen Mo shrugged. After processing, the bottled goat milk has a shelf life of 15 days.
One bucket is 6.5 pounds, which is enough for a family for two days.
Goat milk has higher nutritional value, but the audience does not seem to be particularly large, unless it can be promoted by supermarkets...
"At $11.50 per pound, should it be promoted by supermarkets?"
"certainly."
Chen Mo looked at the time: "You called me here just for these things?"
"One more thing..."
"explain."
"There are 5,000 acres of fertile land in the Santana Valley. If the planning is reasonable, it will be no problem to raise tens of thousands of Dorper sheep at a time. There is no need for our ranch to pursue natural and organic farming. The price is too high."
Chen Mo frowned: "You mean, partially organic."
"Of course. We will deliver 10,000 fat sheep and 5,000 small sheep within three years. Compared with our investment, this contract is not too big or too small. We have studied it here to ensure that the meat quality of Dorper sheep for slaughter
To meet the standards of organic meat, you don’t have to completely follow the rules of organic pastures... Organic pastures are just a gimmick. As long as the beef and mutton produced are safe and healthy, big data is similar to organic mutton. We only need the pasture part.
As long as the area is certified organic... this can also be labeled as an organic ranch, just like those organic wineries in Sonoma County. Most of the wineries in Sonoma that are labeled as organic wineries are actually only small
Some vineyards are certified organic..."
Brett had told Chen Mo a long time ago about this matter.
Of course, organic pastures are good, but they do not use antibiotics at all. According to the strict standards of organic pastures, it is too easy for a large pasture to cause problems, and the human resources expenditure is too huge.
If the current breeding system is completely followed, once the Santana Valley is built, the annual worker expenses will reach more than 15 million US dollars.
The ranch is going smoothly, but if there is an outbreak of influenza, given the scale of farming at River Valley Ranch... it will be a disaster.
"You weren't so confident that you could build a complete organic ranch before?" Chen Mo said with a smile.
"If it's a small pasture, it's certainly good to be an organic pasture. But today's pastures are too big... If you plan to develop hilly areas, you have to invest a huge amount of money. Judging from the current situation, insisting on overall organic farming will do more harm than good.
Applying for an organic pasture is not something that happens overnight, it takes many years..."
"You know these better than I do...the most important thing for the ranch right now is to balance the income and expenditure as soon as possible."
"There is no problem with breaking even. My plan is to make the ranch profitable in May..."
"Nima! The output of Jiabao fruit next month will be a big one." Chen Mo rolled his eyes.
"I'm talking about letting the ranch start to make a profit, not counting japonica."
"Then...come on." Chen Xiao smiled.
The current profit points of the ranch include goat milk, and the Dorper sheep that can be put out for slaughter one after another (a very small number). It is May, and the weather is starting to get hot, and the sheep can be sheared once...