Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 297: Tobacco field crop rotation!

After the two old professors learned about Wang Lu's purpose, they quickly responded:

"With the geography and climate conditions of your pasture, it's no problem to grow tobacco leaves, and you don't have to worry about sales when the time comes!"

Wang Lu was even more surprised when he heard this, and then Professor Qin said with a smile:

"Our country imports tobacco leaves from Africa every year. After all, the domestic smoker base is too large. Some high-quality foreign tobaccos are also very popular in the country. The Nongken Group has this business, and you have quite a few. You can take advantage of the convenience.”

Since the two agricultural experts agreed, Wang Lu was convinced, especially since he no longer had to worry about future sales. This was even more surprising to Wang Lu. In other words, as long as he planted those tobaccos, Come out, if nothing unexpected happens, you are basically waiting to make money!
So Wang Lu almost without hesitation listed the tobacco planting plan as the first thing to do at the ranch in the new year.

If you want to grow tobacco, you must first cultivate the land.

After all, tobacco is different from natural rubber, sumac, cashew nuts, etc. that grow in the mountains. Although this stuff can also grow wild, if you want to achieve the highest benefits, you must try to plant it on the plains for convenience. Look at the passport control, so as to ensure the output.

The most indispensable thing in Wang Lu’s ranch is land!
Not to mention the grassland area in the northern part of the Woulu Mountains, even if [-] acres of sisal land were dug out in the living area, there is still almost the same area of ​​open space waiting to be developed.

So Wang Lu has enough land to grow tobacco leaves!
Ever since, the John Deere 9620rx came in handy again.

This mechanical behemoth once again displayed its extremely high efficiency. While consuming fuel like crazy, it also opened up a large area of ​​land for Wang Lu to plant.

While the engine of the John Deere 9620rx was roaring, Wang Lu was not idle either. A clever woman could not make a living without rice, and it was useless to cultivate the fields without tobacco leaves for planting.

Fortunately, the local area already has a tradition of growing tobacco, and some tobacco seeds were quickly obtained.

When purchasing tobacco seeds, Wang Lu specifically communicated with the Agricultural Reclamation Group. Under the other party's suggestion, Wang Lu purchased Virginia flue-cured tobacco, a popular tobacco variety. This North American tobacco variety is popular in many parts of the world. They are very common, and some high-end tobacco products must use this variety of shredded tobacco.

At the same time, Wang Lu also received a commitment from the Agricultural Reclamation Group. As long as the quality of the tobacco leaves grown in Wang Lu Ranch is not inferior to that of domestic tobacco leaves imported from Zimbabwe, they will give priority to purchasing tobacco leaves produced in Wang Lu Ranch.

Zimbabwe is the largest tobacco growing country in Africa, and it is also the first choice for domestically imported tobacco leaves. Wang Lu was able to obtain this promise by taking advantage of his friendship with the Farm Reclamation Group.

But in short, no matter what, there is no worries!

There were some twists and turns in the process of purchasing tobacco seeds. Wang Lu expected to open up [-] acres of tobacco planting land in the pasture. This figure was the result of discussions between him and two professors.

It's not that Wang Lu doesn't want to open up more land for cultivation, but the manpower required for tobacco cultivation is completely different from that of sisal.Although those sisal fields amount to [-] acres, the care and attention during the period does not require much manpower. Most of the time, you only need to let it absorb nutrients and grow and develop. This means preventing and controlling pests and diseases at some key points, and doing daily work. Just do more inspections.

But to grow tobacco, you have to recruit people to take care of it. If more people are needed, there is nothing Wang Lu can do.

The number of black laborers recruited by the ranch has only increased by about fifty. If recruitment was really open, hundreds or even thousands of people could be easily recruited.

It's just that Wang Lu will have to worry about these local black people cheating and cheating in the future. Even if there are more people in the country, people who are interested in cheating will appear. After all, no one will notice if they are a little lazy. Not to mention these already lazy black people.

By then, I will really be spending money to support a bunch of uncles...
No matter how much the number four thousand acres is, we can't take care of it. Moreover, tobacco can mature in one year, so we should plant it for a year first to see the profit. If it is good, we can continue to cultivate the land and expand planting in the future. The scale.

It was only four thousand acres of wasteland, and it only took four or five days for the John Deere 9620rx to cultivate it. This was while ensuring sufficient rest time. Otherwise, based on the efficiency of cultivating those sisal fields at that time, I am afraid that It was all reclaimed in two or three days.

Moreover, it does not mean that tobacco seeds can be planted immediately after these fields are reclaimed. The long rainy season is about to enter, which is not very good for the growth of tobacco leaves. The best planting period is to wait until there is sufficient light every day in the dry season.

During the idle time, the four thousand acres of land did not need to be completely idle. According to the suggestions of Professor Qin and Zhao, Wang Lu planned to plant some crops such as peanuts and sesame first.

The growth cycles of these two crops are not too long. Sesame only takes three months to mature. The early-maturing varieties of peanuts are also similar. They can just fill the gap during the long rainy season. By then, the pasture can also harvest a lot of crops. Peanuts and sesame seeds.

Even if these two crops are not used to create economic benefits, they have many uses. They can at least be used to extract oil and be sold to the locals at a cheaper price. After all, with Mr. Cha Weinei’s relationship, Wang Lu and the local people There are still connections with state-owned enterprises.

As for selling them back to the country, Wang Lu has no plans to do so. After all, there is no shortage of these two crops in the country...
Of course, in addition to the principle of maximizing resource utilization, another function of planting these peanuts and sesame is to nourish the land!
Not only will the two crops of peanuts and sesame not spread some common tobacco pests and diseases, crop rotation can also avoid the single consumption of land nutrients and play an active role in cultivating the land. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone, and Wang Lu naturally won't find it troublesome.

As for these peanut and sesame seeds, they naturally have to be obtained through the Agricultural Reclamation Group.

What state-owned giant is just our seed supplier!

But tobacco seeds had to be obtained locally. Wang Lu also ordered a batch of high-quality Virginia flue-cured tobacco seeds through old Sanders and through the channels of Mr. Chavenet, the Minister of the Interior.

Especially Mr. Cha Weinei was extremely complimentary after learning about Wang Lu's actions.

After all, Wang Lu can be regarded as investing in the local area, and the investment is hundreds of thousands or even millions!
This may not be a big deal in China, but it is definitely a big deal locally.

(End of this chapter)