American Ranch

Chapter 120 Organic Ranch and Organic Products

"Too troublesome……"

Chen Mo shook his head straight: "I think the company's development is very good now, or else it will take a while. Waylon Company and Barbona Company are both well-established catering groups, can they always give you cheap?"

Bai Xiaoou is actually not good at running catering companies, he is better at investing...

Many Michelin three-star restaurant chefs have joined forces and have great influence.

Bai Xiaoou smiled: "Know how I can persuade John Mike and Garrison to invest in the company?"

Chen Mo's cheeks twitched slightly: "I don't know."

"Concentrate on being a restaurant, there is no future. Why don't you join forces to make a quick buck..." Bai Xiaoou explained his plan in detail, and it sounds like...it seems to be a replica of the Billings Ranch project in Montana.

fried land...

Garrison's favorite thing to do.

This company has specialized in land speculation for more than ten years, especially in the coastal mountains of Southern California, where there are a large number of projects under construction.

Chen Mo's River Valley Ranch was taken over from this company...

The original investment of the River Valley Ranch is definitely not large, and I don't know if it exceeds 1 million.

"The Chef Academy should be built in Monterey County." Bai Xiaoou said, "If you still have money, you can invest in farms, wineries, and vineyards in the Monterey Valley near Monterey Bay...the land prices there are still low. Expensive, with a lot of room for appreciation.”

Chen Mo smiled wryly...

When all the Jiabao fruit trees are delivered, Chen Mo will only have about 430 million US dollars left.The family's expenses are mainly for my father's surgery and post-surgery rehabilitation. The cost here is huge, and we may have to leave 50 US dollars.

Loan?
At the beginning of the big expansion of the Snow Mountain Ranch, Chen Mo was worried for a long time, and finally resorted to the big killer space gold.

Chen Mo doesn't like taking out loans, he's happy when he's rich.

There are risks in the contract signed between Hegu Ranch and Ellison Logistics... In this way, it is even more impossible for Chen Mo to borrow money for investment.In case something happens in the future...

Don't tire yourself out.

"Let's take a look." Chen Mo has never been to Monterey, but he knows that Monterey Bay is one of the largest marine ecological conservation areas in the world and the most famous seaside resort in Northern California... At the same time, the Pebble Beach Auto Show is held in Monterey. Pebble Beach, Monterey Peninsula, Lee County.

Bai Xiaoou pinched the bridge of his nose and drank his coffee: "The purchase contract for 1.5 Dorper sheep signed a year ago must be taken seriously, and there must be no mistakes."

"I know. Didn't I call Chen Xiao back?" In 30 months, the contract for 1.5 Dorper sheep was completed. The requirements for lambs are not high, but for adult sheep, at least 50.00% of the mutton output must be high-grade. Catering Institute Grade 2 Lamb Standard.In the Snow Mountain Ranch before, occasionally the meat quality of Dorper sheep reached Grade 1, but the meat quality was only Grade 1, usually only in the best parts of the mutton.

Snow Mountain Ranch does not require organic farming...

"What contract for [-] sheep?" Chen Xiao asked.

"Our ranch signed a contract with Ellison Investment Company for 50.00 organic sheep, requiring at least 2% of the meat quality to reach the second-grade standard. The work for a long time to come will focus on these [-] Dorper sheep , the breeding work in the early stage is particularly cumbersome." Chen Mo patted Chen Xiao on the head.

"Is it the mutton standard set by the High-end Restaurant Association?" Chen Xiao works in the company and has no specific contact with the company's procurement business, but he probably knows the price of mutton.

Mutton sold in ordinary supermarkets costs seven or eight yuan per pound.The lamb chops are about ten yuan.

Those are mutton sheep raised intensively...

For example, imported mutton is about ten yuan per pound, and lamb ribs are slightly more expensive.

If it is labeled with the High-end Restaurant Association, it will cost one or two yuan per pound for different grades. Grade 2 lamb, about twelve or three dollars. Grade 1 lamb, fifteen or six dollars.

Like USDA grading cattle and sheep, there is a fee for these.

If it is organic, it is difficult to buy it in supermarkets in big cities, and it is generally supplied to green stores in high-end communities.There is a relatively large green store in Mill Valley, North Bay, where Chen Xiao bought second-grade lamb chops labeled by the High-end Restaurant Association for US$26.7 per pound.Sometimes cheap, sometimes expensive, usually $24 and up...

Not to mention organic meat and organic vegetables are usually more than $5.

The price of organic vegetables, meat, etc. is usually more than double that of ordinary vegetables and meat.

Fifteen thousand Dorper sheep, at least a contract of more than 2000 million, right?
Before Chen Mo made a move, he gave Chen Xiao and Chen Chen $500 million each, a total of $1000 million.Looking at it at that time, 1000 million US dollars seemed nothing special... But if you want to earn 1000 million steadily...

"Yeah." Chen Mo shrugged.

The United States has high beef production and low lamb production.

Last year, less than 50 pounds of No. 5000 lamb and less than 5 pounds of No. 2000 lamb were labeled by the Fine Restaurants Association.Organic, 50.00 pounds of second-grade lamb and less than [-] pounds of first-class lamb.Among them, about [-]% are produced in California...

There are other agencies for the certification of mutton.

First-class mutton has a relatively large proportion of organic products, mainly because first-class mutton needs to be raised in a systematic way, and the investment is huge, so it is directly raised according to organic standards.Organic mutton produced is more expensive...

High-quality lamb, like beef, has been in short supply.

"This... is very difficult. How much organic mutton is produced in the United States every year?" Chen Xiao said.

"There is a lot of organic mutton, it just doesn't get the green label."

There are many pastures raised in an organic way...these pastures have not applied for certification, and they cannot be labeled with green labels.

Putting a green label is also simple, not difficult.The difficult thing is to have the name of the pasture or farm on the green label, not just the breeding method, but also the environment, infrastructure construction, personnel, etc. of the pasture.All of these will cost a huge amount of money. If you have this money to invest in the infrastructure construction of organic pastures, it is better to build a large centralized breeding area...

The question is complex.If it weren't for the tens of millions of contracts sent by Bai Xiaoou, Chen Mo wouldn't dare to build a ranch in full accordance with the organic standards... Organic farms are simple, but the most troublesome thing is the organic ranch.

Simply, as long as the meat quality inspection meets the data standards of organic meat quality in the contract.

Chen Mo asked Bright about the production of organic mutton, and it is not difficult to meet the organic meat standard.The difficulty is the certification of organic farms. According to the conventional process, the chance of passing the first application is only about [-]%.As for the ranches... for the first time to apply and get the organic certification that year, there may only be two or three of the [-] ranches.

According to the construction specifications of the River Valley Ranch, the success rate will not be too high if it is passed in the first year, probably zero...that is, it is impossible to pass.

This is the certification with the highest gold content, organic pasture certification.Secondly, there is relatively simple certification, that is, organic agricultural product certification. The products meet the organic standards, and the whole production process and traceable relevant materials are provided. Home, as long as the product meets the green certification standards, it can be done with a lot of money.

Organic farm certification and organic pasture certification are an overall certification. There are only a few institutions in the United States that can certify pastures and farms, and you can count them on the fingers of one hand.The organic agricultural product certification is a separate certification.

For large ranches, there is little need to certify the meat produced unless a relationship with a retailer can be established.The certification of organic farms is very necessary, and it directly raises the standard to a very high level.

(End of this chapter)