American Ranch

Chapter 193 Organic Milk

Although Chen Mo is bloated, he is very sensitive to money and often checks the ranch account.

Every tension and expenditure in the ranch account is not clearly stated, but it is generally known.

Chen Mo used the money from the ranch account to repay Chen Mo's personal loan of 200 million yuan, and there was only more than 500 million yuan left in the account at that time.

For the construction of the winery, all expenditures are found by third-party companies. At that time, there is not much money in the account.

A few days ago, Chen Mo checked the account, and there was less than two hundred in the account.

The main income of the ranch is neither mutton nor beef, but fresh milk.

There are 67 milk-producing Bright cows and 4310 milk-producing Dorper sheep on the fresh milk farm... In order to produce the best fresh milk, the river valley pasture fresh milk farm is different from other pastures.Cattle and sheep in other pastures are milked two, three, or even four times a day.

On the other hand, the cows and sheep in the river valley pasture are only milked once a day, and the fresh milk production is very fixed.It produces about 950 pounds of milk per day. After all, it is not a special breed of dairy cows.Produces 1.5 lbs of goat milk.

This is the main income of the ranch, the milk production has increased, and the cooperation with the Albertson store has already been fully rolled out...

Fresh milk sold to Albertson's stores retails for $70 for a 1-pound barrel of goat milk.

The daily output is 1.5 pounds, which seems like a lot, but it is actually more than 300 barrels.This alone brings in more than $500 million in monthly income.

The [-] dairy goats entered the fresh dairy farms one after another in August, which means that the output of the previous fresh dairy farms was not so high.

Moreover, there were only tens of thousands of 170 million in the account a few days ago, but now, Bright told himself that the ranch reserve fund was 1310 million...

Chen Mo looked over, with a wonderful expression: "1310 million, where is it?"

"Not yet, in a few days...should...definitely will be." Bright smiled awkwardly: "Before, the Ministry of Agriculture certified our ranch as an organic pasture. Although the pasture certification failed, it passed the green certification. The fresh milk produced by the pasture should be able to pass the organic certification..."

Organic, green, and pollution-free, these are three systems and three standards.

This is a bit complicated to say, but to put it simply, there are nearly [-] agricultural certification agencies in the United States.There are really only three authoritative organizations that accept most of them, one is the US certification, the other is the EU certification, and the third is the International Organic Association certification.

The three certifications are all about the same standard. USDA certification (United States Department of Agriculture certification) is the easiest. If you pass the USDA certification, it is a matter of time and money to get the other two certifications.

Let’s talk about pollution-free first, which is easy to understand literally. There is no announcement of hazards, and it is the most lenient of the three. It allows the use of designated safe pesticides, fertilizers, additives, etc. in the production process.The agricultural products that enter the large supermarkets are at least pollution-free products.

Green, the prominent concept of sustainable development and environmental protection, must first be produced in a safe, good and pollution-free ecological environment.Most of the agricultural products in supermarkets can meet the second-level green standard, and the first-level green standard is more stringent. It is required that chemically-produced fertilizers, pesticides, veterinary drugs and other substances should not be used in the production process. They should be produced in an organic way and the product quality should meet the green standards. food standard.

In the United States, green first-class food can be recognized as organic food.

Organic, green and pollution-free, mainly composed of environmental standards of origin, production technical specifications, product quality standards and other parts, with relevant signs.

This is somewhat similar to domestic agricultural product certification, which is a certification for a single agricultural product...

Farms and pastures that produce organic vegetables and fresh milk are not necessarily organic farms or pastures.

Organic farms and organic pastures are an overall certification, which can also be considered as certification of origin.Farms and pastures that can be certified by the origin, the OEM is a green logo representing the farm and pasture, and there are very few farms and pastures that can pass these certifications.

The brand of organic produce is the green USDA label.

Organic farm certification and organic agricultural product certification are two systems, one is a complete system certification, and the other is a single product certification.

Agricultural products include vegetables, meat and, of course, fresh milk.

In the early days of the establishment of the River Valley Ranch, we went for organic farm certification, so that the purchase list of the ranch is very complete, which can be traced back to any link of the product.Furthermore, after quality testing, it is not too difficult for the farm's fresh milk products to pass organic certification.

Chen Mo drove the car back to the villa, organic agricultural product certification, how should I put it.It's actually not that hard to pass...

As long as you spend money to do testing, and then you can show the production process of the product, the probability of passing the certification is very high.It costs money, maybe $2 per green tag...

Green agricultural product certification, a farm with an annual output of 10 US dollars, the amount of each delivery is about 2% - 4% of the price of agricultural products.

After all, the USDA is not a charity and will certify you for free and send you labels for free?
If it is milk, if it is certified organic, the price will be doubled or even tripled.Organic milk costs about the same as regular goat milk…

The price of goat milk itself is high. Chen Mo sells it to the Ellison Cheese Factory at a price of 7.5 US dollars, which is pure fresh milk that has not been processed.

It sold to Albertsons for $70 a barrel, or about $10.77 a pound.The price itself is very high...

Bright says it should be certified organic, but it hasn't.

Chen Mo frowned and drove the car to the ranch: "Organic agricultural product certification is a batch of certification, and a batch of green labels are issued. For most ranches, certified organic fresh milk is a thankless task. It takes manpower and material resources. If a certain The test failed for a while... and the market for organic milk is actually not big."

Bright looked at Chen Mo and whispered, "I have communicated with the Ministry of Agriculture and I am willing to pay [-]% of the product price for testing."

Seven percent... OEM fee.

This is, blatant bribery.In the United States, this matter is not called bribery, it is called cooperation with clearly marked prices, and it is not illegal...

It is true that the United States is a money society. Even politicians run for money.The River Valley Ranch supported the construction of the town of San Beni, and the town of San Beni built a police station, and the police inside had to help the ranch patrol from time to time, and even set up checkpoints...

The normal certification fee for organic agricultural products is 2%-4%.This is mainly for the quarterly certification of agricultural products, and fresh milk is produced every day... one batch of certification, one batch passed, and the corresponding organic green label issued.

The seven percent fee, based on the output of the valley ranch, is no longer a simple certification.

"The retail price of fresh milk from pastures is already very expensive. How much can the price increase through organic certification?" Chen Mo stroked his chin: "The market retail price is US$137.5 per barrel, and the certification fee for each barrel of fresh milk is more than nine yuan. The money must be passed on to consumers, and if the price increases, the market may be lost..."

"Boss, you can't settle accounts like this. Before that, the milk production of our ranch was still small, but now the milk production is very large. The Albertson store sells our fresh milk, and it is only in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Los Angeles Bay Area , There have been several returns this month, that is, if the milk is not sold within 5 days, the supermarket will return it to us." Bright touched his chin: "The organic label is still very beneficial, and it can be recognized by consumers. It can also exempt the local protection system to enter other states.” The local protection in the states of the United States is serious, especially for agricultural products.

"What happened to the $1310 million?"

(End of this chapter)