Chapter 96 Amazing Meat-to-Material Ratio
Chapter 96 Amazing Meat-to-Material Ratio (Medium Cup)
7 month 13 day.
Before I knew it, the cicadas outside the window began to chirp more frantically, as if celebrating the arrival of summer.
The lychees on both sides of the road are rosy and the longans are still a little green. Under the scorching sun, many farmers are busy in the orchard with their families.
When passing by Yancheng Village, a fellow villager had just given Jiang Miao a few bags of Guiwei lychees. He peeled one and put the crystal clear flesh into his mouth.
At this time he was not in the laboratory, but in the feed factory.
Inside the feed factory, the newly renovated floors, walls, steel structure buildings, and refurbished equipment make the entire factory look brand new.
The large sign that was installed just a few days ago is now covered with a red cloth, waiting to be unveiled.
But today, besides him, there will be several other guests coming to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the production.
Among those present, in addition to Jiang Miao, there were General Manager Jiang Haibo, the feed factory director Fang Yi, and Environmental Protection Office Director Lu Mingyuan.
Fang Yi is from Beihai, Guangxi Province. He is 41 years old, with a small round face and big eyes, and looks quite young. He used to work as a factory manager for a small feed factory in Echeng. Some time ago, he was poached by Jiang Haibo to manage the feed factory.
Lu Mingyuan from the Environmental Protection Office came here today just to explain some of the environmental protection projects to Jiang Miao later. After all, he was the one who was in charge of the environmental protection planning work of the feed factory.
After everyone ate a few lychees.
Facing the ribbon-cutting scene under the scorching sun, Fang Yi suggested: "Boss, why don't we go into the factory and take a look?"
After checking the time on his watch, Jiang Miao thought it was okay: "Then lead the way!"
The entire factory is divided into six areas, namely the office building, loading and unloading yard, raw material storage warehouse, finished product storage warehouse, raw material primary processing plant, and feed finished product production plant.
The place where they were standing just now was the loading and unloading yard. After passing the office building of the feed factory, they came to the raw material storage warehouse next to the loading and unloading yard.
"Boss, this is the raw fish purchasing room designed according to your requirements. Behind it is the quick freezing room, the frozen warehouse, and the regular raw material storage warehouse."
Jiang Miao glanced at the frozen warehouse and asked, "How many tons of frozen fish can this warehouse store?"
Fang Yi quickly replied: "It can store about 1.2 tons of frozen fish. In addition to the shelves and reserved channels, there is a total of 2.8 cubic meters of storage space, divided into two warehouses, both equipped with backup diesel generators."
After observing for a while, Jiang Miao pointed out several potential problems, such as the fact that the insulation layer of a part of the cold storage was not tightly sealed.
When Fang Yi heard these questions, he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly said that he would make corrections as soon as possible.
In fact, Fang Yi, who had only worked at Hailufeng Company for more than two months, did not understand Jiang Miao's working style in the company, nor was he aware of the awe that everyone in the company had for Jiang Miao.
For example, the purchasing department really feels like they are walking on thin ice.
Because Jiang Miao knows more about the things they purchase than the manufacturers who produce them, he cannot be fooled at all. After being criticized several times, the purchasing department now dares not to do anything tricky, for fear that the boss will make a surprise inspection and they may have to pack up and leave.
Today was the first time that Fang Yi met a real "know-it-all" boss, and he was intimidated by the boss at once.
After looking at the frozen warehouse area.
Next door is the feed raw material storage area, which can store 5 to 7 tons of corn, soybean meal and the like.
The same situation happened again.
The white sweat on Fang Yi's forehead was almost pouring down like rain. He quickly wrote down the problems he found and said that he would arrange for rectification as soon as possible.
Next is the relatively high-value special raw material storage warehouse, which mainly stores nutrients, minerals, chemicals, etc., and can store approximately 8000 tons of various raw materials.
Fang Yi quickly introduced: "We have classified these raw materials into different categories, and have specially prepared storage rooms and storage cabinets according to the characteristics of the raw materials."
"The situation here is not a big problem, but..."
Ah? No way! Here he comes again... Fang Yi exclaimed in his heart, what a guy.
"However, your warehouse management system needs to keep up, especially since the shelf life of various raw materials varies. You need to arrange the purchase volume reasonably to avoid waste and supply gaps."
Fang Yi nodded: "Boss is right, we must ensure that the warehouse management work is done well."
Then the group came to the primary processing plant.
A large number of production equipment are displayed here.
Fang Yi, wearing a helmet, pointed to the pile of equipment and said, "Boss, these are the production equipment of the factory. We use the wet pressing production process to produce high-quality fish meal and crude fish oil."
Jiang Miao is actually quite familiar with the various processing techniques of fish meal.
Generally, fish meal production processes can be divided into six categories: direct drying, dry pressing, wet pressing, centrifugation, extraction, and hydrolysis.
Among them, the wet pressing method is also the main application process of mainstream manufacturers. The advantage of this processing technology is that it can obtain fish meal and crude fish oil of relatively good quality, and the production cost is relatively moderate.
However, Jiang Miao did not dig deeper into the matter.
If you want to know more about the craftsmanship involved, you can just go to the relevant website. If Fang Yi were to explain it here, it would take him half a day to finish.
He asked an important question: "Mr. Fang, during the trial production in the past few days, what are the powder and oil yields of the Egyptian catfish?"
Fang Yi had actually conducted several trial productions with his workers these days and obtained a lot of first-hand data. He quickly explained:
"The powder yield of Egyptian catfish is average, about 22%, and the crude protein content of fish meal is 67% to 68%; the oil yield is about 11.5%, but the part that can be refined into unsaturated fatty acid fish oil accounts for about 3.5%, which is a relatively high type."
Jiang Miao was not too disappointed about this.
This flour and oil yield rate means that every ton of fresh Egyptian catfish can produce 220 kg of fish meal and 115 kg of crude fish oil.
其中鱼粉价格，目前市场的批发价为12~17元每公斤，220公斤大概价值2640～3740元左右。
The Egyptian catfish purchased by Hailufeng Company are priced at 3 yuan per kilogram, which is 3000 yuan per ton. It seems that there is a risk of loss.
In fact, there is a real risk of losses if fishmeal is produced alone.
However, Hailufeng Company’s feed factory does not sell fish meal directly, but uses fish meal as raw material to produce high-value feed.
In addition, crude fish oil, a by-product of fish meal production, can also generate economic benefits.
The price of crude fish oil depends on the unsaturated fatty acid content, and the unsaturated fatty acid content of Egyptian catfish oil is very high, reaching about 30%, which means its price is higher.
The current market price is around 35 yuan per kilogram, and 115 kilograms of crude fish oil is worth about 4025 yuan.
In other words, after processing and refining, the total value of fish meal and fish oil produced from each ton of Egyptian catfish can reach about 6665 to 7765 yuan.
Based on the purchase price of Egyptian catfish, plus the depreciation rate of factory equipment, water and electricity costs, site fees, labor, etc., the comprehensive cost of producing each ton of Egyptian catfish is about 3600 yuan, which means that the gross profit can reach 3065 to 4165 yuan.
The Egyptian catfish is indeed a good fish that is buried.
If the fish meal did not contain too high a content of geosin, many feed factories would have already used Egyptian catfish as raw material.
The profits from fish meal and fish oil can further spread the factory's investment costs and also provide cheaper feed for farms.
Jiang Miao touched his chin and said, "The 1500-acre Egyptian catfish breeding contract we signed earlier seems to be insufficient now, but we will produce at this capacity for a while."
"I agree with the boss's idea." Although Fang Yi knew that the company's feed had a bright future, the problem was that the market had not yet opened up. If too much production capacity was hastily put into operation, it would most likely cause inventory backlogs.
You know, feed has a shelf life, especially high-protein fish feed.
Under normal non-refrigerated, light-proof storage conditions, fish feed can be stored for about 45 days in summer, about 60 days in spring and autumn, and about 150 days in winter when the temperature is below zero.
Therefore, Jiang Miao would rather go slow and not blindly expand production capacity.
The reason why Fang Yi believes that the company's feed has unlimited potential is that he has seen the feeding effects of these feeds.
Jiang Miao’s specially prepared eel feeds are of three types, namely, sea snow eel feed, fattening eel feed, and fishy eel feed.
其中用量最为庞大的，当属育肥鳗鱼饲料，而这个饲料的配方是埃及塘虱鱼粉76.53%、埃及塘虱鱼油2.18%、木薯淀粉2.12%、高筋小麦面粉9.69%、啤酒酵母3.24%、干酪素钠0.86%、猪肝粉1.67%，剩下的就是各种维生素、矿物质和微量化合物。
This formula seems to be very different from the current mainstream eel feed formula, especially the 3.47% reduction in fish meal usage.
But in fact, Jiang Miao's formula is the most powerful. It can basically allow the eel to grow from a leaf eel to a mature white eel weighing about 6 to 1.5 kilograms within 1.8 months.
The normal eel farming cycle is about one year, and on average 2.5 tons of feed are required for every ton of mature eels.
Using eel feed prepared by Jiangmiao can reduce feed consumption by about 30% during the entire growth cycle, that is, only 1.85 tons of fish feed is needed, which in turn reduces breeding costs. There is a huge gap in feed-to-meat ratio between fish feed produced by other companies and that produced by Hailufeng.
One is 1:2.5.
One is 1:1.85.
It seems that the difference is only 0.65, but in fact the gap is very large. You should know that the market price of fish feed for feeding eels is generally around 1.1 to 1.4 yuan per ton.
Reducing feed consumption by 0.65 means that the cost per ton of mature white eels is reduced by nearly yuan.
Moreover, the fish feed produced by Hailufeng Company has another advantage, which is that the time cost is reduced by half. Originally, only one batch of eels could be raised a year, but now two batches can be raised a year.
Combined with fish feed that can remove the earthy smell, it's simply a rhythm of killing.
Of course, considering the issue of comprehensive benefits, the price of the feed produced by the company must not be too low. The market price per ton must be at least 1.5 yuan.
This price still has a huge advantage over those low-priced eel feeds that cost 1.2 yuan per ton, because the dosage is reduced and the production cycle only takes about half a year, and the overall benefits are very significant.
Especially for the later stage of deodorizing feed, the company's cost accounting and product pricing office initially priced it at 2 yuan per ton, which is the same price as Haixue feed.
As long as the eel farming technology provided by Hailufeng Company is followed, the entire production cycle for farmers is 7 months.
Month 1: The eels are growing, and sea snow feed is used.
2nd to 6th month: Leaf eel fattening period, using fattening feed.
The 7th month: The period of removing the fishy smell of white eels, use fishy-removing feed.
Taking the final harvest of one ton of mature white eels as the standard, it is necessary to consume approximately 0.1 tons of sea snow feed, 1.45 tons of fattening feed, and 0.3 tons of deodorizing feed, totaling 1.85 tons of feed, with a total feed cost of 2.825 yuan.
At present, Jiang Miao has applied for hundreds of related eel feed formulas, almost blocking all possibilities of imitation by later comers.
If so many patents were not applied for, other feed factories could produce similar eel feed by simply adding some useless ingredients and slightly adjusting other ingredients.
Therefore, the ruthless Jiang Miao directly filled all possible pitfalls, making it impossible for other feed factories to bypass his patented formula.
After all, the formula of these eel feeds is of extremely high value. It can allow eels to grow to 1.5 to 1.8 kilograms in about half a year, and its value is enormous.
The formula of this kind of feed that needs to be sold outside cannot be kept confidential.
Large-scale registration of formula patents becomes an inevitable choice.
After all, this is different from eel breeding technology. If someone else produces eel breeding technology secretly, it would be difficult for Hailufeng Company to investigate and collect evidence.
However, other feed factories have no way of producing this kind of fish feed secretly since it needs to be sold on a large scale. As long as it is sold on the market, it is easy to investigate and collect evidence.
What's more, there are some hidden technologies in Jiang Miao's feed, which cannot be easily imitated by following the formula.
This involves the issue of raw materials for fish feed.
Take the formulation of fattening feed as an example.
其配方是塘虱鱼粉76.53%、埃及塘虱鱼油2.18%、木薯淀粉2.12%、高筋小麦面粉9.69%、啤酒酵母3.24%、干酪素钠0.86%、猪肝粉1.67%，剩下的就是各种维生素、矿物质和微量化合物。
Doesn’t this look easy to imitate?
But Jiang Miao would not tell outsiders that he used Egyptian catfish meal and fish oil, cassava starch from a specific origin, and wheat flour.
Many people may think, aren’t they all fish meal, fish oil, starch and flour?
However, the reality is that there is a huge difference.
Most of the imported fish meal and fish oil are made from sardines. The protein type and proportion of various proteins, and the type and proportion of fats in sardines are different from those in Egyptian catfish.
Moreover, the maturity and processing technology of fish meal and fish oil from Egyptian catfish during the secondary processing will make these raw materials more suitable for eels.
Both seem to be fish meal and fish oil, but when it comes to deep-level bioavailability, trace elements and vitamins, there are obvious differences between the two.
For ordinary feed, this difference is really not noticeable.
However, Jiang Miao’s formula is designed based on the eel’s genes, which can maximize the eel’s healthy and rapid growth.
If sardine fish meal and fish oil are used as raw materials to replace Egyptian catfish meal and fish oil, the effect will be worse. In addition, if other raw materials such as cassava starch, wheat flour, vitamins, minerals, etc. are not adjusted, the fattening time of eels will increase by about 32%.
This is what is called a miss of an inch leads to a huge difference.
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while walking.
The group saw the factory next door.
The factory next door is on the south side of the feed factory, also on the side of the highway. It was acquired by Hailufeng Company a week ago. However, its area is slightly smaller than the feed factory, covering an area of only 89 acres.
However, the company has already discussed with the Yancheng Village Committee and the Magong Town Government to contract 200 acres of surrounding land as Hailufeng Company's indoor breeding base.
The factory next door is currently being renovated. This factory is a new cannery that mainly produces fish ball products.
The 200 acres of land near the fish ball factory is used as a simple indoor breeding farm, specifically for breeding purchased Egyptian catfish.
These Egyptian catfish planned to be bred in simple indoor farms are not raw materials for feed factories, but raw materials for fish ball factories.
After all, the Egyptian catfish purchased from outside have a very strong earthy smell. In order to remove the earthy smell from their bodies, they must be raised in a clean water pool for a month and fed with special feed to reduce the geosmin in the Egyptian catfish to about 1% of the original amount.
This requires a simple indoor farm.
Fortunately, Egyptian catfish are not as delicate as eels and do not require too strict temperature and salinity control. They only need to keep the water in the pool clean, which reduces a large part of the electricity and equipment costs.
There are other benefits to locating feed mills, fish pellet factories and Egyptian catfish farms together.
For example, it is convenient to transport raw materials and make full use of them.
The fish ball factory only needs the fish meat of the Egyptian catfish. The remaining fish skin, fish bones, fish heads, fish viscera and a small amount of fish meat scraps can all be sent to the feed factory for making fish meal and fish oil.
The leftover scraps from the canning factory’s production of canned eels can also be taken to the feed factory as raw materials.
This is the advantage of the industrial chain.
An aquaculture industry can expand into the direction of feed, food processing and food raw materials.
"Haibo, Lao Fang, in addition to high-end fish feed, we also need to prepare to produce some low-end fish feed, such as fattening fish feed for Egyptian catfish."
Fang Yi then suggested: "Boss, our factory can also produce the No. 4 fish feed specifically used by Egyptian catfish, but I suggest that we open a second factory! After all, the area of this factory is a bit insufficient."
"Okay." Jiang Miao turned his head and looked at Jiang Haibo: "Haibo, you should acquire another factory nearby as soon as possible to serve as the second feed factory."
"Okay." Jiang Haibo nodded. There were quite a few idle factories around anyway. As long as he had money, it would be easy to find a suitable factory.
As for the Egyptian catfish that takes about three months to harvest, Jiang Miao is actually not very satisfied with the breeding efficiency of individual farmers.
The main reason is that many farmers use kitchen leftovers to feed Egyptian catfish in order to save costs.
This unprocessed and unmixed feed will not only reduce the quality of the Egyptian catfish meat, but also drag down the fattening efficiency.
Jiang Miao’s improved No. 4 feed uses soybean meal, corn, cassava starch, and barley worm powder as raw materials, with barley worm powder replacing fish meal.
The estimated market price is 6000 yuan per ton.
Using No. 4 feed can allow Egyptian catfish to produce about 3 kilograms per mu in about 1.5 months.
其喂养的综合饲料成本，是2.4吨4号饲料、3～4吨新鲜的番薯和番薯叶、11～12吨狼尾草草粉，加起来一共是2.36万左右。
加上其他成本，15吨埃及塘虱的总养殖成本在2.6～2.8万之间，而海陆丰公司的收购价格为每吨3000块钱，15吨可以卖出4.5万元，毛利润1.7～1.9万元。
If concentrated feed is not used, the comprehensive cost of raising Egyptian catfish per acre is about 0.6 to 0.7 yuan, with a gross profit of 0.8 to 0.9 yuan.
Hailufeng Company does not intend to force farmers to not use concentrated feed. If it is profitable, the farmers will take action on their own.
(End of this chapter)