After visiting the zoo, Yang Cheng's overall feeling was pretty good. Her plan for a high-end vacation ranch in her mind has begun to take shape.

"Boss, the zoo is on the right track, and the details need to be gradually improved, especially the staff, whether it is signboard or training, it takes time to polish it a little bit, and these are not urgent." Finally, when Yang Cheng was sent out, Jeff Loway said.

Yang Cheng nodded slightly, "I understand that Rome was not built in one day. Not only the zoo, but the entire ranch requires time to carefully craft it."

After walking a few steps forward, before getting on the bus, Yang Cheng turned around and said, "You did a good job last year. Keep working hard. Next year, your annual salary will be up to the next level. How about $100,000? Will there be a performance award at the end of the year?"

No one doesn't like money, and so does Jeff Lovie. Now that he has a decent job, he will naturally pursue material things. Even if Yang Cheng doesn't mention it, he will take the initiative to mention it after his work is effective. Americans will never feel embarrassed in this regard. As long as they work well, they can ask for salary that meets their work ability. Of course, whether the boss gives it or not is another matter.

"Thank you boss, I will be worthy of every penny you pay," Jeff Love said confidently.

Compared to the down-and-out animal economy man when he first met, Jeff now looks at least a person. He wears a not-precious but decent suit, and he will not be looked down upon when he goes out.

After watching Yang Cheng leave, Jeff returns to the zoo to continue his work for the day.

Yang Cheng continued to inspect the ranch. Last year, the ranch introduced 3,000 cattle, including 2,000 Angus cattle, 500 Simmental cattle, and 500 Limuzan cattle. The quality of Angus cattle is well known and is the most widely-funded beef cattle breed in the world today.

Simmental cattle are known for their high milk production rate;

Limuzan cattle are native to the Limuzan Plateau in central France. They have slender bones and high meat yield. They are also larger than Angus cattle. The pastures generally choose different breeds of cattle to be raised in cross-storage. One is to ensure the meat yield rate; the other is to cross new beef cattle breeds as much as possible.

In addition, the Australian Wagyu cattle obtained through Yang Yuanshan are also very comfortable in the pasture. Of course, in a short period of time, Yang Cheng does not expect to make money through these Wagyu cattle. Breeding offspring is their primary responsibility for living.

"Sir, the first 100 Angus cattle that existed in the pasture have been fattened and slaughtered, with an average fattening weight of more than 800 kilograms, and the profit per cattle is around 500 US dollars." White doesn't need to read the report, all these data are recorded in his mind.

Yui Aragaki looked surprised and seemed to have learned a new posture, but Yang Cheng frowned, "800 kilograms? I remember that the average weight of Angus cattle raised by my grandfather reached more than 900 kilograms, and the profit of a single cattle exceeded 600 US dollars."

White explained, "Because of the time before and after we took over the ranch, the primary fattening of the calves was delayed for various reasons. In order to save money, Juan, the previous rancher, used insufficient amount of forage to feed the cattle and the calves' growth was not good, which also led to the final weight being slaughtered but not achieving the best results."

Yang Cheng nodded, if so, it would be possible to explain.

White further said, "After we took over the ranch, we rehired cowboys and workers and found the best forage ratio. The 300 cows that are currently being fattened will gain at least 4 kilograms a day. It is no problem to expect the weight of slaughtered to reach 900 kilograms."

While they were talking, everyone had already arrived at the cowshed.

Compared with the rough stocking modes of other ranches, the treatment of beef cattle at Jason Ranch is definitely at the palace level. Not only do fattening cattle have special cattle houses, but even calves that have not yet grown can return to the warm room to avoid being infected with cold at night. The space for activity during the day is much larger than other similar types. It can be said that before death, they can live a wonderful life of wearing clothes and reaching out to eat and opening their mouths.

As soon as he entered the fattening cattle house, Yang Cheng saw the Angus cows that could bring him good profits at a glance. The appearance of this cow is very distinctive and easy to identify. For example, most Angus cows are black, which is also the reason why it is called one of the black whirlwinds in the beef cattle world. Another obvious feature is that the Angus cow has no horns on its head and short and thick Angus cows look unique among their kind.

I reached out and patted the face of the first cow after I got started. I could see that it was in good spirits. The big camel bells were bright and bright, which made Yang Cheng embarrassed to kill it.

Looking at the Angus cow at close range, he nodded with satisfaction and waved to a busy cowboy to come over. The man didn't react at first, but when he saw White following Yang Cheng, he immediately recognized Yang Cheng's face that was as easy to recognize as Angus cow.

Well, thanks to Yang Cheng's failure to see through people's hearts. If he knew that he was actually compared to a bull by his employees, he would not know if he would be angry and would just turn him on.

"Good morning boss, my name is Angus~" The young cowboy who was called looked very shy and was very restrained in front of Yang Cheng.

Originally, I just wanted to ask about Niu's situation, but when she heard the boy's name, Yang Cheng laughed and said, "Your name is Angus?"

The young cowboy lowered his head helplessly, "Boss, just laugh if you want to laugh, I'm used to it."

Not to mention Yang Cheng, even White, who had always been serious, couldn't help but squirt out.

"Man, don't mind, you know where our laughter is." Yang Cheng patted Angus' shoulder and comforted him without much care.

Then, he continued to walk deep into the cattle house and asked, "It seems that your work is doing well. Can you tell me in detail? As the owner of the ranch, I must know some detailed situations. What do you think?"

Maybe it was Yang Cheng's kind attitude that relieved Angus' nervousness and quickly followed up and said, "After more than a year of observation and analysis, and referring to the climate and water resources conditions of our ranch, my colleagues and I have formulated a breeding plan exclusively for our ranch."

Yang Cheng became interested, "Oh? Brand new? Let's hear it?"

"It's the boss, and cattle breeders know that the most important thing for raising Angus cattle is the fattening and feeding stage. When the calves begin to grow, the primary fattening must be carried out first. The feed we provide to Angus cattle during the primary preparation stage should pay attention to the nutritional value. The overall nutrition must be high enough to improve the quality of the meat. The feed ratio is 2:8, and energy feed must also be added, and the energy feed should not be less than 55% of the total feed.

In addition to concentrated feed, rough feed and energy feed, protein feed is also essential. The proportion of protein feed in the feed for feeding cattle should be controlled not less than 30% of the total amount. In addition, the cattle should be supplemented with salt and other trace elements to ensure that Angus cattle can gain weight healthily and stably.

According to the plan we have formulated, the daily feeding amount of each cow is 36 kilograms of mixed feed. After we conducted the primary fattening stage of the cattle for up to six months, their average weight has been easily reached 400 kilograms, and on average, each cow can gain 2 kilograms per day.

Of course, it is not possible to fully carry out captivity at this stage, and they must also ensure their proper activity, about an hour a day, which will give the slaughtered beef a beautiful marble pattern.”

Yang Cheng stopped him and said, "Did we buy our feed from outside or own it on the ranch?"

Angus hurriedly said, "Boss, I will introduce this later."

Yang Cheng nodded and signaled him to continue.

"At the end of the primary fattening stage, we can work hard to carry out intermediate fattening of Angus cattle.

The most obvious change in the intermediate fattening stage compared to the primary fattening stage is that the energy of feeding is significantly increased, and high-energy feeding can quickly fatten the cattle.

The most significant change in feed is that we use high-quality first-fat ranches with higher nutritional value instead of the rough feed used in the primary fattening stage, and the proportion also needs to be changed, probably because the forage is 7:3 compared to the concentrated feed.

Another important requirement is that energy feed should be higher than 60% of the total amount of concentrate feed. In addition, protein feed should not be less than 30%, which means that in the ratio of concentrate feed, energy feed and protein feed should be combined more than 90%. In addition to ensuring important nutrients, we still need to start with subtle breeding, such as adding salt and trace elements in moderation, which is also an indispensable detail for raising healthy Angus cattle.

Angus cattle lacking salt and trace elements not only affects the steady weight gain of Angus cattle, but also may reduce immunity due to the lack of trace elements. Not only can the weight not grow, it may also fall or even die of illness, causing immeasurable economic losses to the pasture.

Finally, it is naturally the advanced fattening stage, which is the scene we are seeing so far. This is the sprint fattening stage before slaughtering. We must increase the weight of the cattle at the fastest speed and ensure the amount of meat. If you want to increase the weight of the cattle, the best way is to feed more and eat more. Moreover, the proportion of concentrate feed, protein and energy feed must be increased. This stage will last for about two months.

During these two months, we will provide feed to cattle 24 hours a day, so that the cattle can eat as much as they want and cannot eat. Therefore, we will arrange three shifts to ensure that the cattle is uninterrupted and observe the cattle situation 24 hours a day, and keep each trough in the cattle pen full of feed. Of course, the cattle movement must be restricted and it is limited to the cattle pen. Eat fat and gain weight.

This is also the guarantee that we can make cattle gain at least 4 kilograms a day.

The batch of cattle in front of us will be sold at the end of February, and I hope it can be sold at a good price by then."
Chapter completed!