Selling at a good price, Nghe An farmers simultaneously harvest biomass corn
(Baonghean.vn) - Due to the higher price of corn biomass compared to last year, and to avoid damage caused by storms, farmers in the Lam River alluvial plain have simultaneously harvested and sold it to livestock farms.
These days, people in the communes of the regionLam River alluvial landof Hung Nguyen district such as: Hung Linh, Long Xa, Chau Nhan, Xuan Lam, Hung Thanh, Hung Loi, have simultaneouslybiomass corn harvestto sell to livestock farms. The highest price people can sell corn biomass at this time is 1.4 million VND/sao, some corn fields that have been knocked down by storms only reach 900,000 VND to 1 million VND/sao.
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| People sell whole acres of corn to purchasing facilities, which then have machines come to pick it up and transport it. Photo: Tien Dong |
Mr. Hoang Van Hung in hamlet 3, Long Xa commune, this season planted 1.4 hectares of corn and said: For the past week, thedairy farmPeople in Nghia Dan, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh come here to buy a lot of young corn plants. Because this is the time when corn flowers to start the period of milky seeds, high nutritional value. At first, they offered a price of 900,000 VND/sao, but in recent days, it has increased to 1.3 to 1.4 million VND/sao.
Up to now, each sao of biomass corn costs 1.4 million VND, even if the corn is beautiful and the ears are big, the price is higher. However, people still reserve a part of the area waiting for corn kernels to sell or serve livestock.
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| Currently, each sao of corn is purchased by establishments for 1.4 million VND. However, after selling a small amount, many households have decided to keep the corn for the kernels, even though they are offered a higher price. Photo: Tien Dong |
Mr. Vo Trong Hung in Hamlet 3, Long Xa Commune, who grows more than 7 hectares of corn, said: If calculated according to the current market price, each quintal of corn is about 1.2 million VND, each sao of corn yields about 3 quintals. If we wait about 1 more month, each sao will yield about 3 million VND.
Therefore, after pruning and selling corn fields with high risk of falling, people started to remove leaves and cut the tops of the remaining corn fields.
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| After harvesting, young corn will be loaded onto trucks and transported to livestock farms to be used as animal feed. Photo: Tien Dong |
Mr. Hoang Duc An - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hung Nguyen district said: The total area of alluvial land along Lam river belongs to the territory ofHung Nguyen districtup to 700 hectares, of which the winter-spring corn area is up to 350 hectares. This year, the price of biomass corn is higher than last year, because this year the weather is favorable, there is no damage from rats, so the corn yield is high.
Mr. An also said that because the alluvial area along the Lam River is often flooded, after harvesting corn early, some areas will grow sesame, beans and short-term crops, while the areas harvested late will have to be left fallow for livestock grazing./.
