Despite cold rain, farmers sow crops ahead of schedule

(Baonghean.vn) - Despite the cold, rainy weather and low temperatures, hundreds of farmers in the communes of Quynh Hong, Quynh Hau, Quynh Doi, Quynh Ba, Quynh Luu district still went to the fields to sow spring rice nearly 20 days ahead of schedule.

According to the 2017 Spring crop production plan, Quynh Luu district will plant 7,550 hectares of spring rice. Based on the weather characteristics this year, the cold weather is late, spring begins on February 4, 2017 (ie January 6 of the lunar calendar), so 100% of the rice fields will be planted after Tet.

However, due to the mentality of people wanting to complete their farming work before the 27th of the 12th lunar month so that they have time to shop for Tet and enjoy spring after Tet, currently, in the fields of communes such as Quynh Hong, Quynh Hau, Quynh Doi, Quynh Ba, commune members have disregarded the crop calendar, plowing the land and planting spring rice.

Despite warnings, Quynh Luu people planted crops ahead of schedule.

Previously, Quynh Luu district held a conference to deploy the 2017 Spring crop production tasks and thoroughly informed the directors of agricultural service cooperatives, agricultural officers of 33 communes and towns to deploy the crop calendar to the people. Specifically: The main spring rice crop is from January 10 to 20 and planting is from January 30 to February 10, 2017. The late spring rice crop is deployed 10 days after the main crop.

Mr. Nguyen Anh Hung - Head of the Agricultural Extension Station of Quynh Luu district said: Although there are still 20 days left until the agricultural calendar, however, from January 8 to 10, hundreds of households did not comply with the crop calendar of early seeding and planting ahead of schedule. This is very disadvantageous because early-planted rice can die if it encounters severe cold, prolonged cold, or will bloom early, affecting the final yield.

Faced with that situation, the Agricultural Extension Station advised the District People's Committee to direct cooperatives to propagate farmers to strictly follow the crop calendar, immediately stop planting, actively care for and protect spring rice seedlings from the cold./.

Nhu Thuy

Quynh Luu Station