Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company: Breakthrough from converting sugarcane growing land area

Efficiency after conversion and land consolidation

The family of Mrs. Tran Thi Tuat, Vinh Thanh hamlet is one of the households with the largest sugarcane area in the commune.New Year(Tan Ky) with 2.5 hectares. However, to have the area as it is today, her family has consolidated land, exchanged plots, converted small, fragmented, ineffective production areas to grow sugarcane according to the recommendations of the Sugarcane Joint Stock Company.Con Riverand local authorities.

People in Tan Xuan commune, Tan Ky district actively take care of sugarcane. Photo: Nguyen Chau

Mrs. Tuat recalls: “In the past, the field behind my house mainly grew one-crop rice and other crops such as beans, peanuts, corn, and cassava. While the rice was only enough for daily meals, other crops did not have good prices on the market, were sold at low prices, and were not worth the effort of care, so they had to be used as animal feed. My husband and I had to do extra jobs to make ends meet. However, since converting this area to grow sugarcane and taking care of it wholeheartedly, the family has had a stable source of income because the sugarcane is of good quality, the output is guaranteed, and the company buys all of it…”

Not far away, the straight sugarcane fields of Mr. Nguyen Vinh Ba's family in Tan Xuan commune also made many people admire. Mr. Ba shared: Sugarcane has been with my family for over 10 years. When I first started growing it, my family only had a few meters, planted spontaneously, without a concentrated planting area, leading to fragmented harvesting, the quality of sugarcane in each field is different, and prices are unstable. However, in the past 2 years, I have converted the entire rice field to grow sugarcane, the efficiency has been significantly improved when the sugarcane grows evenly, the application of science and technology has also madeproductivitySugarcane prices increased, income was better so everyone was excited.

Many modern machines have been put into use by Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company. Photo: Nguyen Chau

Tan Xuan Commune is one of the key sugarcane growing areas of Tan Ky District with an area of ​​over 400 hectares with nearly 1,000 households growing in all hamlets. With the determination to build large model fields, Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company has made efforts with the local authorities to successfully build two large model fields, each field has an area of ​​50 hectares in two hamlets Vinh Thanh and Yen Xuan. Sugarcane yield here reaches an average of 61 tons/ha, higher than the average of the whole district, with some fields being meticulously cared for and having good soil quality, so the sugarcane yield has reached nearly 100 tons/ha.

Comply with sugarcane care procedures

To achieve such results, in addition to the people's solidarity and consensus in accepting land consolidation and building concentrated sugarcane fields, there is also the awareness of strictly following the absolute sugarcane care process. In each commune, there are agricultural officers of the company who stay, monitor and provide close technical guidance to the people.

Agricultural staff of Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company always accompany and guide people on sugarcane care process. Photo: Nguyen Chau

Mr. Nguyen Khac Hung - Agricultural officer of the company in charge of the communeNew Yearsaid: Due to the nature of the work, we almost have no days off but stay with the people in the fields all year round, from the time of planting the new crop to harvest to ensure the sugarcane grows and develops with the best quality. Thanks to the application of information technology in sugarcane care, the connection between agricultural staff and people, people and the company has been significantly improved, information, propaganda and instructions from the company all reach the people promptly and quickly.

The conversion of ineffective highland areas to sugarcane cultivation and the focus on building concentrated sugarcane fields has been carried out by the company for many years now and has achieved many results. This work has helped eliminate the situation of small-scale, fragmented sugarcane cultivation, increased income for sugarcane growers, and helped people save time and costs for sugarcane care. The company is also more favorable in investing in infrastructure for sugarcane growing areas, bringing large machines into sugarcane production - something that could not be done in the past when growing small-scale.

Mr. Nguyen Sy Hai - Head of Raw Material Production Department (Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company)

Besides implementing many support policies for sugarcane growers, Sugarcane Joint Stock CompanyCon RiverThe company is also actively developing internal roads to facilitate the transportation of sugarcane in remote fields with difficult traffic. Regarding sugarcane varieties, the company is also applying high-yield sugarcane varieties with stable sugar content and good stubble retention such as LK 92-11, KK3... which not only help improve the quality of raw materials but also increase income for sugarcane growers.

Sugarcane harvester demonstrated at Tan Long commune sugarcane field. Photo: Nguyen Chau

Insugarcane harvestlast year, the company contracted 1 sugarcane harvester to serve the people. The results showed that over 10 thousand tons of sugarcane were harvested by machine, solving the problem of labor and cost for many households growing sugarcane with large areas. However, in reality, it still cannot meet the needs of sugarcane growers. In that situation, this year's sugarcane harvest, the company will contract 2 sugarcane harvesters to serve the people right from the beginning of the season, in order to speed up the sugarcane harvest and reduce costs for sugarcane growers during the harvest.

This year, the sugarcane raw material area of ​​Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company has an area of ​​nearly 6,000 hectares, in 5 districts: Tan Ky, Yen Thanh, Do Luong, Anh Son and Thanh Chuong; the average yield is estimated at over 51 tons/ha. Currently, the factory is preparing for the new pressing season, officially purchasing sugarcane from farmers from the end of November.