Sugarcane Company encourages farmers to plant new raw material areas
(Baonghean.vn) - In the last days of the year, 3 sugar factories in Nghe An are entering the new pressing season. Although sugar prices have not increased, the factories are still issuing purchase prices equal to or higher than last year, and at the same time, introducing policies to encourage people to plant new sugarcane.
Issuing new sugarcane purchasing prices
Present CompanySong Con Sugarcane Joint Stock CompanyThe announcement of the sugarcane purchase price for the 2022 - 2023 crop year is 1.1 million VND/ton at the field, applied to fresh sugarcane, not black at the base, not wilted at the top, not infected with aphids, with a sugar content of 10.0 CCS or higher. For sugarcane with a sugar content of 9.0 CCS, the price is 1.060 million VND/ton; sugar content below 9.0 CCS, the price is 1.2 million VND/ton. Other types of poor quality sugarcane (depending on each case) will be purchased at 940,000 VND/ton and the company will adjust the sugarcane price depending on the market. In addition, the company has a policy of supporting transportation of 30,000 VND/ton for the first 10 days of the crushing season. This sugarcane price is the same as last year and this is the company's effort in the context of insufficient raw materials and complicated smuggled sugar.
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Trucks carrying raw sugarcane to Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company. Photo: Quang An |
Meanwhile, Nghe An Sugarcane Company Limited (NASU) said that the unit will start the 2022-2023 crushing season on December 9, 2022, and commits to purchasing all contracted sugarcane. The company announced the basic sugarcane price at the field at the beginning of the season (imported from 3:00 p.m. on December 8 to 7:00 a.m. on December 12) is 1,120,000 VND/ton; Mid-season (imported from 7:00 a.m. on December 12 onwards) is 1,100,000 VND/ton; End of season (time will be announced later) is 1,120,000 VND/ton, this price has increased slightly compared to the previous season and is at a high level compared to many recent years. If farmers comply with the contract to sell all sugarcane to NASU Company, they will be rewarded 50,000 VND/ton at any harvest time. This is a practical support measure for the people, at the same time, strengthening discipline when implementing contracts.
With the above price, according to Mr. Truong Cong Thach - Chairman of Tien Ky Commune People's Committee, Tan Ky District, sugarcane growers will achieve a profit of 12 - 15 million VND/ha. In areas where sugarcane is grown intensively, the profit will be slightly higher. However, in remote areas, sugarcane is still a crop that helps eliminate hunger and reduce poverty.
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Nghe An farmers take care of raw sugarcane. Photo: Quang An |
Increase new planting area
Dong Van is a commune with a long tradition of growing sugarcane in Tan Ky district. In 2022, the whole commune planted 281 hectares. Mr. Nguyen Van Thang - Chairman of Dong Van Commune People's Committee said that for many years, sugarcane has been the main crop in Dong Van commune. Thanks to stable output, people are still loyal to sugarcane. Currently, the commune is directing people to harvest sugarcane on time to produce the new crop.
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Agricultural officers accompany people to take care of sugarcane. Photo: Quang An |
Meanwhile, Mr. Vu Ngoc Son - Chairman of the People's Committee of Giai Xuan Commune (Tan Ky) said that in addition to harvesting sugarcane, people in the commune are preparing to plant a new crop. According to the plan, the commune's new planting area will reach about 400 hectares, an increase of 50 hectares compared to the set target. Currently, the whole commune has 600 hectares of sugarcane for harvest, of which the area of high-quality sugarcane is about 400 hectares. In Giai Xuan commune, sugarcane is still the crop that brings the most stable income. "With the sugarcane price of 1.1 million VND/ton as announced by the factory, we believe that farmers will still stick with sugarcane, and next year, the sugarcane area will continue to be expanded" - Mr. Vu Ngoc Son said.
According to the report of Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company, in 2023, the Company will plant 1,950 hectares of new sugarcane. To achieve the above plan, the Company has signed a contract to bring 2 sugarcane harvesters and 45 plows to serve farmers in land preparation, planting and caring for sugarcane. In addition, it has signed a contract with 5 drones to spray pesticides to prevent white cotton aphids.
In addition, to support people, Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company also has a policy to lend people capital at a rate of 12,500,000 VND/ha for seeds, 9,100,000 VND/ha for land preparation; loan 2 tons of fertilizer/ha; take care of sugarcane roots with machines 3,000,000 VND/ha; Spray insecticide with drones 2,200,000 VND/ha; Land rent: 30,000,000 VND/ha/3 years.
To encourage people to dig up old, ineffective sugarcane areas and plant new high-yield sugarcane, the Company has a policy of supporting land rental of 3,000,000 VND/ha for new planting; supporting the cost of digging up perennial trees and switching to sugarcane planting of 3,000,000 VND/ha for new planting; supporting cash from 2,000,000 VND to 5,000,000 VND/ha for newly planted sugarcane...
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Harvesting sugarcane with modern machines. Photo: Quang An |
Nghe An has a total area of raw sugarcane of more than 19,000 hectares, concentrated in the districts of Quy Hop; Tan Ky; Nghia Dan; Quy Chau, Anh Son, Con Cuong, Thanh Chuong... serving 3 sugar factories: Song Con Sugarcane Company, Song Lam Sugarcane Company and Nghe An Sugarcane Company Limited.
