Song Con Sugarcane Company supports farmers in harvesting sugarcane

It is known that this yearSong Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Companywill bring 3 modern sugarcane harvesting machines to support people. The price of harvested sugarcane is 170,000 VND/ton, much cheaper than hiring traditional labor. When the sugarcane harvesting machine is operating, there will be trucks running parallel to carry the finished sugarcane. According to calculations, each machine will harvest 150 tons of sugarcane/day, equivalent to 10 full trucks.

Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company brings modern sugarcane harvesting machines to support people in Nam Dan. Photo: Quang An

The advantage of using the machine is to shorten the harvesting time as well as to import raw materials to the sugar factory in a timely manner, only within 2-3 hours after harvesting. The machine cuts close to the base to avoid spillage, reducing loss by 20% compared to manual harvesting. Sugarcane harvested by machine forms neat, regular sections.

However, for the outer beds located close to the banks, people have to harvest by hand because there is not enough space for sugarcane harvesters and trucks to run parallel. As for the bagasse after harvesting, it will be left on the field, creating humus, helping the soil to be fresher and more fertile for the next crop.

When the sugarcane harvester is operating, there will be a truck running parallel to carry the finished sugarcane. Photo: QA

It is known that the entire Nam Dan district has 30 hectares of raw sugarcane concentrated in Trung Phuc Cuong commune. This is the second year that sugarcane has taken root in this land, yielding over 80 tons/ha. It is expected that Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company will expand the raw material area in this locality in the coming years.

Not only Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company, this year sugar factories all have good policies for sugarcane growers.

Sugarcane harvested by machine forms even, eye-catching pieces, minimizing loss. Photo: Quang An

The factories’ interest in the raw material area is the driving force for farmers to return to sugarcane cultivation in the context of many crops falling in price and low efficiency. It is known that sugar prices are currently good, creating momentum for sugarcane purchase prices to be higher than previous years.

People are excited that this year's sugarcane harvest is good and prices are good. Photo: Quang An

Currently, the raw sugarcane growing area of ​​Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company is nearly 5,000 hectares, mainly concentrated in Tan Ky, Thanh Chuong, Anh Son, Yen Thanh and Do Luong districts. The annual sugarcane output is about 250,000 - 380,000 tons/year. This crop year, the Company strives to purchase 300,000 tons of raw sugarcane with a sugar output of about 30,000 tons.

Currently, the NASU sugar factory for the 2021-2022 crop year also lends money to sugarcane growers to buy cultivation machines, harvesters and install irrigation systems of all kinds. Specifically: If farmers buy sugarcane care machines, they can borrow 70 million VND, buy large double-row sugarcane planting machines 85 million VND, buy pesticide sprayers 6 million VND, install irrigation systems 30 million VND, in addition, the factory also accepts services such as land preparation, sugarcane planting, mechanical fertilization, inter-row weeding and herbicide spraying by NASU machines. NASU's services will not charge interest when borrowing, and the interest rate for loans to buy mechanical machines will be low when applied, in addition, farmers will also receive budget support when borrowing for investment.

BesidesNASUAlso build NASU's level 1 and level 2 seedling fields and provide loans for sugarcane seed transportation at the rate of 2 million VND/ha. Support 4 million VND/ha, applicable for 10 ha. Loan money to buy seeds from farmers' level 1 seedling fields and support planting new sugarcane seedling fields at the rate of 15 million VND/ha, of which non-refundable support is 4 million VND/ha, applicable for 30 ha... In addition, there are support policies for group leaders and sugarcane planting steering committees of communes and districts...