Dien Chau completed early summer-autumn rice planting

(Baonghean.vn) -Starting to go to the fields from May 20, up to now, the summer-autumn rice area in Dien Chau has basically closed. This year, the spring rice crop was harvested early, so summer-autumn production is very favorable in terms of seasonality.

This summer-autumn crop, Ms. Nguyen Thi Mai's family in Hamlet 10, Dien An Commune planted 4 sao of rice. As early as May 5, she planted the seedlings outside and started planting on May 20. Up to now, the entire summer-autumn rice area has been planted. She excitedly said: This year, the spring rice was harvested early, so the time for planting the summer-autumn crop is very comfortable. At this rate, it will be possible to harvest at the end of August, avoiding crop failure due to flooding.

Summer-autumn rice cultivation in Dien An (Dien Chau)

This year, summer-autumn production is forecast to take place in difficult conditions. There is a high risk of pests and diseases, the weather is likely to be complicated, and storms occur more often than in previous years. In particular, the risk of drought is very high because the water source in the dams is currently at a lower level than the same period many years ago. Therefore, in order to have a safe and effective production season, Dien Chau advocates using short-term varieties with high yield potential and commodity value and directing the crop as early as possible to avoid pests and diseases and floods at the end of the season. At the same time, promote the shift of crop structure towards commodity production, focusing on building an additional large-scale model field of over 50 hectares of rice in Dien Cat.

With the target of achieving 50,580 tons of grain equivalent to paddy, this summer-autumn crop, Dien Chau planted 9,000 hectares of rice, of which nearly 3,600 hectares were hybrid rice. According to the deputy head of the district's Agriculture Department - Mr. Hoang Lan, in the rice variety structure of Dien Chau, mainly short-term varieties are used that are resistant to pests and adverse weather conditions, giving high and stable yields and good rice quality. Of which, the structure of about 35-40% is hybrid rice, with a short growing period, yield potential and rice quality quite suitable for the summer-autumn crop such as Nhi uu 986, GS9, Thien Nguyen uu 16, Syn6... The remaining area uses pure rice varieties such as VTNA2, TBR45, sticky rice N87... places with long growing periods and high safety will use BC15 quality rice varieties, gradually reducing the area of ​​Khang Dan 18 rice.

The sowing and planting schedule is based on the spring crop harvest time, however, all summer-autumn rice areas in Dien Chau strive to harvest before August 30 to avoid crop loss due to late-season flooding. Therefore, as soon as the rice has bloomed for 15-20 days, farmers have started sowing seedlings instead of waiting for the spring rice harvest, especially in areas using long-term rice varieties such as Dien Tho, Dien Thai, etc., sowing seedlings since April 25.

“To ensure a stable summer-autumn crop, long-term, high-quality rice varieties like BC15 are only grown in fields with early spring harvests, with a guaranteed time frame and high safety, and absolutely not planted in deep, low-lying areas,” said Mr. Lan.

Phu Huong