Night rice harvesting in isolated areas of Nghe An

Harvesters are flexibly deployed to the fields at night to harvest rice for farmers, while the entire Yen Thanh district "stays where they are" to prevent the epidemic. (Harvesting rice at night in Tang Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district). Photo: Van Truong

DistrictYen ThanhCurrently, the whole society is in social isolation, and the combine harvesters are operating day and night to harvest rice for the people. Being present in the area of ​​Tang Thanh commune, we can hear the loud sound of the harvesters. On the harvesters, there are bottles of disinfectant. Before loading the rice to the shore and paying the workers, the workers are sprayed with disinfectant to ensure safety.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Tam, a harvester in Tho Thanh, the cool weather at night makes harvesting very favorable. Just follow the order of the village cadres' instructions, whoever's rice ripens first is harvested immediately.

The People's Committee of Tang Thanh commune also seriously implemented epidemic prevention work. Each household was only allowed to send one person to the field to supervise the rice harvest. Photo: Van Truong

Ms. Le Thi Minh in Tang Thanh commune is waiting to receive rice in the field and said: My family has 5 sao of rice fields. This is the first time we have harvested at night, but it has been very favorable. The government monitors and reports that the rice is ripe, arranges for harvesters to go to the fields to harvest the rice all night. Harvesting at night makes the rice drier, making it easier to dry.

Mr. Dao Van Khai - Chairman of the People's Committee of Tang Thanh Commune shared: Although harvesting at night, the People's Committee of Tang Thanh Commune also seriously implements the epidemic prevention work. Each household is only allowed to send 1 person to the field to supervise the rice harvest, minimizing the gathering of large numbers of people when the district is in quarantine.anti-epidemic

All participants in the field must wear masks and keep distance while working. Village and hamlet officials take turns supervising epidemic prevention in the field.

Hands are washed with sanitizer during the operation between the mechanic and the farmer receiving the rice. Photo: Van Truong

The rice harvesters work at full capacity, from 6am to 11pm, because of social distancing, so the harvest teams in the area want to speed up the harvest so that people can dry the rice in time during the hot weather.

After harvesting, rice is transported to people's homes. Households dry rice right in their yards, or take advantage of some empty spots to ensure social distancing.

Mr. Le Van Hong - Head of the District Agriculture Department said: Currently, Yen Thanh district has 150 harvesters operating at full capacity day and night to harvest for the people in time. The district has harvested about 6,500 hectares of summer-autumn rice, currently there are about 4,500 hectares left, according to the plan, the summer-autumn crop will be harvested around September 5.

The harvested rice is bagged and loaded onto trucks to be transported home. Photo: Contributor

These days, taking advantage of the lack of rain, many localities in Quynh Luu district are harvesting at night. Mr. Truong Quang Binh, a mechanic in Quynh Luu district, said: The harvester has a good lighting system so it is easy to operate in the fields at night. After harvesting, if the weather is favorable, it only takes 2 sunny days for the rice to dry.

Mr. Ho Ngoc Hoang - Chairman of Quynh Ngoc Commune People's Committee said: Currently, the whole commune has mobilized 8 harvesters to harvest all fields. To ensure safety against the epidemic, the Commune People's Committee directed village officials to determine the location of the rice fields; at the same time, they are responsible for bringing in harvesters and coordinating with other forces to bring rice to the people. Currently, the commune has harvested 50/150 hectares of summer-autumn rice.

According to the report of the Department of Agriculture of Quynh Luu district, this summer-autumn crop has planted 6,931 hectares, currently in the harvest season, the whole district of Quynh Luu has mobilized over 80 combine harvesters. Thanks to harvesting both day and night, the progress has been accelerated, currently over 1,500 hectares of flood-prone areas have been harvested. Harvesting at night has many difficulties such as sometimes encountering rain and wind, transporting rice is more difficult... but the whole district is in social isolation so it is necessary to harvest at night to ensure rice harvest for people.

Farm trucks transport rice back to the village in time to avoid the rain at night in the fields of Yen Thanh town, Yen Thanh district. Photo: Van Truong

Mr. Nguyen Tien Duc - Head of the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection shared more: In the summer-autumn crop, the whole province planted nearly 67,000 hectares of rice, and localities have connected over 300 rice harvesters to promptly harvest for farmers. Currently, many key rice districts are still implementing night harvest such as Yen Thanh, Dien Chau, and Do Luong. Up to this point, the whole province has harvested about 20,000 hectares of rice, on a total area of ​​67,000 hectares of summer-autumn rice.

Avoiding the sun, Nghe An farmers rent "huge" machines to harvest at night

(Baonghean.vn) - To avoid the heat, farmers in Quynh Luu district (Nghe An) are currently working at night to harvest; along with that, dozens of "giant" harvesters are also mobilized at night to speed up the crop season.

The North continues to be sunny, with showers at night in some places.

Due to the influence of the southeastern edge of the low pressure in the West combined with the strong foehn effect, the Northern and Central Central provinces continue to experience widespread heat with the highest temperature during the day commonly ranging from 35-37 degrees, some places above 37 degrees such as: Tuong Duong (Nghe An) 39 degrees, Quy Hop (Nghe An) 38 degrees, Tuyen Hoa (Quang Binh) 38.1 degrees.