(Baonghean.vn) - This spring crop, Hung Nguyen planted 5,900 hectares of rice, 400 hectares of corn and 500 hectares of peanuts.
As a pioneer district in applying advanced rice production techniques such as plows, combine harvesters, threshers, etc. in this spring crop, Hung Nguyen has invested in helping farmers buy a number of row planting machines to serve the large-scale land consolidation with the district supporting half of the machine value. Nghe An newspaper reporters recorded the process of producing tray seedlings and transplanting by machine carried out in the town and communes of Hung Nguyen.
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Sow seeds by seeder into each tray | The seedling trays are sown by machine and stacked on top of each other to germinate. |
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Mr. Hanh - Head of Hung Nguyen Town Agricultural Cooperative checks the plastic-covered trays. |
 | The seedlings are old enough to be transplanted by machine. The seedlings are acclimatized to outside conditions for a few days before transplanting. |
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Hung Nguyen town agricultural service cooperative loads seedlings onto the transplanting machine. The seedlings are separated from the trays, leaving only the substrate and seedlings. | Rice transplanting by machine in Hung Nguyen town in spring 2015. This machine can transplant 4 rows at a time. One day the machine can transplant 1 hectare of rice, equivalent to more than 20 manual laborers. |
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Chau Lan