Yen Thanh spring rice crop has good harvest and good price

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Present at the rice fields of Nhan Thanh commune, the atmosphere of the winter-spring rice harvest is quite bustling. Throughout the fields in the area, farmers are actively going to the fields to harvest rice. Mr. Chuong, a resident of Trung Hong hamlet, is packing rice into sacks and excitedly says: "My family harvested 10 sao of rice (Thai Xuyen 111, Phu Uu 978 varieties) and all achieved high yields of nearly 4 quintals/sao. The rice only needs to be dried in the sun for one day before traders come to buy it for 700,000 VND/quintal. I have never seen rice prices as high as this year."

This spring crop, Nhan Thanh commune planted over 534 hectares of rice, with pure rice varieties such as TR 225, hybrid Thai Xuyen 111, Phu Uu 978, sticky rice M97... This spring crop was exceptionally successful, with an average yield of 7.9 tons/ha, an increase of 50-70 kg/ha over the previous spring crop. Both a good harvest and a good price, farmers could sell rice as soon as they harvested, traders came to the fields to buy at prices ranging from 700,000 - 720,000 VND/quintal. The commune has directed farmers to strictly implement the district's crop schedule, and to incorporate high-quality rice varieties into the structure. Scientific and technical measures have been well applied, combined with intensive investment in each growth cycle of the rice plant. Along with that, Nhan Thanh's irrigation system is invested synchronously, irrigation is convenient and the experienced care investment of the people also contributes to the success of the spring rice crop.

Mr. Nguyen Si Tung - Chairman of Nhan Thanh Commune People's Committee

Spring rice harvest in Yen Thanh. Photo: Van Truong

In the fields of Xuan Thanh commune, farmers are busy harvesting spring rice, the multi-purpose combine harvesters can harvest, thresh and pack rice for the people very conveniently. Farmers harvest spring rice to prepare the land for summer-autumn production right away. Mr. Phan Hoang Thu - Chairman of Xuan Thanh Commune People's Committee said: "It can be affirmed that the spring crop is a success. The commune planted 346 hectares, achieving a rice yield of 7.4 quintals/ha. The new feature this year is that the commune has experimented with planting tray rice seedlings on an area of ​​over 10 hectares, which both saves labor and achieves high productivity.

Farmers in Yen Thanh prepare the land as they harvest to prepare for summer-autumn production. Photo: Van Truong

Building a model of intensive farming system towards commodity agricultural production,clean agriculture, safe, sustainable development according to VietGAP. Deploying the construction of high-tech agricultural production models in localities with conditions; such as applying the model of sowing rice in trays and transplanting rice by machine, thereby contributing to saving labor, improving efficiency in agricultural production, this spring crop Yen Thanh has sown rice in trays and transplanted rice on over 400 hectares. Increasingly attracting businesses to join with cooperatives in organizing production and product consumption, it is expected that in the spring crop of 2021, linking and consuming products for farmers will reach over 2,500 hectares of rice. Currently, investors are speeding up the construction of the TH rice processing factory, this is a favorable condition for localities to expand the production of quality rice varieties to supply raw materials for the factory. In order to improve the value chain of rice grains, bringing the highest profits to farmers.

Speed ​​up the progress of land preparation for summer-autumn rice cultivation

Mr. Phan Van Tuyen - Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee said: Up to this point, Yen Thanh district has harvested over 80%. Currently, localities are preparing the land, repairing the embankments and fields to serve the summer-autumn crop. The goal of this summer-autumn crop is for Yen Thanh district to strive to cultivate 11,500 hectares, reaching 59,000 tons of rice. To achieve that goal, experience shows that the crop calendar must be strictly implemented.

The district has structured the varieties of rice varieties appropriately in the fields to avoid flooding. For flood-prone areas, use short-term varieties with a growing period of less than 100 days, such as LC270, improved Khang Dan (DCG72), mutated Khang Dan, HN6, TBR279, Huong Thom 1. In highland areas with little or no flooding, use Thai Xuyen 111, Kinh Su Uu 1588, VT 404 varieties... To compete with the season, it is expected that this year Yen Thanh district will use tray planting in many communes such as Xuan Thanh, Trung Thanh, Lien Thanh, Tho Thanh, Hong Thanh...

Mr. Phan Van Tuyen - Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee

People of Yen Thanh district “won” the spring crop. Photo: Van Truong

According to the survey, currently, over 700 hectares of summer-autumn rice cannot be grown in the district due to insufficient water for production, which has been converted to early autumn and autumn-winter crops such as corn, peanuts, and vegetables. The district also reviews and balances water resources to arrange planting areas and develop specific water use plans for each area to ensure enough water for planting, caring for rice to grow, develop well, and bloom safely. Repair lakes, dams, canals, embankments, and field banks, dredge and clear canals, fill and block internal drainage axes to take advantage of water and use water economically. Strengthen the connection between farmers, cooperatives and businesses; produce according to the value chain to ensure the consumption of high-quality commercial rice for farmers to improve economic efficiency per unit area.