Many ways to kill rats to protect spring rice

(Baonghean.vn) -Currently, Quynh Luu district has completed 95% of spring rice sowing.To limit the problem of rats destroying rice, Quynh Luu district has mobilized the entire population to fight rats.

To ensure the planting of over 7,500 hectares of spring rice, Quynh Luu district has planted nearly 180 hectares of seedlings; including nearly 130 hectares of hybrid seedlings and 50 hectares of pure seedlings. Currently, some mountainous communes such as Quynh Chau, Quynh Tan, and Quynh Tam will begin planting in the next few days, bringing Quynh Luu district to 100% of the spring rice planting plan. All areas of seedlings are carefully covered with plastic by households to protect the seedlings from the cold and to limit insect damage.

This simple mouse trapping method is chosen by many farmers.

However, in the fields of many localities, rats are now appearing in large numbers and have chewed up the spring rice seedlings. To limit this situation, localities have mobilized the entire population to fight rats by many measures such as digging and catching them, using biological bait. In particular, the form of setting traps to catch rats every night by farmers is widely developing in many villages and hamlets.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy in Hamlet 5, Quynh Dien Commune said: This spring, the family planted 5 kg of Thai Xuyen 111 seeds, and after planting, they covered them with plastic. After 2-3 days of checking, they discovered that mice had bitten and torn a lot of plastic and eaten a lot of seedlings. Therefore, the family bought dozens of traps, mainly set at night.

Farmers set mouse traps.

Along with the campaign to mobilize the entire population to kill rats, Quynh Luu district is actively directing communes and towns to clear bushes to limit hiding places for rats. In particular, for the form of digging and catching, it is necessary to pay attention to the work of protecting the banks of the ditches to facilitate travel and transportation during the season.

Quynh Luu district has a policy to support 70% of the cost of buying biological bait for farmers to kill rats.

Mr. Bui Xuan Truc - Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quynh Luu district said: "In recent years, rats have damaged crops in some localities in the district quite seriously. The district has had a policy of supporting 70% of the cost of buying biological bait for farmers to kill rats. Currently, in parallel with the work of killing rats, the district is propagating to the people to regularly check and monitor the growth and development of rice seedlings to detect damaged areas that cannot be restored, so that they can promptly soak and incubate additional seedlings"./.

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