Sugarcane productivity in Tan Ky in some places reaches over 100 tons/ha.

Present at the sugarcane fieldNghia Dong commune, Tan Ky districtAt this time, the atmosphere of sugarcane harvesting is bustling. Mr. Le Van Bay in Hamlet 8, Nghia Dong Commune shared: His family is harvesting 4 sao of sugarcane, thanks to proper care according to technical processes, this year the sugarcane has a high yield, reaching more than 80 tons/ha. Currently, the company is purchasing at a price of 1.1 million VND/ton of grade 1 sugarcane.

Sugarcane consumption is also favorable when farmers have signed contracts to purchase products with the Company.cSong Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company.Factory trucks go to the fields to transport sugarcane to farmers. Farmers hope that sugarcane prices will remain stable to ensure their livelihood.

Mr. Phan Van Thanh - Vice Chairman of Nghia Dong Commune People's Committee said: Sugarcane is the main crop of the commune, the commune has over 160 hectares of sugarcane, this year the yield is outstanding, reaching over 70 tons/ha. However, there are quite a few households thanks to good care, reaching over 100 tons/ha (equivalent to 5 tons/sao), currently the whole commune has harvested over 30% of the area.

Thanks to the upgraded and repaired internal traffic system, trucks can easily enter and exit the fields to transport sugarcane to farmers. In recent years, sugarcane has brought quite good economic efficiency, so in the 2024 sugarcane planting season, Nghia Dong commune will switch from ineffective corn to planting 50 hectares of sugarcane, in order to increase farmers' income.

A representative of the Tan Ky District Department of Agriculture said: Tan Ky district currently has nearly 5,000 hectares of sugarcane, farmers have harvested about 100 hectares, with a yield of 68 tons/ha (an increase of 2.5 tons/ha compared to 2022). Many households have achieved a yield of over 100 tons/ha, the reason for the good harvest is that people are increasingly applying technical advances to intensive sugarcane cultivation, especially introducing new varieties such as AK2, AK3, LK 9211...

According to information from Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company, this year's crushing season, the unit will start purchasing raw sugarcane and start production from December 5, 2023. Accordingly, due to favorable sugar consumption prices, this year the company will purchase sugarcane from farmers at a price of 1.1 million VND/ton of grade 1 sugarcane in the field (50,000 VND/ton higher than last year), in addition to supporting the cost of loading sugarcane onto the truck at 50,000 VND/ton.