Nghe An: Hundreds of hectares of corn collapsed overnight due to heavy rain
(Baonghean.vn) - Last night (March 21), heavy rain and wind caused spring corn in Anh Son and Thanh Chuong districts to fall down, causing estimated billions of dong in damage.
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| Hundreds of hectares of corn were dumped in Anh Son district. Photo: PV |
On the afternoon of March 21, in the area of 2 districtsThanh ChuongIn Anh Son, a prolonged heavy rain accompanied by strong winds caused nearly 600 hectares of late winter and early spring corn to fall, causing great damage to farmers, of which in Thanh Chuong district, more than 500 hectares of corn fell.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thanh Chuong district, the reason why the late winter and early spring corn fields were broken is that recently there has been no heavy rain in the district, and now there is a heavy rain.strong windThe water had soaked the corn roots, while the corn was in the flowering stage, so uprooting and falling was inevitable.
As of 7 p.m. on March 21, 19 communes in Thanh Chuong district had corn fields with a total area of about 500 hectares, the total damage was huge. In this situation, some localities are contacting TH Milk Company to consume the corn fields to feed dairy cows, in order to reduce the difficulties for farmers.
In Anh Son, many communes have fallen corn such as Tam Son, Binh Son, Hoi Son... currently the communes are synthesizing data and going to the fields to overcome the damage.
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| Late winter and early spring corn fields of Thanh Chuong district were broken in a heavy rain. Photo: Van Ly |
