Nghe An: Winter-Spring rice yield reaches 80 quintals/hectare in some areas.
(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, the winter-spring rice crop is beginning to ripen, and localities in Nghe An are starting to harvest, with some areas achieving yields of nearly 80 quintals/hectare.
*This spring,Yen Thanh district12,872.4 hectares have been planted, mainly with hybrid rice varieties and some high-quality rice varieties. To date, farmers have begun harvesting the spring rice crop; the average rice yield is estimated at 71.5 quintals/hectare, more than 3 quintals/hectare higher than last year's spring crop, with some hybrid rice areas estimated at 75-80 quintals/hectare. Some communes have achieved the highest rice yields ever, such as Hoa Thanh, Lien Thanh, and Hong Thanh…
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| The winter-spring rice crop is bountiful in Yen Thanh. Photo: Viet Hoa |
* The entire 2018 Winter-Spring cropDien Chau district9,200 hectares of spring rice were planted, concentrated in the communes of Dien Lam, Dien Yen, Dien Truong, Dien Nguyen, etc., with an average yield of 73 quintals/hectare, and some hybrid rice varieties also yielded 80 quintals/hectare.
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| Farmers in Dien Chau harvest the winter-spring rice crop. Photo: Quang An |
* According to assessments, the average yield of spring rice in the district this year is...Con CuongYields reached 62-65 quintals/hectare. The entire area...The district planted 2,271.2 hectares of rice, including over 200 hectares of early spring rice. Currently, farmers are urgently heading to the fields to harvest the rice.By the end of May 18th, the area of rice already harvested in localities with early-ripening varieties was approximately over 100 hectares.
The peak rice harvest season in Con Cuong district is expected to begin in the next 7-10 days and conclude before June 2018. |
| Many spring rice fields are ripening. Photo: Viet Hoa |
*Spring crop of 2018, the whole districtNghia Dan3,500 hectares of rice were planted, using high-quality hybrid and purebred rice varieties; rice yield reached approximately 3.6 - 3.8 quintals/sao (1 sao = 360 square meters).
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| Harvesting the spring rice crop in Nghia Dan. Photo: Minh Thai |
In the spring of 2018, Nghe An province planted over 92,000 hectares of spring rice; the estimated average yield was 66.44 quintals/hectare.
