People are working hard to protect crops and livestock from the cold.

(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, localities such as Anh Son and Nghia Dan are implementing cold protection measures for crops and livestock to minimize damage caused by the weather.

According to the forecast of the Hydrometeorological Center, from January 23 to 27, Nghe An will welcome a cold wave with strong intensity, the temperature will drop sharply, causing severe cold in a wide area. In many places, the temperature will drop to below zero and white snow will cover some villages in Ky Son, Que Phong, and Tuong Duong. At this time, farmers are straining to fight the cold.

Mr. Dang Dinh Thong in Hamlet 1, Thach Son Commune, Anh Son covers rice seedlings with plastic to protect them from the cold. Photo: Huyen Trang

Mr. Dang Dinh Thong, village 1, Thach Son commune, said: According to the plan, the family will finish planting on January 24, however, the weather is very cold, and it is forecasted that in the coming days, the temperature will continue to drop, so the family has stopped the planting plan to preserve the seedling area.

On cold days like these, people do not let their cattle out in the fields but instead cover them with tarpaulins to keep them warm. Photo by Huyen Trang

Along with protecting the crop area, livestock are also carefully cared for by farmers. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hien in Hamlet 1, Thach Son Commune raises 12 breeding cows. Knowing the weather information on the mass media about the increasing cold spell, she did not let the cows out into the fields like the previous days but kept them in the barn to feed them straw.

According to Ms. Hien, learning from previous years’ experiences, last season she collected all the straw and stored it, so her family’s cows did not have to worry about food shortages during the cold days. At the same time, she supplemented the herd with corn bran, cassava and fresh winter corn.

Supplementing food sources is also an effective way to protect cows from the cold. Photo: Huyen Trang

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* At Nghia Dan,Mrs. Hoang Thi Muon, Hiep 3 hamlet, Nghia Lien commune, has a buffalo. Due to the low temperature in recent days, her family has kept the buffalo at home and stretched a tarpaulin around the buffalo pen to keep it warm. Mrs. Muon shared: "All our assets are on the buffalo, so we are very worried. The past two days have been so cold that we have to keep the buffalo at home and light a fire near the pen at night to keep the buffalo warm. At the same time, we have to feed the buffalo well so that it does not go hungry or thirsty."

Many Nghia Dan herders took the opportunity to cut sugarcane tops to store for cattle to eat.Photo: Dinh Thuy - Ngoc Linh

Nghia Lien commune has more than 500 buffaloes and 1,800 goats. Entering the cold season, the commune has taken many measures to change people's awareness and livestock farming habits by propagating and instructing people to build barns, cover them to ensure they are windproof and confine their livestock on very cold days, prepare concentrated and coarse food for buffaloes and cows to eat on cold days, and fully vaccinate their livestock..

Mr. Ha Van Tu - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghia Lien Commune, Nghia Dan said: Currently, the commune has vaccinated 1,000 doses of FMD vaccine and continues to monitor and encourage people to protect livestock and poultry.

Cattle in Nghia Dan are kept and provided with adequate food and water. Photo: Dinh Thuy - Ngoc Linh

Livestock farmers in many communes in Nghia Dan are making efforts to keep their livestock warm and prevent hunger and cold, not letting them die of hunger or cold. This is also the time when Nghia Dan is harvesting sugarcane, so it is convenient for people to store sugarcane tops as food for cattle. Ms. Truong Thi Thu, Nam Phong hamlet, Nghia Long commune said: sugarcane tops are the main food for livestock, her family raises 3 cows, the cold weather does not allow them to graze, so the two people often go to cut sugarcane tops for the cows. In addition, they increase the amount of concentrated feed and provide enough water to keep the cows from getting sick.

Nghia Dan currently has more than 24 thousand buffaloes, cows, 37,000 pigs; 840,000 poultry. To proactively cope with unusual weather developments, Nghia Dan has directed the Department of Agriculture and Veterinary Station to coordinate with 25 communes and towns to fully vaccinate livestock and poultry, and at the same time, thoroughly instruct localities not to hide epidemics if an epidemic occurs in the area. In recent days, livestock households have done a good job of preventing hunger and cold for livestock and poultry, and the awareness of people in some remote communes such as Nghia Lac, Nghia Mai, Nghia Yen where grazing habits have changed.

Mr. Nguyen Hong Tuan - Vice Chairman of Nghia Dan District People's Committee said that Nghia Dan District directed the communes to vaccinate livestock and poultry well, not to be subjective, strongly directed local people to prevent hunger and cold for livestock and poultry, ensure adequate nutrition for livestock, prohibit people from grazing livestock when the temperature drops. For crops, the Department of Agriculture directed the grassroots to propagate and instruct people to get water to keep warm for planted areas, cover unplanted rice seedlings with plastic.

Dinh Thuy - Ngoc Linh