Bustling harvest season, planting biomass corn in Thanh Chuong
(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, farmers in the Lam River alluvial plain, Thanh Chuong district are focusing on harvesting biomass corn, excited because this crop has a good harvest and good price.
Present on the Lam River alluvial banks of Thanh Long and Vo Liet communes, districtThanh Chuongsaw farmers and machines busily harvesting biomass corn.
Ms. Tran Thi Minh in Thanh Long commune said: Her family has over 2.5 sao of alluvial land. After more than 2 months of growing biomass corn, they harvested over 5 tons, sold it for 1 million VND/ton in the field, earning 5 million VND. Growing biomass corn can produce 2 crops a year, giving higher economic efficiency than growing corn for grain.
As we observed, we saw the machines of the enterprises come to buy and load onto the trucks, saving the people the trouble of harvesting. After the fields are harvested, the plows plow the land and sow the new corn crop right there.
Mr. Dang Van Tuan - Chairman of Thanh Long Commune People's Committee said: The commune currently has over 100 hectares of production.corn biomass, 2 crops a year, each hectare gives an income of over 100 million VND. The benefit of selling biomass corn is the fast harvest time, most businesses come to the fields to harvest for farmers.
The commune has introduced new corn varieties such as NK 66, and guided farmers in investing in proper care according to the process to achieve economic efficiency. Thanks to biomass corn cultivation, it has contributed to increasing people's income.
Next to it is the Lam River alluvial plain of Vo Liet commune, where machines are also urgently harvesting corn for the people. As soon as the harvest is over, the people immediately start preparing the land to sow corn.
Mr. Tran Phi Hung - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thanh Chuong district said: The total area of alluvial land along Lam river in Thanh Chuong district is over 3,500 hectares, of which over 200 hectares were planted with biomass corn in the last winter-spring crop. This year, the weather was favorable, farmers invested in intensive farming, so corn yielded high yields, and the price of biomass corn was higher than last year.
In the coming time, the district will continue to promote people to invest in intensive cultivation of biomass corn to increase productivity. At the same time, it will cooperate with large-scale companies and livestock farms to expand the area of biomass corn cultivation, ensuring stable output for products and increasing income for people./.
