Anh Son farmers enter early winter vegetable harvest

(Baonghean.vn) - While the winter crop in many places is still in the care period, in the mountainous district of Anh Son, farmers have entered the harvest season.

Besides harvesting vegetables, people continue to rotate the land to continue crop rotation in time to serve the upcoming Lunar New Year.

These days, farmers in Anh Son district are busy taking care of and harvesting winter vegetables of all kinds. Photo: Thai Hien

The family of Ms. Nguyen Thi Tam in Hamlet 5, Thach Son Commune is "making money" every day from 5 sao of mustard greens and 1 sao of tops of watercress. Ms. Tam shared: The family has 8 sao of land on the Lam River bank specializing in growing vegetables. This winter, the family mainly grows mustard greens, tops of watercress, green beans and cabbage. These are traditional crops of the locality. Watercress and watercress have been harvested for more than a week now. TUnfavorable weather is the reason why vegetablesIt is easy to make and sell, and the price is good. On average, each day her family picks 150 bunches of mustard greens and 20 bunches of watercress at a price of 3,000 VND/bunch, giving her family an income of over 300,000 VND/day.

Anh Son residents are excited about the winter vegetable harvest. Photo: Thai Hien

Quickly selecting the right-to-bundle mustard greens for traders, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong, village 6, Thach Son commune, said: This winter crop, her family is very excited because her family's 7 sao of vegetables are growing well, giving a good yield. For many years, vegetables have been the main crop in the winter crop for her family because they are easy to grow, easy to care for, and have few pests and diseases. The family has only harvested vegetables for 10 days but has already earned nearly 4 million VND. It is calculated that each sao of vegetables brings in an income of 5 - 6 million VND. In particular, mustard greens are planted in alternating crops, so they will be harvested from now until Tet.

Harvesting and compensation. Photo: Thai Hien

Winter vegetable production has been considered a strength and the main income crop for Anh Son farmers for many years. This winter crop, the whole district planted over 500 hectares of various vegetables, concentrated in the communes of Cam Son, Thach Son, Lang Son, Tao Son... of which more than 300 hectares of various beans and vegetables; 100 hectares of squash and pumpkin and 200 hectares of sweet potatoes on fields, alluvial land, and hillsides.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Dang - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Anh Son district said: The main crops being harvested now are: mustard greens, green beans, and water spinach. Most of the early winter crops being harvested now have high prices and are easy to sell. According to farmers, currently, the selling price of mustard greens at the field is 3,000 VND/bunch, water spinach is 4,000 VND/bunch, and water spinach is 10,000 VND/kg... With this price, each sao of early winter vegetables is bringing in an average income of 5 - 6 million VND.

Vegetables are purchased by traders at the field. Photo: Thai Hien

To ensure that winter vegetables grow and develop well, Anh Son district has promoted and mobilized people to follow the crop calendar, and directed localities to mobilize people to convert ineffective land areas to commercial vegetable cultivation. Promoted people to introduce new vegetable varieties, use fertilizers effectively for high-yield crops, prioritize new crop varieties with high yield and economic value into production, in order to diversify crops and increase people's income./.

Thai Hien