Anh Son farmers 'race' to meet the seasonal demand

(Baonghean.vn) - In order to proactively prevent late-season floods, Anh Son district focuses on directing localities to produce 2,900 hectares of summer-autumn rice. The motto is to work the land as soon as harvest.

To proactively prevent late-season floods, Anh Son farmers are focusing on summer-autumn crop production with the motto of cultivating the land as they harvest. Photo: Huyen Trang

Taking advantage of favorable weather, these days farmers in many areas of Anh Son district are actively going to the fields to produce the summer-autumn crop. Mr. Phan Ba ​​Khanh - Vice Chairman of Vinh Son Commune People's Committee said: This summer-autumn crop, the commune planted 125 hectares of rice, mainly high-quality varieties such as Gia Loc, Kinh So Uu, VTNA... At this time, people are going to the fields to plant seedlings, striving to cover the area by mid-June.

This summer-autumn crop, Anh Son district is in need of rice varieties such as: Kinh Su Uu 1588, Thien Nguyen Uu 16, Gia Loc... Photo: Huyen Trang

This summer-autumn crop, Anh Son restructured over 2,900 hectares of rice, with key rice varieties such as Thien Nguyen Uu 16, Kinh Su Uu 1588, VTNA 2, Gia Loc 105... in which each locality only restructured 3-4 varieties, each field only 1-2 varieties to facilitate monitoring and pest control.

To ensure production progress, localities have introduced mechanization into the fields. Photo: Huyen Trang

Along with rice, many communes have also planted corn in the summer-autumn crop on alluvial land. This year, Anh Son district has deployed production on 1,860 hectares, of which 450-500 hectares are planted with large biomass corn to import to dairy companies. The proactive water-anti-drought work has also been implemented in localities. The agricultural sector of Anh Son district has a specific plan, implementing solutions to maximize irrigation water savings. For areas that cannot be proactive with water, the locality will convert the crop structure to ensure that the summer-autumn crop in Anh Son district still meets the criteria of area, productivity and output.

Huyen Trang