Dien Chau farmers have a good spring peanut crop

(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, Dien Chau farmers have harvested 700/2,700 hectares of spring peanuts. The good news is that the peanut yield reached 6-7 tons of fresh peanuts/ha, an increase of about 5 quintals/ha compared to the 2016 spring crop.

This spring crop, Dien Chau planted 2,700 hectares of peanuts, mainly traditional lotus-shaped peanut varieties, L14, L23. Up to now, nearly 700/2,700 hectares of peanuts sown early in sandy areas of Dien Phong, Dien Hung, Dien Hoang, Dien Thanh communes... are being harvested by people.

Dien Thanh farmers are excited to harvest spring peanuts with high yield. Photo: Mai Giang

This year, the weather is favorable, farmers have prevented pests and diseases well, and covered with plastic to ensure cold resistance, so the spring peanut crop is considered to be a good one with a high yield of 3-3.5 quintals/sao (fresh peanuts), equivalent to about 1.5-1.7 quintals of dry peanuts/sao. Peanuts harvested early in the season are mainly sold fresh right in the field to traders at 14,000 VND/kg, equivalent to the price of peanuts in 2016.

Peanuts harvested early in the season are mainly sold fresh in the field. Photo: Mai Giang

The advantage of selling fresh peanuts is not only the good price but also the farmers save a lot of work in selecting peanuts, drying and preserving. Thus, for each sao of spring peanuts, Dien Chau farmers earn from 4-5 million VND. With a good harvest, it is estimated that the spring peanut output in Dien Chau will reach more than 18,000 tons.

It is expected that by the end of May, Dien Chau farmers will have completed the spring peanut harvest. Once the harvest is complete, taking advantage of the soil moisture, farmers will start planting 3,200 hectares of sesame, watermelon, and various vegetables.

Mai Giang