Farmers "wear lights" to produce summer-autumn products at night to avoid storms

In the fields of Hoi Son and Hoa Son communes, Anh Son district, hundreds of people's flashlights and battery-powered tractor lights illuminate the land for summer-autumn rice production. Photo: Thai Hien

As early as 7 pm, Mr. Ha Ngoc Quyen's family in village 8, Hoi Son commune, rushed to the field to rent a tilling machine to sow rice early the next morning to avoid the storm.

Mr. Quyen shared: Due to the weather forecast in the coming days, the impact of storm No. 2 in the area will be moderate to heavy rain and thunderstorms, so the family has focused on working at night to meet the season. Currently, the NA2 rice variety has been soaked and incubated by his family. After finishing the land tonight, early in the morning, the family will sow 5 sao for this summer-autumn crop.

As early as 7 p.m., Ha Ngoc Quyen's family in village 8, Hoi Son commune, rushed to the field to rent a tiller to sow rice early the next morning to avoid the storm. Photo: Thai Hien

Not far away, Ms. Bui Thi Nguyet's family in village 7, Hoi Son commune, is also using lamps to prepare the land for rice planting. Ms. Nguyet said that this year her family is producing 3 sao of rice, mainly using NA2 rice variety. This is a high-quality, high-yielding rice variety that the family has tested in the previous summer-autumn crop to ensure it can avoid natural disasters and floods.

To plant rice on schedule to avoid natural disasters at the end of the season and to avoid storm No. 2, her family rented a tractor to plow the land and make ridges for planting. Although they had to stay up late and wake up early, to plant summer-autumn rice within the safe time frame and achieve a complete success in production, she and all family members tried to finish planting early.

Bustling production atmosphere in the fields in Anh Son. Photo: Thai Hien

Present in the fields of Hoi Son and Hoa Son communes, Anh Son district, the light from hundreds of people's flashlights and battery-powered tractors used to prepare the land for summer-autumn rice production during the storm created a bustling atmosphere.

This summer-autumn crop, Anh Son district has structured the main rice varieties including Thien Uu 8, Vat Tu NA 2, NA6, BTE1, Kinh So Uu 1.588... In addition, for areas prone to flooding, Anh Son district has structured shorter-term rice varieties such as: P6 mutant, Khang Dan mutant, improved Khang Dan or NH6... striving for a yield of 48.2 quintals/ha.

During this year's summer-autumn crop, Anh Son district will build 8 quality rice model fields of 30-50 hectares/field in the communes of Cam Son, Hoa Son, Duc Son, Thach Son, Vinh Son, Khai Son, Tao Son and Linh Son commune.

Checking seedlings to sow urgently to avoid the storm. Photo: Thai Hien

To achieve a yield of over 144 thousand tons of food in the 2018 autumn crop, Anh Son district has focused on directing people to produce safely and sustainably; arranging suitable varieties according to the tea, soil conditions and each region. Accordingly, Anh Son district People's Committee has requested branches and localities to direct farmers to strictly implement the district's planting schedule.

Carry out the planting season as soon as possible and put safety first. According to the schedule, with proactive watering, the field area will be closed before June 10, 2018.