Nghe An farmers stick to fields for winter crop production
Thanh Phuc•September 13, 2024 14:54
These days, in all fields in localities in the province, farmers are actively sticking to the fields to produce the winter crop.
This winter crop, Nghe An determined to strive to produce the highest level of area, productivity, and output according to the plan with the motto of safe production. Many localities, after harvesting summer-autumn rice, have dredged canals and cleared the flow to prepare all conditions for winter crop production. Photo: TPThanh Chuong farmers clear weeds, repair the banks, prepare the land, and plant winter crops. Photo: TPTo save production costs, people collect straw and agricultural by-products to compost right at the field to fertilize winter crops. Photo: TPIn many localities, the early summer-autumn harvest has now planted potatoes and sowed corn on the double-rice land. In the photo: Farmers in Thuong Son commune (Do Luong) grow sweet potatoes for tubers on the double-rice land. Photo: TPCorn is identified as the main crop with a total planting area of up to 19,000 hectares in the province. Currently, in the winter crop fields, the area of biomass corn is very large, with some households planting hectares and selling to livestock farms. Photo: TPThis winter crop, Tuong Son commune (Anh Son) planted nearly 400 hectares of corn, of which 150 hectares are on 2-rice land. Currently, people have basically finished planting. In addition to biomass corn, people also grow commercial glutinous corn for sale to the markets of the southern provinces. Photo: TPIn the Thuong Tan Loc and Trung Phuc Cuong areas (Nam Dan), people are focusing on growing pumpkins for fruit and vegetables for sale. Photo: TPPeople in the coastal area of Quynh Luu, Hoang Mai town are also urgently preparing the land and planting high-quality vegetables such as kohlrabi, cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, etc. to serve the year-end market. Photo: TPMany new varieties have been put into experimental cultivation by people: Japanese squash with green skin and yellow flesh (chestnut squash), zucchini, kale, chocolate tomatoes... Photo: TPTo increase economic value, many localities have linked up with businesses to grow sweet corn, pumpkin seeds, and chili peppers for export... In the photo: Model of linking up to grow and consume sweet corn products in the 2023 winter crop in Dien Thanh commune (Dien Chau). Photo: TP
This winter crop,tThe province strives to plant 34,690 hectares of various winter crops. Of which, the area on riverside alluvial land is about 8,650 hectares, on coastal fertile land is about 4,700 hectares, on rice land is 2,295 hectares and on fertile land is about 19,045 hectares. Corn is the main crop with a planting area of 19,000 hectares of corn, 13,200 hectares of vegetables and beans, in addition, crops such as peanuts 1,000 hectares, sweet potatoes 1,240 hectares...
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