Nghe An farmers in sugarcane harvest season

(Baonghean.vn)-At this time, in many localities of Anh Son and Quy Chau districts (Nghe An), farmers are urgently harvesting sugarcane.

In Anh Son district, the district's major sugarcane growing areas such as Vinh Son, Phuc Son, Khai Son, Duc Son, Binh Son, Long Son, Lang Son, Tao Son... are entering the harvest season to sell to sugar factories such as Song Lam and Song Con.

Anh Son farmers harvest sugarcane. Photo: Archive

In Quy Chau district, this year's sugarcane crop, people planted 1,410 hectares, concentrated in localities such as Chau Binh (390 hectares), Chau Hanh (210 hectares), Chau Binh (250 hectares)...

People in Chau Hanh commune are harvesting sugarcane. Many families have to hire nearly ten workers. Photo: Luong Nga

Up to this point, sugarcane growers in Quy Chau have harvested about 10% of the area, with an average yield of 56.4 tons/ha, and an expected sugarcane output of 79,383 tons. Currently, each ton of sugarcane is purchased by the factory at a price of 880,000 VND. Although it has decreased compared to last year, this price is considered acceptable for the people.

Realizing the productivity and economic value that sugarcane brings, many households have converted highland, water-deficient fields to grow sugarcane with very high productivity, in the first seasons it can reach 80-100 tons/ha.

According to households that have converted to growing sugarcane, the economic value of sugarcane is 8 times higher than that of rice. If 1 hectare of rice field only yields 8-10 million VND after producing wet rice, then growing sugarcane gives an income of 70-80 million VND per hectare.

Chau Lan - Luong Nga