Tan Ky farmers grow sweet corn, businesses buy it right at the field at high prices

Although the weather in the last months of 2022 was unfavorable and there was a lot of rain, the sweet corn grown in the model still grew well. Photo; XH

Autumn-winter crop 2022, District Agricultural Service CenterTan Kyimplementing the model of “intensifying sweet corn cultivation according to the value chain”, with the association of the enterprise Dong Giao Food Export Joint Stock Company (Ninh Binh). The model was implemented on an area of ​​24 hectares, in 4 communes: Nghia Hop, Ky Tan, Tan Long and Tan Huong, with 77 farmer households participating.

The model is funded by the National Target Program on New Rural Development for the 2016-2020 period. Accordingly, farmers are supported with 50% of the investment costs.

Big corn cobs, many and firm kernels. Photo: XH

After 3 months of planting and care, it shows that despite unfavorable weather, the model is similar.sweet cornThis crop still yields 12 tons of corn/ha. Harvest time is from February 14 to 28, the company comes to the field to purchase all corn products on the spot at a price of 4,800 VND/kg, so farmers earn nearly 60 million VND from 1 hectare of sweet corn, with a profit of about 30 million VND/ha.

All corn products are purchased by the enterprise right at the field. Photo: XH

Mr. Le Duc Tinh - Director of Tan Ky District Agricultural Service Center said: This is the first model of sweet corn cultivation with linkage in Tan Ky district. The results show that the model has higher economic efficiency than biomass corn production according to farmers' long-standing practice of growing on riverside alluvial land. With the economic efficiency brought, the unit proposed that the District People's Committee continue to mobilize localities to continue to deploy and replicate the model in the coming time./.