Farmers sadly watch rice sprout because of heavy rain
(Baonghean.vn) - Heavy rain lasting for many days has caused hundreds of tons of rice of people in Thanh Chuong to sprout and be damaged because they cannot be dried.
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| These days, farmers in many communes such as Thanh Xuan, Thanh Lam, Thanh Giang,... Thanh Chuong district are heartbroken to see tons of their rice damaged after harvesting and bringing it home but due to prolonged heavy rain, they cannot dry it. |
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| Lack of sunlight, fresh rice has become moldy and germinated. |
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| Many households have rice sprouts 2-3 cm long. According to local people, most of this year's summer-autumn rice crop can only be used as feed for livestock and poultry. Photo: Mr. Le Van Huu's family, Binh Ngo hamlet, Thanh Giang commune, had 400 kg of rice completely ruined. |
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| To make up for the loss, many families spread rice to dry in every corner of their house, and at night turn on electric fans to dry the rice. |
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| The prolonged rain not only affects the rice but also the source of straw - the reserve food for buffalo and cows in the approaching winter. In the photo: Straw piled up in the fields because of the rain... |
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| The straw that people brought home was also soggy and completely damaged. |
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It is known that in Thanh Chuong district, 4,200 hectares of summer-autumn rice have been harvested, while 800 hectares have ripened but cannot be harvested due to bad weather. |
