Urgent harvest of summer-autumn corn to avoid floods

(Baonghean.vn) - To avoid unfortunate damage caused by storms and rains, farmers in Anh Son district urgently harvested summer-autumn corn with the motto "green at home is better than ripe in the fields", with an average yield estimated at 5 tons/ha.

Anh Son farmers urgently harvest summer-autumn corn

In the Hoi Son commune, despite the heavy rain, farmers are urgently harvesting corn in the fields. Mr. Phan Van Tri, village 8, Hoi Son commune, said: This summer-autumn crop, his family planted 5 sao of corn in the Ma commune, Lam river. Although it is not yet the commune's mass harvest schedule, his family still has to hire people to harvest on time to avoid flooding.

With the motto "green house is better than old field", people of Hoi Son commune simultaneously harvested corn to escape the flood.

Ms. Tran Thi Loc, village 9, Hoi Son commune said: The continuous rain for the past 3 days has caused flooding in many places. This morning, the family gathered manpower to finish harvesting the corn area. Due to the heavy rain and muddy roads, transporting corn home was very difficult. Currently, her family had to transport the gathered corn in 2 stages to get it home.

In the summer-autumn crop of 2016, the entire Anh Son district planted 2,200 hectares of corn. This is considered the summer-autumn crop with the largest corn planting area ever, with an estimated yield of 2.5 quintals/sao. Currently, the agricultural sector of Anh Son district has directed localities to urgently focus on harvesting corn on alluvial lands to avoid damage caused by floods. At the same time, officials were sent to closely follow the grassroots to direct communes, villages, hamlets, and directly participate in the timely harvesting of summer-autumn crops.

The road is muddy so transporting corn from the field to home is not without difficulty.

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