Hung Nguyen urgently harvests summer-autumn rice

(Baonghean.vn) – While rice in the communes of Hung Dao, Hung Tay, Hung Yen… is in the stage of holding the panicle, preparing to bloom, in many fields in the communes of Hung Xa, Hung Linh, Hung Nhan, Hung Tan, Hung Tien, Hung Trung… (Hung Nguyen), farmers are concentrating on harvesting the summer-autumn rice to escape the flood.

The rice is about 70% ripe but Hung Nguyen farmers are still urgently harvesting.

Some low-lying communes with flooded summer-autumn areas such as Hung Nhan, Hung Trung, Hung Linh, Hung Loi, Hung Tan, Hung Tien... thanks to proactively planting rice seedlings early with short-term rice varieties, farmers are now starting to go to the fields to harvest summer-autumn rice.

Hung Nhan is a low-lying commune located outside the Lam dike, which is often flooded every year, so summer-autumn rice production is often unstable. Mr. Phan Dinh Hoan - Chairman of Hung Nhan Commune People's Committee said: "There are years when the summer-autumn rice begins to ripen, but farmers have not yet harvested, heavy rains and floodwaters from upstream flood the entire area of ​​more than 100 hectares of rice of the people. Therefore, the Party Committee and the commune government are always struggling to find short-term rice varieties suitable for Hung Nhan's land. In the summer-autumn crop of 2016, Hung Nhan introduced short-term rice varieties such as Thien Uu 8, LC270, and glutinous rice into production to avoid flooding. Currently, the summer-autumn rice has begun to ripen 70-80%, the commune has directed farmers to focus on harvesting in the fields to ensure the highest efficiency."

Hung Tan farmers harvest summer and autumn

In the rice fields of hamlet 2, Hung Tan commune, the rice has just started to ripen 60-70%, but there are many farmers carrying sacks to wait on the fields to hire a rice harvester. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Lan in hamlet 2, Hung Tan commune said: My family grows 7 sao of sticky rice. Yesterday, we harvested 4 sao, the rice is not fully ripe yet, but we have a machine so we hired one today. The weather this season is very unpredictable, it is best to harvest at home for peace of mind.

Mr. Ho Sy Ve, hamlet 1, Hung Tan commune, said: My family grows nearly 2 hectares of rice. The fields in hamlet 1 are low-lying and prone to flooding, so after harvesting spring rice, we return to the land to sow summer-autumn rice. My family grows 1 hectare but has already finished harvesting.

Also a commune in a low-lying area, summer-autumn production is often flooded at the end, so Hung Trung farmers proactively planted seedlings to shorten the time. This year's summer-autumn crop, the whole commune produced 370 hectares of rice. Although the beginning of the crop was severely dry, the commune mobilized all resources to fight drought and closed the area on schedule, so now Hung Trung's summer-autumn rice has entered the harvest season. With the motto "green house is better than old field", the commune directed farmers to harvest early to have a harvest.

Hung Nguyen farmers take advantage of the time to dry rice when it's not raining.

Due to the impact of prolonged drought and lack of water for production, summer-autumn production this year has been very difficult. Although Hung Nguyen has made efforts to combat the drought and planted more than 4,600 hectares, the tea fields are different by a month.

Currently, about 30-40% of the rice area planted earlier has begun to ripen, and farmers have harvested 50% of the area. Some areas will not be harvested until after September 20. Especially in the communes of Hung Tay, Hung Yen Nam, and Hung Yen Bac, some areas were not planted until the end of July, so now the rice is just forming ears and preparing to bloom.

“The district has instructed farmers to harvest the rice as it ripens to prepare for the winter crop. Especially for low-lying areas, where the rice is grown in the summer-autumn season to avoid flooding, it only needs to be 70% ripe to be harvested to avoid natural disasters.”- Mr. Hoang Duc An - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hung Nguyen district said.

Thanh Tam