Bustling season of hired rice planting

(Baonghean.vn) - It has become a tradition that after finishing their family's harvest season, many farmers take advantage of the time to go to late-planting areas to work for hire, earning extra income.

This is the fifth year that Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhung, Dien Cat, Dien Chau has been planting rice for other families. After taking a break to drink a glass of cool water, she smiled and shared: “My family has few fields so we finished early. Before Tet, we finished planting the spring crop, so after Tet, I cycled to other communes to plant rice for hire to earn money. Although this job only lasts for a short time, it still helps me earn money for family expenses.”

Ms. Nhung said that people who work as hired rice planters usually wake up very early, at 6am they get ready and drive together to the main road so that households who need to hire workers can find them. Most homeowners usually hire a group of 3-4 people to complete the job quickly.

Each hired planting group usually has 3-4 people. Photo: Quang An

Currently, the average price for rice planting service is 200,000 - 220,000 VND/person/day. If the homeowner invites you to eat, the salary ranges from 180,000 - 200,000 VND.

Many people were also excited to meet “big customers”. In addition to serving food and drinks, the landlord also gave them a bonus of several tens of thousands of dong if they planted quickly and beautifully. There were also landlords who paid them a fixed wage per field.

Those who plant quickly and beautifully are often rewarded with extra money by the homeowner. Photo: Quang An

Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan, Hamlet 3, Dien Phuc said: My family has 7 sao of rice fields, the children are young, my husband works far away, I am not strong enough to plant rice in time for the season. That is why every year I go to National Highway 7 to find people to plant rice for hire because there are many women waiting to be hired to plant rice. This spring crop, she hired 4 people to plant 7 sao, each person's salary is 200,000 VND/day. The work is expected to be completed in 2 days, the salary to be paid is nearly 2 million VND.

The fields located next to National Highway 7, the section passing through Dien Chau district, are bustling with hired rice planters these days. Photo: Quang An

The service of planting rice for hire has appeared for many years. There are many reasons why this service is increasingly popular. Some households have many fields but few workers, some households are busy with business and do not have time so they do not hesitate to pay for this service, because it will have time to focus on business.

In Dien Chau, the communes that often have a high demand for hired transplanting are Dien Thap, Dien Hong, Dien Phuc... because there are many business households so they do not have time to work in the fields. Although it is a "hot" service in many localities, the hired transplanting service only flourishes for a short time, about a week. If farmers diligently plant rice every day, on average, each farmer can earn an additional 1 - 2 million VND per hired transplanting season./.

Quang An