Taking advantage of the hot weather, Thanh Chuong farmers harvest regenerated rice

(Baonghean.vn) - These days, farmers in Thanh Chuong district (Nghe An) are taking advantage of the opportunity to harvest regenerated rice.

Seeing Mr. Nguyen Cong Tinh's family in hamlet 6, Thanh Duong commune harvesting rice in Chan field, few people know that it is regenerated rice; the 6-sao field has ripe, golden rice. Mr. Tinh brings his personal harvester, working hard to turn it back and forth like harvesting the rice of the summer crop. There is so much rice that he has to bring his cart down to the middle of the field to carry it.

Mr. Tinh said that his family has been regenerating rice on this field for many years. This year, his family's rice yield is about 120 kg/sao. For Mr. Tinh, "whether the rice regenerates or fails, the farmers will benefit, because there is no loss."

According to farmers in low-lying communes in Thanh Chuong district, after the regenerated rice germinates, if it is fertilized, the yield will be higher. Photo: Huy Thu

Next to Highway 46, Mr. Nguyen Phung Tien's family in Hamlet 9, Thanh Duong Commune and neighboring households are also harvesting regenerated rice. According to Mr. Tien, his family has 4 sao of regenerated rice; 2 sao of Kinh So Uu rice, 2 sao of Thai Xuyen rice.

It is known that Thanh Duong is the commune with the largest area of ​​regenerated rice in the region (about 50 hectares), accounting for more than 50% of the summer-autumn rice area of ​​the whole commune. People here call regenerated rice "no more" rice (no plowing, no planting, no seeds, no fertilizers, no pesticides...), it is considered clean rice, so after harvesting, households often eat it.

In recent years, low-lying, waterlogged fields, unable to plant summer-autumn rice (fear of flooding due to heavy rains) in Thanh Duong, Thanh Luong, Xuan Tuong communes... people let the rice regenerate. According to people, if the winter-spring rice is harvested with a personal harvester (with the stubble intact), the rice will regenerate better than when harvested with a combine (because many areas have been crushed). After the regenerated rice germinates, if fertilized, the yield will be quite good.

Thanh Duong Commune (Thanh Chuong) has about 50 hectares of regenerated rice area; accounting for more than 50% of the commune's summer-autumn rice area. Photo: Huy Thu

This year, the yield of regenerated rice is lower than previous years, although it is not quite ripe yet, but in order to dry it in time and limit the damage caused by field mice, farmers are currently harvesting these rice fields quickly.

Mr. Nguyen Duy Chat - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Thanh Duong commune said: In previous years, people spontaneously let rice regenerate, the rice yield during the harvest reached 170 - 180 kg/sao. Carefully calculated, it is more beneficial than planting, so this year, the commune has a policy to continue to let rice regenerate./.

Huy Thu