Farmers helplessly watch rice sprout due to continuous rain

(Baonghean.vn) - Consecutive rains pouring down on the fields caused many areas of Con Cuong farmers' summer-autumn rice to sprout when just ripe.

Many rice fields of farmers in Don Phuc commune, although harvested, have germinated due to prolonged rain. Photo: Ba Hau

Mr. Cam Ba Xuan's family - Phuc village - Don Phuc commune expected the yield of this crop to reach 3.5 quintals/sao, but now they are restless because 3 sao of rice sprouted due to the rain that could not be brought home in time.

Mr. Xuan said sadly: "Because I was careless, I didn't bring the rice home after harvesting, but left it out in the field to dry, so it got soaked by the rain. Now that I've brought it home, it has sprouted. It's raining so much that I don't know where to dry it after harvesting. I have to temporarily tie each clump and wait for the sun to shine. I don't know what else to do."

People in Don Phuc commune are helpless in the face of rice sprouting. Photo: Ba Hau

Mr. Luong Dinh Giam's family, Phuc village, Don Phuc commune, said that because the field was too deep, the rice had fallen under the water and could not be raised. Therefore, taking advantage of the clear weather, his family mobilized all the manpower to harvest. However, after harvesting, there was heavy rain so it could not be dried, the rice had sprouted after 3 days. Mr. Giam shared: "It rained continuously for several days and the rice had sprouted but we don't know what to do. This rice can only be used as animal feed...".

This year, the rice crop failed due to erratic weather, many farming households in the mountainous area of ​​Con Cuong are facing hunger. Photo: Ba Hau

In the 2017 crop season, Don Phuc commune planted 169.51 hectares of rice. However, this year, farmers' crop production encountered many difficulties, in addition to the impact of pests and diseases, they also encountered flooding. Mr. Lo Van Ly - Chairman of Don Phuc Commune People's Committee said: "Currently, the whole commune still has about 7 hectares of rice that have not been harvested, of which more than 1 hectare is submerged in water. The worrying thing is that most of this area has germinated due to being saturated with water. In the coming days, if the weather is sunny, we will direct people to take advantage of the harvest to salvage as much as possible"./.

Minh Hanh - Ba Hau