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 they were just ripe.

Many rice fields of farmers in Don Phuc commune, although harvested, have sprouted 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.

Mr. Xuan said sadly: "Because of being subjective, after harvesting the rice, I didn't bring it home 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, so 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 when rice sprouts. Photo: Ba Hau

Mr. Luong Dinh Giam's family in Phuc village, Don Phuc commune said that because the rice fields were 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 their manpower to harvest. However, after harvesting, there was heavy rain so they could not dry the rice, and the rice sprouted after 3 days. Mr. Giam shared: "It rained continuously for several days and the rice sprouted, but we don't know what to do with it. This rice can only be used as animal feed...".

This year, the rice crop failed due to erratic weather, and 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 waterlogging. In the coming days, if the weather is sunny, we will direct people to harvest as much as possible"./.

Minh Hanh - Ba Hau