Near Tet, Nghe An farmers harvest third crop of shrimp and sell at high prices

After more than 3 months of intensive farming, these days Mr. Hoang Van Nguyen's family in An Hoa commune (Quynh Luu) is harvesting the third crop of shrimp. With 7 ponds, from January 23 to 24, his family harvested more than 10 tons of shrimp; after deducting expenses, he earned a profit of more than 500 million VND.

Quynh Luu farmers harvest shrimp crop 3. Photo: Viet Hung.

"Determining that the third crop of shrimp is difficult to raise due to unfavorable weather, the family stocked it at a low density, every 3,000 m2 pond²Release 500 - 1,000 shrimp seeds. Compared to previous crops, this crop's shrimp yield is not high due to low stocking density, but the selling price is much higher, especially near Tet. Due to low farming, supply cannot meet demand, traders compete to buy" - Mr. Nguyen said.

In the first and second crop of shrimp farming, Quynh Luu farmers used up all the area to raise 460 hectares, however, entering the third crop due to unfavorable weather, the farming area decreased to nearly 70 hectares. Since the beginning of the 12th lunar month until now, shrimp farmers have been harvesting in the form of "trimming" to sell according to customer demand. Due to the reduced farming area, the shrimp of the third crop currently has a very high selling price.

The third crop of shrimp has a high selling price. Traders buy 100 shrimp/kg at the pond for 150,000 VND. Photo: Viet Hung.

Currently, traders buy shrimp at the pond, 100 pieces/kg, priced at 150,000 VND (50,000 - 60,000 VND/kg higher than the price of shrimp in the first and second crops); 60 pieces/kg, priced at 190,000 VND; 50 pieces/kg, priced at 210,000 VND; 42 - 45 pieces, priced at 250,000 VND/kg...

Grasping the market demand, especially before, during and after Tet, many households have boldly raised shrimp for the third crop to supply the market. However, people are also very cautious and have a lot of experience to successfully raise shrimp for the third crop.

Like Mr. Ho Nhiem's ​​family in Mai Giang 1 hamlet, Quynh Bang commune, his family invested hundreds of millions of dong to build two ponds with greenhouses for the third shrimp crop. In cold weather conditions, the application of greenhouse shrimp farming technology has brought high efficiency.

Shrimp farming model for the third crop in a greenhouse of Mr. Ho Nhiem's ​​family in Quynh Bang commune (Quynh Luu). Photo: Viet Hung.

"From many years of experience, to successfully raise shrimp for the third crop, ensuring a good environment is the most decisive factor, so my family invested in a greenhouse; in October 2018, I released 24,000 CP shrimp into 2 ponds, and so far the shrimp have reached 100 shrimp/kg. It is expected that from now until Tet, we will gradually sell the remaining shrimp, and we will sell the rest after Tet to get a good price," said Mr. Nhiem.

Along with focusing on taking care of the third crop of shrimp to sell to the market during Tet, many households are urgently cleaning and renovating their ponds so that after Tet, they can start the new crop of 2019.

Viet Hung