Nghe An farmers are busy harvesting rice in the golden fields of bumper crops.
Xuan Hoang•August 31, 2024 15:44
This summer-autumn crop, Nghe An planted 52,000 hectares of rice. Currently, local farmers are rushing to the fields to harvest rice.
Clip: Xuan HoangIn the last days of August, the summer-autumn rice in Do Luong, Thanh Chuong, Hung Nguyen districts... has ripened. Many areas have been harvested. In the photo: Summer-autumn rice fields in Thai Son commune (Do Luong) on the morning of August 31. Photo: Xuan HoangAccording to the people, this season there is a lot of dew at night, so they have to wait for the sun to dry the dew, so from 8 to 9 am they call the machine to go to the field to harvest the rice, to limit the rice grains from getting wet and sticking to the straw, causing rice loss during the harvest. Photo: Xuan HoangThis summer-autumn crop, according to our records in the fields of Do Luong district and other districts such as Thanh Chuong, Yen Thanh, Hung Nguyen, Dien Chau, Quynh Luu... all had a better harvest than the previous summer-autumn crop, even in some localities the yield reached the highest ever, over 3 quintals/sao. Photo: Xuan HoangMs. Dang Thi Que in Hamlet 4, Thai Son Commune said that her family planted 4 sao of rice, mainly Khang Dan rice. This summer-autumn crop had few pests and diseases, the rice was good and uniform, the flowers were large, the grains were firm, and the yield was over 3 quintals of fresh rice per sao. Photo: Xuan HoangFarmers said that this crop mainly uses Khang Dan rice variety so it is easy to sell, traders drive cars to the fields to buy fresh rice at 650,000 VND/kg. Photo: Xuan HoangThese days are extremely hot, so the harvesters have a hard time harvesting for the people all day in the fields. It is known that this summer-autumn crop, people rent harvesters for 130,000 VND/sao. According to the harvesters, one machine can harvest about 5 hectares of rice per day. Photo: Xuan HoangThe weather this season is complicated, with frequent rains causing many difficulties in harvesting rice. However, thanks to synchronous mechanization, farmers harvest rice quite easily and quickly... Farmers proactively drain water early, keeping the ground dry so the fields are less muddy, making it easier for combine harvesters to harvest rice. Photo: Xuan HoangAccording to the Do Luong District Agricultural Service Center, this summer-autumn crop, the entire district planted more than 8,000 hectares, and by August 31, localities had harvested about 50%. Photo: Xuan HoangThe transportation of rice to the gathering place was smooth, farmers were excited because the rice was sold at a high price, ensuring a profit. Ms. Le Thi Hoa in Quang Son commune, Do Luong district shared that her family had 6 sao of summer-autumn rice fields, and by August 31, they had harvested 3 sao, selling 1 ton of fresh rice in the field. It is expected that all 6 sao of rice fields will yield 2 tons of rice, and after deducting all expenses, the profit is 6 million VND. Photo: Xuan HoangMr. Nguyen Tien Duc - Head of the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection said: This summer-autumn crop, the whole province planted 59,000 hectares of rice. By August 31, localities had harvested about 23,000 hectares. Of which, Yen Thanh and Dien Chau districts had basically finished harvesting. The remaining districts: Quynh Luu, Do Luong, Thanh Chuong, Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen, Nghi Loc were harvesting in full swing, however, with the progress of harvesting by combined machines, by September 5, people will have finished harvesting. This year's summer-autumn rice achieved an average yield of 52.5 quintals/ha - the highest in many years. Photo: Xuan Hoang
