These days, farmers in Thanh Chuong district are urgently harvesting Lam River corn. The corn crop is good, and the farmers are excited.
Thanh Chuong district has thousands of hectares of corn distributed in the communes of Xuan Duong, Minh Tien, Dai Dong, Ngoc Son, Kim Bang, Mai Giang... Taking advantage of the sunny spell before the monsoon season, farmers in the communes along the Lam River and its tributaries such as Xuan Duong, Minh Tien, Minh Son... are urgently harvesting winter-spring corn. Photo: Huy ThuMr. Le Van Luong (52 years old) in Duong Tam hamlet, Xuan Duong commune is harvesting corn on the field and said: This corn crop, his family planted 6 sao with the varieties NK6275, 8282. When the corn bloomed, he sold 3 sao to TH Milk Company for 5 million VND, leaving 3 sao to harvest for livestock. This year's corn crop is better than last year's Winter-Spring crop. With 3 sao of old corn, I expect to harvest about 8 - 9 quintals of dry corn. Photo: Huy ThuMs. Le Thi Khanh (49 years old), a resident in the same village, shared: This corn crop, her family planted 2 sao of NK 6275 variety. Thanks to good care, the plants are tall, the flowers are big, and the expected yield is 3.5 quintals of dry seeds/sao. According to Ms. Khanh, the cost of planting 3 sao of corn is more than 1.5 million VND, including the cost of buying seeds, fertilizer, land pounding, sowing..., after deducting expenses, there is still income. Photo: Huy ThuBefore harvesting corn, local people simultaneously strip the leaves and break off the tops to dry the corn. Green corn leaves are used by households as animal feed. Mr. Nguyen Chi Tu - Head of Hamlet 3, Minh Tien Commune, is stripping corn leaves in the field and said: This corn crop, people in the village grow many types of corn, but the genetically modified corn variety is still the best quality: tall plants, no falling, big ears, many grains. However, due to early harvesting to plant the new corn crop in time, many corn fields are not very old, the grains are not full, which will affect the yield and output. Photo: Huy ThuDuring the corn harvest season, households will base on the weather conditions to decide whether to harvest each plot or all at once, as long as they can both dry the corn and prepare the land for timely planting... Photo: Huy ThuFarmers in communes along Lam River, Giang River... are excited about the bumper corn crop. In the photo: People in Duong Trung hamlet, Xuan Duong commune (Thanh Chuong) transport corn after harvest. Photo: Huy ThuOn corn harvest day, farmers mobilize all their own manpower along with vehicles such as buffalo carts, tractors, tractors, cars, and plows to transport corn stalks and corn plants home. Photo: Huy Thu Many services associated with the corn harvest season are bustling, such as corn transportation, corn kernel peeling, field threshing... Photo: Huy Thu On the corn fields that have just been harvested, the field crusher has been plowing the land and sowing the new corn crop very urgently. For each sao of land, including crushing and sowing, households have to pay the plow owner 200,000 VND, for just crushing the land it is 150,000 VND. The corn harvest season is an opportunity for those who work as plow drivers to earn extra income. Photo: Huy ThuPeople in Xuan Duong commune are harvesting corn. Video: Huy Thu
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