Vegetable prices increase, farmers in Hoang Mai town actively harvest
(Baonghean.vn) - Quynh Lien is the coastal area with the largest vegetable growing area in Hoang Mai town. Currently, the prices of vegetables have increased, and people are very excited and are focusing on harvesting.
The family of Ms. Nguyen Thi Luat in Lien Hai village, Quynh Lien commune, Hoang Mai town currently has 7 sao of chrysanthemum greens and sweet greens that are ready for harvest. Ms. Luat said: “A few days ago, there was a time when the price of vegetables was very cheap, only 2-3 thousand VND per kg, so my family and other households did not want to take care of them much.
Now the price is quite high, more than 5 thousand VND per kg, so my family focuses on hiring people to harvest vegetables for sale". Mustard greens are very easy to grow and care for, and can be harvested after more than 20 days of growing. Each sao of mustard greens yields more than 2 tons, so Ms. Luat's family earns more than 10 million VND per sao. This is a large source of income for her family after Tet, and at the same time, helps the family have capital to continue planting the new crop.
Nguyen Thi Loi's family in Thanh Cong village, Quynh Lien commune is focusing on harvesting carrots. After Tet is the main season for carrots, sometimes the price is only 3-4 thousand VND/kg so her family has not harvested yet. Up to now, the price of carrots has increased to more than 5 thousand VND/kg, and traders buy them right at the field, so her family is focusing on harvesting to prepare to plant other vegetables.
Currently, the prices of vegetables have increased, farmers in Quynh Lien commune are excited. In particular, chayote is the vegetable with the strongest price increase, from 300 - 500 VND/kg to more than 2 thousand VND/kg, harvested every 2 days, so each harvest, chayote growers earn millions of VND. For vegetables priced from 5 thousand VND or more, Lao squash, bitter melon, onions, ... are also increasing in price. It can be said that this is a fairly large source of income for farmers after the Lunar New Year and has capital to invest in land preparation, fertilizer, and seeds to plant the new crop.
The entire Quynh Lien commune currently has more than 350 hectares of vegetables, of which more than 80 hectares are chayote, more than 70 hectares are carrots, more than 60 hectares are mustard greens, the rest are onions, melons, Lao squash, bitter melon,...
Currently, farmers are urgently harvesting winter-spring vegetables, short-term vegetables, and taking care of vegetables and squash to achieve high yields.
Quynh Lien Agricultural Service Cooperative prepares seeds and fertilizers to guide farmers in planting spring and summer vegetables such as watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, squash... these are the main crops of Quynh Lien commune, bringing high economic income./.
