High quality clean vegetables are slow to sell, causing net house owners to suffer huge losses.

Nghi Long(Nghi Loc) is one of the localities that strongly develops the construction movement.greenhouseto grow high quality clean vegetables. Currently, this locality has 12 greenhouses, with an area of ​​8,000m²Each greenhouse has an area of ​​about 500m2.².

The advantage of greenhouse production is that people can speed up the soil's dormant period, limit pests and diseases, and can increase the number of crops without worrying much about the weather. On average, in a greenhouse, people can grow 3 crops per year.

Greenhouse vegetables are not immune to the impact of falling prices, causing farmers to suffer heavy losses. Photo: Tien Dong

To invest in building a greenhouse, the initial cost that farmers have to pay is very high, each greenhouse costs from 250 million VND. Not to mention that every year, the greenhouse is damaged by storms, causing farmers to spend more money on repairs.

Despite the large expense, due to the simultaneous drop in vegetable prices, various types of vegetablesclean vegetablesEven greenhouses are not out of the scope of influence. This makes people cry.

Ms. Dang Thi Thao, residing in Kim Nghia hamlet, Nghi Long commune (Nghi Loc), said: Last winter, her family grew more than 5 sao of vegetables, including 2 sao grown in greenhouses, including varieties such as kohlrabi, cabbage, and spinach. Although she spent about 10 million VND on seeds and fertilizer for each greenhouse, when harvesting, the vegetable prices dropped miserably, the family only earned 3-4 million VND. Not enough to cover the cost of seeds and fertilizer, let alone the care for 3 months.

The beds of spinach that used to cost 20,000 VND/kg, now cost only 5,000 VND/big bunch but still cannot be sold. The spinach has grown too old and has sprouted, causing Ms. Thao to have to tear it out in pain. Photo: Tien Dong

Currently, Ms. Thao still has a lot of vegetables in her greenhouse that cannot be sold. The beds of spinach that used to cost 20,000 VND/kg, now a big bunch costs 5,000 VND and no one buys them. Similarly, the cabbage variety is a high-value variety, previously sold for over 10,000 VND/kg, now sold for 5,000 VND/head, and no one pays attention.

People are worried about whether the drop in vegetable prices will continue or not. If it continues, it will affect the next crop. Photo: Tien Dong

In addition to Nghi Long, in Nghi Truong and Nghi Trung communes, many greenhouses are also in a miserable loss situation. Nghi Truong commune this winter crop has 3 large greenhouses with an area of ​​over 4,000m²Growing cabbage, kohlrabi and mustard greens. Due to favorable weather, vegetables are growing everywhere, while consumption demand is affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, so the price of vegetables grown in the fields and on the ground has dropped to rock bottom, causing greenhouse vegetables to be affected as well.

Many beds of clean cabbage of the people have no buyers, so they have to leave them to rot. Photo: Tien Dong

Mr. Dinh Quang Hoang, hamlet 9, Nghi Trung commune (Nghi Loc), has 2,000m²Greenhouses are also in a state of turmoil. Mr. Hoang's family has 10,000m²agricultural land, of which 2,000m2 is invested²built a greenhouse at a cost of more than 700 million VND. Last winter, the family grew cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes. Although the cost for the whole crop was very high, when harvested, cucumbers only reached 6,000 VND/kg, and tomatoes were 10,000 VND/kg, the total income was less than 70 million VND, while there were still many expenses to worry about, from seeds, fertilizers and labor...