Avoiding the sun, Nghe An farmers rent "huge" machines to harvest at night
(Baonghean.vn) - To avoid the heat, farmers in Quynh Luu district (Nghe An) are currently working at night to harvest; along with that, dozens of "giant" harvesters are also mobilized at night to speed up the crop season.
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| In the spring crop of 2018, Quynh Luu district planted 7,600 hectares of rice. Up to now, people have harvested about 3,700 hectares, reaching 49% of the plan. In order to prepare for the summer-autumn crop, people are taking advantage of the night harvest in the fields. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| With 3 sao of spring rice, Mr. Le Minh Chau's family in Quynh Hau commune (Quynh Luu) had to rent a machine to harvest at night. He said that this crop's rice yield is the same as last year, about 4.5 quintals/sao; the output reached nearly 1.4 tons of rice. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| To avoid the heat, many households were present in the fields from 7 pm waiting to rent harvesters. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Quynh Luu is a district with a large number of harvesters with more than 100, of which some communes such as Quynh Hau, Quynh Ba, Quynh Thach... have from 5 to 7 machines. For every 1 sao of rice, people have to pay the harvester from 150,000 to 160,000 VND. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| After harvesting, people just need to bring the rice grains home. The introduction of mechanization into production has reduced people's labor and saved costs. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Currently, localities in the district are speeding up harvesting to free up land and carry out the 2018 summer-autumn rice crop. Photo: Viet Hung |
