Winter crop in Nghe An reaches over 1,300 billion VND

(Baonghean.vn) - Recently, many businesses have participated in purchasing corn products to process animal feed, contributing to solving favorable output for winter corn production in the country.double rice land to increase income value per unit area.

Currently, the area of ​​winter crops in the whole province is over 50,000 hectares, of which corn is 28,000 hectares, vegetables are 12,500 hectares, peanuts are 1,500 hectares, the rest are sweet potatoes and other crops. The total value of annual winter crop harvest is over 1,300 billion VND (accounting for about 6% of the total income of the agricultural sector).

Farmers in Anh Son district expand corn growing area on alluvial land to supply livestock farms.

Farmers in Dien Hai commune - Dien Chau have a good winter corn crop.

This winter crop, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hao's family (Hamlet 8, Nghi Lam Commune) planted 4 sao of corn. With this area, last year the entire corn harvest was sold to An Thinh Khang Company Limited. When the corn kernels began to turn yellow, the whole plant was harvested and sold to the company for 1 million VND/ton. 4 sao of corn yielded 6.8 tons of both plants and corn.

"With the enterprise's method of purchasing the whole plant, it is convenient for farmers to shorten production time and increase crop value. Farmers are very excited because the enterprise will buy all the corn they sell. This year, the weather is favorable for the corn to grow well, and will definitely yield a high yield," Ms. Hao shared.

Traders buy green squash in Cam Son commune (Anh Son).

Mr. Nguyen Van Trung, An Thinh Khang Company Limited said: The company has an Australian cattle farm in Nghi Lam commune (Nghi Loc) with a scale of nearly 4,000 cows, in addition to other types of food, the herd consumes 60 tons of corn every day. To ensure the source of food for the herd, the company purchases corn all year round, on average buying 50 - 60 tons of corn and cotton every day, with the current price of 900 thousand VND/ton. We always purchase stably for farmers in Nghi Loc district and districts such as Dien Chau, Nghia Dan...

Thanh Hoa province traders buy shrimp in Quynh Thanh commune (Quynh Luu).

With a farm scale of 45,000 dairy cows, the demand for feed for the herd is very large, TH Group has contracted to purchase whole corn and corn in many localities in the province such as Nghia Dan, Quy Hop, Tan Ky, Dien Chau, Quynh Luu, Thanh Chuong, Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen... with a purchase output of over 100 thousand tons/year. Corn is a good source of nutrients for dairy herds, especially rich in protein to help increase milk production, so corn is an indispensable source of food for cows. Currently, TH purchases whole corn for people in Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces at a field price of 800 thousand VND/ton.

According to farmers' calculations, 1 hectare of corn sold as a whole plant yields 30-35 tons, earning 24-25 million VND, while if corn is sold as kernels, it will only fetch 20-22 million VND, and the growing time is longer, because farmers often choose to grow corn to sell as whole plants to businesses that purchase it for animal feed. When the corn kernels start to turn yellow, people harvest and sell the whole plant at the same time, which is very beneficial for farmers.

Growing chayote in winter in Quynh Lien commune (Hoang Mai town).

Farmers in Dien Thinh commune (Dien Chau) harvest winter peanuts.

In addition to the corn consumption linkage of enterprises, in vegetable-specialized areas such as the coastal communes of Quynh Minh, Quynh Luong, Quynh Bang (Quynh Luu), vegetable purchasing teams operate regularly. In Quynh Luong commune, there are dozens of teams specializing in collecting vegetables to create stable output for producers... On average, each day, Quynh Luong commune alone has about 65 tons of vegetables of all kinds for sale to provinces and cities from Hanoi to Da Nang. The commune has more than 10 trading teams specializing in collecting vegetables for people, with more than 30 trucks transporting goods and dozens of traders transporting vegetables by motorbike for consumption.

Quynh Lan - Hoai Thung