The village chief borrowed 5 hectares of abandoned rice land to grow winter corn.

(Baonghean.vn) - Mr. Vu Van Duong - head of hamlet 3, Ly Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district boldly borrowed 5 hectares of land from the villagers that had abandoned two rice crops to grow winter corn for biomass.

A tiller is making corn ridges on a 5-hectare plot of land that Mr. Vu Van Duong borrowed from neighbors to grow winter corn. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Vu Van Duong confided: 5 years ago, the villagers planted winter crops in the rice fields of the hamlet, but later they stopped planting and instead went to work for other jobs with cash, so the fields were left fallow for 4 months straight.

Seeing the waste of land, this winter he decided to borrow 5 hectares of land on the same field to grow winter corn biomass, to sell to livestock farms as cattle feed. On September 6, he started renting machines to make beds at the price of 180,000 VND/sao. The cost of land preparation alone was 18 million VND, not to mention having to hire people to plant and take care of it later.

He bought 300kg of barbed wire and hundreds of bamboo poles to make a fence around the entire 5 hectares of corn, preventing cattle from destroying it. The corn variety he will plant is LK66, with 100% support for the price of the seeds.

Mr. Vu Van Duong - head of hamlet 3, Ly Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Duong added: The staff of TH Milk Company has contacted to sign a contract to purchase corn for cow feed, but so far there is no specific contract. Mr. Duong's wish is that the commune and district need to pay attention to and coordinate with TH Milk Company to soon sign a contract with the people so that people can feel secure in production.

Mr. Duong's borrowing of land from his neighbors to grow winter crops was encouraged by the local government and supported by the neighbors. After harvesting the corn, Mr. Duong was responsible for returning the land to his neighbors.

Mr. Hoang Van Chin - Chairman of Ly Thanh Commune People's Committee said: To encourage people to grow winter crops, in addition to the provincial and district's seed price support policy, the commune has an additional policy of supporting 20% ​​of the remaining seed price, supporting an additional 100,000 VND for land preparation labor/sao and 2 million VND for households growing 2 hectares or more. Currently, in the commune, there are some households borrowing land from neighbors to grow winter crops, but Mr. Vu Van Duong is the one who grows the largest area, and the commune is very supportive./.

Xuan Hoang