Proactively harvest and consume summer-autumn rice

Article and photos: KHANH TRUNG

At this time, farmers in Can Tho City have entered the 2023 summer-autumn rice harvest. Machinery and equipment serving rice harvesting ensure convenience for farmers in harvesting.

Summer-autumn rice harvest 2023 in Dong Thuan commune, Thoi Lai district.

Rice prices are high and easy to sell.

In the 2023 summer-autumn crop, farmers in the city mainly grow high-quality and fragrant rice varieties, especially OM 5451 and OM 18. Currently, many early summer-autumn rice crops in districts such as Thot Not, O Mon, Co Do and Thoi Lai have entered harvest. The selling prices of many types of fresh rice in the 2023 summer-autumn crop are at least 400-900 VND/kg higher than the same period in 2022. Currently, fresh OM 18 rice is sold by many farmers at a price of up to 6,500-6,700 VND/kg, while IR 50404, OM 380 and OM 5451 rice are priced at 6,000-6,500 VND/kg. Farmers who produce rice for seed purposes can sell fresh rice OM 5451 and OM 18 for up to 7,000-7,500 VND/kg.

Currently, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Dien, residing in Thoi Binh hamlet, Co Do town, Co Do district, has finished harvesting 15 hectares of summer-autumn rice crop 2023, sown with OM 5451 variety. The rice yielded nearly 800 kg/hectare and was sold for 6,000 VND/kg. Mr. Dien said: "Because I received the deposit to sell rice quite early when the rice was just sown for more than a month, I could only sell it for 6,000 VND/kg, while those who sold later could sell it for up to 6,300-6,500 VND/kg. However, in general, my summer-autumn rice price this year is still 400 VND/kg higher than last summer-autumn. This crop, minus expenses, I made a profit of more than 1.5 million VND/cong. Although the profit is not as high as the last winter-spring crop, farmers are quite excited. In the 2022-2023 winter-spring crop, I sowed RVT rice, with a yield of nearly 1.2 tons/cong and sold it for 7,000 VND/kg, which translates into a profit of nearly 5 million VND/cong." Mr. Nguyen Van Phi, residing in Thanh Hung Hamlet, Thanh Phu Commune, Co Do District, said: "This crop, I rented more land to produce rice, so I produced up to 40 hectares. I sowed OM 18 seeds and have now harvested an average yield of 900 kg of fresh rice per hectare and sold it for 6,700 VND/kg, about 800 VND/kg higher than the summer-autumn crop last year. Thanks to the good price and high yield of rice, this crop I achieved a profit of about 4 million VND/hectare for my own land, and about 2 million VND/hectare for rented land."

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Hong, residing in Tan Phuoc area, Tan Hung ward, Thot Not district, although the rice yield this crop is not as high as the last winter-spring crop, thanks to the good price of rice, farmers still make a profit. Rice consumption is very favorable, most farmers weigh and sell fresh rice to traders and businesses right in the field after harvest. Farmers do not have to worry about drying and drying rice. Ms. Hong also said: "In the summer-autumn crop of 2023, my 6 hectares of OM 5451 rice yielded more than 700kg and sold for 6,250 VND/kg, 550 VND/kg higher than the summer-autumn crop last year. After deducting costs, I made a profit of nearly 2 million VND/hectare".

Harvesting rice conveniently by machine

Early summer-autumn rice is also being harvested quite conveniently, quickly and cost-effectively thanks to the use of combine harvesters. Farmers have proactively drained the rice fields quite early when preparing for harvest and in the past weeks there has not been much rain so the fields are not muddy and the rice has rarely fallen over. This makes it easier to harvest rice with combine harvesters and transport rice from the fields to the shore by mechanical machinery.

Mr. Tran Thanh Danh, residing in Dong Thanh hamlet, Dong Thuan commune, Thoi Lai district, said: "100% of the local rice area is harvested by the harvester. After harvest, the rice is put into bags by the harvester, dropped onto the field floor, and transported by tractor to the edge of the field for farmers to weigh and sell to traders. Currently, the rental price of the harvester and tractor to harvest rice is only about 280,000-300,000 VND/cong. This price is only 1/3 of the previous price of hiring workers to harvest rice manually. Harvesting rice by machine also helps save a lot of time and reduce losses." Mr. Nguyen Van Vui in Tan Phuoc area, Tan Hung ward, Thot Not district, also said: "Currently, in general, the GÐLH machines and vehicles serving rice harvesting are well guaranteed. Besides the number of machines in the locality, many owners of GÐLH machines and straw rolling machines from other provinces also bring their machines to Can Tho to provide rice harvesting and straw collection services."

In the 2023 summer-autumn crop, farmers in Can Tho City planted 72,956 hectares, reaching 104% of the plan, 271 hectares higher than the same period last year. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) of Can Tho City said that so far, more than 24,200 hectares of rice have been harvested, with an estimated yield of 56.72 quintals/ha, 2.23 quintals/ha higher than the same period last year. It is expected that in the next few weeks, summer-autumn rice in many districts in the city will enter harvest.
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According to Mr. Tran Thai Nghiem, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Can Tho City, in order to harvest the remaining summer-autumn rice fields well in the context that the Southern region has entered the rainy season, farmers need to closely monitor the weather, regularly check the fields, actively drain water and choose a sunny time to harvest rice. For rice fields that are about to be harvested, farmers need to minimize the use of pesticides to ensure product quality and safety. Pay attention to clearing trees and grass on the traffic system and irrigation canals in the fields to ensure the transportation of rice and machinery for rice harvesting. At the same time, farmers need to proactively connect with businesses, traders and machine and boat owners to ensure machinery, means of harvesting and transporting rice for timely harvesting, drying and consumption. Thereby, helping to ensure the quality of rice grains and reduce losses. Currently, straw rolling and straw collection services have been quite developed, so during the rice harvest, farmers also need to pay attention to the straw collection stage to increase income and avoid burning straw in the fields, causing environmental pollution and creating the risk of organic poisoning for the next crop of rice...

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