These days, in Tan Yen commune, farmers are focusing on harvesting biomass corn in the fields. This year, biomass corn products have stable output, increased income, and people are excited. Taking a break from harvesting biomass corn, Mr. Mui Van Chuoc, Tam Phe village, Tan Yen commune, said: My family has 1 hectare of production land, previously growing corn for grain, every time the harvest season comes, we have to work very hard, harvesting and drying the grain, then preparing the land for the next crop. Especially, the price of corn grain is very unstable, and then the traders force down the price. In 2024, I have converted the land to grow biomass corn, when it is time to harvest, the purchasing teams bring cutting machines to the field to cut the plants and bring them back, no longer worrying about being forced down on prices or lacking harvest workers.
Through research, it is known that biomass corn has been planted in Tan Yen commune since 2023 with 47 households in Na Sanh and Na Muong villages participating, with a planting area of nearly 35 hectares. Households are supported with seeds, materials, fertilizers, labor support and aircraft spraying to prevent fall armyworms. Biomass corn has a harvest time of about 85-90 days, an average yield of 40 tons/ha, farmers earn from 30-50 million VND, higher than growing corn for grain from 10 million VND/ha, but the crop is shortened by 30-45 days. Shortening the crop not only reduces the risk of risks due to weather conditions and natural disasters, but can also increase production, increase income and especially significantly reduce the amount of fertilizer, because the time when corn is from waxy to fully ripe is the stage of using a lot of nutrients, depleting the nutrient source in the soil. In addition, selling plants also reduces the cost of harvesting, separating seeds and preserving.
Currently, biomass corn is a suitable choice for many households in converting crop structure in areas with inefficient sloping land, difficult to cultivate and mechanize. Participating in the model from the first days, Mr. Mui Van Chieng, Na Muong village, Tan Yen commune, said: Implementing the biomass corn planting model, my family was supported with 3 million VND/ha from the district's agricultural development capital to improve degraded land, supported with seeds, fertilizers; instructions on applying techniques to improve productivity and quality of biomass corn. After more than 2 years of working with biomass corn, I have found that growing biomass corn saves time, care, has superior productivity, and can be cultivated in many crops a year, so the economic efficiency is higher. If before, growing corn for grain earned my family about 25-30 million VND per hectare, now growing biomass corn has a stable income of about 50 million VND/ha.
Implementing the policy of converting ineffective food crop land to growing biomass corn, serving the on-site feed needs for livestock; at the same time, providing a source of green roughage for Moc Chau Milk's dairy cows, Tan Yen commune has propagated and mobilized people to convert to growing 440 hectares of biomass corn, concentrated in Ta Phenh, Na Muong, Tam Phe, Phieng Canh, Pa Kha, Phieng Don villages, sub-zone 12, sub-zone 9; the output reached 22 tons/ha. This model increases the density of production compared to corn for grain. The entire biomass corn output of the commune has a stable output, when Moc Chau Dairy Cow Breeding Joint Stock Company purchases 100% of the output of participating households, with the lowest price of 950 VND/kg.
Mr. Ha Quanh Thanh, Chairman of Tan Yen Commune People's Committee, said: The commune continues to review and expand the planned biomass corn growing area to about 400 hectares, with 300 participating households; in which, focusing on expanding the biomass corn growing area in the villages along the Da River lake with inefficient sloping land, difficult to cultivate, and mechanize; continue to work with companies to deploy production and consumption chains of biomass corn products. Thereby, developing the biomass corn growing area, creating more jobs and stable income for the people.
It can be seen that, along with the expansion of dairy cow, beef cow and grass-fed cattle farming in localities, the development of biomass corn growing areas as raw materials for animal feed processing is opening up a new production direction for farmers in Tan Yen commune, contributing to increasing income and stabilizing people's lives./.
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