Good harvest and good price make farmers happy

Over the past 3 days (from October 21 to 24), taking advantage of the sunny weather, favorable for harvesting and drying rice, farmers in Ham Phu commune, Ham Thuan Bac district have rushed to mobilize combine harvesters to speed up the harvesting process of about 100 hectares of early-season rice. Farmers are very excited because the rice crop is bountiful and the price is good.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhung - Phu Lap village, Ham Phu commune happily shared: In the rice fields of Phu Lap village, her family produces 1.2 hectares of rice; the rice variety produced is TH6; thanks to early sowing, favorable weather, few pests and diseases, the rice grows well, the yield is estimated at about 7 tons/ha. Normally, the annual winter-spring rice crop is often infected with many pests and diseases, farmers spend money on fertilizers and pesticides to prevent them, but the rice yield is still not high compared to the summer-autumn and winter-spring crops. But the early winter-spring rice crop in 2023 is completely different, the situation of pests and diseases is insignificant.

Rice grows well, has few pests and diseases, which means low investment costs. With a good harvest and rice prices ranging from 8,600 to 8,800 VND/kg, 1,000 to 1,500 VND/kg higher than last year's crop, farmers have a good profit of 20 to 25 million VND/ha, Ms. Nhung added.

Mr. Vo Ngoc Tam - Chairman of Ham Phu Commune People's Committee said: Because it is located at the headwaters of Song Quao irrigation reservoir, farmers are favorable in proactively planting rice according to the crop schedule. In the 2023 crop, the whole commune planted 1,600 hectares of rice, reaching 100% of the plan. Of which, about 100 hectares of early-season rice belongs to Phu Lap village. Thanks to simultaneous planting in each field, the harvest progress was completed within just 1 week.

Source