People harvest and dry pickled onions along Provincial Road 843, Tam Nong District, Dong Thap - Photo: DANG TUYET
These days, when going to the West, along provincial road 843, Phu Hiep commune, Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province, it is easy to see the image of people harvesting fresh shallots, drying shallots in the bustling atmosphere of the first day of the season, getting high prices.
Onion farmers in Phu Hiep commune said they are harvesting the first crop of shallots, so they are getting high prices. Traders come to the fields to buy fresh shallots for 12,000 - 15,000 VND/kg, and shallot seeds dried in the sun for 30,000 - 35,000 VND/kg.
Compared to the same period, the price of fresh shallots increased by 3,000 VND/kg and dried shallots increased by 5,000 VND/kg, farmers achieved an average profit of 15 million VND/cong ( 1,000m2 ).
Pickled onions after harvest are dried and sold to traders who have placed a deposit at the beginning of the season - Photo: DANG TUYET
Although the price was good, this year's onion crop encountered erratic weather, with an average yield of 3 - 3.5 tons/acre, down 0.5 tons compared to the same period last year. Combined with high investment costs, farmers' profits were lower than in previous years.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Be - residing in Phu Hiep commune, Tam Nong district - said that her family cultivates 22 hectares of pickled shallots (2.2 hectares), harvests 3.5 tons of fresh pickled shallots/hectare, and dries the pickled shallots to sell to traders who deposit in advance.
"After deducting the investment capital and all expenses, there is a profit of 10 million VND/acre. Growing a crop of shallots takes about 3 to 5 months through many stages of land preparation, planting, care, harvesting... quite hard work, here we take the labor as profit," said Ms. Be.
Pickled shallots products meeting 3-star OCOP standards of Thanh Cong 2 facility, Phu Hiep commune, Tam Nong district - Photo: DANG TUYET
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tam Nong district, the whole district currently has nearly 100 hectares of shallot cultivation, concentrated in the communes of Phu Hiep, Phu Duc, Phu Thanh B, Phu Tho, Tram Chim town... Farmers mainly sell fresh shallots, shallot seeds and a few process them into pickled shallots as a specialty product.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/mien-tay-trung-cu-kieu-dau-mua-lai-them-trung-gia-20240628104853787.htm
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