Huong Khe farmers are busy planting winter crops.

Taking advantage of favorable weather, farmers in Huong Khe ( Ha Tinh ) are busy going to the fields to sow winter crops with great enthusiasm.

People of Hoa Hai commune urgently plant winter corn.

Due to the impact of floods and rains, the progress of the winter crop in Huong Khe is behind schedule. With the forecast of continued rain in the coming days, the entire Huong Khe district is racing against the weather, focusing on production and sowing to ensure the planned winter crop area.

In Chau Quynh field, hundreds of farmers in village 6, Hoa Hai commune are busy plowing, fertilizing, and planting winter corn. Mr. Luu Thanh Binh - Village Head of village 6 shared that due to heavy rain and little sunshine, the rice fields have not reached the most ideal level for production. However, experts have warned that there will be rain in the coming days, so all producers are going to the fields to close the area soon.

Thanks to support for seed costs, people are excited to strive to cover the winter crop area.

"Currently, commercial corn is at a high price, easy to produce and the district supports part of the seed cost, so people are very excited, actively producing, striving not to leave the land fallow. Even with more than 1 hectare of corn that was planted, washed away by the flood in early November, people have now plowed and sown again. To keep up with the progress, the village has also mobilized more than 10 mechanical machines from households to work day and night. My family alone planted more than 4 sao of corn this winter crop, and is expected to complete planting before the rains," Mr. Binh added.

Farmers in Huong Giang commune, Huong Khe district are busy with production.

Along with farmers in Hoa Hai commune, other localities in Huong Khe are also racing against the weather. Chairman of the Huong Khe District Farmers' Association Dinh Cong Tiu said that due to the great impact of floods and rains, it is forecasted that some localities are at risk of not completing the winter crop plan, and the slow progress will also affect the spring crop production schedule in 2024.

Therefore, the District Association has requested localities to step up propaganda activities, mobilizing members and farmers to take advantage of favorable weather to speed up land preparation, sow corn and other winter crops on time, and achieve assigned targets and plans. In particular, cadres and members who are party members and good business and production households should set an example first to propagate and mobilize members and farmers to actively produce.

Farmers' associations provided more than 825 tons of fertilizer on deferred payment, promptly supporting members' production.

In addition, the association organizations are also mobilizing core forces to participate in supporting policy families, meritorious people, people in difficulty, hardship, lack of labor force to prepare land, plant seeds or register for production to raise funds, contributing to speeding up the progress of winter crop production. At the same time, monitor and track the sowing and growth process of crops, when detecting signs of poor development... promptly report to specialized agencies for timely solutions.

In particular, in recent days, farmers' associations at all levels have promptly provided more than 825 tons of fertilizer on deferred payment to support farmers in difficulty to promptly produce the winter crop.

It is known that, implementing the policy of supporting funding for corn seeds according to the 2023 Winter Crop Production Project of the District People's Committee, up to now, the Center for Application of Science and Technology and Protection of Vietnam has supplied nearly 43 tons of corn seeds of all kinds to communes and towns to serve people's production; the number of seeds supplied according to people's production registration at the beginning of the season, equivalent to a production area of ​​more than 2,000 hectares.

Up to now, the whole Huong Khe district has completed land preparation for 1,834.5/2,300 hectares of corn, reaching 79.8% of the plan; the corn area has been sown for 915.5/2,300 hectares, reaching 39.8% of the plan; the sweet potato area has been prepared for 37.5 hectares, reaching 37.5%; the sweet potato area has been planted for 19.5 hectares, reaching 19.5%; the vegetable area has been sown for 141.2 hectares, reaching 39.2%.

Duong Chien

Source: https://baohatinh.vn/nong-nghiep/nong-dan-huong-khe-tat-bat-xuong-giong-vu-dong/257702.htm