Compressed trees have good harvest, low price

Mr. Tran Hoan's family in village 4, Quang Thach commune grows 10 sao of onions. This year, the weather is favorable, the onion plants have a high yield, estimated at 4-5 quintals/sao, 1-1.5 quintals/sao higher than last year. However, this year, the price of onions has dropped sharply, at times only half compared to the 2024 onion crop, making Mr. Hoan's family unhappy.

Not only Mr. Hoan's family but also most of the households growing onions in Quang Thach commune also regret that the price of onions has decreased too much, only about 20,000-35,000 VND/kg.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh in village 4, Quang Thach commune, grows 1 hectare of onions. With high productivity, this year his family harvested over 6 tons of onions. However, with the low price of onions, this year Mr. Binh only earned about 150 million VND, a decrease of more than 100 million VND compared to last year.

Farmers in Quang Thach commune harvest bamboo shoots.

“Having grown chives for many years, I and the people here have often encountered a situation of good harvests and low prices. However, if we are fair, chives are still a crop with higher economic value than other crops such as corn, peanuts, and beans. Therefore, we still choose chives as the main crop,” Mr. Binh shared.

Chairman of Quang Thach Commune People's Committee Phan Duy An said: This year, farmers in the commune planted 45 hectares of compressed rice. Due to favorable weather, along with many years of production experience, this year's compressed rice yield in Quang Trach commune was very high, with an output of over 270 tons. However, compared to the compressed rice crop in 2024, the price of compressed rice this year has decreased quite a bit, making farmers have a good harvest but also unhappy. Accordingly, if in 2024, the price of compressed rice fluctuated from 35,000-65,000 VND/kg, this year it is only 20,000-35,000 VND/kg.

According to Mr. An, the tree is suitable for hilly land and local climate conditions. In recent years, Quang Thach commune has actively converted to growing the tree on ineffective acacia, cajuput, and cassava growing areas.

Compressed planting is identified by the locality as a new direction, not only to increase income and improve people's lives but also to help improve soil quality through sustainable farming methods. This is also a direction for sustainable agricultural development, making the most of local potential.

However, due to the unstable output market and the price still depending on traders, people are still hesitant and have not dared to expand the area of ​​​​growing compressed trees. The locality's wish in the coming time is that the relevant authorities and branches pay attention and support to create output for the product as well as build the brand of compressed trees of Quang Thach.

Lam An

Source: https://baoquangbinh.vn/kinh-te/202504/cay-nen-duoc-mua-mat-gia-2225753/