TPO - Instead of letting straw be thrown away in the fields, many people have spent hundreds of millions of dong investing in machines to collect straw and sell it to earn hundreds of millions of dong each year.
Video of collecting straw from the fields to sell and earn hundreds of millions of dong each year. |
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In late May, farmers in all urban districts of Nghe An are in the winter-spring rice harvest season with high yields. This is also the time when straw collectors are busy making a fortune. Nghe An province is one of the localities with a large agricultural land area. Each year, the province produces over 170,000 hectares of rice, with an output of over 1 million tons/year. Therefore, the amount of straw by-products after each harvest season is also very large. |
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Most of the rice fields are harvested by people who rent combine harvesters. After harvesting, the straw is left in the fields and not collected. |
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The straw is spread by the harvester in rows on the rice roots. After a day of sun drying, the straw dries and is collected by people to sell. |
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| Ms. Huong (residing in Quynh Luu district, Nghe An) said that every time the rice harvest season comes, she and her family members go to the fields to collect straw to sell to livestock farms. "Very few families take the straw home after harvesting rice, so we come to collect it. If we don't collect it in time, they will burn it. It's both a waste and pollutes the environment. For each sao of rice field, we collect and sell it to them for 120-150 thousand VND. If we are healthy, the whole family can earn millions of VND every day," Ms. Huong shared. |
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To harvest a lot of straw, people carry large tarps across the fields to collect straw and then put it on trucks to transport it back. |
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The rice harvest only lasts a few weeks, so many families have to mobilize all family members to go collect straw. |
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Manual collection does not require investment costs but is time-consuming and labor-intensive and the amount of straw collected is not much. That is why some people have boldly invested in large machines to collect straw for sale. |
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Mr. Hoang Van Quan (residing in Nam Dinh province) shared that many years ago he invested in a combine harvester to harvest for hire. After many people invested in harvesters, the workload was reduced. Seeing that the harvester would leave straw in the field after harvesting rice, but people threw it away. Meanwhile, the demand for straw from livestock farms was large, so Mr. Quan spent nearly 400 million VND to invest in a straw rolling machine. |
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Mr. Quan said that the straw rolling machine can collect 15-20 hectares of rice fields per day. Each hectare of rice can collect 120-150 straw rolls. Each straw roll weighs 20kg and is sold in the field for 15-20 thousand VND. However, to operate the machine, 7-10 people are needed. Of these, 2 people specialize in operating the machine, 5-7 people load and transport the goods to the buyer. |
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"Every year I work 2 seasons lasting about 5 months. I go from Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien Hue. I go to collect rice in any area that has finished harvesting. Every day my income is quite high but my expenses are also high. Each worker is paid 800,000-1 million VND per day," said Hoang Van Quan, adding that after deducting expenses, he earns more than 200 million VND per year thanks to the straw rolls. |
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After wrapping, the dry straw rolls are piled up in the field. |
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The workers will then load them onto trucks and deliver them to livestock farms or mushroom production businesses... |
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Each roll of straw weighs only about 20kg, but the workers have to work in the hot fields with a lot of weight, so it's quite hard. |
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Although many people collect straw, some people still go to the fields to burn the excess straw after harvesting rice, causing smoke to cover a large area, polluting the environment. |
Source: https://tienphong.vn/kiem-hang-tram-trieu-tu-thu-gom-rom-tren-dong-post1639117.tpo
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