Farmers excited to plant winter-spring crop

At the end of the 2023 crop season, farmers in Tanh Linh district were excited because in the past, if the crop was good, the price would drop and vice versa, but this year's crop was both good and high priced, with an average yield of 55-57 quintals/ha, selling prices ranging from 8,300-9,000 VND/kg of fresh rice, each hectare of farmers earned a profit of 30 million VND after deducting costs.

Currently, farmers in the fields in localities in the district are focusing on planting winter-spring rice crops for the 2023-2024 crop.

Mr. Le Van Bay - Lac Hoa 1 Quarter, Lac Tanh Town has just completed sowing winter-spring rice with a rice seed sprayer on an area of 1 hectare in the Big Field and said: Winter-spring rice production has many joys. The first joy is that the last crop had a good price so the profit is high. The second joy is that the state supports microbial fertilizers to continue to maintain and expand the area of linked rice product consumption on a large-scale field. The third joy is that the water source from the electric pumping station ensures the time for sowing winter-spring rice. Mr. Bay hopes that the winter-spring rice price will continue to be as high as the last crop.

In the fields of Duc Binh commune, Mr. Nguyen Anh Duc - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Duc Binh Agricultural Service Cooperative is also actively digging drainage ditches and then using a sprayer to sow winter-spring rice. Although the work is busy, Mr. Duc is still happy to share: In the winter-spring crop of 2023-2024, the cooperative has linked up with 44 farming households to purchase products to produce rice on an area of 60 hectares in an organic direction. Of which, 20 hectares produce ST25 rice varieties, 20 hectares OS20 varieties and 20 hectares OM18 varieties. In addition, 5 hectares of OM 5451 purebred rice varieties are also produced. Because of the organic production, it requires strict adherence to the process: After harvesting the winter-spring rice, pesticides are sprayed to kill mixed rice varieties and straw is treated in the field. Next, add water and proceed to prepare the soil, soak the soil for 10-15 days, then continue to prepare the soil, level the surface of the field, create drainage ditches, drain the water and then plant seeds. Before sowing, mix the seeds with antagonistic microorganisms to increase the disease resistance of the rice plant. Sow sparsely from 12-15kg of rice seeds/sao. Not only must the strict process be followed right from the stage of preparing the soil and planting seeds, but during the growth and development of the rice plant, the production process must still be followed to create clean, safe rice products for consumers.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tanh Linh district said: In the 2023-2024 winter-spring crop, the production plan is 8,670 hectares of rice. The entire rice area is included in the irrigation plan. Using high-quality rice varieties such as ML202, Dai Thom 8, OM 5451... in the planning area of 3,000 hectares. The area for building large fields linking investment enterprises - consuming commercial rice is 2,890 hectares; the area for producing certified rice seeds is 278 hectares; the area for producing according to the SRI process is 10 hectares; Production according to VietGAP standards is 59 hectares. The general crop calendar is from November 25, 2023 to January 25, 2024. In particular, focusing on sowing from December 5, 2023 to January 5, 2024, to ensure compliance with the rice planthopper avoidance schedule.

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