However, learning from previous crops, in addition to focusing on taking care of the garden and waiting for harvest, many farmers constantly monitor the market, carefully waiting for the day to close the sale contract with traders to ensure their own interests.
According to records, in the past 2 months, durian purchase prices by businesses and traders have been over 70,000 VND/kg for Thai durian and over 55,000 VND for Ri6. Notably, at this time, Thai durian is purchased by traders at the garden at over 80,000 VND/kg.
In Da Pal commune, Da Teh district, farmers have been harvesting durian sporadically for a month now and are preparing to enter the peak harvest season. These days, Nguyen Van Luan's family in Ton K'Long village has welcomed many traders coming to discuss signing contracts to purchase Thai durian.
Processing durian for export at Long Thuy Company
Mr. Luan said that his family is currently cultivating 4 hectares of durian, and in the 2024 crop, the expected durian yield is estimated at more than 50 tons of fruit. This year, despite the unfavorable weather due to prolonged heat, however, thanks to careful care, his durian garden still produces high yields, with large, beautiful fruits and eye-catching colors. With the current price of durian, his family has a revenue of no less than 5 billion VND.
Mr. Luan said that more than a month before the harvest, many traders from inside and outside the province came to his garden to discuss closing contracts and purchasing all of the durian output. They were willing to pay high prices and deposit to buy durian. Especially in gardens with large output, businesses came to the site to sign purchase contracts with quite clear terms.
According to Mr. Luan, compared to previous years, farmers are now very cautious in closing durian price contracts. Because, there have been many cases where after closing the contract, farmers received deposits, but when it was time to harvest, the price of durian dropped, traders "anchored" the fruit in the garden, delayed the harvest time to force farmers to lower the price.
There are unexpected fluctuations in the purchase of durian. For example, one year, traders set the price at the garden at 60,000 VND/kg, but when it was time to cut the durian, the price went up to 80,000 VND/kg, so they cut it all.
On the contrary, there are cases where traders sign contracts for 70,000 VND/kg, but when it comes time to cut durian, the market price drops to only 50,000 VND/kg, so they forfeit their deposit. There are also cases where people cheat, signing contracts to sell to traders at a fixed price, but when the day comes to cut durian, the market price goes up, so they find a way to sell to other traders.
"Therefore, although traders continuously offer prices, this year's durian crop will only close a contract with traders 7-10 days after harvest," said Mr. Luan.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Da Teh district, the locality currently has about 1,700 hectares of durian; of which, the area entering a stable business period from the 6th year onwards is 900 hectares, with a total expected output of more than 20,000 tons. Some communes with large durian growing areas are Da Kho, My Duc, Quang Tri, Da Pal...
Compared to other traditional crops in the locality, growing durian helps people increase their income many times over. During this year's durian harvest, the district's Department of Agriculture as well as local authorities have advised farmers to stay calm, closely monitor market information and orchards, wait for the orchards to be old enough, then set prices and sell.
Mr. Vo Huu Long - Director of Long Thuy Company Limited said that currently, people have started to harvest durian. Some people sign contracts with traders from the beginning and monitor the garden to cut old fruit; some people watch for fallen durian to sell to small traders in the locality. Currently, the price of durian on the market is very high, so with their experience, people need to monitor price fluctuations and carefully study the purchase contracts signed with traders to avoid unfavorable problems arising later.
Besides, due to unstable and fluctuating prices, durian farmers in the province need to be careful when making decisions, carefully consider sales contracts, pay attention to long-term cooperation in production and comply with recommendations from functional sectors and local authorities to have a successful and profitable durian harvest.
According to the Lam Dong Province Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection, the province currently has a total durian growing area of 21,147 hectares; of which, the harvested area is 11,554 hectares and the expected output in 2024 is 135,000 tons. To date, the province has been granted 116 growing area codes with a total area of 5,597.13 hectares; of which, 114 durian growing areas have an area of 5,489.13 hectares, with 10 durian export packaging facilities with a total factory area of 13,519 m2 and a maximum capacity of 755 tons/day. The growing areas were inspected by the General Administration of Customs of China during the first online inspection in 2023 and corrected according to the requirements of the Chinese side.
During this year's durian harvest, the Lam Dong Province Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection has also issued recommendations to farmers; at the same time, requested local authorities to actively monitor and promptly intervene in the current situation of "buying and selling competition".
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