Farmers in Loc Ha (Ha Tinh) are very excited to continuously harvest golden crops in the rice fields, along with many positive signs appearing in the food fields in this rural area.
Farmers in Thuong Phu village (Hong Loc commune) fertilize summer-autumn rice at the tillering stage.
Hong Loc Commune completed sowing the summer-autumn crop more than 10 days ago. Currently, farmers are focusing on bringing water into the fields to fight drought. The whole commune has planted 470 hectares (20 hectares more than last summer-autumn crop), but thanks to the large plots, all stages are favorable, so from the stage of flooding, plowing, sowing... it only takes about 2 weeks, reducing 1/3 of the time compared to before. The plowing and harrowing stage has also been 100% mechanized, the price of renting machinery is 40 - 60,000 VND/sao cheaper than previous crops.
Chairman of Hong Loc Commune People's Committee Le Viet Binh said: "In recent years, our fields have had many breakthrough changes when the area has continuously increased, the plots have decreased (from 4-5 plots/household to now only 1 plot/household), the internal traffic system and irrigation canals have been invested synchronously, new varieties with high productivity, science and technology have been put into production. Therefore, the rice yield last spring crop was 60 quintals/ha. This summer-autumn crop, the commune strives to reach 50 quintals/ha, about 2.8 - 3 quintals/ha higher than previous summer-autumn crops".
Farmers in Ich Hau commune soak rice, weed and build embankments to retain water in the summer-autumn crop fields.
Also one of the "rice granaries" of Loc Ha district, Ich Hau commune is always a bright spot in production when it follows the crop season, is flexible with the weather, and ensures high productivity. Currently, Ich Hau farmers are rushing to get water, fertilize, take care of the fields, proactively check for diseases and rats, dredge irrigation canals, dig and build roads in the fields..., striving to harvest before September 10 to "escape" the flood, ensuring "safety".
Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ich Hau Commune, Bui Trong Dinh, said: "Over the past years, we have focused on directing the coverage of rice fields in conjunction with the synchronous implementation of measures, solutions, and production techniques to increase productivity and output. This summer-autumn crop alone, the whole commune produces 485 hectares of rice (accounting for 99% of the summer-autumn crop area and 4 hectares more than last year), striving to achieve a yield of 58 quintals/ha (2 quintals/ha higher than last summer-autumn crop), with an estimated output of 2,813 tons (120 tons higher than last year's crop)."
In 2023, Loc Ha district produced 2,628 hectares of summer-autumn rice and has basically completed sowing. According to statistics, the production area of this crop is 55 hectares more than the summer-autumn crop of 2022, 129 hectares more than the summer-autumn crop of 2021 and an increase of 1,279 hectares compared to 10 years ago. Not only the summer-autumn crop but also the total rice cultivation area this year (spring crop, summer-autumn crop, and winter-spring crop) also increased by 100 hectares compared to last year and by about 319 hectares in 2021.
Along with the increase in area, in recent years, Loc Ha rice fields have also shown clear changes in varieties. Accordingly, the variety set has been selected, the quantity has been reduced, focusing on the structure of varieties with high yield, good quality, suitable for soil conditions for mass production such as: DQ 11, ADI 168, QP 5, LP 5, TH 3-3, TH 3-5, ADI168... Currently, the rate of quality rice varieties in the area is estimated at nearly 70% (an increase of 50% compared to 10 years ago), contributing significantly to increasing productivity and output.
Farmers in Tan Trung village (Tan Loc commune) spray insecticide to kill leaf rollers to protect summer-autumn rice.
In addition, Loc Ha fields are focused on mechanization in production to reduce labor, ensure crop progress, and improve production efficiency. Loc Ha currently has 25 combine harvesters, hundreds of hand harvesters, 50 large-capacity tillers, and 161 tillers with a capacity of less than 23 CV.
The rate of mechanization in land preparation and rice harvesting in Loc Ha reached 97 - 98%; in which, many localities have done well such as: Hong Loc (2 combine harvesters, 21 various types of land preparation machines), Ich Hau (4 combine harvesters, 12 land preparation machines), Thach My (7 combine harvesters, 8 land preparation machines)...
Vice Chairman of Loc Ha District People's Committee - Nguyen Van An said: In the spirit of the Resolution of the 4th District Party Congress, we are focusing on restructuring the agricultural sector towards modernization, organic agriculture, and circular agriculture to create a breakthrough in production; in which, rice is the focus.
In the coming time, Loc Ha will focus on accumulating land to reach about 1,610 hectares by 2025; actively testing and selecting short-term, high-yield, delicious rice varieties; innovating production organization, building concentrated rice production areas in the direction of organic rice, increasing production and consumption linkages. The district will also continue to convert winter-spring rice to summer-autumn rice in areas that have ensured irrigation water from the Nghen River canal so that by 2025, the total cultivated area will reach 5,500 hectares; focusing on applying scientific and technological advances to production, increasing mechanization and enhancing the role of agricultural service cooperatives...
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