It was noted that in the fields in My Tu district, as soon as the sun was shining, people rushed to the fields to harvest rice .
Mr. Le Van Banh in My Tu commune (My Tu district, Soc Trang province) said that in the summer-autumn crop of 2024, his family cultivated 7,000 square meters. Due to the impact of heavy rain, his rice fields were harvested 3 days late. However, both productivity and selling price were as expected.
"This crop's yield is about 7 tons/ha, an increase of 1 ton over the same period. Currently selling for 7,200 VND/kg, minus profit costs of about 25 million VND/ha," Mr. Banh said.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of My Tu district, this year's Summer-Autumn crop, the locality sowed 23,085 hectares, and harvested over 13,580 hectares. Thunderstorms in recent days have caused some rice areas to be flooded and collapsed at harvest time. The authorities are directing the focus on pumping and mobilizing combine harvesters to harvest rice to avoid thunderstorms in the coming days.
Mr. Vo Van Be - Head of the Economic Department of Nga Nam town said that in the Summer-Autumn 2024 rice crop, farmers sowed 18,500 hectares, currently 11,256 hectares have been harvested, and nearly 6,000 hectares are still at harvest time but due to the influence of rain. big slows down progress.
Mr. Be said the locality has mobilized water pumping stations 24/7. Particularly for areas outside pumping stations, local authorities mobilize people to pump water together for harvesting to reduce rice loss.
According to the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection of Soc Trang province, in the 2024 Summer-Autumn rice crop, the whole province sowed 139,821 hectares with key varieties such as OM5451, OM18, OM34, Dai Thom 8, ST group... Currently, some low-lying localities such as Nga Nam town, My Tu district, Thanh Tri district are entering full harvest with an area of 19,090 hectares.
Thanks to compliance with the sowing schedule and choosing rice varieties adapted to the soil, the average yield reached 5.4 tons/ha, an increase of 5 - 10% over the same period. Rice consumption is also favorable, harvested rice is sold by farmers right in the fields at a price of over 7,200 VND/kg.
However, due to the influence of tropical depression and thunderstorms, many rice areas were flooded and collapsed. Preliminary statistics show that nearly 100 hectares of Summer-Autumn rice crop collapsed, with an impact level of less than 30%. Currently, the authorities are coordinating to operate sewers to promptly drain water from some flooded areas.
