Can Tho farmers harvest summer-autumn rice. (Photo - illustration)

Mr. Huynh Van Bay, Thoi Lai town, has 5 large hectares (1,300 m2/hectare) of OM5451 rice, which was deposited by traders at 6,000 VND/kg. However, on the harvesting day, traders "reduced the price" to 5,900 VND/kg. This selling price is about 2,000 - 2,500 VND/kg lower than the same period last year.

"This Summer-Autumn crop, the rice yield is neither a hit nor a miss, estimated at about 750 kg/cong. With the above selling price, after deducting expenses, he makes a profit of about 1.5 million VND/cong," said Mr. Bay.

The current price of fresh rice in Can Tho ranges from 5,500 - 7,200 VND/kg, specifically: Dai Thom 8 is priced at 7,000 - 7,200 VND/kg, OM18 is priced at 6,400 - 6,600 VND/kg, OM5451 is priced at 6,000 - 6,200 VND/kg, IR50404 is priced at 5,500 - 5,700 VND/kg. According to rice farmers, although this year's Summer-Autumn crop is profitable, it is not high.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Ba, Thoi Lai district, at harvest time, the weather was rainy and prolonged, causing the rice to fall over in some areas on the ripe rice field, so the price of the cutting machine was higher than that of standing rice (not fallen over). Although the price of rice was lower than the same period last year, the weather was rainy but there were still traders buying rice, there was no price pressure, so farmers were reassured.

At this time, farmers in some localities have harvested rice and have taken the initiative in water sources to start sowing the 2025 Autumn-Winter rice crop. Ms. Pham Thi Minh Hieu, Head of the Can Tho Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection, Can Tho Department of Agriculture , recommends that localities need to ensure safety for concentrated, simultaneous sowing, avoiding planthoppers, based on the development of brown planthoppers in the city and provinces in the region. At the same time, combine with the hydrological regime to predict the sowing schedule for the 2025 Autumn-Winter rice crop to ensure the "planthopper avoidance motto" and limit the cost of pumping irrigation at the beginning of the season as well as avoid floods at the end of the season.

Localities arrange the crop season based on the city's crop schedule combined with measures to avoid planthoppers, simultaneously and concentratedly for each region and each field, directing not to sow for a long time, not to let many rice fields intermingle in the same field. The expected schedule for the 2025 Autumn-Winter rice sowing season is from June 20 to June 27.

Particularly for 15,800 hectares of sown Autumn-Winter rice (in Vinh Thanh, Co Do, Thoi Lai, Thot Not, O Mon) in the seedling stage, pests such as rats, golden apple snails, leaf rollers... have appeared in the fields with low density and scattered damage. The Can Tho agricultural sector recommends that farmers combine many management measures.

Specifically, planting stakes to collect and destroy egg nests, placing nets to prevent golden apple snails when water is poured into the fields; launching farmers to organize a campaign to simultaneously kill rats on a large scale. For the 2025 Autumn-Winter rice area that has been planted, it is necessary to pay attention to checking the fields, pouring water in and keeping the water in the fields from 3 - 5 cm until the first fertilization stage to suppress weeds.

According to baotintuc.vn

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