Farmers decent income from hybrid corn

In recent years, farmers in the key areas of Son La maize as Mai Son, Yen Chau, Bac Yen ... actively apply technical advances, instead of local corn varieties with low productivity to corn hybrids should have high economic efficiency. Thanks to hybrid corn that many farmers have become millionaires.
Corn boom thanks
Son La has long been known as the "granary" of northern corn, corn production was over 600,000 tons annually, where they go and see her children grow corn, to villages that farmers always discuss what maize , what techniques apply ... to have a bumper maize crop. In harvest season, the golden corn planting, hybrid maize farmers bring homework, dried and stacked, or ceiling hanging around waiting for traders to purchase. We can say, maize has become the main crop, help many farmers, including many ethnic minorities out of poverty, rising quite wealthy.
Chi Quang Thi Today, Thai people in the slow port, Chieng Sung (Mai Son district) said, Chiang Sung is the land of many difficulties in the water, so a year farmers grow only one crop , very low yield. With the encouragement and guidance of agriculture officials, farmers boldly switched to corn. "Every year my family has five to seven kilograms of maize seed sowing, which is mainly corn hybrids DK8868 by JSC Southern Seed distribution. This variety is very high yield, stability, yellow beads, beautiful morning so easy to sell. Gradually, my house also of food to. About 5 years ago, I had just planted the corn, just as agents providing corn seeds to people in the village, the last month alone has sold more than 1 ton of maize DK8868 "she told Today.
Today she adds, in Chiang Sung, many families have built new houses, bought cars, became a millionaire ..., are due to corn. The harvest in September - 10 Year last, maize yields are very high, especially like the real DK8868 bumper, does well to corn, spicy deep, small core, stocky county average yield reached 8-9 tonnes / ha, that has a whole regret not sow corn acreage. Recently, many households have to register to buy seed DK8868, has a similar purchase up to 40kg.
Hoang Van Chau, shopkeepers sell agricultural machines, as well as provide corn seed dealer in the town of Moc Chau Farm (Moc Chau) said recent Department, most households now buy maize seed Dealers are producing successes, with protection to tens ton harvest, corn prices are high (reached VND6,000 / kg), farmers can collect 6 million / ton (equivalent to 48 - 54 million / ha). This is rather that income if rice is never going to be.
Need support for sustainable development
Despite being the largest corn granary, but reality shows that output for maize in Son La is not really stable, mainly due to market fluctuations and price instability, transportation costs high, many farmers still use the old corn varieties with low productivity, poor quality should have little interest ... Therefore, to develop a sustainable corn granary, a need for the support of the State in the stages of market stability school, credits, improved infrastructure systems (mainly roads), while paying attention to research, breeding a new generation of corn high yield, good disease resistance.
Anh Chau said: With the abundant corn hybrids as today, people also had many options for their cultivation, for instance with the same DK8868, so capable intercropping, drought and very good anti-dump, withstand severe weather, we usually recommend that people planted on higher ground, unpredictable in water. This is the perennial varieties, high yield, tripod roots thrive should particularly suitable for land contract conditions in Son La. Also, this variety also has an outstanding advantage, it is possible to grow with high density to produce high yields.
According to relatives, corn hybrids adapted DK8868 feet wide on field 3 seasons of the year, on many different soil types as hills, farmland, planted under thick so farmers will take advantage of the land, fertilizer and labor. In addition, it is also a disease of the corn leaves today with "super" efficient, can utilize as feed.