Hybrid corn harvest, fell

(Agroviet-12/09/2014) - Summer Autumn this year, farmers in Dak Lak province planted nearly 73,400 ha of maize, mostly concentrated in the districts of Ea Kar, Krong Pak, Ea Sup and Ea H'Leo , Krong Bong. For further intensive farming corn yield this year should reach between 6-8 tonnes of maize seeds / ha, an increase over last year's summer collection from 1-2 tonnes of maize seeds / ha. However, although new in the harvest, but corn prices fell dramatically makes farmers less fun.
Accordingly, the price of corn fell only from 3000-3200 VND / kg for fresh maize and from 5000-5500 VND / kg for dried corn, down from 1000-2000 VND / kg. Even areas with many remote, difficult transport, prices of maize grain at low prices to only from 2800-3000 VND / kg fresh corn, from 4500-4800 VND / kg of dry corn.
According to farmers, investing 1 ha of maize sowing summer-autumn crop to 17 million or more by the cost of materials, fertilizer, pesticides, seed corn, land preparation, harvesting, dissection county ... all donate. After deducting costs, farmers very low rates.
Mr. Hoang Van Long Xuan Phu, Ea Kar said before, every hectare of maize after deduction of expenses, his family was interest income 10 - 15 million, this still does not rate too 6 million dong.
Ms. H 'Housing Loan at Pui remote village, Krong Bong district calculations, with current low prices, after deducting expenses, her family also interest from less than 4 million / ha of maize. Particularly for families to rent land, to seeds, supplies, fertilizer, pesticide dealers prior to planting maize summer crop, most are not profitable.
Currently, farmers in Dak Lak have harvested 30,000 hectares of maize to turn land into crop production largely passive and fellow also "pin" pending new sale price of corn increases.