Nông dân Trà Vinh been mùa bắp vàng

Over 30 years of rice with an area of 10,000 m2, farmers never Thach Kha Long Son commune, Cau Ngang District (Tra Vinh) made a profit of 10 million a service. Yet for Spring Summer 2014 corn planted only corn varieties F1 3000 m2, Mr. Kha interest income over 10 million, profit was 3 times rice.

"Long Son commune is the land of my hometown high mound of rice production yield insecurity. Planting corn seed company support, fertilizer, planting technical guidance and product consumption helped me was insolvent 20 million bank loan, one day family life improved, "Thach Kha excited matter.

Learning in Thach Kha, farmers Thach Tai O hamlet Teeth, Long Son commune conversion of rice land to planting four maize varieties F1. The first case but not high yields, at around 9.8 tonnes per hectare, but the profit of $ 2.7 million per company. Comparison of economic efficiency between rice and corn varieties, Tai said corn is easy to grow, consumption output, profit was 3 times rice farmers so much passion.

At the Long Son commune, Nhi Truong, Thanh Hoa Son, Harmony ... Cau Ngang district is the high hills land often lack water during the dry season. When not enough water for rice and salty soil acidification caused by the end of the dry season land abandoned places.

The corn seed production cooperative F1 will gradually convert the traditional farming practices of rice - rice to maize cultivation - rice crop structural changes consistent with the existing natural conditions. Meanwhile, the results of the trial production of the corn seeds JSC Southern Seed (SSC) in Tra Vinh showed income of farmers increased by 57.7% compared to rice cultivation in winter spring, thereby increasing profits 2.9 times, respectively, more than 12.8 million a hectare.

Kim fate Engineers, technicians Tra Vinh Department of Agriculture, said the past three years many farmers out of poverty thanks to corn varieties. Long Son commune alone corn plantings 10ha initial testing, this increase of 160ha. Output of corn now stable thanks to product consumption, high economic efficiency factor of 2.5 to 3 times the rice.