Ms. Tran Thi Hoan (50 years old, living in Quang Trung village, Ky Xuan commune) said that this year's spring crop her family made 4 sao of rice and 3 sao of peanuts. The weather is warm and sunny, the crops are growing well, so her family splits the fields, small grass, fertilizes, and takes care of the crops. Asked about the current fertilizer price, Ms. Hoan shook her head and said that the price of fertilizer at this time was too high, causing farmers to spend a lot of money on agricultural production.
Ms. Hoan listed, with 1 pole of peanut cultivation, it costs about 300,000 VND to rent a land preparation machine, 30 kg of NPK fertilizer for more than 500,000 VND, 10 kg of peanut seeds for about 530 thousand VND. If the crop is good, each peanut will yield 1.5 quintals with the selling price of 2.7 million dong, minus all expenses, only take the labor to make a profit. "Last year, I bought a 25kg bag of fertilizer for only 280,000 VND/bag, now with that kind of fertilizer, the price is up to 420 thousand VND/bag. Not only the price of fertilizer has increased, but the price of some other materials has also increased quite high." Ms. Hoan said.
To reduce fertilizer costs, Ms. Hoan's family reduced the use of chemical fertilizers for crops, instead increasing the amount of manure, although it was more difficult, in return, it saved a large amount of money.
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Farmers in Dong Mon commune, Ha Tinh city apply nitrogen and take care of rice plants - Photo: LE MINH
In a rice field in Dong Mon, Ha Tinh City, Ms. Tran Thi Thai (29 years old, living in Thanh Tien village, Dong Mon commune) is fertilizing more than 1 sao of rice with nitrogen. She said that the couple is self-employed, only working in a few fields for food. At present, the cost of materials is too high while the price of rice has not increased, so the income cannot be improved. While rebuilding some galvanizing areas that died due to flooding, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh (60 years old, living in Tien Thanh village, Dong Mon commune) lamented: Compared with last year, the fertilizer price has nearly doubled, the cost is too high. should work in the field only to earn profit. Despite the precarious income, people who have no other occupation are forced to cling to the fields for food to live and raise livestock.
Mr. Nguyen Tri Ha - Head of Ha Tinh Plant Protection Sub-Department - said that the spring crop in the whole province planted an area of over 59,570 hectares of rice, the plan was to sow 10,384 hectares of peanuts. Regarding fertilizers, compared to the same period last year, this year the price has nearly doubled, the cost of expenses has increased, leading to difficulties and complaints from people. "The reason for fertilizer price increase of input materials, production costs, and transportation costs all increased. Moreover, the COVID-19 epidemic is also a cause for fertilizer prices to nearly double," said Mr. Ha. added.
Source: Le Minh/ Tuoitre.vn
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