Localities actively restore production after floods

Taking advantage of favorable weather, farmers in localities in the province are urgently implementing measures to restore flooded crop areas, rebuild broken crops and harvest the remaining summer-autumn rice area to free up land for the winter crop.

Working group of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development inspected production restoration work in Yen Dinh district.

From September 21 to 25, due to the impact of storm No. 4 and weather patterns causing heavy rain, 468 hectares of various vegetables in Thieu Hoa district were flooded. These days, in the fields of Thieu Tien, Thieu Duy, Thieu Thanh communes, Hau Hien town, Thieu Hoa town..., farmers are busy clearing the fields, replanting flooded areas and taking care of vegetables in time for the season.

Mr. Pham Van Viet in Hau Hien town (Thieu Hoa) said: "During the recent rain, my family's vegetable fields were flooded. After the water receded, my family mobilized human resources to clean the fields, fertilize, and till the soil to help the plants recover quickly."

Farmers in Thieu Duy commune (Thieu Hoa) free up land for the winter crop.

In Thach Thanh district, after two consecutive floods in September 2024, thousands of hectares of crops were damaged. Specifically, in storm No. 3, the whole district had 979 hectares of rice, 1,079.6 hectares of sugarcane, 87 hectares of corn and other vegetables flooded. Storm No. 4 and floods also flooded 273.5 hectares of rice, 22.96 hectares of vegetables, 456.98 hectares of annual crops...

Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thach Thanh district, Bui Thanh Hieu, said: After the water receded, the unit coordinated with communes and towns to mobilize people to focus on harvesting 80% or more of ripe rice according to the motto "green house is better than ripe field" to free up land for winter crops. By October 4, the whole district had harvested 3,674.5 hectares out of 4,528.7 hectares of rice. Some areas of rice were completely damaged and could not be harvested, so people were freeing up land for winter crops. For flooded sugarcane and other crops, the agricultural sector instructed people to create drainage ditches, wash leaves to clean mud and soil, and implement technical measures for care and recovery... At the same time, it is recommended that people stick to the fields, closely monitor the situation of pests to have timely and effective prevention measures.

People of Thieu Tien commune (Thieu Hoa) grow chili for export in the winter crop.

From the beginning of September 2024 until now, Thanh Hoa province has been continuously affected by two storms (storms No. 3 and No. 4) and many heavy rains and prolonged floods causing flooding and downfall of thousands of hectares of crops of all kinds. Accordingly, storm No. 3 and the floods after the storm damaged 2,446 hectares of rice, 639 hectares of flowers and vegetables, 1,191 hectares of annual crops, 14.5 hectares of fruit trees... During storm No. 4 and the rain and floods from September 17 to 24, the whole province had 760 hectares of rice, 2,036 hectares of flowers and vegetables, 1,255 hectares of annual crops, and 67 hectares of fruit trees flooded and damaged.

To minimize the impact caused by the weather, protect the results of the 2024 winter crop and deploy the 2024-2025 winter crop, by October 4, farmers in the province had mobilized means and human resources to harvest 133,945.3 hectares/154,629.42 hectares of winter crops, reaching 86.61% of the plan. Of which, the total rice area harvested in the province was 103,282.3 hectares/112,204.95 hectares, reaching 92.05% of the plan. Some districts have basically completed harvesting the winter crop area, such as: Yen Dinh, Dong Son, Nong Cong, Quang Xuong, Trieu Son...

Working group of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development inspected production restoration work in Vinh Loc district.

With the motto "morning rice, afternoon winter crops", by October 4, the whole province had planted 15,178 hectares of winter crops out of 47,000 hectares of various crops, reaching 32.3% of the plan. Some districts have planted a fairly large area, such as: Yen Dinh 2,083 hectares, Tho Xuan 2,011 hectares, Nong Cong 1,427 hectares... mainly corn, chili, sweet potatoes, beans, peanuts...

To speed up production progress, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has organized inspection teams to direct winter crop production in 2024-2025 in Tho Xuan, Yen Dinh, Thieu Hoa, Vinh Loc districts...

Through inspection, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Dang Van Hiep said: Due to the impact of storm No. 3, storm No. 4 and rain and floods, the best planting time for winter crops such as corn, soybeans, chili... has basically passed. Although there are difficulties in the early stages of winter crop production, this is also an opportunity to expand the area of ​​short-term vegetable crops to meet the needs of the province and the northern provinces that have suffered heavy losses in agricultural production.

Le Hoi

Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/cac-dia-phuong-tich-cuc-khoi-phuc-san-xuat-sau-mua-lu-226661.htm