Tran Yen: Mulberry growers and silkworm breeders "weather the storm"

Over the past years, Tran Yen commune has planned and developed a mulberry growing and silkworm breeding area of ​​hundreds of hectares, becoming the largest mulberry growing area in the North. However, the circulation of storm No. 3 in 2024 and storm No. 10 in 2025 have caused severe damage to many mulberry areas. Amidst the devastation and mud, Tran Yen people are still steadfastly attached to their mulberry beds... It is this persistent effort that has been helping them restore production and maintain their livelihoods.

Thanks to the planning of large-scale mulberry growing and silkworm breeding areas, Tran Yen has become a large mulberry material area, earning over 300 billion VND each year.

With an average yield of 30 - 32 tons of leaves/ha, an average cocoon output of 1,400 tons/year, many households have a stable income, averaging 200 - 300 million VND/year.

However, in September 2024, storm No. 3 made landfall, causing prolonged heavy rains to flood and silt up many mulberry fields. In 2024, silkworm cocoon output reached only over 1,100 tons.

Before the damage could be repaired, storm No. 10 (October 2025) caused widespread heavy rain and floodwaters from upstream, severely affecting the commune's mulberry growing area.

According to statistics, 252 hectares out of 712 hectares of mulberry in the commune were affected, many areas were buried and completely washed away.

Mulberry areas that are flooded for a long time are often severely affected, especially mulberry leaves which are susceptible to bacterial infection and rot due to being soaked in water and mud.

Not only the fields were damaged, when the water flooded, the mulberry leaves were damaged, and the silkworms being raised had to be abandoned because there was no food source. The damage piled up when both the mulberry trees and silkworms were lost, and many silkworm houses were empty after the storm.

As soon as the water receded, Tran Yen farmers were busy restoring production, prioritizing saving trees and restoring mulberry gardens and silkworm houses.

In areas where mulberry trees are flooded but not buried, farmers remove all damaged leaves to avoid infection, waiting for the trees to grow new leaves.

Thanks to the proactiveness of the people, now the mulberry fields that had their leaves stripped early have begun to sprout new shoots.

Green bean sprouts are emerging, signaling the new silkworm season is reviving.

In mulberry areas that are not completely flooded, farmers take advantage of the green leaves above to continue raising silkworms, maintaining production amid difficulties.

The pure white silkworm trays signal the beginning of the new silkworm season, bringing with them faith in a favorable farming season after the natural disaster.

More than 2 hectares of mulberry and nearly 300 silkworm breeding trays were damaged, but immediately after the storm and flood, Ms. Dinh Thi Thinh - a member of Hung Thinh Mulberry and Silkworm Cooperative, Truc Dinh village, began to restore a new batch of silkworms.

Thanks to the efforts of farmers, green is gradually covering the once deeply flooded fields, bringing with it the faith and hope of mulberry growers in Tran Yen after the storm.

With the efforts of farmers, we believe that in the coming time, new cocoon crops will continue to yield high yields, bringing stable income and hope for a prosperous silkworm season in Tran Yen.

Source: https://baolaocai.vn/tran-yen-nguoi-trong-dau-nuoi-tam-vuot-bao-post884693.html