Phu Tho completes spring crop planting

Up to now, farmers in the whole province have completed the cultivation of spring rice (nearly 35,300 hectares), including 12,278 hectares of hybrid rice; 20,503 hectares of high-quality rice, the rest are other rice varieties.

Farmers in Huong Non commune, Tam Nong district weed the early spring rice.

In addition to rice, the province has also planted over 3,400 hectares of corn; nearly 3,200 hectares of various vegetables, nearly 1,200 hectares of peanuts and over 450 hectares of cassava (reaching over 90% of the spring crop plan). The province has also planted 743,000 scattered trees and 1,020 hectares of concentrated forests.

Currently, pests and diseases are on the rise. Over 136 hectares of land have been infected with golden apple snails; 260 hectares with physiological diseases; 125 hectares with thrips; 37 hectares with rats; 27 hectares of corn with fall armyworms; 32 hectares of vegetables with flea beetles and nearly 24 hectares with downy mildew.

To ensure production results, the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection has directed district-level stations to coordinate with localities to guide farmers on treatment measures, and at the same time prepare to launch a concentrated rat extermination campaign. At the same time, they have instructed farmers to continue taking care of the planted rice fields with solutions such as: keeping water in the fields to ensure rice nutrition, creating conditions for rice to grow and tiller well; applying the first top dressing to the late spring rice fields and applying the second top dressing when the rice has recovered; closely monitoring the fields and weather conditions to promptly take measures to handle pests or natural disasters; speeding up the planting of green vegetables in the form of intercropping and crop rotation to avoid the situation of massive harvesting at the same time leading to a loss of value...

Phan Cuong