Growing corn sticky rice - idle but quite income

With a growth time of 66-68 days, high yield and good quality, hybrid maize maize HN88 is being favored by farmers in many rice fields.

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Although it does not take much care to fertilize like some other plant varieties, hybrid sticky corn HN88 still brings good income for farmers.

The rate of 2 corn / plants of the same variety HN88 up to 30%, while many varieties only reach 5-10%.TN

Ms. Pham Thi Hoa in An Trach village, Dang Le commune (An Thi, Hung Yen) said that in the winter of the previous year, her family and many households in the village planted hybrid maize maize HN88 and saw quite good results. In the winter crop this year, households participating in production like her family were supported by the State to buy seeds, so she boldly increased the area of ​​sticky maize HN88. ' My family likes to grow sticky corn hybrids because the care is not hard, the products are easy to sell. In the winter crop last year, my house earned an average interest of 1.2 - 1.3 million VND / sao. This year I planted nearly 1 sample, estimated to have collected more than 12 million VND '- Ms. Hoa said.

Mr. Pham Ngoc Thuyen - Chairman of Dang Le Commune People's Committee said that in the past, in the winter season, people in the commune mainly planted green pumpkin, pumpkin or hybrid maize for seeds, but in recent crops, many households have moved to planting corn sticky hybrid, which has the same HN88 of the Central Seed Joint Stock Company. Estimates of An Trach hamlet field alone, farmers have planted about 100 acres. ' Local farmers now apply the method of growing sticky corn according to the minimum tillage method, ie where the harvest season is, the farmers immediately plant the corn seed. This way of helping people to enlist seasonally for 7-10 days. Currently, many areas of glutinous corn have been harvested, traders in Hanoi come to the purchasing place, so people are very assured about the output '- Thuyen said.

According to Ms. Hoa, hybrid maize HN88 not only produces high yield, high rate of 2 corns / plants but also seeds, the boiled corn is very fragrant and sweet, even when it is cold, it is still flexible and sweet, so buyers Very interested in wholesale . Usually the big, beautiful corns she sells in the field for 2,000 VND / corn, and the piles are about 1,500 VND / corn, the average of 1 glutinous cornflower she has 2-3 times higher income than rice cultivation.

Mr. Nguyen Hong Thao - one of the most cultivated corn farmers in Thuan Hung commune (Khoai Chau, Hung Yen) said that hybrid maize corn HN88 can be grown year-round, however, to achieve high productivity, farmers It is recommended to calculate the planting season to avoid stubble-sprouting corn in the months that are too dry, too hot or cold. ' Glutinous corn is usually sold fresh, so after 2 months, I start to harvest, so the amount of fertilizer and pesticide is less expensive than other crops. Like my house, each crop only needs to apply less fertilizer and apply one time at the twisting stage, combined with the disturbance, the original is against peace of mind '- Mr. Thao shared.