In previous sugarcane crops, at the beginning or middle of September, the sugarcane growers had harvested to sell to the factory. But in this sugarcane crop, currently sugarcane growers in Hau Giang have not been able to step in to harvest sugarcane to supply raw materials to the factory. Concerns about the output of sugarcane, about the price, the way to buy sugarcane are weighing on the growers here.
Nearly a lifetime of stick people, but never had Tran Van Duyen, 75, in My Loi B hamlet, Hiep Hung commune, Phung Hiep district, worried like this year.
If every year, this time, traders have come to the house contact to buy sugarcane. This year, following the policy of the Can Tho Sugarcane Joint Stock Company (Casuco) stated that it was directly purchased with farmers but up to now no one has come to ask about sugar purchasing, although 1 His ha ha has arrived at harvest time.
According to Mr. Duyen: “Now I don't see anyone or a trader coming in to buy it. I don't know who to sell to and who to hire to collect. The price of a ha is a few hundred tons, so how can I eat it all? reserve high price, while sugar cane to the point of sale, if not sold, flood damage ”.
At a recent meeting with the leaders of Hau Giang province on sugar consumption, Mr. Le Hong Thai, Chairman of the Board of Directors, General Director of Can Tho Sugar Joint Stock Company said: Currently, no purchasing sugarcane as well as putting Phung Hiep Sugar Plant into operation on September 15 as expected because this time, sugarcane has not reached the high sugar level yet, if harvested early, it will cause damage to sugarcane growers.
Accordingly, the Company will recalculate the output of premature ripening sugarcane, plan a specific harvest in each region, each time and the plant will officially operate in early October.
Currently, the Mekong Delta has three sugar factories in operation, including Phung Hiep Sugar Factory, Soc Trang Sugar Factory and Tra Vinh Sugar Factory, with a total capacity of 1.5 million tons of sugarcane, while the amount of raw sugarcane in Region this year significantly reduced, only meet about 50% of the pressing capacity of the factory.
Therefore, there is no reason when the Sugar Factory lacks raw materials, the Company does not buy sugarcane from people. The company pledged to purchase all sugarcane from Hau Giang farmers.
Mr. Le Hong Thai, Chairman of the Board of Directors, General Director of Can Tho Sugar Cane and Sugar Joint Stock Company, added: “I pledge to the provincial leaders to buy all the sugarcane from the people, rather than not signing contracts. copper is not bought by people.
We will not let Hau Giang farmers leave a sugarcane in the field. I commit to people like that. Like it or not, we want to have to produce it in October ”.
Although Can Tho Sugar Joint Stock Company is committed to purchasing all sugarcane from the people. However, with the floor price offered by Casuco Company is 700 VND / kg in the field for sugarcane reaching 10 words of sugar, making sugarcane growers worried that they will continue to taste another bitter sugarcane crop.
Facing this situation, Mr. Truong Canh Tuyen – Vice Chairman of Hau Giang People's Committee suggested localities to coordinate with the specialized industry to update the difficulties of farmers in this sugarcane crop to have a plan to remove and support in time. and there will be new policies in the coming sugarcane so that farmers can stick with sugarcane.
“Casuco is also developing new policies to apply for the sugarcane crop 2020-2021 and later. For example, the Company will provide interest-free seeds and fertilizers to farmers; the second is assisting farmers in cutting, cutting and especially researching and calculating the buying price to ensure that sugarcane growers have peace of mind and continue to grow sugarcane in the coming period “- Mr. Truong Canh Tuyen pointed out.
At one point, the total area of sugarcane in Hau Giang grew to more than 15,000 thousand hectares. However, the consecutive losses of sugarcane have made people here not interested in this crop, so the sugarcane area has decreased significantly. In this sugarcane crop, the whole province has only more than 8,000 hectares. If this year continues to taste the bitterness from sugarcane then surely the next crop of sugarcane will have more farmers turned away from sugarcane.
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