Billionaire farmer grows sweet potatoes
Gone are the days of doing business in the style of “lucky” or completely dependent on the weather, farmers now plant whatever crops, at any time of the year, have to apply science, technology, listen. Waiting for the market to hope for a good season and a good price,” Nguyen Van Cuong – a billionaire who specializes in sweet potato cultivation in My Thai hamlet, My Thai commune (Hon Dat) shared his secret to getting rich.
50 years old, but Mr. Cuong has 35 years of age growing sweet potatoes. From the original 2ha of land (in 1996) given to him by his parents as a livelihood, Mr. Cuong now owns 35ha of farmland, along with machines and warehouses worth billions of dong. For Mr. Cuong, this is a “passed down” profession, but now, Mr. Cuong’s way of doing things has changed a lot compared to before.
Before seeding, Mr. Cuong always had a careful calculation. At the beginning of the crop, Mr. Cuong Lan inquired regarding this season, what kind of crops are planted here, what kind of seeds are planted there, how much is the total planting area… At the same time, taking advantage of the relationship from traders, Mr. Cuong also information on seasonal calendars of regions in the country and neighboring countries to make them different. Whenever he saw a lot of potatoes, Mr. Cuong switched to growing rice, vegetables, watermelon, taro, palanquin… and vice versa, he changed crop varieties to avoid diseases and to avoid falling prices.
Mr. Nguyen Van Cuong, billionaire farmer in My Thai hamlet, My Thai commune (Hon Dat district, Kien Giang province) next to his family’s sweet potato field.
According to Mr. Cuong, sweet potato plants are favorable for 4 seasons, but are susceptible to pests and diseases. Must regularly check, visit the field, if not detected early, the disease will spread from one potato field to another.
While most farmers in the area usually plant potatoes in the sunny months (from January to regarding April, harvest), Mr. Cuong grows them in the rainy months from May to October because of the strong dike. .
Mr. Cuong’s advantage is that he cultivates on a large area, with full equipment and machinery, which saves time and costs. On average, each year, Mr. Cuong earns 3 billion VND from 52 hectares of sweet potatoes.
Realizing that the export rice market has many advantages, this winter-spring rice crop 2022 – 2023, Mr. Cuong cooperates with Loc Troi Group to cultivate clean rice on a total area of 52ha of land.
“The enterprise said that the price of DS 1 rice is currently at a record high of 8,700 VND / kg, ST 24, ST 25 also increased to over 7,000 VND / kg, so I and my relatives are very excited,” said Mr. Cuong. According to the My Thai Commune Farmers’ Association, in addition to being a good economist, Mr. Cuong also helps 7 difficult households in the locality by lending tens of millions of dong without interest for production, actively participating in the work. society, such as building roads, building bridges, giving gifts to the poor…
Growing rice is rich by clinging to the field.
Mr. Danh Oanh Na, a good farmer in production and business in Tran Tac Chien hamlet, Ban Thach commune (Giong Rieng district, Kien Giang province) earned billions of dong, minus 500 million dong of profit from 120 workers collected from the field. rice harvest.
Asking Mr. Danh Oanh Na (53 years old), from Tran Tac Chien hamlet, Ban Thach commune (Giong Rieng district, Kien Giang province) regarding the secret to getting rich from the field, he shared: “Farming must be diligent and adhere to the calendar. seasonality, application of scientific – technical advances in production such as process soil preparation, sowing, sowing sparsely. Every season is the same, every disease has the same medicine. If you want to make a lot of money, you must do business together to reduce costs. That’s it!”. “That’s all!”, but not everyone can do it.
“That’s it!” but every year, Mr. Danh Oanh Na earns billions of dong, minus the expenses, there is a profit of over 500 million dong from 120 workers. In addition, he also has a cultivator, a combine harvester, ready to serve people at a cheaper price than the market, which also helps him to have a few tens of millions of dong more.
Starting a business, his parents gave him 5 almighty and stragglers, following 22 years of hard work and thrifty spending, Danh Oanh Na and his wife bought 115 more fields and machinery for production.
Not only that, Mr. Danh Oanh Na is also a typical Khmer farmer in local movements. In farming, he chooses high-quality rice varieties that are suitable for market demand and mobilizes people to work together.
People in the hamlet still talk regarding ten years ago that Danh Oanh Na did not hesitate when he decided to sell 150 bushels of rice for 12 million VND, and then mobilized people in the hamlet to contribute to building the bridge. Iron pillar connecting the two hamlets of Ta Yem and Tran Tac Chien because children in the commune went to school through the dangerous ferry.
And yet, when the commune had a policy to build a rural road through the hamlet, he exemplary cut down more than 1,000 eucalyptus trees of his family so that the project might soon be built.
Although he had food and property to eat, but Mr. Danh Oanh Na still decided to stick with the field. In his spare time, he still casts fishing nets because he thought: “Sitting without eating, mountains still fall. I live in the countryside, I only want to get rich by clinging to the fields.
