Despite living in the soil, in water-limited conditions but PAC 999 corn is growing well, yield "crisis".

Department for the year 2014, Binh Dinh continue to put corn in PAC 999 SX on the first leg of rice land in precarious service Hoai An district. Unexpected effectively affirmed the corn is "take away" in these difficult areas.

According to Ho Ngoc Hung, Deputy Director of the Binh Dinh Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, corn PAC 999 (ADVANTA Vietnam Company offers) were farmers from Binh Dinh included SX 3 years in many places, both in the soil, land conversion, 1 for precarious farming.

3 Department 2014, Hoai An District Extension Station coordinated with the construction of CPC Feng An SX model on foot corn farmland PAC 1 999 cases in rural parts precarious Chieu, An Phong Commune with an area of 2 ha, 32 households participation.

Despite living in the soil, in water-limited conditions but PAC 999 corn is growing well, yield "crisis".

Nguyen Van Baby (52) in 6 villages Linh Chieu team, said: "My family has 4 acres of fields alum. The year before making investment rice to those 3 though the yield of about 150 kg / sao (500 m2), no food.

In recent years, I switched to corn, rather than income, but do other corn varieties for yield and poor soil for less, only 2.5 kg / pole. Department for 3 years now, thanks to the district extension stations introduce new varieties PAC 999, I put on SX is a better effect. "

According to Baby, do invest 999 PAC corn fertilizer as do other corn varieties, but yield to 3.5 kg / pole. PAC 999 for big fruits, small pulp, grains, deeply spicy, high seed weight.

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"In the future, we will direct the training of local farmers to grow corn seed density increases, certainly in Binh Dinh corn yields will rise further," said Ho Ngoc Hung.

Mr. Tang Van Truong, deputy station chiefs in Hoai An extension adds: "PAC 999 Corn seeds have a high germination rate, fast-growing, drought-tolerant quite so in the past 3 despite the lack of water but still developing good.

In particular, little corn insect pests, plant hard to resist falling further. Green leafy durable, thick shell sealed bearing fruit. With characteristic short growth duration (90 days), corn PAC 999 is suitable for 3 cases, no fear of flood damage. "

According to calculations by maize farmers switch 3 on farmland in rural Linh Chieu, the total cost of corn PAC SX 999 is 23.5 million, which is higher than the cost of rice (nearly 20.2 million) but the yield of 71 kg / ha, while the yield was only 50 kg / ha.

Corn current selling price of 6,000 VND / kg, rice prices only 5,800 VND / kg. Thus, profits from maize reached nearly 16.9 million VND / ha, whereas rice just over 8.8 million words e / ha. "The effect of corn in the field SX switch brings big economic efficiency SX rice twice at the same time," Mr. Zhang said.

Farmer Nguyen Van Baby confided: "SX dehydration last season, I had to leave but fear overgrown wasteland, next season should hardly new SX maize. Thought is to play, not investment intensive fertilizer only 2 times during the service division, no doubt yield to 62 kg / ha. If intensive full, I'm sure the corn yield will until 70-80 quintal / ha ".
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