Province, Ricefields, and Farmers

It came to us that the rice fields were ready for harvesting a few weeks ago before we traveled to Cebu City. The husband and I brought Matti to take some clips of the commotion in the ricefield however when we arrived at a neighboring ricefield, the farmers were all done with harvesting and were about to go home, some were at the ricefield but they were already threshing. Still, we took advantage of the light and took video clips of the surrounding.

There were still some parts that were not yet harvested and I believe they were scheduled to be cut the next day. Farmers take advantage of the sunny days and harvest their crops before the rainy days arrive. They harvest by cutting the rice plants with a scythe or sickle by hand, they use a machine thresher then they still have to dry those grains before they can send the sacks of dried grains to the milling. It takes a lot of processes and so it is understandable if farmers would demand a higher price for their rice products. I had talked to one of those workers who dry the rice grains and they have to be attentive to the weather, when there's a sign of rain, they have to put everything back into their sacks, we are not talking about one sack of rice grain, they usually dry more than 20 sacks.

It's just sad that our farmers here in the country are not compensated enough for their efforts, some would even ask for discounts like they are almost asking for it for free.

Anyway, in this video, you'll see the common view in the province, mountains, birds flying, birds perching on electric lines, locals on their motorbikes, some walking on rocky roads, farmers in the ricefields, cows, and the rice paddy landscapes.

Our house is just nearby, it took us just five minutes to reach here.