대한민국 농업 및 식품 insights

The Korea Garlic Association and the Garlic Mandatory Contribution Fund Management Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Garlic Mandatory Contribution Fund) together with the chicken franchise Hosiki Two Chicken will hold the 3rd "Garlic Day" on October 3. This event will feature a social sharing campaign called "Our Group Snack Sharing Project." The campaign is themed "On the day the sky opens, the heart opens too on Garlic Day," aiming to promote domestic garlic consumption and spread community support. The participants include schools, welfare facilities, workplaces, and clubs, and the selected groups will consume "Sweet Garlic Chicken," a popular menu item of Hosiki Two Chicken that includes Korean garlic.

[Livestock and Fisheries Newspaper=Reporter Hong Jeong-min] The 20th chairman of the Korea Pork Producers Association, Son Se-hee, held a press conference with livestock industry experts on the 29th and shared his reflections on his past four years in office, stating that he did his best to block various regulations that hindered industry development. Chairman Son Se-hee said during the conference, "Making a good world for raising pigs was the core goal, and in the policy field, we blocked excessive regulations pushed by the previous government and zeroed out the introduction of new regulations." On this day, Chairman Son mentioned that due to excessive regulations, there was the mandatory implementation of the collection of dead bodies in eight major quarantine facilities, the introduction of breeding sow history records, the mandatory installation of biogas facilities, ammonia regulation under the Air Environment Conservation Act, and regulations on foreign labor.

Shinan County confirmed the occurrence of pine wilt disease in Song-san-ri, Jaeum-myeon, San 65, on the 17th. Together with related agencies, including the Korea Forest Service, they have held an emergency strategy meeting and are making all-out efforts for prevention and monitoring to prevent the spread. Shinan County had previously experienced pine wilt disease in 2002 and 2017, but through consistent control and monitoring activities, both times it transitioned to a clean area. Until recently, it had been a clean area along with Mokpo City among the 22 cities and counties in Jeollanam-do. Pine wilt disease blocks the nutrient and water pathways of pine trees, rapidly killing infected trees, and has spread widely within Jeollanam-do, causing damage.