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[Reporter Woo-Jeong Lee, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] Pyeongchang-gun will be the first local government in Gangwon-do to provide 400 million won in the Agricultural and Livestock Product Price Stabilization Fund to livestock farmers who are suffering from double hardship due to the decline in Korean beef prices and the rise in feed costs. This subsidy was decided on by the Pyeongchang-gun Agricultural and Livestock Product Price Stabilization Fund Management Review Committee on February 14, and will be paid to a total of 116 farms after reviewing eligibility upon receiving applications from livestock farmers. The target farms are farms that have been in Pyeongchang-gun for more than a year and are shipping Korean beef and beef cattle. The support will be provided up to 30 heads and 5 million won per farm. The county announced the difference support plan in November last year.

The Korea Hanwoo Association (Chairman Min Kyung-cheon) announced the pledge requirements for establishing a stable supply system for domestic agricultural and livestock products and strengthening food security ahead of the 21st presidential election to be held on June 3. The Hanwoo Association emphasized that since this election is being held early due to impeachment, practical policies should be established to resolve social conflicts, unite the nation, and recover the stagnant economy. In particular, it stated that the food security issue due to the climate crisis is no longer an issue limited to the agricultural sector but an issue that requires a response at the national strategic level. Recently, amidst the ongoing instability in agricultural and livestock product prices and rising production costs, it is necessary to establish a policy to stabilize farm household income.

[Reporters Jinwoo Lee and Hyunwoo Lee of the Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] The U.S. beef industry has requested the Trump administration to reconsider Korea’s ban on importing cattle aged 30 months or older. The Soybean Association has pointed out Korea’s regulations on LMOs (genetically modified organisms) as non-tariff barriers and demanded improvements. As voices in the U.S. demanding greater opening of Korea’s agricultural and livestock product market are growing louder, the agricultural industry is getting nervous. This is because the Trump administration, which announced reciprocal tariffs in April, may demand reconsideration to ease Korea’s non-tariff barriers. In addition, a U.S. White House official targeted Japan, saying, “The tariff on U.S. rice is as high as 700%.”