대한민국 소고기 인사이트

[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%.”

[Reporter Kang-san Lee, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] In order to ease the management burden of livestock farms, South Jeolla Province will extend the repayment period for one year for Korean and beef cattle farms for feed purchase funds that mature this year. The target for the extension of the repayment period for feed purchase funds is Korean and beef cattle farms that use feed purchase funds in 2023, when the loan repayment period is due this year. Farmers who wish to extend the repayment period can submit a confirmation of eligibility for the repayment grace period project to the relevant city or county by December 31. Meanwhile, South Jeolla Province will support a 1.8% interest rate, 2-year grace period, lump-sum repayment loan for new feed purchases and repayment of existing credit balances to stabilize the management of livestock farms.

[Reporter Jinwoo Lee, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] Even with short-term fattening, consumers who purchase grilled parts such as sirloin, brisket, rib eye, and skirt meat are determined by the degree of marbling, so it seems that the short-term fattening business for Korean beef should be promoted with a focus on meat quantity. As in the ‘Cattle Breeding Method Improvement Pilot Project’ conducted at Nonghyup Anseong Ranch for three years from 2022 to 2024, the genetic information of each individual should be analyzed to divide Korean beef into meat quantity and meat quality types, and the meat quality types should be produced as high-quality meat and sold as they are now, while the meat quantity