대한민국 곡물 및 시리얼 인사이트

[Reporter Gu Ja-ryong, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] As local governments are trying to use the rice farm management stabilization fund, which is fully supported by local government funds, to give priority to farms that have reduced rice cultivation by linking it with the government’s rice cultivation area adjustment system, there are growing voices calling for it to be stopped. The Jeon Nong-Busan-Gyeongnam Federation and the Jeon Yeo-Nong-Gyeongnam Federation, along with the Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and representatives of civic groups and progressive parties in the Gyeongnam region, held a press conference in front of the Gyeongnam Provincial Office on the 17th to condemn the combination of the government’s rice cultivation area adjustment system and Gyeongnam Province’s rice farm management stabilization fund support project. In a press release, the participants stated, “By reducing rice farming by 80,000 ha, domestic production will decrease by approximately 400,000 tons.”

[Korea Agricultural and Fisheries Newspaper Reporter Kim Young-min] The Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Institute (hereinafter referred to as the Rural Development Institute) will supply 470 tons of whole-grain rice seeds to farmers in March. The varieties to be supplied are 300 tons of the ‘Mokyang’ variety and 170 tons of the ‘Yeongwoo’ variety developed by the Rural Development Administration. The use of whole-grain rice is evaluated as being able to increase the domestic forage self-sufficiency rate while replacing general rice. In addition, when whole-grain rice is fed to Korean cattle as feed, there is no difference in meat quality compared to imported forage, and in the case of dairy cows, it has also been shown to increase milk production. In fact, the Rural Development Administration conducted a test with a research team at Seoul National University on feeding whole-grain rice for feed to Korean cattle and dairy cows, and the results were as follows:

South Korea’s Major Feedmill Group (MFG) has issued an international tender to purchase up to 140,000 metric tons of animal feed corn, European traders said on Thursday. The deadline for submission of price offers in the tender is Friday, March 7. The corn is sought for arrival in South Korea in two consignments each of