대한민국 곡물 및 시리얼 인사이트

According to the Korea Farmers' and Fishermen's Newspaper [reporter Kim Young-min], the population of leafhoppers is increasing, particularly in the Jeollanam-do region. Especially for the rice leafhoppers that caused significant damage in the Jeolla provinces last year, the outbreak pattern will be determined by density surveys conducted around late July, thus requiring special attention to pre-emptive control and monitoring. According to the Rural Development Administration, recent surveys of leafhopper populations from June onward have shown an increase in white-backed and small brown planthoppers, particularly in the Jeollanam-do region. In fact, the Jeollanam-do province confirmed that with the recent rise in temperatures, field reports of leafhopper occurrences were verified to be small brown planthoppers.

[By Song Hae-chang, Korea Farmers and Fishermen's News] The Nonghyup Central Association Chungnam-Sejong Regional Headquarters conducted a breakfast-eating campaign on the 10th at Gongju Girls' Middle School. Jung Hae-woong, head of the Nonghyup Chungnam-Sejong headquarters, local Gongju agricultural cooperative leaders, and officials from the Gongju City Youth Counseling and Welfare Center distributed rice cakes, sweet rice drink, and breakfast sets to students, encouraging them to eat breakfast. They also emphasized the importance of forming healthy eating habits through breakfast and requested interest in local agricultural products. Jung Hae-woong, head of the Nonghyup Chungnam-Sejong headquarters, stated, "Eating breakfast is greatly beneficial to teenagers' health" and added, "We will continue to conduct related campaigns in cooperation with various institutions." Gongju = Reporter Song Hae-chang

As media reports about rice prices soaring continue to emerge, the agricultural sector strongly pushed back, claiming these were exaggerated reports far removed from the actual field conditions. They argued that the price recovery was being overly inflated due to the base effect, merely stoking consumer anxiety. On the 8th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs directly refuted the Korea Economic Daily's article titled "Boomerang Effect of Government Rice Price Intervention... May Reach 100,000 Won Next Month" by issuing an explanatory statement, calling it "a report contrary to the facts." The report claimed that the government had excessively purchased rice to avoid the burden of last year's Grain Management Act revision, which led to a sharp price increase in the distribution process.