대한민국 오일 및 지방 인사이트

[Reporter Hyungjun Ahn, Korea Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper] The Korea Pork Producers Association held a regular general meeting and finalized this year's budget and business. At the '55th Regular General Meeting of Delegates' held at the BMK Convention in Daejeon on the 26th, with approximately 130 delegates in attendance, the 2024 financial statements, 2025 membership fee imposition standards, 2025 business plan and financial budget were proposed as agenda items and passed as originally proposed. The Korea Pork Producers Association's budget for this year is 9.6686 billion won, a decrease of 2.678248 billion won (-21.7%) compared to 12.34684 billion won in 2024 (after the supplementary budget). In addition, the introduction of a vice-chairman nomination system and expansion of associate member membership were introduced.

[Reporter Jang-hee Lee, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] Gyeonggi Province, which ranks second in the country in terms of pig farming, will invest 6.1 billion won this year to foster a sustainable Korean pork industry, including improved breeding stock and improved livestock environments. The ‘Strengthening the Competitiveness of the Korean Pork Industry’ project, which has been steadily promoted for the past 15 years, will secure about 1.1 billion won in provincial funds this year, supporting a total project cost of 6.1 billion won, the highest budget ever, which is a 164% increase from the previous year. The ‘Strengthening the Competitiveness of the Korean Pork Industry’ project aims to supply breeding stock with excellent genetic ability, and supports various projects for livestock improvement, such as meat production ability testing, body type evaluation, and pig herd genome analysis, while also supporting labor

[Reporter Jae-nam Kang, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] Pig farmers are protesting the increase in slaughter fees by the Jeju Livestock Cooperative. On the 14th, the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Council of the Korea Pork Producers Association (Chairman Jae-woo Kim) announced its opposition to the Jeju Livestock Industry Cooperative’s plan to increase slaughter and dismemberment fees and demanded a withdrawal. On the 7th, the Jeju Livestock Cooperative notified the Jeju Pork Provincial Council that it would increase the pig slaughter and dismemberment fees by 14.4% starting from the 1st of next month, citing investment in facilities and facility maintenance to improve the production quality of livestock product auction houses and an increase in incidental costs due to rising prices. The increased fees will be from 29,000 won to 23,900 won for pigs weighing less than 105 kg and 53,700 won for pigs weighing 105 kg or more.