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On the 24th to 26th of last month, Cheongsong County conducted a 'Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Certification and Apple Multi-Axis Cultivation Training' for 1,943 members of the Cheongsong Apple GAP Business Group (Chairman Shim Jae-seon). The Cheongsong Apple GAP Business Group is known to be an organization that practices eco-friendly farming based on low-pesticide and high-efficiency pest control, aiming to produce safe and high-quality apples, and has been contributing to improving the brand image and recognition of Cheongsong apples. According to Cheongsong County, in this training, Kim Hyung-gap, the Education Committee Chair of the Korea GAP Association, lectured on the GAP certification system and safety management measures.

(Sejong=Yonhap News) Reporter Song Jeong-eun = Apple and pear cultivation areas have continued to decline for three consecutive years. According to the Statistics Korea's provisional results of the '2025 Barley, Spring Potato, Apple, and Pear Cultivation Area Survey' released on the 27th, this year's apple cultivation area is 33,246 hectares (1 hectare = 10,000 m²), which is 67 hectares (0.2%) smaller than last year. Following declines of 2.4% in 2023 and 1.4% last year, this marks the third consecutive year of decrease. Although the number of farms cultivating apples increased due to last year's price rise, with immature apple tree cultivation areas growing by 8.1%, the overall cultivation area, including mature trees, decreased due to the Gyeongbuk wildfire damage. Pear cultivation area is 9,361 hectares, 60 hectares (0.6%) smaller than last year, also marking three consecutive years of decline. In 2023 and last year, pear cultivation areas decreased by 0.8% and 1.9%, respectively. This year's barley cultivation area is 34,314 hectares, an increase of 1,480 hectares (4.5%) from last year. By crop, barley increased to 25,235 hectares, up 1,937 hectares (8.3%), due to last year's price increase. Wheat cultivation area decreased by 457 hectares (4.8%) to 9,079 hectares due to deteriorating weather conditions. Spring potato cultivation area is 14,927 hectares, a decrease of 594 hectares (3.8%) compared to last year, influenced by planting period price drops and temperature.

Key Insight: According to the World Agricultural Chemical Network's Chinese website, multinational company IHARA recently exclusively revealed to AgroPages the launch of two innovative fungicides, MIGIWA (active ingredient: ipflufenoquin) and PROPERTY (active ingredient: penthiopyrad), specifically designed to prevent and control apple black spot disease and powdery mildew. These diseases directly impact the yield and fruit quality of apples, melons, grapes, mangoes, roses, and other fruit tree crops.