Mushroom insights

Vologda Oblast has exported a 14-ton batch of chaga (birch mushroom), representatives of the regional Rosselkhoznadzor said. This time, entrepreneurs have established cooperation with Vietnamese businessmen.

[Reporter Young-gyu Cho, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] This year’s pine mushroom production is experiencing difficulties. This is because the high temperature this summer continued until mid-September, which slowed the growth of pine mushrooms. Compared to previous years, the full-scale pine mushroom harvesting season has been delayed by about two weeks, which is causing growing concerns among pine mushroom farmers. Although pine mushroom production has been increasing slightly since mid-September as the daytime temperature has been below 25℃, it is expected that it will be difficult to overcome the previous year’s level. This year’s pine mushroom production is not going smoothly. According to the status of pine mushroom auctions by the National Forestry Cooperatives Federation, as of September 30, the forestry cooperatives selling pine mushrooms are Gangwon

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