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Gokseong Okgwa Agricultural Cooperative (led by Chairman Gu Jeong-hun) provided free agricultural materials (fertilizer) to local apple farmers on the 11th. Okgwa Agricultural Cooperative has been continuously supporting agricultural materials every year to improve the quality of apples, the region's representative fruit. The agricultural materials being supported this time are apple-specific fertilizers that greatly help crop growth, including improving disease resistance and fruit quality. The cooperative supported 1,100 bags of apple-specific fertilizer (worth 14 million won) to 45 apple-farming households. The apple farming group expressed gratitude, saying, "Based on the Okgwa Agricultural Cooperative's continuous support, we will do our best to bear good fruit and enhance the competitiveness of our region's apples."

[Agricultural and Fisheries Newspaper = Reporter Na-ra Park] A certain apple farm in Yesan-gun, Chungnam, has made it a daily routine to install fine water spraying devices in the orchard this year and personally check the equipment every morning and evening. After suffering significant losses due to apple sunburn during last year's record-breaking heat wave, both farmers and local administration have heightened their awareness. Yesan-gun is a representative apple production area in Chungnam, and summer high-temperature damage is directly linked to local farmers' profitability. In particular, sunburn is considered a typical summer disaster that causes browning and anthracnose symptoms on apple surfaces, reducing their commercial value. The Yesan-gun Agricultural Technology Center has begun full-scale technical guidance for heat wave response by department since July.

In Yesan, the apple capital of South Korea, this region is the nation's largest producer of 'NB apples', a synonym for high-quality fruit and the pride of South Chungcheong Province's fruit industry. However, last summer's record-breaking heat wave deeply scarred Yesan's apple orchards. Due to fruit cracking, the harvest rate of marketable apples plummeted to 18%, with some farms considering complete abandonment, pushed to the brink of survival. At the 360th temporary assembly on the 15th, Chungcheongnam-do Council member Ju Jin-ha (People Power Party, Yesan 2) stated, "We can no longer dismiss heat wave-induced fruit cracking as a mere physiological disorder" and "This must be recognized as a climate disaster."