HWASEONG/GOYANG, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Lim Ju-wan, who has been raising flowers for more than 30 years, normally starts the day by taking out his smartphone to check his greenhouse instead of going outside to his land like traditional farmers. “I do not need to physically go to the greenhouses by myself as I [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., in cooperation with Daedong Industrial Co., South Korea’s largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery, has developed an autonomous rice transplanter for commercial use. It is country’s first autonomous agricultural machinery to be commercialized using mobile communications technology. The autonomous rice transplanter follows the seedbed and plants rice [...]
JINJU, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Mini bell peppers grown in South Korea are bringing new opportunities to farms in the country. The Raon pepper, a new species developed by Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services (GARES) in 2015, is gaining popularity. Raon peppers are one-fourth the size of common bell peppers, while they are [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service said on Wednesday that it has recently cracked down on 132 manufacturers and distributors of pork and kimchi that have violated rules on country of origin labeling. Out of 10,732 vendors that handle pork and kimchi across the country, the agency found [...]
ANDONG, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — As the insect industry is gaining attention as a new growth industry for the future, an increasing number of insect farms are appearing in North Gyeongsang Province. According to the provincial office on Monday, the number of insect breeding farms in the province increased from 68 in 2014 to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 28 (Korea Bizwire) - Prices of pork meat in South Korea shot up nearly 17 percent this month due to strong demand in line with increased outdoor activities such as camping, and may further rise down the road, data showed Sunday. According to the data by the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., [...]
CHANGWON, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Farmland near Junam Reservoir in the city of Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, a popular destination for migratory birds, will turn into a pesticide-free farming complex that helps both the birds and the environment. Changwon, the Morning of Junam, a farming association, and the Machangjin Federation for Environmental Movement signed [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks coffee grounds are composted and sprayed on farmland, and agricultural products grown as food for the compost will be reborn as Starbucks products. Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. announced on Tuesday that it had signed a mutually beneficial agreement with the city of Pyeongtaek on Monday, along with the [...]
CHEONGJU, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Technological work has begun to develop 17 types of functional subtropical vegetables and 11 types of fruit trees, including chayote, papaya, apple mango and noni, suitable for growing in North Chungcheong Province. Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services announced on Wednesday that it has established a master plan to [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Rural Development Administration (RDA) has developed a new livestock management system that uses information and communication technology (ICT) to allow for the management of livestock anywhere at any time. “Previously, the lack of systems that integrate various devices has forced farmers to use different, unsynchronized programs,” said RDA [...]