SEJONG, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government will promote the distribution of watermelons whose stems are cut-off during harvesting, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) on April 14. Watermelon stems have been a conventional indicator of the quality and the freshness of watermelons for Koreans, who have created a [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Mini-plant pots are gaining popularity, as city residents can satisfy their green thumbs at their homes and offices without having to deal with the complications associated with taking care of big plants. According to a report by online retailer 11st Street on March 5, sales of mini-plant pots through [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean researchers opened a new door to recycling livestock blood from fallen farm animals, as the disposal of livestock blood into marine waters is no longer permitted under the 2013 Animal By-Products Regulations. The Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL) has developed a method of fabricating amino acid fertilizers from livestock [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of South Korea’s food agency has announced that the country will run designated slaughterhouses for chickens and cattle based on halal standards. Minister Lee Dong-pil of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said at a Cabinet meeting presided by President Park Geun-hye on March 17 that his ministry [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Rural Development Administration (RDA) has developed an incredibly fast and low-cost quality evaluation technology for grass forages using Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIS), according to a statement on March 12. The current evaluation process usually takes 3 to 5 days, while it only takes 5 minutes with the newly developed NIS [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean companies afforested a total of 43,182 ha in eight countries last year. According to the Korea Forest Service’s report on February 24, these companies have contributed to reforestation in Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Paraguay and Uruguay. The 43,182 ha figure was an increase of 23 [...]
JINCHEON, Korea, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Frustration against the factory farms of large-sized livestock raising and distribution companies is growing among local farmers following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. According to officials from Jeungpyeong and Jincheon counties in North Chucheong Province, local farmers are asking for the withdrawal of factory farms run by large companies, as [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has suspended quarantine inspections of Canadian beef after the major exporter confirmed its first case of mad cow disease since 2011, the agriculture ministry here said Sunday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it has stopped quarantine inspections of Canadian beef, which began Friday [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of individuals returning to Jeju to take up farming is skyrocketing due to a lack of jobs in urban areas, the retirement of baby boomers, and other social factors, including people’s longing for pastoral lives. According to the Jeju Self-Governing Provincial Office, the number of individuals starting up [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Three more cases of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease have been confirmed in South Korea, raising worries that the animal disease keeps spreading in the country, government officials said Saturday. One FMD case was confirmed at a cow farm in Icheon, 80 kilometers west of Seoul, said the officials from the [...]