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 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural promotion agency said Tuesday that it has teamed up with a local university to find ways to preserve rice cakes for up to eight months, paving the way to expand exports. The Rural Development Administration and Kangwon National University said they have found ways to preserve [...]
SUWON, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones are expected to soon become the new ‘right hand’ of farming in South Korea. The Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services invited 100 agricultural experts and farmers on Wednesday to conduct a demonstration of rice cropping using drones. The institution is also responsible for studying and educating farmers [...]
SEJONG, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Foundation of Agricultural Technology Commercialization and Transfer announced on Tuesday it is now exporting ‘smart farm packages’ comprised of the equipment, materials, and plants needed for starting a smart farm, to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and other Central Asian countries. The foundation signed a 4.7 billion won (US$4.2 million) deal [...]
SEJONG, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, more than half of urban residents returning to the countryside for farming went back to their hometown to start a farming business, and recent data shows that in as little as five years, their household income surpassed the average income in the country’s farming industry. The [...]
BUENA PARK, United States, Mar. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT) aims to tap deeper into the United States by diversifying its product portfolio, including indigenous strawberries and citrus fruit, officials said Saturday. The country’s exports of agricultural products to the U.S. market surpassed the US$1 billion [...]