SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean agricultural cooperative is pushing to introduce a vending machine selling livestock products, such as pork and beef, targeting the increasing number of single-person households in the country, industry sources said Friday. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, known as Nonghyup here, will first showcase the dispenser at [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s rice output fell to the lowest level in nearly 40 years in 2017 amid the government’s efforts to tackle the yearslong oversupply of the staple grain, data showed Tuesday. The country’s rice production reached 3.97 million tons this year, down 5.3 percent from 4.2 million tons produced [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will reduce sampling inspections carried out on U.S. beef after no unauthorized materials that pose health risks have been found in products over the last five months, the agriculture ministry said Thursday. Currently, 30 percent of U.S. beef is subject to a sample physical check as the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s rice output is expected to drop below the 4 million-ton mark for the first time in over three decades, due mainly to bad weather conditions in the harvest season, government data showed Tuesday. The country’s rice production is expected to come to 3.96 million tons this year, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new technology has been developed that enables speedy manufacturing of vaccine seed viruses for foot and mouth disease, regardless of the type. A research team led by Park Jong-hyeon at the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA) said that it had succeeded in creating a gene substitution system [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Friday it will test for pesticides and other agricultural chemicals, as well as residual medicines, such as antibiotics, before issuing egg farms the state-administered food safety certification. The announcement by the Korea Agency of HACCP Accreditation and Services (KAHAS) comes amid growing public anger over sales [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Russia have agreed to jointly build a seafood processing complex in the Russian Far East to develop the underdeveloped region with abundant natural resources, marine ministry here said Friday. Korea Trading and Industries Co., Busan Port Authority and two other local companies signed a memorandum of [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials declared on September 5 that the world’s first gas heat pump possessing the “triple threat” capabilities of heating, cooling, and generating carbonic acid gas as fertilizer had successfully passed on-site testing. Previous methods of providing greenhouses with heating and cooling required the [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to give rice to developing nations after it joins an international food assistance convention as part of its ambition to stabilize the local rice supply and help the needy around the world, the farm ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it is preparing steps [...]
GOESAN, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — For the people of Goesan County, North Chungcheong Province, the period of “gimjang” or kimchi-making in November is the most critical time of the year. The sky-high demand from urban populations for Goesan’s specialty, salted cabbage, has the region seeing healthy yearly returns on its leafy vegetables. Just last [...]