SEJONG, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has established quarantine and hygiene procedures, allowing for fresh eggs to be imported from the United States in order to stabilize soaring egg prices stemming from the worst outbreak of avian influenza, the government here said Monday. “The government announced the removal of import tariffs on eggs [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Skyrocketing egg prices resulting from Korea’s record bird flu outbreak are now affecting the diet of 640,000 soldiers, with egg supply plummeting in recent weeks. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, Nonghyup, is currently responsible for all eggs provided to the military, but had to reduce its supply by roughly [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will selectively open the fish farming business to conglomerates and set up a third management agency to guard the country’s southern waters from illegal Chinese fishing, the oceans ministry said Friday. In a policy goal report for 2017, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said it will [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year’s floods affecting key soybean producers in Latin America, including those in Argentina, led to a drop in the soybean harvest, which is now crippling the supply of business-to-business cooking oil in Korea – further pressuring food businesses that are already suffering from soaring egg prices from the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – According to recent data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the average egg price in Korea is up to 2.8 times higher than in overseas markets, posing a threat to bakeries and confectioneries. The ministry compared the wholesale prices of eggs in the United States, Spain, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean authorities said Friday that they are examining whether two cats found dead earlier this week were infected with a recently discovered virulent strain of avian influenza. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said they’ve so [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and China have reached a deal on their annual fisheries agreement that will set their fishing quota in each other’s exclusive waters and also require additional measures, especially by Beijing, to crack down on illegal fishing by Chinese boats, the Seoul government said Friday. The agreement was [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been over 40 days since the first report of suspected bird flu. So far, officials have culled over 27 million poultry, the largest number the country has yet to see, and although the outbreak is now showing signs of alleviation with fewer AI reports coming in, the [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A biofloc developed by the National Fisheries Research & Development Institute has proven effective not only for aquafarming but also in the cultivation of vegetables. Biofloc are particles including organisms like bacteria, fungi, algae, and zooplankton, which purify the waste products resulting from aquafarming and convert them into protein [...]
TONGYEONG, South Korea, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A smartphone-based fishing ground management system has become the next big thing for fish farm owners in Tongyeong, a coastal city in South Gyeongsang Province. According to the city government, the system was first introduced to local fish farmers in January of this year, and has so [...]