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 [...]
BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – China’s commerce ministry said Wednesday that it is “highly concerned” about a recent rejection of some Chinese garlic imports by South Korea, asking Seoul to properly handle the trade dispute. South Korea’s state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. returned about 2,200 tons of garlic to Lanling County in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Protecting Korea Project, a Korean NGO established to secure food security for Korea and solve world famine and poverty through organic farming in overseas lands, has been also leading an unprecedentedly massive organic farming project in Brazil. About 30 young Koreans are developing the 119 sq km organic farm [...]
“The central and local governments are focusing on disinfection and preventive measures while blaming the avian flu on migratory birds. However, the fact is that infectious diseases such as avian flu cannot be prevented without any improvement in their breeding environment enhancing their welfare. The governments just ignore the fact.” “Milder forms of bird flu [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – What would you do with huge piles of dead leaves along the streets? A slew of agricultural technology management authorities turn these useless fallen leaves into useful ones by using them to make compost. Seowon District in Cheongju City offers a service to this end in which the city [...]
Latest Installment Features a Young Leader in Animal Welfare SMITHFIELD, Va., Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — At 30 years old, Ashley DeDecker, PhD., already has received accolades for her efforts to improve animal care and welfare in the pork industry. Her work, representing one of Smithfield Foods’ key sustainability commitments, is featured in the latest [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Global warming and climate change have not just resulted in the world-wide rush to develop alternative energy or eco-friendly vehicles. The seemingly inescapable phenomenon has impacted on a huge chunk of arable lands across the globe. Climate change can affect both crop yield and the land area suitable for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Domestic roses cultivated with South Korea’s own technology are to be exported to an overseas market for the first time. South Gyeongsang Province signed an agreement with Indobloom, a farming company in India, on October 14 to export domestic roses to the South Asian nation. According to the agreement, the [...]