DAEJEON, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 10 percent of the world’s farmland could disappear if global temperatures rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a new study by South Korean and Chinese researchers, raising urgent concerns about future food security under current climate goals. The joint research, led by Professor Hae-Won Jeon of [...]
JEJU, South Korea, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Long overshadowed by the island’s famed black pigs, Jeju’s native black cattle, known as Jeju Heukwoo, are emerging as a key focus of local branding and preservation efforts. Once on the brink of extinction, the breed is now being positioned as a premium regional specialty through expanded government [...]
SEJONG, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported an additional foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) case at a local cattle farm, raising the number of cases this year to 14, the agriculture ministry said Monday. The latest case was found at the farm in the county of Yeongam, about 300 kilometers south of Seoul, which has [...]
JEONJU, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced on Wednesday that it had developed standardized guidelines for using honeybees and bumblebees as pollinators for mango trees. Mangoes are cross-pollinating crops that traditionally rely on flies attracted by seafood products for pollination on Jeju Island, the main production region in South Korea. However, [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) revealed on March 18 that individuals who transitioned to fishing communities earned an average monthly household income of 3.47 million won in their first year, according to its ’2024 Return-to-Fishing Survey.’ The survey, which included 236 first-year fishing migrants from 2023, found their [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has confirmed a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) case at a local cattle farm, marking its first outbreak of the animal disease in nearly two years, the agriculture ministry said Friday. The FMD case was found at a beef cattle farm in Yeongam, about 300 kilometers south of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. beef industry has called on the Trump administration to push South Korea to ease its restrictions on American beef imports, drawing close attention from the South Korean livestock and distribution sectors. On March 12, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) formally requested that the U.S. Trade Representative [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans consumed an average of 30 kilograms of pork per person in 2024, marking a 6.8% increase from the average consumption of the past several years, according to a report released Monday by the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI). The figure, published in the KREI’s “Agricultural Outlook 2025” report, [...]
JEJU, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Tangerine greenhouse farmers on South Korea’s Jeju Island are increasingly turning to smartphone-controlled irrigation systems, marking a significant shift toward smart farming in the country’s prominent citrus-growing region. A consortium including the Namwon Agricultural Cooperative in Jeju, the Jeju ICT Cooperative, and smart farm developer Mamkkot Garden has been selected [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Scientists in Jeju are making strides in developing artificial breeding technology for mackerel, aiming to bolster sustainable aquaculture practices and reduce dependence on wild-caught juveniles. The Jeju Marine and Fisheries Research Institute announced on Monday that mackerel hatched through artificial insemination last August have grown to approximately 110 [...]