SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The numbers of beef cattle and chickens raised in South Korea rose in the third quarter from a year earlier, data showed Thursday, amid the recovering demand following eased social distancing rules. The number of beef cattle came to 3.7 million over the July-September period, up 2.4 percent on-year, [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of layer chickens raised in South Korea dropped 4.2 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier due to the impact of the bird flu outbreak, data showed Thursday. The number of layer chickens came to 70.7 million as of end-September, compared with 73.8 million a [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of layer chickens raised in South Korea fell to the lowest in more than three years in the first quarter, affected by the outbreak of bird flu across the nation, data showed Thursday. The number of layer chickens reached 62.1 million as of end-March, down 14.7 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – In the wake of South Korea’s pesticide egg scandal, popular unrest and indignation has fomented a change in attitudes that may not have been possible in ordinary times. As of the date of this article, none other than the president has spoken out about the need for reform. Reform [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been a grim summer for poultry farmers. Fears of an outbreak of avian influenza and murderous heat waves that have resulted in the deaths of millions of animals have made 2017 a year to forget. Since the “official” end of the rainy season on July 25, it is estimated [...]