SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Two women in their 70s have died due to extreme heat, raising the death toll from this year’s heat wave to 14, the interior ministry said Tuesday. On Sunday, a 71-year-old woman was found unconscious in her home in Seoul and subsequently died from a heat-related illness, while another [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) have agreed to inject an additional 150 billion won (US$113 million) this week to stabilize the price hike of agricultural and livestock products, the party leader said Friday. According to government data, prices of agricultural, livestock and fishery products rose [...]
SEJONG, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of pigs raised in South Korea edged down in the second quarter from a year earlier following the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), data showed Friday. South Korean farms raised 11.1 million pigs in the April-June period, down 0.5 percent from a year earlier, according to [...]
WANJU, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Institute of Animal Science on Wednesday held an annual memorial ceremony to honor animals sacrificed in the name of developing the livestock industry. Every year, the agency conducts a memorial ceremony to console the spirits of animals that have been sacrificed during research and trials. The memorial [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of broiler chickens and ducks raised in South Korea fell in the first quarter of 2023 from a year earlier, data showed Thursday, following the outbreak of avian influenza. South Korean farms raised 88.85 million broilers in the January-March period, down 1.3 percent from the previous year, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of broiler chickens raised in South Korea fell 5.2 percent on-year in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, data showed Friday, amid concerns over the spread of avian influenza. South Korean farms raised 88.71 million broilers in the fourth quarter of 2022, down 4.89 million from [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed new technology that uses fermented rice husks and effective microorganisms to address the bad odor of livestock waste. A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research said Tuesday that it compounded a photosynthetic bacterium called rhodobacter sphaeroides into a cultivated effective microorganism. [...]
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, [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) said Wednesday it had developed a smart barn platform to help ensure effective livestock control and management. The newly-developed platform, dubbed TRIPLETS, can prevent disease by analyzing animal behavior 24 hours a day, while ensuring effective livestock management. The research team established [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Wednesday that it will improve the compensation payment standards for livestock culling after collecting opinions from livestock farms. Livestock culling compensation is paid to farms that cull their livestock due to domestic animal infectious diseases such as African swine fever [...]