SEJONG, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean livestock farms generated more than 50 million tons of manure last year, with most of it being repurposed as compost and liquid fertilizer, according to a government survey. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on April 24 the results of its 2023 livestock environmental survey, [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of manure generated by livestock farms every year is estimated at more than 50 million tons, most of which is used as compost, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs conducted a complete enumeration survey on the current state of livestock [...]
JEJU, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – As part of a new initiative to eliminate flies at Jeju City livestock farms, natural predator insects will be distributed to farmers. The city of Jeju on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju said Tuesday that it will push for a pilot project to eliminate pests using a wasp known as [...]
SUWON, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Gyeonggi Agricultural Research & Extension Services has developed an eco-friendly extermination technology to eradicate houseflies, often a problem for livestock farmers, using natural predators. The research center entered an agreement to transfer the breeding technology of ‘Carcinops pumilio’, a natural predator of houseflies, to the private research laboratory Korea [...]
SEJONG, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agriculture ministry said Tuesday that it has lifted a movement ban on local livestock farms as no additional cases of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease have been reported in over a month. Last month, the ministry also released a standstill order on poultry farms in 20 regions as there [...]