Hampyeong-gun Shares 'COVID-19' Farm Burden... Reduces Agricultural Machinery Rental Fees

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Hampyeong-gun, Jeollanam-do (Acting County Governor Na Yunsu) announced on the 24th that it will temporarily reduce rental fees for agricultural machinery to share the burden of local farmers suffering from the impact of COVID-19.

This measure was prepared to minimize the damage to local farmers whose business conditions have deteriorated due to economic contraction and delays in school meal deliveries caused by postponed school openings.

The reduction applies to local farmers who rent agricultural machinery for one day or more from the three local agricultural machinery rental centers from May 1 to June 30.

There are no restrictions on the types of machinery or the number of times a farmer can receive the discount.

However, only the rental fee for the first day of each machinery type will be fully waived, and normal fees will be charged from the second day of the rental period.

A county official said, “Although it is only for one day, since there are no qualifications or limits on the number of times for the discount, we expect it to help reduce operating costs for local farmers even if just a little. We will continue to promote necessary support measures for local farmers along with agricultural support policies promoted by the government and others.”

Meanwhile, Hampyeong-gun owns and manages a total of 403 agricultural machines of 69 types at the main agricultural machinery rental center (Agricultural Technology Center), the Eastern branch (Haebo-myeon), and the Western branch (Sonbul-myeon), and processed 4,134 agricultural machinery rentals last year alone.

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