Hwasun-gun Urges Use of 'Seedling Box Treatment Agent Exchange Vouchers' by the 30th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Young-gyun] Hwasun County, Jeollanam-do (County Governor Gu Chung-gon) has urged farmers to use the ‘Seedling Box Treatment Agent Exchange Voucher’ by the 30th.

The county is supporting rice seedling box treatment agents for early pest and disease control to general cultivation farms (application area 3,500 hectares) this year with a budget of 350 million KRW.

Vouchers specifying the amount according to the farm application area were distributed to the farmers.

Farmers can freely choose the seedling box treatment agent and pesticide sales companies located in the Hwasun area to use the vouchers.

The seedling box treatment agent is a pesticide used on seedling trays just before rice transplanting to control diseases and pests such as rice blast, bacterial leaf blight, water weevil, and brown planthopper.

Using the seedling box treatment agent is effective in reducing the number of pesticide applications and the amount used later, thereby saving labor and management costs.

Accordingly, the county has been promoting the seedling box treatment agent support project since 2018 and has expanded the scale of support every year.

An official from the Agricultural Technology Center said, “In addition to this project, we support pest and disease control through the eco-friendly agricultural complex joint control support project and pesticide spraying labor helper support project,” adding, “We will do our best to establish a stable rice production foundation for rice cultivation farms.”

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