Gwangyang City’s ‘Livestock Farm Helper Support Project’ Shows Great Effectiveness

Alleviating Labor Shortage in Rural Areas and Enhancing the Quality of Life for Livestock Farmers

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Gwangyang City announced that the Livestock Farm Helper support project, which is being promoted together with the Livestock Cooperative, is showing great effectiveness.

The Livestock Farm Helper support project provides manpower support to assist with cattle management when Hanwoo cattle farms face difficulties due to sudden accidents, illnesses, or family events, and also handles manure disposal for farms lacking manure processing equipment.

When applying for feeding management support, assistance is provided for routine farm tasks such as feeding and cleaning water troughs, and when applying for manure disposal support, manure processing is carried out using a skid loader.

The manure disposal work costs 250,000 KRW for 4 hours per day, with the city and Livestock Cooperative supporting 200,000 KRW and the farm bearing 50,000 KRW. Feeding management costs 150,000 KRW per day (for up to 30 heads), with the city and Livestock Cooperative supporting 120,000 KRW and the farm paying 30,000 KRW.

So far, 48 farms have received helper assistance for manure disposal, and 1 farm for feeding management.

Lee Sam-sik, Director of Agricultural Support Division, said, “We expect that the Livestock Farm Helper support project will help resolve labor shortages in livestock farms and improve work efficiency,” adding, “We plan to continue various policies and maintain interest to improve the quality of life for livestock farmers.”

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