Boseong-gun Invests 8.9 Billion KRW in Livestock Budget to Focus on Developing Hanwoo Calf Brand and More

Expansion of Designated Clean Livestock Farms... Strengthening Competitiveness through Cheongjeong Livestock Farming

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Cheon-seok] Boseong County announced on the 15th that it plans to invest 8.9 billion KRW in the livestock sector this year, focusing on 56 projects including the Hanwoo Calf Brand Development Project.

The Hanwoo Calf Brand Development Project will invest 300 million KRW to conduct systematic improvement management to produce excellent ‘Eutteum Songaji’ (Top Calves).

To foster sustainable livestock farming, the county plans to support △12 billion KRW for strengthening competitiveness in the Hanwoo industry, △500 million KRW for enhancing competitiveness in the dairy industry, △3.8 billion KRW for expanding forage production infrastructure, △300 million KRW for promoting eco-friendly beekeeping industry, △600 million KRW for livestock manure resource recycling support, and △300 million KRW for eco-friendly livestock support.

In particular, as a new policy this year, Boseong County will provide 200 million KRW to support one village-type communal composting facility to assist farms struggling with individual livestock manure treatment, preparing for the mandatory compost maturity inspection fully enforced from the 25th of next month.

This project plans to gradually expand support annually based on performance analysis.

Additionally, Boseong County is directly visiting farms mainly of full-scale size (50 cattle, 1,000 pigs, 5,000 poultry) and newly constructed farms within the last three years to accept applications for the ‘Clean Livestock Farm Designation’ in line with the current government’s 100 national agenda tasks for creating clean livestock farms.

Since 2017 until last year, 24 farms have been designated and operated as ‘Clean Livestock Farms,’ and this year the county will make every effort to designate 50 new farms.

The ‘Clean Livestock Farm Designation’ project aims to reach 5,000 farms nationwide and 1,000 farms in Jeonnam Province by next year.

A Boseong County official stated, “The livestock sector supports rural economy as a major pillar due to its many and diverse livestock species and high income, but recently, due to increasing complaints about odor and vulnerability to diseases, the breeding environment is becoming more difficult, raising concerns about the declining motivation of livestock farmers.” He added, “At times like this, we ask for efforts to practice eco-friendly livestock farming and maintain a clean breeding environment so that livestock farming can be loved by the public.”

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