Hamyang-gun, First Rice Transplanting of Functional Varieties This Year... For Chuseok Shipment in Deokam Village, Jigok-myeon

The first rice planting of the year is underway.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] On the 18th, the first rice transplanting of the year took place in Jigok-myeon, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam Province.

Mr. Park Cheol-woo, who cultivates early rice of functional varieties in Jigok-myeon, transplanted the first rice seedlings of the year in a paddy field in front of Deokam Village. While the general rice transplanting season is around mid to late May, this transplanting was done about a month earlier.

The rice varieties transplanted this time are functional varieties such as Hiami and Hyangcheola, intended for new rice shipment before Chuseok. Harvesting will begin in mid-August and the rice will be shipped as new rice around early September.

Hamyang-gun plans to invest 79.2 million KRW this year to promote a functional rice production complex covering 99 hectares in two locations, Jigok-myeon and Anui-myeon, and to ship the rice under a brand name.

An official from the county said, “Rice farmers cultivate rice by transplanting early and harvesting early to actively respond to low rice prices. They grow functional rice varieties to sell at higher prices in line with consumer trends favoring health foods.”

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