Gyeongbuk Livestock Technology Institute Achieves 'Super Hanwoo (1.1 Ton) Production' Success!

Sales Amount of 1++ Grade Meat Approximately 14 Million Won Revenue

Gyeongbuk Provincial Livestock Technology Institute produced a super Hanwoo (1.1 tons).

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] The Gyeongbuk Livestock Technology Research Institute shipped a live 1.1-ton 1++ (intramuscular fat score 8) Hanwoo to the Nonghyup Goryeong Livestock Products Market.

The super Hanwoo slaughtered on the 20th is a male born in 2019 from a superior cow raised at the Livestock Technology Research Institute under an optimal breeding plan.

This Hanwoo was castrated immediately after failing the 6 to 12-month age contemporaneous testing system under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ breeding farm project for producing certified Hanwoo bulls, and was raised using an independent fattening cattle feeding management system.

This super Hanwoo received a final 1++B grade from the Livestock Products Quality Evaluation Service, with a carcass weight of 632 kg, loin eye area of 110 cm², and intramuscular fat score (No. 8), generating total sales revenue of approximately 14 million KRW.

Traditional Hanwoo rearing was conducted under conditions with many individual stress factors such as weight measurement, blood and hormone analysis, changes in rearing environment, and drug administration, all performed for research and development purposes to disseminate technology to livestock farms under an independent feeding management system.

For the production of this super Hanwoo, separate stress factors were minimized, and a dedicated feed additive for fattening cattle was developed.

The newly developed feed additive prevents deterioration of the rumen environment and health caused by excessive feeding of high-energy concentrated feed during fattening cattle rearing.

It also contains six types of feed additives blended in appropriate ratios to enhance immunity and further improve fattening ability; academic papers have been published and patent technology applications are underway.

Nam Jinhee, director of the Livestock Technology Research Institute, said, “This is a good example of new technology practically needed in the livestock field for animal welfare-type fattening cattle production considering the health status of Hanwoo. We will make every effort to transfer related industrial technology to simultaneously satisfy the production of safe and high-quality livestock products desired by consumers and increase the income of livestock farmers.”

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