Hwasun-gun Holds Demonstration of High-Speed Crusher for Agricultural Byproducts

[Hwasun=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Ji-woon] Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Gu Bok-gyu) has actively promoted the shredding of agricultural byproducts through projects such as shredder rental services.

The county announced on the 24th that on the 23rd, it held a demonstration of paprika byproduct shredding using a high-speed agricultural byproduct shredder at a facility farm in Hyosan-ri, Dogok-myeon, attended by 15 stakeholders including farmers.

Currently, Dogok-myeon occupies the largest area among paprika cultivation regions at the township level nationwide and is the largest production site, accounting for about 80% of South Korea's mini paprika production.

Farmers have expressed difficulties in disposing of byproducts such as plant stems that are generated in large quantities after paprika harvesting.

Accordingly, Hwasun-gun invested project funds to purchase and deploy a high-speed agricultural byproduct shredder at the Agricultural Machinery Rental Service Center.

A farmer who attended the demonstration said, "Recently, with the strengthened ban on byproduct incineration, we had many concerns about byproduct disposal," and added, "Using the shredder seems to solve both labor shortages and the headache of byproduct disposal."

An official from the Hwasun-gun Agricultural Technology Center stated, "The newly introduced high-speed agricultural byproduct shredder at the Hwasun-gun Agricultural Machinery Rental Service Center can be used to shred byproducts such as paprika and tomatoes," and requested, "Since shredded byproducts have various uses such as being converted into forage and soil organic matter, we ask farmers to actively utilize it."

Hwasun=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Ji-woon yjm3070@asiae.co.kr

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