Why Are Livestock Farmers Taking Action to Reduce Rice Production?

Ulsan City Operates Summer Forage Crop Promotion Team for Rice Paddy Fields

Direct Payment Support Provided for Growing Forage Crops Instead of Rice

A promotional team is mobilizing to encourage livestock farmers to participate in the rice production adjustment project in the Ulsan region. They are carrying out a project that supports livestock farmers to cultivate feed crops instead of rice.

On the 14th, Ulsan City announced that it will form and operate a ‘Promotional Team for Participation in the Summer Forage Crop Project on Rice Paddy Fields’ targeting livestock farmers.

The summer forage crop project on rice paddy fields is a program that provides a strategic crop direct payment of 4.3 million KRW per hectare when summer forage crops are cultivated on rice paddies that were used to grow rice last year.

Status of the Promotion Team Composed for Participation in the Rice Paddy Summer Forage Project.

Ulsan City plans to induce livestock farmers to participate in the project by collaborating with Buk-gu, Ulju-gun, Ulsan Livestock Cooperative, the Ulsan branch of the Korean Native Cattle Association, and other livestock-related organizations and groups, aiming to adjust the overproduced rice volume and increase domestic forage production.

Ulsan City is promoting participation in the summer forage crop project on rice paddy fields to about 1,600 Hanwoo cattle farmers and will accept applications until March 31.

Eligible applicants are Hanwoo, beef cattle, and dairy cattle farmers who own farmland. They can apply by visiting the administrative welfare centers in their respective eup, myeon, or dong where the farmland is located.

An official from Ulsan City stated, “Through active participation of livestock farmers in the project, we expect to reduce rice production while preserving farmland and increasing forage cultivation, thereby easing the feed cost burden on livestock farmers.”

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