Sim Deok-seop, Gochang County Governor, Visits Public Rice Stockpiling Purchase Site... Listens to Difficulties

Shim Deok-seop, the governor of Gochang-gun, Jeonbuk, visited the 2023 Public Stockpiling Rice Paddy Purchase Site (Wolsan Warehouse, Gochang-eup) on the 8th to listen to and encourage the opinions of farmers.

According to the county on that day, the total purchase volume of public stockpiling rice in Gochang-gun this year is 8,155 tons, of which 2,454 tons are paddy rice and 5,701 tons are dried rice.

Sim Deok-seop, the governor of Gochang County, visited the 2023 public stockpiled rice dry paddy purchase site on the 8th.
[Photo by Gochang County]

The dried rice volume includes 294 tons of rice powder purchased for the first time this year and 301 tons of incentive volume for farms participating in the rice cultivation area reduction agreement.

Paddy rice will be purchased by the end of this month through local agricultural cooperative RPCs and DSCs, focusing on the Sindongjin variety, and dried rice of two varieties (Sindongjin, Sugwang) will be purchased at 26 locations in towns and townships until the 28th.

Farmers participating in the public stockpiling rice purchase are sampled at about 5% of shipping farms according to the variety inspection system, and samples are collected for inspection.

If more than 20% of varieties other than the government-designated purchase targets (Sindongjin, Sugwang) are mixed, the farm will be excluded from the public stockpiling rice purchase target for five years from the following year, so special attention is required to confirm the purchase varieties.

The purchase price of public stockpiling rice is determined by converting the nationwide average farmgate rice price during the harvest season (October to December 2023), surveyed by Statistics Korea, into rough rice (40kg).

To reduce the financial burden on farmers, an interim payment of 30,000 KRW per bag will be paid immediately upon purchase.

The remaining balance will be paid by the 31st of next month after the purchase price is finalized.

Governor Shim Deok-seop said, “I sincerely thank the farmers who have made every effort to produce high-quality rice,” and added, “Related organizations such as the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service and agricultural cooperatives should cooperate closely to ensure smooth purchases and do their best to prevent safety accidents.”

Gochang = Kim Jae-gil, Honam Reporting Headquarters, Asia Economy baekok@asiae.co.kr

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