Yeongdeok-gun Begins Purchase of Public Reserve Rice 'Dried Paddy'

Completion of 1820t Purchase of Fresh Rice

Purchase of 1424t Dried Rice Starting from the 14th

Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, will purchase approximately 3,244 tons of harvested rice this year as public stockpiled rice according to the government's public stockpiling rice purchase plan.

Yeongdeok-gun has started purchasing 'dried rice paddy' for public grain reserves.

The purchase volume, including incentive quantities for reducing rice cultivation area, amounts to about 3,244 tons (81,102 bags/40kg). Among this, 1,819 tons (45,481 bags/40kg) of paddy rice have already been purchased, and from the 14th, 1,425 tons (35,621 bags/40kg) of dried rice will be purchased.

This year’s purchased varieties are Ilpum and Samgwang. If varieties other than the designated purchase varieties are shipped or mixed in, the farm may be excluded from public stockpiled rice purchases for the next five years, so farmers are urged to exercise special caution.

To assist farmers in repaying harvest season funds, an interim settlement payment of 30,000 KRW will be made immediately after purchase. The purchase price of public stockpiled rice will be finalized based on the nationwide average farm-gate rice price during the harvest season from October to December and will be settled finally at the end of the year.

The county supports the cost of packaging materials for public stockpiled rice (dried rice) in ton bags (800kg) and drying fees for paddy rice to ensure income compensation and management stability for purchasing farms. This year, manpower support will be provided through NongHyup for farms shipping in small bags.

County Governor Kim Gwang-yeol expressed gratitude to the farmers who worked hard to produce high-quality rice this year and requested active cooperation from farmers and purchasing officials to ensure safe public stockpiled rice purchases.

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