"Now Summer Begins"... First Nationwide Rice Harvest in Icheon

120kg Harvest in Hobup-myeon... 126 Days After Rice Planting
Mayor Kim Kyung-hee "Determined to Produce the Nation's Best Quality Rice"

As daytime temperatures in the central region soar up to 35 degrees Celsius, continuing the early summer heatwave, attention is drawn to the fact that rice harvesting has already taken place in some areas.

At the first rice harvesting event of the year held in Hobup-myeon, Icheon-si, Mayor Kim Kyung-hee of Icheon and officials from Hobup Nonghyup are holding up the harvested rice.
[Photo by Icheon-si]

On the afternoon of the 20th, Icheon City in Gyeonggi Province held a rice harvesting event at Anpyeong 3-ri Field in Hobeop-myeon. This rice harvesting event was the first of its kind nationwide this year. Icheon, well known for its "Imgeummanpyo Icheon Rice," is a representative rice-producing area.

Sponsored by Icheon City and organized by the Icheon Hobeop Agricultural Cooperative, this rice harvesting event targeted an early-maturing variety planted in a 900㎡ Yeondong House. Earlier, on January 15th of this year, Icheon City and Hobeop Agricultural Cooperative soaked the rice seeds, and on the 19th of the same month, they sowed the seeds. The rice harvesting took place 126 days after transplanting on February 16th.

The amount of rice harvested that day is expected to be about 120 kg. The harvested rice will be sent to related organizations to help neighbors in need in Icheon City.

Kim Kyung-hee, mayor of Icheon City, said, "This rice harvesting event is an important occasion that expresses the city's determination to produce the highest quality 'Imgeummanpyo Icheon Rice' nationwide," adding, "We will do our best to promote and boost the consumption of Icheon rice in the future."

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