“What Is This Year’s Agricultural Sentiment?”... Yeongdeok-eup in Yeongdeok County Completes 2025 Public Rice Stockpiling Purchase

The rice grains from Yeongdeok, which endured the unusually hot summer, have finally found their place.

On December 3, Yeongdeok-eup in Yeongdeok County, North Gyeongsang Province, completed the 2025 public rice stockpiling purchase (dried rice) at Samwon Rice Mill in Namsan-ri, Yeongdeok-eup. The process was carried out smoothly with the cooperation of local farmers and efficient on-site management.

Public rice stockpiling purchase site in Yeongdeok-eup for 25 years. Provided by Yeongdeok County

During this process, Yeongdeok-eup selected a 5% sample (five farms) of the participating farms to request a dried rice variety inspection. To ease the liquidity burden on participating farmers, an interim payment of 40,000 won per 40 kg was provided in advance. The final settlement will be paid additionally at the end of the year, once the nationwide farmgate rice price is confirmed.

Jang Deoksik, head of Yeongdeok-eup, said, "I would like to thank all the farmers who actively cooperated during the purchase process," adding, "We will further streamline the purchase work to contribute to income stability for farmers and to strengthen the competitiveness of local agriculture."

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