[Agricultural, Fisheries, and Livestock Newspaper=Reporter Park Yu-shin] The new year of 2026, the year of the red horse, has dawned. Like the horse symbolizing passion and vitality, we wish everyone a powerful leap and progress in the new year. Facing issues such as rural aging, climate change, the artificial intelligence (AI) digital revolution, and intensifying global competition, our country's seed industry is entering a turbulent era unlike any previously experienced. The National Institute of Crop Science has newly established its mission, vision, core values, and future direction to actively respond to rapidly changing domestic and international conditions, and through the "National Institute of Crop Science Business Innovation Forum" with external experts, it has derived key tasks. In the new year,