South Korea: Conversion of vines as by-products to forage

[Reporter Lee Dong-il of Livestock Newspaper] A pilot project to convert forest by-products into forage is promoted. The National Korean Beef Association (Chairman Sam-Joo Kim) and the Korea Forest Service (CEO Nam Nam-hyeon) announced that they would promote a pilot project to convert arrowroot vine removal by-products to forage to diversify domestic forage and preserve forest ecosystems. According to the Korea Forest Service, as vines spread due to climate change, there are great difficulties in the smooth growth of reforestation trees and the creation of a healthy forest. This pilot project is to use the removed vines and forest by-products as raw materials for forage for Korean cattle. The Korean Beef Association emphasized that this pilot project is also significant in that farmers' groups and the government cooperate to achieve carbon neutrality in the face of the climate crisis. An official from the association said, "As the price of imported forage has soared recently, we ...