South Korea: High-value-added livestock fattening with high-quality domestic feed crops

Kim Jong-gil, Head of Seed Business Division, Agricultural Technology Commercialization Foundation High value-added livestock fattening with high-quality domestic feed crops After being brought to Europe from the Americas by Columbus, corn has spread all over the world and is now one of the world's three largest crops. The world production of corn is about 1.2 billion tons as of 2020-2021, which is the world's most produced grain, which is twice the production of rice that we eat as a staple food. Compared to rice and wheat, the world's three major food crops, corn has high production per unit area, short harvest period, and cultivation characteristics that grow well in harsh environments. In addition, corn is not only used for direct consumption by making various dishes from grains or powder, but also used as a raw material for various processed foods such as oil and liquid fructose, and is widely used worldwide as an alternative energy crop such as bioenergy. Above all, corn has ...