The number of Aaronia cultivation farms in Danyang, North Chungcheong Province, has decreased significantly due to excess production and increased imports of powdered aronia, leading to falling prices. Last year and this year, 285 farmers closed some or all of their orchards as part of a government project that subsidized the cost of picking up trees. As a result, the number of Aaronia cultivation farms decreased by 63% in three years. Farmers who gave up Aaronia farming switched to cereal farming. The project will end this year, and 140 farms will continue to build Aaronia.