Gangjin County announced on the 24th that it had distributed 4.5 billion won in strategic crop direct payments to 3,405 farming households that cultivate rice paddies on the 22nd. The strategic crop direct payment system supports farmers who grow strategic crops in rice paddies to increase the self-sufficiency rate of food and improve rice paddy utilization. It is distributed in categories such as winter crops including oats, wheat, and barley, and summer crops including legumes, flour, and corn. The total area for distribution is 4,687 hectares, with 3,649 hectares for winter crops and 1,038 hectares for summer crops, and the unit price per hectare ranges from 500,000 to 1,000,000 won for winter crops and 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 won for summer crops, funded by the national budget. Notably, winter wheat or fodder and summer legumes are