Jeju Island, supplying 5.2 tons of barley seeds... can be cultivated over an area of 690 hectares.

(Jeju=Yonhap News) Reporter Go Seong-sik = The Jeju Agricultural Technology Institute announced on the 17th that it has supplied 5.2 tons of high-quality barley seeds for beer to the Jeju regional headquarters of the Nonghyup Economic Group.

The high-purity seeds supplied by the Jeju Agricultural Technology Institute to the Nonghyup Economic Group's Jeju regional headquarters will be delivered to each regional agricultural cooperative in Jeju. The regional agricultural cooperatives operate seed distribution centers to supply the seeds to farmers.

This supply amount is 1.6 tons more than the initially planned 3.6 tons. It is expected that the renewal of superior seeds will be possible on a total area of 690 hectares.

The Jeju region has a very favorable environment for producing barley for malt due to the high permeability of volcanic ash soil.

As of last year, the barley cultivation area in the Jeju region was 1,701 hectares, with a production volume of 3,998 tons, accounting for 29.3% of the national production volume.

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