[Agricultural Fisheries and Livestock Newspaper=Reporter Park Yu-shin] Considering the demand from farmers and the timing of field establishment of the new variety 'Sindongjin 1', it has been decided to maintain the supply of the government-distributed Sindongjin rice variety next year. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs recently announced that it has decided to maintain the supply of the government-distributed Sindongjin variety next year. Until now, the government has been breeding the new variety 'Sindongjin 1' to replace Sindongjin and has been considering a plan to discontinue the supply of the government-distributed Sindongjin variety starting next year. Since large-scale pest damage occurred in the Sindongjin variety in 2021 and the yield per unit area was high, which does not align with the government's appropriate production policy direction for rice, the need for a variety change has been raised.