Produced 76 tons of domestic oat seeds at the Soyangho Eco-friendly Cultivation Complex, South Korea

- Rural Development Administration, 'High Speed' and 'Dark Horse' continue to expand... Efforts to improve the seed self-sufficiency rate The Rural Development Administration recently announced that it had produced 76 tons of domestic oat seeds in an eco-friendly oat cultivation complex upstream of Soyangho Lake, Inje-gun, Gangwon-do. The Rural Development Administration signed a business agreement with Inje-gun and the Soyanggang Branch of Korea Water Resources Corporation to create an oat seed complex since 2017 in order to reduce farmhouse management costs through substitution of imported varieties and self-sufficiency of seeds. From April 5 to 20, the National Academy of Food Sciences sown half of the domestic forage oat varieties 'High Speed' and 'Dark Horse' on an area of 50 hectares. ‘High Speed’ and ‘Dark Horse’ are oat varieties for forage nurtured by the National Academy of Food Science, Rural Development Administration. They can be cultivated and harvested twice a year. ...