South Korea: Sales of excellent seeds for food crops, general farm households apply in February

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-seop = The Rural Development Administration announced on the 4th that it will start selling excellent seeds for food crops such as rice and field crops. The first sale (free of charge) for local rural development organizations will be finalized in late January after receiving applications from the 5th to the 19th. After the first sale, the remaining amount is sold to general farmhouses for a fee. You can apply for this second sale at the Si/Gun Agricultural Technology Center from the 7th to the 18th of next month, and it will be confirmed in late February. Items for sale include rice, beans, sesame seeds, perilla, peanuts, millet, millet, millet, edible skin, finger millet, red bean, potato, and sweet potato. Among them, sweet potatoes are sold separately, regardless of the first or second phase, considering the planting time according to the growing season (40 to 60 days). The seeds will be distributed through the new variety seed ...