South Korea: New Zealand sheep and goat livestock exhibition as eye-catching

Published 2024년 7월 30일

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Daesung Ranch in Hwacheon, Gangwon-do, is set to produce Korea's first domestic lamb by next year, aiming to reduce reliance on imports, which have surged by 450% over the past decade. The ranch has imported top breeding sheep from New Zealand and plans to capture at least 10% of the domestic market, requiring 40,000 female sheep. Chairman Cho Se-hwan is also promoting the use of pure-blood New Zealand breeding stock for Korean beef and is recruiting local farmers to adopt advanced breeding techniques to boost Korea's meat industry.
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Korean-style lamb production ‘challenge’… “We will lead the lamb industry” As the popularity of lamb has steadily increased over the past decade, lamb imports have continued to increase. Lamb imports increased from about 6,000 tons in 2014 to 27,000 tons last year, a 450% increase over the past 10 years. Although the domestic lamb market continues to expand, 100% of the lamb distributed domestically is currently imported and is entirely dependent on imports. There is an ambitious plan to supply domestic lamb produced in Korea to the lamb market dominated by imported meat. I personally visited Daesung Ranch, which is exhibiting live livestock with the goal of producing the first domestic lamb in the first half of next year. #Bred livestock directly imported from New Zealand on display Daesung Ranch, located in Hwacheon, Gangwon-do, opened the ‘New Zealand Livestock Exhibition Hall’ on June 21st and displayed the best breeding animals directly imported from New Zealand. Suffolk, one ...
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