Yeonggwang County has completed the purchase of public reserve grains harvested in 2025.

Yeonggwang County (County Head Jang Se-il) announced that it has completed the purchase of all 11,541 tons of public reserve rice and damaged rice as of October when it began purchasing harvested rice and completed the purchase of dried rice by the 18th of this month. The rice purchase results this year are 428 tons of harvested rice, 7,746 tons of dried rice, 652 tons of environmentally friendly rice, 1,300 tons of powdered rice, and 31 tons of damaged rice. Middle settlement money (40,000 won per bag) was paid to the farmers who delivered the rice, and the final settlement money is expected to be paid at the end of December when the average price of rice in the production area is confirmed. In particular, the amount of environmentally friendly rice purchased this year increased by 190% to 652 tons from 344 tons last year, and the amount of powdered rice purchased increased by 231% to 1,300 tons from 563 tons last year. This is understood to be for the continuous business ...