South Korea: Announcement of new support measures such as calf production stabilization system in January next year

Beef import bill from Ireland and France pending in National Assembly References present Chairman Kim Sam-joo “Measures first, income later” [Livestock News Reporter Kim Soo-hyung] The government has decided to prepare and announce various policies to support livestock farms, including the calf production stabilization system, in January next year. Minister Jeong Hwang-geun announced this at the National Assembly Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on October 30. At the meeting on this day, the draft import sanitary conditions for beef from Ireland and France was deliberated, but it was judged that more discussion was needed, so it was postponed to the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee. Minister Jeong Hwang-geun said in a progress report, “Ireland and France requested permission to import beef in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and since 2011, they have been following legal procedures such as preliminary ...