South Korea: High-value-added livestock fattening with high-quality domestic feed crops

게시됨 2021년 10월 27일

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The article highlights the benefits of corn as a high-value crop for livestock feeding, given its high production per unit area, short harvest period, and suitability for harsh environments. Despite Korea's success in growing corn for feed, it relies heavily on imported seeds, even though domestic varieties offer cost advantages and equivalent or better nutritional value. The article introduces two home-grown corn varieties, 'Gwangpyeongok' and 'Dacheongok', which outperform imported counterparts in yield and disease resistance. The Agricultural Technology Practicalization Foundation is spearheading the distribution of these domestically bred seeds, with aims to increase local self-sufficiency in forage and enhance farmers' profits by promoting the adoption of superior native corn varieties.

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Kim Jong-gil, Head of Seed Business Division, Agricultural Technology Commercialization Foundation High value-added livestock fattening with high-quality domestic feed crops After being brought to Europe from the Americas by Columbus, corn has spread all over the world and is now one of the world's three largest crops. The world production of corn is about 1.2 billion tons as of 2020-2021, which is the world's most produced grain, which is twice the production of rice that we eat as a staple food. Compared to rice and wheat, the world's three major food crops, corn has high production per unit area, short harvest period, and cultivation characteristics that grow well in harsh environments. In addition, corn is not only used for direct consumption by making various dishes from grains or powder, but also used as a raw material for various processed foods such as oil and liquid fructose, and is widely used worldwide as an alternative energy crop such as bioenergy. Above all, corn has ...

출처: Aflnews