Hampyeong County provides 80 tons of sawdust for livestock farmers to use as bedding.

Hampyeong County (Mayor Lee Sang-ik) recycled fallen trees from large-scale forest fires that occurred in the area in 2023 into bedding sawdust and provided it free of charge to local Hanwoo farmers. A large-scale forest fire broke out in the areas of SinGwang-myeon and DaeDong-myeon in Hampyeong County in April 2023, resulting in the loss of over 641 hectares of forest. This year, Hampyeong County supplied 80 tons of bedding sawdust produced from trees harvested in 26 hectares of the fire-damaged area to local Hanwoo farmers free of charge through the Hampyeong County Livestock-Related Organizations Council on the 1st. Hampyeong County is promoting a pilot project for free felling of fire-damaged trees and free supply of sawdust for livestock farmers based on the felling area. Since last year, it has supplied 293 tons of bedding pallets and sawdust to livestock farmers in three rounds, contributing to the reduction of livestock farming costs. Mayor Lee Sang-ik of Hampyeong County ...