Hongseong County Agricultural Center, full-scale operation of the second half farming by-product shredding support team

Easing the burden of processing agricultural by-products Expecting to reduce fine dust generation The Hongseong County Agricultural Technology Center (Director Lee Seung-bok) will start operating the Agricultural By-product Shredding Support Team from the 3rd of next month until the second half of 2025. This project was set up to alleviate the inconvenience of elderly farmers who face difficulties in processing agricultural by-products such as chili stems, perilla stems, and fruit tree branches after harvest, and to prevent illegal incineration of agricultural by-products. The Shredding Support Team will operate the shredding machinery and provide shredding labor at no cost, and through the agency work of shredding agricultural by-products, it will reduce the burden on farmers, return the shredded by-products to the soil to practice circular agriculture, and also prevent forest fires and reduce fine dust generation by preventing illegal incineration of agricultural by-products. ...