Jeju Black Pig ‘Nanchukmatdon’ Lands on the Mainland… First Supply to Gyeongnam Farms

(Jeonju=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jin-bang = The Rural Development Administration announced on the 21st that the Jeju premium black pig breed 'Nanchuk Matdon' has been distributed for the first time to pig farms in Gyeongnam. The Rural Development Administration distributed 42 Nanchuk Matdons developed by the Nanji Livestock Research Center of the National Institute of Animal Science to two pig farms in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam. This distribution was successful as the Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services promoted the introduction of Nanchuk Matdons as a breed to improve the problems of existing traditional black pigs, and farmers showed a strong will to introduce them. In the Gyeongnam region, about 50,000 black pigs are raised, mainly in the Jirisan region. Excluding Jeju Island, this is the largest number of pigs raised in inland areas. About 190,000 pigs are raised nationwide. As of last year, 983 Nanchuk Matdon breeding pigs (898 females, 85 ...