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The Jeongeup Agricultural Technology Center introduced high-quality domestic hay production technology that can reduce dependency on imported feed. On the 19th, the center held a '2025 Livestock Sector Demonstration Business Field Evaluation Meeting' at the livestock demonstration site in Deokcheon-myeon, and demonstrated the 'Domestic High-Quality Feed Production Hot Air Drying System'. The multi-stage conveyor hot air dryer that was unveiled this time is characterized by immediately loading and drying pre-dried feed on site, minimizing weather impacts, and simultaneously increasing quality uniformity and work efficiency. When the technology is applied, the moisture content of the silage can be reduced from the previous 40-50% to 15% or less, enabling hay production, and it was analyzed that the distribution cost of domestic hay is approximately 40% lower than that of imported hay. It was also found to have a 7-9% reduction in feed costs when fed to dairy cows and Hanwoo calves. ...