(Kimje=Yonhap News) Reporter Baek Do-in = Jeonbuk Kimje City announced on the 29th that it will operate agricultural machinery rental offices on Saturdays for a month starting from the 1st of next month to meet the harvest season of agricultural products.
During this period, the main agricultural machinery rental office in Oksan-dong and the three branch offices in Bongnam-dong, Mangyeong-eup, and Gongdeok-dong will all open normally on Saturdays.
At these rental offices, 1,493 pieces of 67 types of agricultural machinery can be reserved and used.
Jeon Geum-mi, head of the Rural Support Division, said, "We have decided to operate on Saturdays as a non-regular work schedule to help farms that are short on labor during the full harvest season," and urged active use.