Livestock Business Management Academy Launched to Nurture 'Next-Generation Livestock Farmers'

Gyeonggi Province is proceeding with the 'Gyeonggi Livestock Management Academy' as part of the 'Successor Livestock Farmer Support Project' to ensure the sustainability and generational transition of the livestock industry, which is experiencing intensifying aging. The 'Gyeonggi Livestock Management Academy' education plans to select 10 recommended participants each from producer groups of four livestock types: Korean beef cattle, dairy cows, pigs, and chickens. The education is scheduled to be held at the Gyeonggi Agricultural and Fisheries Promotion Corporation conference room (located in Gwangju City) on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from June 25 to December. Starting with the theme "Breathing Innovation into the Livestock Industry" on June 25, the Gyeonggi Livestock Management Academy will be structured as a field communication-oriented education that can practically help successor livestock farmers, moving away from traditional large-scale lecture-style ...