Livestock manure fermentation liquid fertilizer, pushing for exclusion from application of "spraying standards"

Livestock industry welcomes'regulation improvement' A bill has been proposed to exempt the application of spraying standards when using livestock manure fermented liquid fertilizer manufactured in facilities registered for fertilizer production to promote the resource circulation of livestock manure. On the 19th, Representative Moon Geum-ju of the Democratic Party (Goheung, Boseong, Jangheung, and Gangjin counties, Jeonnam Province) introduced the "Partial Amendment of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Manure." The background of this amendment proposal is that, under current law, livestock manure liquid fertilizer is registered as a fertilizer process standard, but, unlike chemical fertilizers, excessive spraying standards (Livestock Manure Act) are applied, which is not equitable, according to ongoing issues raised by the field. Therefore, Representative Moon Geum-ju included in the amendment that, according to Article 11 of the Fertilizer Management Act, the ...