South Korea: Policy-field institutional friction; pesticide wave aftershocks continue

Sharp conflict over improving breeding area… Number of breeding hens surpasses 80 million, the highest ever Laying hens exported to Vietnam blocked… Controversy over unreasonable regulations for edible egg sorting and packaging [Livestock Newspaper Reporter Kim Soo-hyung] The laying hens industry in 2024 was truly eventful and fierce. Since the systems created after the pesticide egg incident in 2017 have not yet been established, there were conflicts here and there, and the number of laying hens exceeded 80 million for the first time ever. We have summarized the issues in the laying hens industry this year. ◆Opening the era of 80 million laying hens According to the 2024 third quarter livestock trend survey announced by Statistics Korea, the number of laying hens was 80.545 million, an increase of 4.418 million (5.8%) from the previous year and 2.32 million (3.0%) from the previous quarter. This is the first time since Statistics Korea announced that the number of laying hens has ...