South Korea: Pohang has begun to ship specialty raspberries and to end in June

(Pohang = Yonhap News) Reporter Son Dae-sung = Raspberries, a special product of Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, have begun to be shipped. According to the city of Pohang on the 18th, 5kg of raspberries from the facility house grown by Kim Gyu-won in Song Ramyun, Buk-gu were shipped to the Pohang Agricultural Products Wholesale Market on the 15th. Kim started cultivation on December 25 last year and harvested for the first time in 80 days. The successful bid price is 23,500 won per 500 g. For the time being, raspberries grown in facility houses will be shipped, and raspberries grown outdoors from late May to early June will be shipped. In Pohang, about 500 farms are currently cultivating raspberries in 100㏊ fields, producing 670 tons per year. Park Young-mi, head of the Pohang Agricultural Technology Center, said, "We have ...