The crisis of suspending the spraying of livestock manure liquid fertilizer has come to a sigh of relief.

Published Dec 23, 2025

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[Korea Farmers' News Agency Reporter Ahn Hyeong-jun] Amid the suspension of livestock manure liquid fertilizer spraying at some sites due to the reason that personal information collection and consent were not obtained, the Rural Development Administration decided to temporarily suspend the collection of personal information and consent for third-party information provision until June of next year. The Korea Pork Producers Association announced that the large-scale suspension of livestock manure liquid fertilizer spraying has come to an end as of the 19th. The Soil Environment Information System 'Heuktoram' operated by the National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology revised its regulations in July to issue fertilizer prescription sheets only if personal information of the farmers cultivating the target farmland for liquid fertilizer spraying and consent for third-party information provision are obtained. The Agricultural Science Institute considers this kind of situation.

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Amid the suspension of livestock manure liquid fertilizer spraying at some sites due to the absence of personal information collection and consent, the Rural Development Administration has decided to temporarily suspend the collection of personal information and consent for third-party information provision until June of next year. The Korea Pork Association announced on the 19th that the large-scale suspension of livestock manure liquid fertilizer spraying has concluded. The soil environment information system "Huktoral" operated by the National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology revised its regulations in July to issue fertilizer prescriptions only if personal information collection and third-party information provision consent are obtained from the farmers of the targeted cultivated land. Although the Agricultural Science Institute delivered these contents as guidelines to each province, proper guidance was not provided on-site, and some local governments refused ...

Source: Agrinet