Livestock farming has decreased but Hanwoo remains the 'representative item'.

[Livestock News Reporter Kim Soo-hyung] Although the overall return to farming increased last year, the number of returnees choosing animal husbandry decreased significantly, according to a joint release by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and Statistics Korea. According to the "2025 Statistics on Returnees to Farming and Villages," the number of returnees to farming last year was 8,735 households, with 11,617 household members, a 6.0% and 8.5% increase respectively from the previous year. Despite the decrease in domestic population movement, there has been a return to farming across all age groups.

[Livestock Daily News, Reporter Kim Su-hyeong] Last year, although the overall return to farming increased, the number of people returning to farming in the livestock industry decreased significantly. According to the "Statistics on Returnees to Agriculture and Villages by 2025" jointly released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and Statistics Korea, last year saw 8,735 returnee farming households, with 11,617 household members, an increase of 6.0% and 8.5% respectively from the previous year. Despite a decrease in domestic population movement, there was an increase in returnees to farming across all age groups, with a notable rise in those aged 70 and above and among women. Conversely, the number of households returning to farming in the livestock industry decreased. Last year, there were 87 farming households raising livestock, down from 124 households the previous year, a decrease of 37 households (29.8%). The number ...