Reduces low-capacity Korean beef cows by 10,000 heads… Nonghyup promotes supply and demand stabilization

The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Livestock Economy in South Korea has initiated a fattening support project to encourage the culling of underdeveloped cattle among farms participating in the 'Korean Beef Root Farm Development Project'. This project aims to cull 3,000 underperforming cows born after June 2022, identifying them as the bottom 20% based on the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Livestock Research Institute's genetic ability evaluation. The project will begin with five livestock cooperatives, including Changnyeong Livestock Cooperative, and will provide financial support to farms that cull a specified number of cows by November of the following year. The goal is to enhance farm efficiency, improve cattle quality, and stabilize the Hanwoo supply and demand.

The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Livestock Economy announced on the 13th that it will provide a fattening support project to support the culling of low-ability, underdeveloped cattle for participating farms in the ‘Korean Beef Root Farm Development Project’. The project is one of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Livestock Economy’s 10,000 low-ability cow reduction projects. It is being promoted with the goal of culling 3,000 underdeveloped cattle. The target animals are underdeveloped cattle born after June 2022 that are in the bottom 20% of the comprehensive selection index according to the genetic ability evaluation results of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Livestock Research Institute among the breeding cattle of 66 member farms of the Korean Beef Root Farm Development Project. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Livestock Economy will first implement the project for five livestock cooperatives, including ...