Hamyang-gun Conducts First Rice Transplanting of Hiami Variety ... Harvest Expected in Mid-August

Early Harvest of New Rice Scheduled for Mid-August for Pre-Chuseok Shipment

Rice Planting for the First Time This Year in Deokam Village, Jigok-myeon
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The first rice planting of the year in Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam, took place on the 15th in the front fields of Deokam Village, Jigok-myeon.

Mr. Park Cheol-woo, who cultivates early rice every year in Deokam Village, Jigok-myeon, conducted the first rice planting in the front fields. Considering that the general rice transplanting season is around mid-May, this was done about 25 days earlier.

The first planted rice is the ‘Hiami rice’ variety, cultivated for early new rice shipment before Chuseok, and it is shipped as new rice through Hamyang Nonghyup.

Currently, 38 farms (35ha) in Hamyang-gun are cultivating rice for early shipment.

Farms practicing early cultivation annually produce under contract with Hamyang Nonghyup. The rice produced this way is sold at a higher price than regular rice.

A county official stated, “To actively respond to low rice prices, rice farmers produce rice by transplanting early and harvesting early, shipping it as Chuseok new rice, which allows them to receive higher prices and helps generate additional income for the producing farms.”

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