Pyeongtaek City Opens Applications for 4 Agricultural Materials Support Programs

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City is accepting applications for four agricultural materials support programs for next year, including seedbed soil for nurseries, pest control agents, customized fertilizers, and mid-term herbicides.

The application period runs through the 29th of this month, and applicants can submit their applications at the eup, myeon, and dong administrative offices in their residential and farmland locations. To minimize inconvenience for farmers, the eup, myeon, and dong administrative offices will handle all applications with a single form.

Beneficiaries of the programs are scheduled to be announced in January of next year, and the city plans to proactively implement the initiatives in cooperation with agricultural cooperatives to ensure smooth preparations for next year's farming season.

A city official stated, “We will continuously establish an organic cooperative system with related organizations such as agricultural cooperatives to enhance agricultural competitiveness,” and added, “We plan to promote various policies to improve the farming environment for farmers.”