Pyeongtaek City to Sell Used Farm Equipment to Local Farmers

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 10th that it will proceed with the negotiated sale of 21 units of 4 types of aged farm machinery that had been used as rental equipment by the Farm Machinery Rental Business Center, enabling farmers in the city to purchase them.

This farm machinery sale is being carried out in accordance with Article 78 of the Enforcement Decree of the ‘Public Property and Goods Management Act (Methods and Special Cases for Sales of Unused Items)’ to reduce the economic burden on farmers. The sale includes 21 units of 4 types such as manure spreaders and will be sold to farmers residing in local governments.

Farmers wishing to purchase the unused farm machinery should directly examine the equipment at the Farm Machinery Rental Business Center during the advance notice period from the 13th to the 24th and submit a purchase application form.

Applicants must submit accompanying documents that prove their status as farmers, such as a farmland register. Considering that these are unused farm machines, buyers must take into account that the equipment condition may not be in normal state. A drawing will be held on the 28th.

Farmers selected as private contract recipients can take possession of the farm machinery after paying the appraised value determined for each piece of equipment.

In cases where two or more people wish to purchase the same type of equipment, the recipient will be selected through a drawing. Those who are absent or have a proxy attend on the day of the drawing will be excluded from the drawing.

An official from the Agricultural Technology Center said, “This project is being implemented to ease the economic burden on farmers caused by purchasing expensive farm machinery,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to become an Agricultural Technology Center that works with farmers by prioritizing the sale of unused rental equipment to farmers whenever legal requirements are met.”