NongHyup Chairman Kang Hodong Drives Smart Combine: "Smart Agriculture Is a Necessity, Not a Choice"

NongHyup Holds Smart Farming Operations Demonstration in Hwaseong
Autonomous Machinery Can Determine Its Location and Detect and Avoid Obstacles
Reducing Labor Needs, It Can Help Ease Rural Labor Shortages

NongHyup will step up efforts to promote the adoption of smart farming operations using autonomous agricultural machinery.

On October 28, NongHyup held the "Smart Agricultural Work Demonstration by the Agricultural Machinery Bank" at Jeongnam NongHyup in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. The event included updates on the development of a platform for outsourced smart farming operations, a showcase of autonomous agricultural machinery, and demonstrations of smart farming operations.

Nonghyup Chairman Kang Hodong demonstrates rice harvesting by driving a smart combine at the Agricultural Machinery Bank Smart Farming Demonstration held in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, on the 28th. Nonghyup

Some 500 people attended the event, including Kang Hodong, chairman of NongHyup, Song Ok-ju, a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Korea, and local farmers. They reviewed the development of a platform for real-time management of outsourced farming operations and viewed smart agricultural machinery and materials. Chairman Kang took part in a rice-harvesting demonstration using a smart combine, showcasing NongHyup's smart farming operations service.

Autonomous agricultural machinery uses advanced technologies such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) and sensors to determine its own location, detect and avoid obstacles, and control its route. NongHyup expects the technology to reduce labor requirements and farmers' fatigue while improving work precision, helping to address labor shortages in rural areas.

To promote outsourced smart farming operations in line with government policies, NongHyup is supporting the purchase of autonomous agricultural machinery, developing NongHyup cooperatives specializing in smart farming operations, and operating a real-time management platform.

"Outsourced farming operations and smart agriculture are necessities, not choices, if we are to address labor shortages in agriculture and rural communities and build a sustainable future for agriculture," Chairman Kang said. "NongHyup will do its utmost, together with the government, to strengthen the competitiveness of future agriculture and accelerate the transition to smart agriculture."

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