Gangwon State Wins Overall Championship at National Korean Beef Competition... Yeongwol Farmer Yu Daehwan Receives Presidential Award

Yeongwol Hanwoo Named "Grand Champion"
Hongcheon Farmer Park Sideok and Pyeongchang Yeongwol Jeongseon Livestock Cooperative Also Win Awards

Gangwon State won the overall championship in the local government category at the National Korean Beef Competition, as well as the Presidential Award, the competition’s top honor.

Officials from Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province and an award-winning farm, which took the overall title in the local government category at the 22nd National Korean Beef Competition, pose for a commemorative photo at Nonghyup Anseong Farm Land in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, on the 30th of last month. Photo provided by Gangwon Province.

Gangwon State announced on November 1 that it had won the overall championship in the local government category at the 22nd National Korean Beef Competition, held on October 30 at Nonghyup Anseong Farmland in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, and received 3 million won in prize money.

In the farm category, Yu Daehwan of Yeongwol was named Grand Champion in the third division for cows that have calved, receiving the Presidential Award and 20 million won. Park Sideok of Hongcheon received the Hanwoo Self-Help Fund Management Committee Chairman’s Award, an honorable mention in the calf category, along with 2 million won. In the livestock cooperative category, Pyeongchang Yeongwol Jeongseon Livestock Cooperative received the gold prize and 3 million won.

The National Korean Beef Competition, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and hosted by NongHyup Economic Holdings, is held to select outstanding Korean beef cattle, share progress in breeding improvements, and encourage farmers to improve their herds.

A Gangwon State official said, "We are grateful to the farmers and livestock cooperative officials who have worked to improve Korean beef cattle despite difficult conditions. We will continue to support breeding improvements to enhance the quality and competitiveness of Gangwon Korean beef."

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