Mayor Kang Jin-won visits the site of the first early-season rice harvest of the year in Gangjin County.

Kang Jin-won, Mayor of Kangjin County, visited the site of the first rice harvest of the year on the 20th to encourage the farmers. Mayor Kang visited the site of the earliest rice harvest in Kangjin County this year and engaged in grassroots investigation, consoling the hard work of the farmers and listening to the difficulties they are experiencing. Kim Haeng-ho from Hanlim Village in Byeongyeong-myeon, who was met at the early-maturing rice harvest site, said, "There were many difficulties in rice farming due to concentrated heavy rains and frequent rainfall," and added, "It is encouraging that you came to the farming site despite your busy county administration to share our concerns." The first harvested rice variety in Kangjin is early-maturing Jinok, which was harvested about 116 days after transplanting on April 26. This is more than a month shorter than the cultivation period of general rice varieties, allowing it to avoid weather disasters such as drought and typhoons, as ...