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[Interview] Harvesting adzuki beans with combines instead of sickles… National Institute of Crop Science to distribute Neoul and Yeoul in 2027 after Arari and HongmiinResearcher Ju Young-kwang and senior researcher Lee Seok-ki identify challenges: pod height and simultaneous maturity Upright varieties cut harvest labor by 95%… Farmers hesitate over combines costing…2026.10.30
[Previewing KIEMSTA] AI farm machinery to fill labor gaps gathered in one place… International Agricultural Machinery & Materials Fair opens Nov. 4Applications received from 434 companies in 24 countries for Daegu EXCO… Future Agriculture Hall expanded to 44 booths and export consultations extended to two days2026.10.28
[Lee Hyun-woo’s Crooked Line] 91% of drones for complete farmland survey are Chinese-made… Farmland data security raised in three National Assembly auditsSecurity review omitted on grounds of classification as “simple equipment and goods”… Procurement and operation standards must be fixed first, along with development of domestic alternatives2026.10.27
GINT Attaches “AI Kits” to Existing Farm Machinery to Prevent Farm Work AccidentsBeing demonstrated at eight rental centers as part of the Ministry of Science and ICT’s Public AX project Clear regulations are needed on who is responsible in the event of an accident2026.10.24
Training and Hiring for Agricultural Machinery Maintenance Personnel Have All Dried Up… Agricultural Machinery Society Points Out 73% of Rental Centers’ Staff Are Non-Regular WorkersHigh school agricultural machinery departments fall from 80 to 35 in 40 years; only 68 cumulative top-level “engineer” certificate holders Special session at Busan fall conference calls for legalizing…2026.10.23
[Interview] From farm machinery app to farming AI… Daedong Connect’s “AI Daedongi” receives 170,000 questionsDaedong Connected Business Team Assistant Manager Lee So-hyun: “We will grow it into an app farmers turn to every day” Of 60,000 subscribers, 89% are farmers without Daedong farm machinery… Internal v…2026.10.21
NongHyup Audit Sparks Clash Over Direct Election and External Audit Body as “Government Control”... Lawmakers Rebuke 5.45% Delinquency Rate at Agricultural and Livestock CooperativesNational Assembly Agriculture Committee presses Chairman Kang Ho-dong over legal risks and rehiring of close associates... Concentration of interest-free funds in South Gyeongsang also under scrutiny2026.10.19
[National Assembly Audit] Of 6,603 New Technologies from RDA, 260 (3.9%) Tested on Farms…Research Results Fail to Cross the Threshold to the FieldNational Assembly Agriculture Committee points to 46% variety dissemination, no follow-up meetings by agricultural robot consultative body, and only 7 satellite analysis staff Commissioner Lee Seung-d…2026.10.15
[Interview] KSAM President Jeong Seon-ok…ISMAB 2026 to Share Agricultural Machinery Market and Industry Trends from Five Asian CountriesHeld October 20–24 at BEXCO in Busan together with the fall academic conference…317 abstracts and 550 participants expected Seven special sessions and four technical lectures, with emphasis on agricul…2026.10.15
[Interview] Shin Jae-hoon, Head of the Agricultural Intelligence Data Team at the Rural Development Administration: “Isaac does what general-purpose AI cannot”Seven months after the dedicated team was launched, version 2.0… Rechecked 300,000 field photos overnight for two months, raising diagnostic accuracy to 92%2026.10.14