date:Mar 13, 2013
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Korea also increased its production of mixed feeds in 2012, producing 18,480 metric tons, an 11 pe rcent year-on-year increase and its largest ever.
In turn, swine feed production has increased, up 27 per cent, thanks to the rapid recovery of the hog population from the formidable inventory loss due to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in early 2011.
As of December 2012, Korea's swine inventory is at 9.9 million head, also the largest ever.