“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
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【News】 “Kobe Beef”: regular shipment to Tokyo wholesale market now starts (May 1, 2016)
Dressed carcasses of “Kobe Beef,” one of the highest quality Wagyu (Japanese cattle) beefs, recently began to be shipped to the Tokyo market on regular basis. Kobe Beef’s carcasses had been available only at the markets in Hyogo prefecture. SFoods Inc., one of the biggest meat wholesalers in the country, based at Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo prefecture, began to bring about Kobe Beef carcasses into the Tokyo Central Meat Wholesale Market since late March, which are put at auction at a pace of once per month. People of the SFoods expect that Kobe Beef’s value appraised in Tokyo, the biggest Beef consuming city in the world, will be further reflected upon the … Continue reading
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[Opinion] Abolishing the designated producers system for raw milk distribution unbeneficial for producers, distributors and consumers (April 16, 2016)
<The Japan Agricultural News has asked Nobuhiro Suzuki, professor of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, to contribute an article to evaluate a recent recommendation by an agricultural working group of the government’s Regulatory Reform Council. The group proposed abolishing the nation’s raw milk distribution system, in which regional dairy co-operatives designated by the government collect milk from local dairy farmers, then negotiate with and sell the produce to dairy companies.> It is extremely inefficient to collect and sell raw milk in small units, as it is highly perishable. Such an inefficient system would confuse dairy farmers, distributors, dairy product manufacturers and retailers, and it would … Continue reading
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【News】Setouchi Triennale 2016: Artworks to bring people together on islands (Apr. 10, 2016)
A number of contemporary artworks gathers on the islands dotting the Seto Inland Sea for Setouchi Triennale 2016, a triennial art festival organized by Kagawa Prefecture and Setouchi Triennale Executive Committee. The international art festival is held in hope of bringing vitality back to these islands, which are experiencing the shrinking and aging of the populations. Visitors can enjoy traveling to each island by boats and ferries, watching the artworks and interacting with islanders. The festival has been held once in three years since 2010. The Triennale held in 2013 brought 1,070,000 visitors to the islands. The venues are scattered on 12 islands in the Seto Inland Sea including Shodoshima, … Continue reading
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【News】 Dairy farmers suffer wheel loader thefts in Shizuoka prefecture (April 30, 2016)
Theft cases of wheel loaders, machines to move aside or load heavy materials, have been increasing at dairy farms where the loaders are used to mix up cow’s manure for production of organic fertilizers. Most of the wheel loaders targeted in robbery are old-fashioned models, which are commonly not installed with the global positioning system (GPS) as an anti-theft device. An overall picture of the theft cases has not been obtained. But these cases have occurred most frequently in Shizuoka prefecture. According to a prompt report of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police Department, 19 wheel loaders of livestock farmers were stolen during a period from January to late April, exceeding the … Continue reading
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【News】 Japanese hunters’ organization to launch Drone for wildlife population survey (April 28, 2016)
Japan Hunters Association, Dainihon Ryouyukai, headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, plans to conduct a survey of the population of wild animals such as Japanese deer and wild boars with a Drone, a small unmanned aerial vehicle. A new system has been developed for counting a number of wild animals from the sky. More accurate researches on the wildlife population are expected to be useful for effective measures to capture crop-raiding wild animals. In a traditional survey of the wildlife population, a number of wild animals including Japanese deer is estimated by various ways such as a visual inspection of animal’s population and herds, finding of their dungs and footprints, and calculations … Continue reading
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