“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
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【Opinion】All-out competition leads to devastation of agriculture (Sep. 26, 2016)
[By Masaru Kaneko, Professor of Keio University] Two major United States presidential election candidates – Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton – are both against the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. How meaningful is it for Japan to rush to ratify the agreement, when the U.S. is not in a situation to pass it? If Clinton becomes the president, the U.S. could make even harsher requests. The biggest points at issue are the stock breeding and dairy farming sectors. As for stock breeding, 70 percent of tariffs on beef and pork will be eliminated under the pact. If some dairy products including cheese will be subject to market liberalization, there are … Continue reading
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【Editorial】Thorough probe necessary on suspected kickbacks undercutting prices of foreign rice (Sep. 16，2016)
It was recently revealed that the system of setting prices of imported rice through state-run auctions, designed to keep the prices at certain levels, has not been working due to kickbacks. It is suspected that foreign rice is traded in the Japanese market at much lower prices than domestically-grown rice. Japan has agreed under the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal to import some 80,000 tons of rice through simultaneous buy and sell (SBS) orders, but the government’s claim that the impact of such imports on domestic rice is zero now sounds highly dubious. The government must promptly investigate the case and offer an explanation. Japan imports 770,000 tons of rice annually under … Continue reading
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【News】 Corn for feed grains growing in paddy fields: Aomori Prefectural Government challenging to locally produce feed grains for poultry farms (Sep. 20, 2016)
With a view to replacing a part of compound feeds for livestock animals, depending almost 100 percent upon imported feedstuff, with locally-produced corn for feed grains, Aomori Prefectural Government initiated a new project of implementing a demonstrative experiment for growing corn in paddy fields of 6 hectares this year. By achieving the project, the Prefectural Government aims to work out a business model which is to initiate a chicken farm business of marketing high value-added poultry produced with corn for feed grains supplied by local farmers’ association. Member farmers of the rice producers’ association are requested to implement a two-year corn-rice rotation in their paddy fields. Farm management models for … Continue reading
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【Editorial】Gluten-free labeling needed for rice flour products (Sep. 9，2016)
Products made from wheat flour, such as bread, pizza, noodles and cakes, are popular foods on the table all over the world. However, there are people who can’t eat them. They are the people with wheat allergy or celiac disease who are sensitive to gluten, a mixture of proteins found in wheat and related grains. Meanwhile, rice is a grain but is gluten-free. Rice flour is attracting attention as healthy food and has growing potential for exports. The government should create a gluten-free labeling system for rice flour products which can be accepted at home and abroad. There are a wide variety of good-tasting products made from wheat flour, but … Continue reading
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【Opinion】Learning from Britain’s dairy industry crisis (Sept. 2, 2016)
[By Nobuhiro Suzuki, Professor of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences] Recently, Japan is repeatedly hit by butter shortages. The Regulatory Reform Council has attributed the shortage to dwindling income of dairy farmers who are unable to market their products freely because of the government’s system of designating organizations which control collection and sales of raw milk. But is this really true? My friend who teaches at University of Florida told me that the United States government treats the dairy industry almost like public utility companies such as electricity and gas, as it is necessary to maintain an orderly marketing of raw milk. In Western countries, … Continue reading
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