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【Feature】Contaminated pasture grass left abandoned in disaster-hit Miyagi (March 11, 2014)
Hiroki Chiba, 57, a cattle breeder in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture who owns 60 Japanese breeding cows, keeps 50 rolls – weighing roughly 20 tons – of packaged pasture grass harvested in 2011 on a 50-are land next to his cowshed. The grass contains 8,000 becquerels or less per kilogram of radioactive fallout from the March 2011 triple meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The grass rolls are estimated to weigh around 400 to 500 kilograms each. Each of the rolls gained at least 100 kilograms more weight while left out in the open, as rainwater sank into the grass through the deteriorated plastic … Continue reading
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【News】 A set of rice varieties from six Tohoku prefectures put on sale in Tokyo (March 7, 2014)
Koike Seimaiten, a rice shop in Harajuku, Tokyo, started selling a set of six organic, low-pesticide or low-chemical rice varieties grown in six prefectures in the Tohoku region to support the region’s revitalization efforts. As March 11 marks the third anniversary of the gigantic earthquake and tsunami which hit the region, President Tadao Koike, 42, says he hopes to connect rice growers in Tohoku and consumers together by becoming a reliable supplier of Tohoku rice. More than 50 percent of rice sold annually at the shop is from Tohoku. The 6,000-yen package includes 300g each of Akitakomachi from Akita Prefecture, Sasanishiki from Miyagi Prefecture, Hitomebore from Iwate Prefecture, Masshigura … Continue reading
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【News】 Agricultural institutes in Aichi increases production of cabbages by sparse planting (March 6, 2014)
Aichi Agricultural Research Center and Higashimikawa Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Office in Aichi Prefecture said they have succeeded in increasing yields of winter cabbages for processing by some 20 percent by reducing the number of plants in a certain area by 10 percent. Through sparse planting, cabbages grew bigger and the average weight per cabbage came up to be 1.2 times more than the ones grown by the usual style of planting, they said. While prices of cabbages for processing remain low, they hope to encourage farmers to grow more cabbages by emphasizing the business merits of sparse planting. The research center conducted experimental planting with two cropping types … Continue reading
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【News】 Government to offer additional assistance to owners of greenhouses destroyed by snow (March 4, 2014)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced Monday, March 3, additional measures to support farms devastated by the heavy snow, such as virtually bearing all the expenses of removing and disposing of destroyed greenhouses. The amount of assistance for removing and disposing of greenhouses was 30 percent, but local governments and the ministry will each cover 50 percent of the costs for those who intend to continue farming, according to the ministry. The central government will offer special tax grants to local governments to cover 80 percent of their assistance. The central government’s assistance for repairing greenhouses and greenhouse shelves will be increased from 30 percent of the total costs … Continue reading
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【News】 Ban on Japan’s beef exports to New Zealand lifted (March 1, 2014)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on Friday, Feb. 28, that Japan’s beef exports to New Zealand will be allowed for the first time. The ministry, which ended bilateral negotiations with New Zealand on quarantine treatments, said getting permission to export beef to the nation with stringent quarantine standards gives Japan an opportunity to highlight the high quality of Japanese beef to other countries and further increase exports. In exporting beef to New Zealand, it is necessary to have a health certificate issued by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to certify that the meat is processed at facilities which treat meat exported to the United … Continue reading
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