“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
Watch and try to unveil the mystery of Japanese Wagyu. English, French and Chinese Subtitles are available (Spoken only in Japanese).-
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【News】 JA-ZENCHU and agricultural cooperatives share advanced experiences to promote hand-on farms for associate members both in cities and villages (Nov. 15, 2016)
People of an agricultural cooperative (JA) group are growing a strong interest in a hands-on farm, which, they recognize, is an important tool for facilitating development of agriculture in urban areas. JA-ZENCHU (Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives) or JAs’ apex body in Japan recently printed an additional 500 copies of a handbook for opening hands-on farms, since a flood of orders have poured on to deplete the stock of the books. One thousand copies of the handbook had been originally printed for staff members of JAs and their prefectural unions. The handbook is increasingly used not only at JAs located in urban areas, but also at JAs in rural regions. … Continue reading
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【Report】Angry voters, including farmers, elect Trump U.S. president（Nov.16&17,2016）
[Washington, D.C./ By Ed Maixner, Journalist] In upset surprising pollsters and politicians in the United States and worldwide, Donald Trump, the American Republican Party candidate, won four years as president of the United States this week, riding to victory on a tidal wave of angry working class voters fed up with the central government in Washington, DC. Many still smart from the big recession of 2009 that they believe has cost them jobs and economic security, and they blame political leaders. Although Clinton won the usually Democratic-leaning west coast and northeast regions of the U.S., Trump swept up strong margins across all southern states and nearly all other inland states, which … Continue reading
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【Opinion】 Experts’ opinions on government panel proposals (Nov. 12, 2016)
Yoshiaki Masuda, professor at the University of Shiga Prefecture, and Yoshikazu Taniguchi, professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture, expressed their opinions regarding the proposals made on November 7 by an agricultural working group of the Council for Regulatory Reform. [By Yoshikazu Taniguchi, professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture] Council’s true goal denial of JA The true goal of the discussion on agricultural reform by the Council for Regulatory Reform is, as I interpret it, denial of agricultural cooperatives (JAs). What slips in and out of the proposal is the ideology of market fundamentalism that calls for undermining and segmentalizing the agricultural coops to help private companies to buy their businesses. … Continue reading
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【News】 Farm management advisors of agricultural cooperatives for increasing agricultural incomes of core farmers awarded at ZEN-NOH convention (Nov. 18, 2016)
ZEN-NOH (National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Association) or a national business organization of agricultural cooperatives (JAs) held a national convention of farm management advisors of agricultural cooperatives, who are called “Team for Agricultural Coordination” or TAC providing guidance to core farmers through maintaining face-to-face interactions with those farmers, at Yokohama city on November 17. Some 580 members of TACs and directors of agricultural cooperatives come to Yokohama from various part of Japan to join the national convention named “2016 Convention for TAC Power-up.” At a ceremony of the convention, Kitabiwako Agricultural Cooperative in Shiga prefecture received ZEN-NOH president’s award, a supreme award for the most excellent TAC team of the … Continue reading
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【News】 LDP’s lawmakers bitterly opposing agricultural reform proposal made by Government advisory panel leading to “bankruptcy” of agricultural cooperatives (Nov. 18, 2016)
The Agriculture and Forestry Division of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and LDP’s agricultural caucuses held a joint meeting on November 17 to discuss how to handle a radical proposal on agricultural reform, which was made on November 7 by an agricultural working group of Government’s advisory panel named as the Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform. LDP lawmakers’ objections and angers against the proposal erupted at the meeting. They fiercely opposed the proposal because it could interfere in business activities of the private sector. A number of LDP’s agricultural caucus members urged that their ruling party should put forward its own proposal on the agricultural reform. It is … Continue reading
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