“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
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【Opinion】 Concerns over Japan’s boost of feed rice production (April 19, 2016)
The Japan Agricultural News Senior special writer, Masaru Yamada Many farming regions in Japan are working on increasing cultivation of rice for livestock feed in an effort to improve the supply-demand balance of rice. The total acreage reached 80,000 hectares last year. The production is highly likely to continue expanding in the future, backed by rich government subsidies and support from agricultural organizations. This has also helped gradually recover the prices of table rice. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries estimates that there is roughly 4.42 million tons of potential demand for feed rice. If some 10 million tons of corn imported from countries such as the United States … Continue reading
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【News】 Agricultural cooperatives’ volunteers gather in Kumamoto prefecture joining works of farm product shipments (May 3, 2016)
In Kumamoto earthquake-hit areas, members of a volunteer team sent by a number of agricultural cooperatives (JAs) in the country as well as by JA’s national organizations have been playing an active role in making up for the workforce shortage at marketing facilities of farm products operated by JAs and their federation in Kumamoto prefecture. 71 staff members of JAs and JA’s organizations, arriving at Kumamoto prefecture during four days since May 1, set up the third group of JA volunteers. Members of the group, wearing a uniform vest, are now engaged in works of grading and packing melons and mini-tomatoes at the Second Horticultural Product Collection and Distribution Center … Continue reading
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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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