“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】 Livestock and dairy farmers hardly hit by powerful earthquake in JA Kikuchi area, Kumamoto prefecture (April 17, 2016)
In early morning on April 16, Kumamoto region of Kumamoto prefecture on the Kyushu Island was severely struck by a powerful earthquake centering in the region, which registered an upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale. Tremors of the earthquake were more violent than those of an earthquake, registering an intensity of 7 on the scale, which hit the same area on the evening of April 14. The earthquake and a number of aftershocks caused widespread suffering in the Kumamoto region. Damages caused on agriculture by the earthquake have been reportedly increasing. The Japan Meteorological Agency announced that the earthquake striking the Kumamoto region before dawn on April 16 … Continue reading
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【Series】Noh no IKEBANA Let’s exhibit respective characters of each material (1) Arranging root vegetables respecting strength of earth (Apr. 1, 2016)
“Noh no Ikebana” is a type of Japanese flower arrangements in which farmers arrange agricultural products using agricultural implements and other familiar instruments as containers. In this series of articles, experts of “Noh no Ikebana” from all over Japan will demonstrate how you can best arrange the materials and containers you choose. Keiko Kowata, 79, Iwate Prefecture, has 40 years of experience in Noh no Ikebana. Root vegetables are suitable for the arrangement to be displayed for a long period of time, as they often require no water. In autumn, you can use fresh vegetables with leaves in order to celebrate harvest season. In winter, it will be interesting to … Continue reading
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【News】Exclusive lunch box full of gibier and edible insects sold to promote food culture of Shinshu province of Japan (Apr. 6, 2016)
A very special lunch box went on sale just recently in Ina-shi, Nagano Prefecture. It’s a boxed lunch called “Inadani Meibutsu Chinmi Bento (meaning a lunch box full of local rare delicacies of Inadani region)” and it contained various rare ingredients including wild boar meat, bee larvae, locusts, silk worm pupae, and young water bugs. The very exclusive bento boxes were sold on April 10, 2016, at the Cherry Blossom Festival held at Ina Park. Only 100 boxes were prepared and sold at 1500 yen each. The idea of selling such unique lunch boxes came from a group of retail store owners and local residents, the foundation for the protection … Continue reading
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【News】 MAFF survey: Most of female farmers’ businesses involved in food processing (April 5, 2016)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) recently released a report on females’ launching of new farm businesses at rural societies. MAFF has surveyed those activities in the country every two years since 2009. According to the MAFF’s latest report, a number of agricultural businesses started by women farmers totals 9580 as of March 31, 2015, 139 less than the previous survey conducted in fiscal 2012. A main factor for the decrease is retirements of aged females. 74 percent of the total businesses operated by female farmers in the country are involved in food processing, followed by distribution and marketing of farm products (70 percent) and agricultural production (25 … Continue reading
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【News】 Grating installment effective to prevent wild boars from damaging farm products (March 29, 2016)
Tokushima Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Support Center, based at Ishii-cho, Tokushima prefecture, has confirmed that a frame of metal bars called “grating” effectively prevents wild boars from entering farmlands. The grating is a framework of crossed metal bars mainly used for covering gutters and drains. Once wild boars pass on the grating, they will keep away from the metal framework so as to avoid having their hooves caught in spaces of grating’s bars. A number of farmers in mountainous areas install fences around their community and farmlands to prevent wild animals from damaging agricultural products. However, these fences cannot be put around the access of a road for people … Continue reading
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