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  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 →

  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 →

  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 →

  The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will offer subsidies to farmers whose greenhouses were destroyed from the weight of snow, if they are to continue farming, a senior ministry official revealed Friday, Feb. 28. The ministry offers subsidies to those who restore their greenhouses, but it has decided to extend the subsidies to farmers who plan to continue farming in other forms, said vice agriculture minister Yasuhiro Ozato at a joint meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party’s agriculture and forestry division and research commission on agriculture, forestry and fisheries strategy. Earlier this week, the ministry compiled a set of assistance measures to farmers who suffered damage from the … Continue reading →