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大豆「ちくしB5号」転換進む 収量、豆腐適性に注目 福岡

大豆「ちくしB5号」転換進む 収量、豆腐適性に注目 福岡

福岡県の大豆産地が新品種「ちくしB5号」への転換を進めている。従来の主力「フクユタカ」に比べて収量が平均で8%多く、豆腐適性が高いとされる。生産・実需の双方から注目が集まる。品種特性を発揮して収量を安定させられるかが焦点となる。  豆腐適性が高い「フクユタカ」の主産地である九州では近年、天候不順から収量の減少が続き、実需が要望する安定供給の面では課題があった。  「フクユタカ」が作付けの約9割を占める福岡県では、県農林業総合試験場が開発した品種「ちくしB5号」への全面転換を計画する。2022年産は、県内の2JAで作付けた。その一つであるJAたがわは、全面転換となる410ヘクタールで栽培し、採種にも取り組む。同年産は大・中粒比率で8割を超えており、安定した粒別比率となった。  同JA営農企画課の山本明広課長は「これから期待ができる品種」と手応えを話す。  同JAでは、降雨後に素早くまくことができる播種(はしゅ)技術を推進し、収量を伸ばしてきた。新品種は、早まきが可能で長雨による播種遅れ防止に一層期待が高まる。同JAの麦大豆部会の山口忠秋部会長は「所得向上になる」と意気込む。  実需も豆腐適性を評価する。九州産大豆などを使用した豆腐の製造・販売を手がける田川市の豆腐メーカー三好食品工業は、新品種を使用した商品化を進めている。日本豆腐協会会長で同社の三好兼治代表は「フクユタカと遜色なく、安心して作れる」と収穫量の安定を期待する。  JA全農ふくれんは「県域の大豆部会を通じて生産者への情報提供などを行い、実需者が求める安定供給を実現したい」と需要拡大を支援する。県では、安定した種子供給体制を整備し、九州一体となった品種切り替えによるロットの安定化を目指す。 引用:https://www.agrinews.co.jp/economy/index/135889

Prices of agricultural materials post record high in 2022, hit by increasing costs of fertilizers and feed

Prices of agricultural materials post record high in 2022, hit by increasing costs of fertilizers and feed

TOKYO, Feb. 1 — The agriculture price index for 2022, released by the agriculture ministry on Jan. 31, showed that the index for production materials was 116.6 with the base year being 2020, which means materials prices rose 16.6 percent in two years. The prices marked the highest since 1951 when data became available, up 9.3 percent from the previous year. The index for fertilizers was 130.5, up 27.1 percent from a year before and that for livestock feed posted 138, up 19.4 percent, pushing up the index for overall production materials. The agriculture price index shows changes in prices of agricultural production materials and farm produce. While materials prices […]

Yellow nabana canola blossom carpets signal arrival of spring (Awa, Chiba Prefecture)

Yellow nabana canola blossom carpets signal arrival of spring (Awa, Chiba Prefecture)

CHIBA, Jan. 30 – Spring is here already on the Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture. Canola flowers are in full bloom on the southern side of the peninsula in Awa, creating beautiful yellow carpets. The region is a primary producer of edible canola blossoms (nabana in Japanese) and is in the busy harvesting season. The temperature rose to 14 degrees Celsius on the 20th of this month, and farmers were busy harvesting in the fields in Minami Boso City. They pick nabana with tight buds one by one by hand and put them in a large basket on their backs. A local agricultural cooperative in Chiba, JA Awa, covers three cities […]

Will new year bring jump in demand for jumbo rabbits?

Will new year bring jump in demand for jumbo rabbits?

AKITA, Jan. 9 – The year 2023 is the year of the rabbit in Japan. Speaking of rabbits, the Semboku region in the Southern part of Akita Prefecture traditionally grows jumbo rabbits for meat. In 2022, the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs certified its deeply rooted food culture of eating jumbo rabbit meat as a “100-year food” of Japan. Since then, there has been a jump in the popularity of rabbit meat as a healthier option. The region grows Akita-improved Japanese White, a breed with thick white fur. Some of them weigh over 10 kilograms. Growing rabbits for food started in the Meiji Era to improve diet in rural parts […]

Bluefin tuna fetches ¥36 million at New Year’s auction in Tokyo

Bluefin tuna fetches ¥36 million at New Year’s auction in Tokyo

A bluefin tuna fetched ¥36.04 million ($273,000) on Thursday at the New Year’s auction at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market, more than double the top price last year, as the restaurant and food industries look to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The price paid for the 212 kilogram fish caught by a vessel operating out of a port in Oma, Aomori Prefecture, far exceeded last year’s top price for a tuna of ¥16.88 million and is the sixth highest since comparable data became available in 1999. Tokyo-based intermediate wholesaler Yamayuki and the company operating the restaurant Sushi Ginza Onodera jointly won the bid held at one of Tokyo’s most popular tourist […]

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