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While the consumption of sake has dropped due to the effect of the new coronavirus, it is affecting the production areas of rice, which is suitable for brewing. In Hyogo prefecture, which has the highest production volume of rice suitable for sake brewing, demand is expected to drop by 30%, and the contracted quantity is being forced to revise. It may affect the production plan after next year's production, and the anxiety spreads to the producers. (Koki Kitasaka)
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It may affect next year's production plan
President Nishihara watches over rice planting work. This year, we reduced the planting area of rice suitable for brewing by 10% (in Miki City, Hyogo Prefecture).
Yoshikawa-cho, Miki city, Hyogo prefecture, where the area of rice grown by Yamada Nishiki, which is suitable for sake brewing, accounts for 80% of the area of rice fields in the region. About one month later, one month later than the main breed "Koshihikari" in the prefecture, rice planting of "Yamada Nishiki" began in earnest. The producer's expression is stern, "What is going on in the world around the time of harvest?" Masaharu Nishihara, the president of the Tomioka Farming Association, who handles 15 hectares of paddy rice in the Tomioka area of the town while looking at the seedlings, is worried about the autumn.
”The cause of worries” of the people involved in the production area is the decrease in consumption of sake due to the new Corona damage. According to the Japan Sake Brewing Association Central Association, shipments will drop by 9% year-on-year in February, 12% in March, and 21% in April. May is being calculated, but it is expected to be at the same level as April. The central assembly analyzes that “the situation is more serious than the figures, because there are places where the distribution inventory has accumulated.”
♪ The production area is beginning to be affected. JA Mid-Agricultural Hyogo has received a series of inquiries from its business partners since mid-April, requesting a review of the contracted quantity for the 2020 crop that will be harvested this fall. "We are currently in discussions with the expectation that we will have to review 30% of the original contracted quantity (about 15,000 tons)," said Yasuhiro Tsuchida, General Manager of Zenno Hyogo.
In response to a serious situation, Zenno Hyogo issued an emergency notification to the prefecture's producers in late April in collaboration with JA Minori, JA Hyogo Mirai, and JA Hyogo Rokko. We called for conversion from rice suitable for brewing to staple food varieties.
However, many farmers started to grow seedlings, and "most of them cannot be changed. It was too late when the problem surfaced" (JA officials). It was "several percent" (the same) that could reduce production from the initial production plan.
Upon receiving an urgent notice, the Tomioka Farming Association reduced the planted area of rice suitable for brewing by 10% and switched to a staple food variety. The income per 10 ares is expected to be halved compared to "Yamada Nishiki", but the president of the Nishihara says, "The production area and the brewer are Ichiren Takusho. While the brewer suffers, I would like to cooperate with the production center to reduce production." Make a decision.
Hyogo Prefecture will also move to its own support. June 2008 supplementary budget plan includes support for producing rice suitable for sake brewing. In order to eliminate excess inventory, when selling 19-year-old rice suitable for sake brewing for purposes other than sake, such as rice flour, 60 kilograms of 10,800 yen will be paid to compensate for the decline in selling price. We will also work on cultivating 20-year crops and stimulating consumption.
However, it is expected that the impact will be prolonged. This is because it is believed that the demand for sake will not recover immediately as the mood of self-restraint continues. Director Tsuchida said, "I can't avoid reviewing the production plan for next year's production." President Nishihara calls for "I want you to drink sake and support the production area."
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