700 dairy farmers meet in Tokyo to call for milk price increase
On November 14, 2018, the Dairy Farmers’ Political Federation of Japan (Nihon Rakuno Seiji Renmei) gathered at the LDP headquarters in Nagata-cho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, to announce the launch of the initiatives for maintaining and developing small- and medium-sized businesses-most of them run by families-that are responsible for the majority of production of milk in Japan.
Worried Japanese cheesemakers feel the squeeze after EU trade deal
Japanese producers fear trade deal could spark a flood of cheap cheese imported from Europe.
Japanese dairy firm Yakult to expand China factory
Japanese dairy firm Yakult has signed a deal to expand its factory in the east China city of Wuxi to become the company’s largest plant in China, the local government said Thursday.
In Japan, Doing More With Less Means Getting a Robot to Milk Your Cows
National push for automation reaches farms, as human workforce heads out to pasture.
Dairy farmers fight to survive
About 50 percent of the raw milk produced in Japan comes from Hokkaido. Domestic dairy producers are taking various measures in anticipation of falls in the price of imported dairy products due to the economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union that is expected to take effect in 2019.
By: Masamine Kawaguchi / Yomiuri Shimbun
Source: The Japan News
Link: http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004032319
BRAZIL will export milk and milk products to Japan
TOKYO The Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil reported having received authorization from the Japanese health authorities to export milk and dairy products.
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Source: Nippon News
Link: https://businessmonkeynews.com/en/en/brazil-will-export-milk-and-milk-products-to-japan/
U.S. Dairy Industry Cautions Japan to Respect Current Trade Relationships During Review of EU's List of Geographical Indications for Foods
Japan’s agriculture officials must respect current market access between Japan and its trading partners, including the United States, when reviewing a list of geographical indications (GIs) proposed by the European Union (EU), or else risk disrupting one of the world’s largest consumer marketplaces, the U.S. dairy industry urged today.
Is this Japanese milk advert the most bizarre commercial of all time?
Cute Japanese youngsters are filmed running towards a hovering cow nipple which showers them with milk. By: Aletha Adu
Artificial intelligence is aiding dairy farming
Suita – Cow gait is a problem for dairy farm productivity. A new artificial intelligence tool uses images allow to allow for the early detection of the serious diseases and enable dairy farmers to take action more quickly. By: TIM SANDLE
EU free trade deal likely to hurt Japan’s dairy farmers, wineries
The economic partnership agreement between the European Union and Japan comes as a corrective to the rising wave of protectionism in the United States and Britain but could deal a blow to Japanese dairy farmers and wineries, experts say. By: SHUSUKE MURAI