“It's Tough to Keep Making Rice” Confused by Transaction Prices that Fluctuate Every year... The Introduction of a New Machine over 3 Million Yen Is Also in a Difficult Situation Due to Falling Rice Prices and Soaring Materials

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What farmers are concerned about due to rice shortages and surplus rice is a drop in rice prices. It's the season for new rice, but the current situation is that prices for old rice and new rice have reversed in the market, and old rice is getting higher. While the provisional money paid to farmers from JA is also being reduced, I interviewed the thoughts of farmers refraining from harvesting rice. ■Rice farmers concerned about “price declines” …