Farmer damaged by typhoon No. 19 Harvested apples harvested from flooding Fukushima Sukagawa November 18, 12:57
In Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, which was damaged by flooding under the influence of Typhoon No. 19, harvesting of specially produced apples was started.
In Sukagawa City, about 180 farmers grow apples, but the heavy rain of Typhoon No. 19 broke the Abukuma River embankment, and 30 hectares of fields, about 30% of the total, were inundated. is.
Among them, even in the field of Shinsaku Komatsu in the Hamao area, more than half of the 70 ares were damaged, but the safe harvest of apples began.
A variety called "Fuji" was harvested, and the work to carefully pluck apples that were not flooded in high places.
The fact is that it is colder than usual and the harvest time is delayed by about a week, but as usual there are many sweet fruits.
However, in addition to the prospect that more than half of all apples will be discarded due to flood damage, can we continue cultivation because the amount of damage such as mowers and machines that spray agricultural chemicals will be at least 10 million yen? I can't see the future.
Komatsu-san said, “Before the typhoon, apples were growing well, but it is a pity that we were unable to deliver apples to our customers as they were affected by the disaster.”