On Ishigaki Island, which is known as one of the leading rice fields in Okinawa Prefecture, rice planting has begun taking advantage of the warm climate.
On Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, two-stage crops are actively carried out, in which rice is harvested twice a year, taking advantage of the warm climate.
In the Sakieda district of Ishigaki Island, rice planting began earliest on the island on January 9, and farmer Eitaro Ohama planted "Hitomebore" seedlings, which had grown to about 15 cm, one after another with a rice transplanter.
Due to the blessed weather, the seedlings grew steadily and started about a week earlier than usual.
If it grows well, it will be harvested from the middle of May and will be shipped to the market as "ultra-early rice" about three months earlier than new rice from other production areas.
Mr. Ohama said, "I feel lonely when the infection spreads again when I think it has calmed down a little, but I'm glad that the seedlings grew well and I was able to plant rice. I want to deliver delicious rice grown lovingly to everyone." rice field.