JA Zenchu = National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives Central Association is working on measures such as calling for increased consumption, saying that there is a concern that the demand for milk and raw milk, which is the raw material for dairy products, will decrease at the end of the spring break of the school and it will be discarded. I have decided.
Regarding raw milk, the demand for commercial butter and skim milk powder has fallen due to the impact of the new corona, and there is a risk that a large amount of raw milk will be discarded from the end of last year to the beginning of the year.
According to the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, JA Zenchu =, although a large amount of waste was avoided during the year-end and New Year holidays, there is concern that demand will decline again at the end of this fiscal year when schools enter spring break and school lunches will stop, and there will be excess raw milk. That is.
For this reason, JA Zenchu is calling on consumers to increase consumption again, and is planning to work on countermeasures by strengthening cooperation with related organizations to avoid disposal.
Chairman Toru Nakaya of JA Zenchu said at a regular press conference on the 9th, "I managed to avoid disposal during the year-end and New Year holidays, but this time I have a sense of crisis from the end of the fiscal year to the consecutive holidays in May."
On the other hand, regarding wheat whose price is rising due to poor harvest in the production area and the tightening situation in Ukraine, Chairman Nakaya said, "Japan does not import directly from Russia or Ukraine, but the price rises sharply in the international market. I think it has an indirect impact, but it's still unclear at this stage. "