Katori Chiba 6:05 on September 14 when drying of rice harvested during a power outage stops
In Katori City, northeastern Chiba Prefecture, where rice farming is thriving after a large-scale blackout after the typhoon, electricity cannot be used, so the work of drying the rice harvested before the typhoon has stopped and it cannot be shipped. it is continuing.
Before Typhoon No. 15 approaches, many rice farmers in Katori City have been harvesting rice by the end of last week, and some have already finished harvesting.
Toshihiko Takagi, a farmer in Katori City, has finished harvesting rice in a 10,000 square meter rice field, which is half of the total.
The workshop is full of firs in the tank of a machine that dries the harvested rice using a boiler and a machine that packs a 30 kg bag for shipping.
Since all machines cannot be operated without electricity, work cannot proceed due to a power outage and it cannot be shipped.
As a result, Takagi-san said that the rice left in the rice fields could not be harvested. “If there is no electricity and nothing can be done, and if it can not be shipped any longer, the purchase price will only drop and the situation will only worsen. I hope to restore electricity as soon as possible. "