NHK News Chiba Sakura resumes shipment of dairy farms that lost 8 dairy cows due to blackout |

Ranch where 8 dairy cows have been lost due to a power failure Restart of raw milk shipment Chiba Sakura September 26, 12:29

A large-scale blackout caused by Typhoon 15 had affected production in Chiba Prefecture, where dairy farming was thriving. Dairy cattle were killed, but shipments of raw milk resumed from Sakura City's farm on the 26th.

At Asa Tayama Farm, where about 40 dairy cows are bred in Sakura City, machines that milk milk due to a power outage due to typhoon No. 15 can no longer be used, and as a result, bacteria enter the breast and cause mastitis, etc. I lost 8 cows.

Other cows were also in poor health due to stress, but because of their recovery so far, the farm resumed shipping milk on the 26th at the ranch.

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, who runs the ranch, milked 14 cows around 6 am on the 26th, and about 200 liters of raw milk was collected in a container in about 30 minutes. When the truck of the collector arrived, the milk was transferred by a hose and shipped to the manufacturing plant.

Mr. Yamamoto said, “The machine did not move due to a power outage and milked by hand, but we could not catch up, and the cows died day by day. There was a regretful feeling. We are relieved that we can throw away milk because we were able to resume shipping.I want to drink milk as before. I want to make dairy farms resistant to disasters in the future. " It was.

Shipment of raw milk decreased by 2,000 tons due to power outages and damage to facilities Chiba

Dairy farms in Chiba Prefecture have been shipped less due to power outages and damage to facilities caused by Typhoon # 15. According to the Kanto Raw Milk Sales Agricultural Cooperative Federation, the shipment volume of raw milk in Chiba Prefecture from the 9th to 25th of this month when the power outage occurred was reduced by about 2000 tons including the amount of waste compared to the planned amount. That is.

In addition, the milk production factories in Wakaba Ward and Takomachi, Chiba City, are still out of production due to the effects of power outages. According to the factory and the prefectural board of education, there are more than 600 small cities in the prefecture. It means that the supply of milk to school lunches has stopped at junior high schools.