Great damage to Sado's special product “Okesa-don”
Due to the impact of Typhoon No. 19, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture has suffered significant damage, including the fall of a special product “Oke-sa-don”, which has reached its peak of shipment.
Named after the folk song "Sado Okesa", Sado City's special product "Okesa-don" is shipped by over 700 farmers every year.
Shipment began on the 29th of last month, and the shipment of a variety called “Tone Sasei”, which is early harvested, has reached its peak, but this time the typhoon broke the branch of the bamboo shoot and the fruit fell or the fruit was Damages such as being rubbed and damaged by branches.
According to the summary of prefectures so far, damage has been reported in 118 hectares of vineyards in Sado City. Among them, in the Hamo district of Sado City, producers harvested while checking the state of cocoons on the 17th. It was.
Producer Nobuo Momoi (45) said, “Typhoons can't be helped. I'm still a new farmer, but those who have continued for a long time are more difficult.”
“We haven't investigated everything yet, but it has been reported that there is a lot of damage. I think it ’s hard for the producers. ”