Agriculture Minister Eto visits farms in the areas affected by heavy rains “Support for one step” November 2, 15:54
Mr. Eto, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries visited Marumori-machi, Miyagi Prefecture and visited farmers who were damaged by the impact of typhoon No. 19 on the water just before shipment, and showed the idea of considering support measures as soon as possible .
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Eto visited Marumori-cho, Miyagi Prefecture on the 2nd, and received an explanation from Mayor Hoshina about the total agricultural damage of about 17 billion yen, double the town's budget this year. It was.
Next, we visited rice farms in the Kosai area, where the water of the Choshi River, a tributary of the Abukuma River, was flooded and about 120 tons of new rice was ready for shipment.
Farmers expressed their desire to support not only rice but also agricultural machinery such as tractors because the costs for repairs were high.
After the inspection, Minister Eto told reporters, “I was strongly aware that we should provide a step-by-step support that is different from the previous support measures. We should be able to resume farming for next year. I would like to summarize the support measures that I did, ”and expressed the idea of considering support measures as soon as possible based on the demands of farmers.
Mr. Yoshihiro Ouchi, a rice farmer, said, “The Minister has called me“ Don't worry, ”so I hope we can resume farming.”