A special loquat, which was damaged by a typhoon last year and halved the harvest in Chiba Minamiboso September 9 16:41
In Minamiboso City, Chiba Prefecture, where the cultivation of loquat that makes use of the mild climate is popular, the amount of harvest of this year was about half that of the usual year due to the large damage such as the fall of trees in the farm by Typhoon No. 15 last September. And the farmers are in trouble.
In Minamiboso City, the strong wind of Typhoon No. 15 caused damage to most of the 100 hectare loquat farms that fell trees and branches, and according to the city, the amount of loquat in Koshino City is average yearly. It means that it has fallen to about half.
The total amount of these damages is at least 530 million yen.
One year after the typhoon, there are still farms where the fallen loquat trees are still abandoned, and Minamiboso City supports the cost of removing the fallen loquat trees, but even if a new sapling is planted, it will bear fruit. Since it will take more than 5 years, it means that for the time being, the only trees left will be harvested.
It means that the loquat farmers are in a difficult situation and some farmers have stopped producing.
Mr. Norio Ishii (40), a farmer of Biwa in the Tomiura district of Minamiboso City, said, “We have suffered a great deal of damage that we have never experienced before. I want to do it."