Autumn is getting shorter every year, and it's already November this year. The sudden drop in temperature has caused the autumn leaves in the mountains to turn a beautiful color. As is the case every year, the year passes by in the blink of an eye. With just 50 days left, how has this year been for you? Let's get on with the plans we made at the beginning of the year that we haven't yet completed!

This year, the most striking thing that has happened to me is the "Reiwa rice riots." Why has rice remained so high and not yet fallen? The government has suddenly implemented a decades-long rice production reduction policy to increase production, but as a result, our company has seen a sharp decline in the amount of feed rice we purchase. The number of farmers producing feed rice has decreased, and our annual purchases have dropped from 1,200 tons to 800 tons.
However, since the change of government, the government has made a complete turnaround, and it seems that production of food rice will once again be reduced, with the aim of "producing in line with consumption." So, it seems that it will not be so easy to increase production of feed rice.
It's unbearable for rice farmers to have policies change so frequently. It takes a year to produce rice, after all. For example, when you think about pig farming, you can see that it's not that easy when you think about the times when you were told to adjust production, reduce production, and then immediately increase it. What's more, when shortages during times of instability are made up for by imported rice.
I think what producers would really like to say is, "Don't be ridiculous!"

Japan is the "Land of Abundant Rice." Rice cultivation, which began approximately 3,000 years ago, is the origin of Japan. Even if you are not currently involved in rice cultivation, many of you reading this may have traced your parent's roots or relatives back to the rice fields of the countryside.
Yes, it's in the Japanese DNA. That's why everyone loves delicious rice. The relationship between Japanese people and rice is special even in the world. Apparently, Japanese people are the only ones who shout "New rice, new rice!" when they hear the sound of autumn. In the West, rice is considered a vegetable.
However, Japanese food has recently become popular in the West, and onigiri shops have become popular. I guess delicious food is universal.
Despite its popularity, the popular egg-on-rice menu at Rainbow Hill View Terrace Farm will be coming to an end in early December this year.

The feed rice used for pigs is brown rice that has been heat-treated using a process called an expander to make it easier to digest, but if possible, we would like to feed the pigs fluffy cooked rice.

Shizu Hashimoto

"Bright red autumn leaves at Ark Tategamori No. 1 Parking Lot"

"Rainbow Hill View Terrace's egg on rice"