JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch Office
- June 24, 2024
Visit by Mr. Yusaku Hiragata, Director-General of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to "Hokuryu Town, a town that produces safe and reliable rice
June 21, 2024 (Friday) On June 16 (Sunday), Mr. Yusaku Hiragata, Director General, Agricultural Industries Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Hokkaido Agricultural Administration Office visited Hokuryu-cho to exchange views with members of the "Honoka Agricultural Cooperative" [...].
- June 24, 2024
Mr. Kosuke Sato won the "Grand Prize" in his first year of independent cultivation of "Himawari Watermelon" at JA Kitasorachi 2023 Agricultural and Livestock Products Fair, Fruits and Vegetables Division.
June 24, 2024 (Mon) Six members of the Hokuryu-cho Branch Office received awards in the May 2023 issue (No.278) of JA Kitasorachi, published by the Kitasorachi Agricultural Cooperative Association (Fukagawa City), in recognition of their [...] Read More
- June 21, 2024
Himawari Rice Newsletter No.159, June 2024 [JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch Office
Friday, June 21, 2024 Google Album [Himawari Rice News] JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch "Himawari Rice News" No.120 (issued in March 1990) to the latest issue. &# [...].
- June 20, 2024
On June 6, the first shipment of yellow-fleshed "Himawari Suika," a specialty of Hokuryu Town, took place. The sugar content in this year's first shipment was as high as 12 degrees ✨[Kitasorachi Agricultural Cooperative Association
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- June 18, 2024
First auction of Hokuryu Sunflower Melons 2024 (Kyokuichi Fruit and Vegetable Auction Center, Asahikawa, Japan)
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Hokuryu Sunflower Melon First Auction 2024 Kyokuichi Fruit & Vegetable Auction (Asahikawa City) On Monday, June 17, the day after the first shipment of Hokuryu melons, from 06:45 at the Kyokuichi Fruit & Vegetable Auction (Asahikawa City) [...].
- June 18, 2024
First shipment of Hokuryu Sunflower Melons 2024! Sugar content 17.2, the best in recent years!
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 On Sunday, June 16, from 1:30 p.m., the first shipment of "Hokuryu Sunflower Melons" was made at the selection area of the JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch's produce collection and shipping facility, with 35 boxes of melons (8 kg per box [...
- June 17, 2024
On June 14 (Fri.) from 09:00, a forecaster training session was held in the back of the agricultural cooperative! The participants learned from an extension agent the correct way to conduct a preliminary scooping survey, as the season when pests and diseases are likely to occur! JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch Office
Monday, June 17, 2024
- June 10, 2024
The first auction of Hokuryu Town's specialty "Himawari Watermelon" 2024 (Kyokuichi Fruit and Vegetable Auction Center, Asahikawa City, Asahikawa) and "Yum!" go back and forth.
Monday, June 10, 2024 The day after the first shipment of sunflower watermelons was made at the JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch's produce collection and shipping facility on Thursday, June 6, the Kyokuichi Corporation of Asahikawa City, Asahikawa City, Japan, from 6:50 a.m. on Friday, June 7 [...].
- June 7, 2024
The earliest first shipment of watermelon in all of Hokkaido, the yellow watermelon "Himawari Watermelon" only in Hokuryu Town! The best harvest in the 40th year since the union was established!
June 6, 2024 (Thursday) From 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, at the JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch's Agricultural Products Collection and Shipping Facility, the town of Hokuryu's Himawari watermelons, including red-fleshed watermelons, were the top first shipment of watermelons in Hokkaido. Including red-fleshed watermelon [...].
- June 7, 2024
NHK Hokkaido News WEB] Shipment of Sunflower Watermelons, a Specialty of Hokuryu Town, Begins.
April 1, 2024 (Mon.) NHK Hokkaido News WEB, an Internet site operated by NHK (Tokyo, Japan), has posted an article (dated June 6) on the "Hokuryu-cho Specialty Sunflower Watermelons Begin Shipping," introducing [...].
- June 7, 2024
The sweetest! Shipment of Hokuryu's specialty sunflower watermelon [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital].
June 7, 2024 (Fri.) The Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, an Internet site operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun (Sapporo, Japan), has published an article (dated June 6) titled "The Sweetest! Shipment of Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon, a Hokuryu specialty," was published on June 6, 2024, on the Hokkaido Shimbun's website.
- June 5, 2024
Sugar content test of "Himawari Watermelon," a specialty of Hokuryu Town, conducted; shipment from the agricultural cooperative on June 6 (Thu) and the first auction on June 7 (Fri) in Asahikawa and Sapporo decided!
June 5, 2024 (Wed.) On Tuesday, June 4, before 7:00 a.m., two Himawari watermelon growers inspected the sugar content of their ripening Himawari watermelons before the first shipment of the Hokuryu-cho specialty, Himawari watermelons. The "Himawari [...]" is a specialty of Hokuryu-machi.
- June 5, 2024
New farmers, Kosuke and Tomomi Sato, cultivating "sunflower watermelon" in their fourth year of farming in Hokuryu Town, after changing careers from a businessman.
Thursday, June 5, 2024 On Monday, June 3, we spoke with new farmers, Mr. Kosuke Sato (47) & Mrs. Tomomi (47), who started their new sunflower watermelon farming business in Hokuryu Town in 2021. Farmland and Water Hokuryu [...].
- May 27, 2024
Farmers' group to supply a large amount of roughage for cattle made from rice to Novels in Kamishihoro, Hokkaido [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital].
May 27, 2024 (Mon.) The Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, an Internet site operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun (Sapporo, Japan), carried an article (dated May 24) titled "Farmers' group to supply large amount of roughage from rice to Novell's in Kamishihoro, Hokkaido," [...].
- May 17, 2024
Himawari Rice Newsletter No.158 May 2024 [JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch Office
Friday, May 17, 2024 Google Album [Himawari Rice News] JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch "Himawari Rice News" No.120 (issued in March 1990) to the latest issue. &# [...].
- May 2, 2024
JA Kitasorachi Photo Contest ✨In Commemoration of 500 Instagram Followers ✨[JA Kitasorachi
May 2, 2024 (Thursday) [Photographs Wanted] Theme: "Food and Agriculture in JA Kitasorachi" ・Photographed in one city and three towns (Fukagawa City, Amaryu Town, Hokuryu Town and Horokanai Town) in the JA Kitasorachi area, the "scenery," "scenes of farm work" and "eating specialty foods [...
- April 18, 2024
Himawari Rice Newsletter No.157, April 2024 [JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch Office
April 17, 2024 (Wed) Google Album [Himawari Rice News] JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch "Himawari Rice News" No.120 (issued in March 1990) to the latest issue. &# [...].