Shipping in Full Swing of Ducklings for Use in Rice Paddies
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Ducklings chirp and huddle together at a Tsumura Honten breeding facility in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture.
14:00 JST, May 31, 2023
OSAKA — Shipping of ducklings for use in farming is peaking at a breeding facility at Tsumura Honten in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture.
About 1,000 chirping ducklings raised at the company will be released in chemical-free rice paddies to help farmers by eating pests and weeds.
Shipping of aigamo ducklings — a cross between wild and domestic ducks — started in May. The company will send about 3,000 ducklings to rice farms across the country by late June.
“Orders from younger farmers are increasing,” said a Tsumura Honten employee in charge of raising ducklings. “I have high hopes for the spread of this type of farming in the future.”
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