{"id":167711,"date":"2024-12-12T11:56:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T02:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=167711&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-12-12T11:56:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T02:56:34","slug":"kyushus-rice-harvest-down","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushus-rice-harvest-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu&#8217;s 2024 Rice Harvest Down 3% Due to Weather and Land Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu\u2019s rice production for 2024 fell 3% year-on-year to 703,000 tons, attributed to reduced planting areas and adverse weather such as typhoons and high temperatures. The planting area decreased by 1%, continuing a decade-long trend of decline. While most regions reported average yields, Miyazaki and Kagoshima recorded below-average harvests. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maff.go.jp\/kyusyu\/press\/toukei\/241210.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Regional Agricultural Administration Office<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_rice-harvest_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu\u2019s 2024 Rice Harvest Down 3% Due to Weather and Land Use\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_rice-harvest_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_rice-harvest_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_rice-harvest_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_rice-harvest_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu\u2019s rice production for 2024 fell 3% year-on-year to 703,000 tons, attributed to reduced planting areas and adverse weather such as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":167715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-167711","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}