{"id":179155,"date":"2026-08-13T13:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T04:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179155&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T04:52:44","slug":"fukuoka-rice-farmers-face-falling-prices","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-rice-farmers-face-falling-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Rice Farmers Face Falling Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rice growers in Fukuoka Prefecture are concerned that prices for this year&#8217;s new crop could fall sharply despite continued increases in production costs. In Fukutsu, harvesting of the early-ripening Nijinokirameki variety is expected to begin around mid-August, with farmers anticipating a solid yield if weather conditions remain favorable. However, advance payments offered by agricultural cooperatives for early rice in Miyazaki and Kochi have reportedly fallen by nearly 40% from last year. Japan&#8217;s privately held rice inventories reached a record 2.43 million tons at the end of June, adding downward pressure on prices. Local producers said fertilizer and pesticide costs are about 30% higher than three years ago, while machinery and packaging expenses have also risen, raising concerns about the long-term sustainability of rice farming. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/1092517\" target=\"_blank\">TNC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.co.jp\/articles\/9a6a9e5dfabc6934e5e86b04d430299cf6091670\" target=\"_blank\">FNN News<\/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\/2026\/08\/fnn_rice-field-itoshima_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_rice-field-itoshima_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_rice-field-itoshima_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_rice-field-itoshima_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_rice-field-itoshima_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rice growers in Fukuoka Prefecture are concerned that prices for this year&#8217;s new crop could fall sharply despite continued increases in production costs. In Fukutsu, harvesting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179155","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179155","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}