At Tategamori Ark Farm, the rape blossoms are in full bloom around the Golden Week period every year.

Until now, rape blossoms have been mainly used for ornamental purposes, but from next year, they will not only be used for ornamental purposes.
A plan that takes into consideration the use of edible rapeseed oil and the use of oil cake (feed) for pigs raised on pasture-raised farms.
We are planning.

To this end, we select varieties that are suitable for eating, and then extract those whose oil cake is suitable for feed.
We have decided on the variety.

In fact, approximately 60% of the edible oil produced in Japan is rapeseed oil.
The raw material for this product is over 95% canola oil produced in Canada (canola oil), with the remaining 5% produced overseas.
In fact, the self-sufficiency rate of Japanese rapeseed is said to be around 0.05%.

This new challenge begins with sowing in September.

Seeds have already been sown on approximately 1 hectare of fields within the farm.

Already, dazzling new buds are starting to appear.

Next year, we will grow it as landscape during Golden Week and as rapeseed in November.
In February, we started working on pasture-raised pigs so that you can enjoy them in many ways.



　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Agriculture and Livestock Department Toru Tamura