Japan: MAFF Support Payments for Struggling Dairy Industry

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Japan: MAFF Support Payments for Struggling Dairy Industry

Japan introduced an emergency program to induce early slaughtering of less-productive dairy cows in March 2023 as an incentive to reduce excess milk production and support dairy farm management. A farmer on the program will receive maximum 200,000 yen per cow culled from the herd.

East Asia and the Pacific, Japan
Dairy, Livestock and Poultry, Dairy Products, Processed Food Products, Dairy Products

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