Japan: MAFF Support Payments for Struggling Dairy Industry

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   JA2023-0026

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.

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