Ishinomaki is one of the premier lands in the prefecture, with vast arable land, and is based on rice production utilizing the abundant irrigation water of the Kitakami River under relatively mild climatic conditions. In addition to horticultural crops such as the facility’s vegetables and flowers, balanced advanced combined management agriculture is being developed, which combines livestock management, such as meat production.
In such a privileged land, one of the agricultural products to be noted is, of course, the rice, which is a staple of the industry. Among them, Ishinomaki boasts the largest production volume in Japan of sasanishiki rice, which was created in Miyagi. This means that the unique characteristics of sasanishiki, such as the fertile earth and compatibility with the diet of fish, are valuable to the landscape surrounded by the river, and the existence of these characteristics is precious. Even now, it can be said that this is a result of the efforts of the farmers who have worked hard since the very beginning of their lives.
In addition, super sire bull “Megumi” “Katsuhiro,” which is highly valuable both in the field of livestock and nationwide is a cow born in Ishinomaki Mono-cho. Ishinomaki beef from such cows can be nurtured carefully to be high-quality meat by feeding them high-quality rice straw such as sasanishiki or hitomebore, which are grown locally, or wheat, corn or other feed. In this way, to maximize the benefits of the soil, efforts must be made to find suitable and safe crops and maintain and maximize the deliciousness of the food during the storage and transportation stages after harvest, including soil making it is done.
