Hello. Welcome back to Agri Step! This is the first story in a series of Hyakusho Tales. I'd like to introduce some of the passionate farmers and people who work in the agriculture industry that I met while I am here in the US. If you ha...

Hi! Thank you for visiting Agri Step. Suddenly, I've got something to tell to readers. I am a farm trainee in America now! Last year, I applied for this training program run by the Japan Agricultural Exchange Council (JAEC). After that, ...

Hi. Thank you for visiting Agri Step. Finally, I harvested potatoes in this time. Spring planted potatoes are basically harvested until rainy season. Otherwise, they will get something disease.   【Harvest Potatoes】 I didn't use an...

Hello! Thank you for visiting Agri Step.   【Today's Red pepper】 I wrote the article which talked about wind damage of red pepper. I couldn't give up so buy the other kind of red pepper the name is "Mangangi Red Pepper", which is 1...

Hi. Thank you for visiting Agri Step again. This column is about harvest lettuce and Japanese mustard spinach.   【Japanese mustard Spinach picking】 I planted Japanese mustard spinach which are made in New Zealand. The germination ...

Hello. Thank you for always visiting Agri Step. I am really sad to tell you something in this field diary. I will explain the red pepper had been broken by heavy wind and the potatoes got disease.   【Red pepper Damage】 1 week had ...

Hi! Thank you for visiting Agri Step. I picked the tuber’s bud this time so show you how I did. I have a month left till harvest season. I really want to observe the potatoes but I think I shouldn’t do so. Otherwise, they won’t get bigge...

Hello. Thank you for visiting Agri Step. The Japanese usually start to plant summer vegetables on open field this season. I planted cucumbers, egg plants, chili peppers and green peppers. I’ve never tried growing them so it’s going to be...

Hello. Thank you for visiting Agri Step. Today, I’m gonna explain how to get rid of aphids which came around the lettuces in this article.   【Field Diary of Lettuces】 My land’s lettuces got bigger than before and aphids attacked t...

Hello. Thank you for visiting Agri Step. Some Potatoes got wind damages because it was heavy rainy and windy day few days ago. I could watch the half of tuber shape. I got to know the windy days are really bad for vegetables in this time...