date:Aug 23, 2023
n increase stems primarily from the recovery in Yamagata production, which represents 77 percent of the national production. Yamagata prefecture had a historically poor production in MY 2021/22 due to frost damage.
Despite several frost events again in March and April of 2023 in Yamagata, farmers were able to minimize the frost damage and successfully saved a significant number of fruit sets. Furthermore, Yamagata enjoyed favorable weather after the flowering in 2023. Post forecasts Japans tota