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By Kristi Lynch
The major goal of the UNL Japanese
agricultural training program is to improve
international understanding, stimulate
cooperation between the United States
and Japan and improve agriculture.
The training program began in 1966
with the support of the United States
and the government of Japan. Nebraska
became involved six years ago. Illinois,
Colorado, Oregon and Washington also
participate.
"The program is financially self
supporting. The trainees pay for their
expenses with farming jobs.
Trainees are single, between IS and 30
years ago and have farm backgrounds.
The 1 13 trainees came to this country
in June of 1981. They began training at
Big Bend Community College in
Washington state. This part of the program
served as an orientation to U.S. life and
customs. They also were given instruction
in English, although they were required to
have some knowledge of the language to
participate in the program.
The trainees spend six months in
classroom instruction and 18 months on
host farms. Three of the 18 months are
spent studying areas of interest to the
individual, such as swine, poultry or beef.
The 40 trainees at UNL are now at this
phase. They are staying with "host
families" in Lincoln.
Although the trainees probably will
not be able to use some of the techniques
they are learning in the United States,
the training gives them a "vision for their
future," said Russ Free, coordinator of
the program and a UNL graduate student.
Tatsu Sakitani said he has learned how
to cross-breed cattle that can be fed forage.
"If we cross-breed, then we can raise
forages ourselves for feed," he said.
The forage-eating cattle produce a
marbled beef called Kobe, a pure-bred
preferred by the Japanese. However,
Kobe beef is expensive and used mostly by
restaurants, or "the elite," he said. If
the Japanese produced the cross-breed,
they would not have to depend on the
United States for the grain required to
produce the highly marbled Kobe, Sakitani
added.
While feeding livestock efficiently is
important in the United States, less
emphasis is placed on it in Japan, where
feed is limited. Eddie Okada has learned
to breed swine that require less feed to
grow to its maximum size.
Since American poultry farms are
larger than Japanese poultry farms,
management practices are different.
Therefore, Isao Hagiwara said he will
not be able to use most of the management
techniques he has learned in America.
Hagiwara was able to work on a
Colorado farm that is about the size of
his father's farm in Japan.
The 40 trainees will return to their
designated host farms on April 1. Host
farms are near Hemingford, Potter, Seward,
Battle Creek and Geneva.
After a lour of the United States, the
1 13 trainees will return to Japan at the
end of June.
Akira Makiyama said although some of
the American technology they learned is
not applicable in Japan, the trainees did
not come to the United States in vain.
During the two years the trainees have
been in the United States, the trainees
have learned about the life of American
people, made friends and formed good
relationships with host families, he said.
"That is important for us," he said.
"We can understand Americans more and
they can understand us more."
The trainees will become leaders in
agriculture when they return to Japan,
he said. Some will work on their own
farms while others will work in a
university, a research center or technical
assistance programs for developing areas
of the world, Sakitani said. They will
return to Japan with an understanding of
the American farmer and perhaps a future
goal in mind, he said.
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