MIYAZAKI (Kyodo) Livestock auctions resumed Sunday in Miyazaki Prefecture as farmers hoped to give the vital industry a fresh start following a four-month foot-and-mouth disease epidemic that finally came to an end two days ago.
Among the eight sales rings in the prefecture, one in Takachiho, a town on Miyazaki's border with Kumamoto Prefecture, was the earliest to reopen. Local farmers plan to auction off some 970 calves during the two-day event through Monday. The other rings are slated to follow by the end of September.
     
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