Umlimi we-Suffolk potato no-anyanisi ubhekene nezindleko zokunisela amehlo ukuze ome futhi agcine imifino ayivuniwe ebusika, njengoba Sarah Chambers imibiko ye I-East Anglian Daily Times.
Umlimi waseWoodbridge uJames Foskett utshala cishe amahektha angama-50 wembewu yamazambane. Izindleko zakhe zokugcina amazambane zizobona ukwenyuka okukhulu kusuka ku-£30/t kuya ku-£80-90/t kulawa. "Ngakho-ke, izindleko zamandla zizoqala ukuluma," usho kanje. “Amandla amancane asetshenziswa ekugcineni amazambane futhi asiwagcini isikhathi eside,” usho kanje. Iningi lizohamba ngoJanuwari kuya kuFebhuwari.
Isivuno sakhe samazambane sembewu sishaywe yi-heatwave. “Akukho ukuchelela kulezo zindawo. Sithatha ukugembula futhi sizitshale ngaphandle kokunisela.” Ngenxa yalokho izivuno zithathe ukushaya. Wenza isabelomali sika-12t/ha kodwa ubheka cishe ku-7t/ha.
Kube nzima ukuvuna amazambane njengoba isomiso siqinise inhlabathi. Isomiso sisho ukuthi izitshalo zingase zibe isisulu sezinambuzane nezifo eziningi ezihlanganisa i-wireworm namachashazi amnyama - kanye nokushiswa yilanga.
Umthombo: https://www.potatonewstoday.com