Umlimi waseShelley uBart Wattenbarger ubebhange emakethe eqinile ukuze amsize alulame esimweni sokuthwebula sonyaka wokuqala esabulala cishe ama-30% esitshalo sakhe samazambane.
Okwesikhashana ngemuva kwesivuno sango-2019, izinto zabukeka zizinhle, ngokutholakala kwamazambane okungalawuleka okuholela ekubuyiselweni okuhle kubalimi namanani anyukayo wamabhokisi amasha angama-50-pound asetshenziswa imboni yensizakalo yokudla.
Ngemuva kwalokho i-COVID-19 hit, futhi ngemuva kokukhuphuka kwentengo yokuqala yamazambane okudayiswa okubangelwe yiminyango yokuthengwa kwempahla, imakethe ivuliwe. Amaprosesa asika izinkontileka, abalimi babuyisela imbewu engadingeki kubahlinzeki babo bezimbewu kanye nabalimi abangenazo izimakethe zama-spuds abo ensalela ababa sematheni kuzwelonke ngokunikela kwabo emindenini yendawo edonsa kanzima.
Njengoba elungiselela lokhu kuvuna kokuwa, uWattenbarger ukholelwa ukuthi itafula liphinde labekelwa ukunikezwa kwe-spud okuphathekayo, isivuno esisezingeni eliphakeme kanye nemakethe enhle. Ikhadi lasendle, noma kunjalo, lihlala li-COVID-19.
Abanye abalimi sebeqalile ukumba ezindaweni ezikhulayo zase-East Idaho ezinomhlabathi onesihlabathi, njengeFort Hall, futhi bebelokhu bebulala imivini kwenye indawo belungiselela ukuvunwa. Abalimi besifunda ngokuvamile babika ikhwalithi enhle kakhulu yezilimo eziyizigaxa kanye nezithelo ezijwayelekile.
"Kwase kuphele iminyaka emihlanu sathola imali eningi nhlobo epulazini futhi sasibheke unyaka ochumayo ngonyaka odlule," kusho uWattenbarger.
“NgoFebhuwari, leyo makethe yaphahlazeka. Kukhiphe umoya oseyili kubo bonke abalimi abakhona lapha. Sonke sasijabule inyanga ngaphambi kwalokho, bese kuthi wonke umuntu abe semodini yokudangala cishe. ”
Ukwehla okuncane kokuphakelwa kungenza umehluko omkhulu entengo yezitshalo ezikhethekile njengamazambane, kanti abalimi base-Idaho balindele ukuqala lokhu kuwa ngevolumu elincane kakhulu lama-spuds uma kuqhathaniswa neminyaka yakamuva. INational Agricultural Statistics Service yase-USDA ilinganisela ukuthi abalimi base-Idaho batshala amahektare angama-300,000 ama-spuds kule sizini - phansi kwamahektare ayi-10,000 kusuka ku-2019 - aqhutshwa kakhulu ukusikwa kwenkontileka enkulu kusuka kuma-processor. Inhlangano yabatshali ehlole indawo etshalwe ngokuvakashela nokubuka inkambu ngayinye esifundazweni ilinganisela ukuthi isivuno sincane kakhulu, ngamahektare angama-295,790.
Izintengo zamazambane ezaphaphalaza ngemuva kokuthi i-coronavirus iphoqe ukuvalwa kwezindawo zokudlela kanye nabathengi bezinsizakalo zokudla selokhu zehla ngandlela thile. I-USDA Market News ibike ngoAgasti 25 intengo yamasaka ayisihlanu, ayizigidi eziyishumi amakhilogremu kaRusset Norkotahs asuka e-Upper Valley, eTwin Falls-Burley District yayingama- $ 10 kuya ku- $ 6.50, kanti amabhokisi angama-7.50 aseNorkotah ayethengiswa ngo- $ 50 kuya ku- $ 16.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi konke kusekelwe ku-COVID," kusho uWattenbarger. “Uma sikwazi ukukulawula lokho, ngikholwa wukuthi sinemakethe enhle ezayo. Uma kwenzeka siqubuka futhi savala futhi, lokho kube yinhlekelele kubalimi. ”
UWattenbarger uhlele ukubulala imivini yakhe ngoLwesihlanu bese eqala ukuvuna ngoSepthemba 21. Ngokuya ngokumba kwakhe isivivinyo, ukholelwa ukuthi isivuno sakhe sizoba nekhwalithi enhle kakhulu.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi isivuno sizoba uhlobo lwesivuno esimaphakathi - mhlawumbe insimu lapha noma kungahle kube nokuncane okungaphezu kwesilinganiso," kusho yena. "Ngikholwa wukuthi sisesimeni esidinga ukuthi kube nemakethe enhle."
UWattenbarger wehlise ama-acreage akhe amazambane atshaliwe ngo-17% kule sizini, washintshela kukolweni wasentwasahlobo. Uthengisa amazambane amasha ku-GPOD ezinze eShelley yase-Idaho, ehambisa ivolumu enkulu eNew York, lapho izindawo zokudlela eziningi ezincane zihlala zivaliwe noma seziphumile ebhizinisini ngenxa ye-COVID-19.
Umlimi wasePingree uGarth Van Orden ushaywe ngo-20% wokwehliswa kwenkontileka yakhe neprosesa yamazambane; wabuye wehlisa amazambane akhe amasha ngo-10%, watshala ukolweni omhlophe wasentwasahlobo endaweni yawo.
UVan Orden, olima enhlabathini eyisihlabathi, uqale ukuvuna ama-Norkotahs emakethe entsha ngo-Agasti 15. Yize kunesithwathwa sonyaka wokuqala, ama-spuds akhe aseluleme, futhi uvuna isivuno esivuna isilinganiso ngokusezingeni elibi.
"Kulungile. Akusona isivuno esikhulu. Nakho akuphoxi, ”kusho uVan Orden. "Ngingumugqa wethrendi nje noma ngezansi kancane kwalokho."
UVan Orden uthe abalimi base-East Idaho bahlomule ngesimo sezulu esingcono sonke isikhathi sokukhula kunangonyaka owedlule, futhi uhlose ukuqeda ukuvuna ngesikhathi esifanele ukugwema ubungozi besithwathwa sokuqala, kulandela isipiliyoni sangesizini edlule.
“Sinezitshalo ezilawulwayo ezizayo. Ngikusho lokho njengemboni, ”kusho uVan Orden. “Abalimi, amaprosesa, amashedi amasha, sonke sidlule ku-roller coster yokuthi, 'Ngeke kube khona ibhizinisi,' lapho ebesingeke sikwazi ukuqhubeka khona. Besifushane, besiside, futhi manje sesifushane futhi. ”
Uthe lesi sitshalo sokuwa kufanele sanele, kepha uVan Orden naye uyangabaza ukuthi kuzoba nokunye okwengeziwe. Sekukonke, uVan Orden ukholelwa ukuthi isivuno sinephrofayili encane ngosayizi, okufanele inyuse amanani entengo yamabhokisi amasha amasha.
Njengoba isivuno esiningi sisemhlabathini, uTravis Blacker, umqondisi wezobudlelwano bemboni weKhomishini Yamazambane i-Idaho, ubona ubufakazi sekuvele ukuthi kufanele kube unyaka omuhle emakethe yamazambane.
UBlacker uthe izimo zokukhula bezivelele, kanti ukwehliswa kombuso ngama-acreage kufanele kukhokhele izinzuzo ngezinzuzo ezingcono.
“Ngike ngaya eGlenns Ferry, Wilder nase-Egin kuleli sonto, futhi konke engikubonile kubukeka kukuhle kakhulu kuze kufike ezingeni. Angikaze ngizwe lutho maqondana nezithelo, kodwa izinga libukeka lilihle, ”kusho uBlacker. “Nginethemba elikhulu lokuthi kuzoba unyaka omuhle.”
UBlacker uthe i-IPC izolungisa izinhlelo zayo ukumaketha isivuno ngokuya ngezimo ezihlukile zale sizini. Futhi uyavuma ukuthi kuhlala kunamakhadi wasendle angavela futhi aguqule umbono.
UBlacker uthe, “Ngicabanga ukuthi sonke siyathandaza ukuthi sithole isivuno futhi ngubani owaziyo ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kulo nyaka?”
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