Umlilo omkhulu wezambane processing isitshalo e-Maine kulindeleke ukuthi sibe nemiphumela emibi kuyo yonke imboni yezolimo yaseMaine. Njengoba Ross Ketschke imibiko ye- I-WMTW, imboni ye-Penobscot McCrum e-Belfast yalungisa ama-spuds akhule e-Maine aba imikhiqizo ethengiswa ezweni lonke.
Umlilo udabule ibhilidi ngoLwesine ekuseni, wacekela phansi isikhungo washiya abantu abangu-138 abasebenza lapho bengenawo umsebenzi.
UDon Flannery, umqondisi omkhulu weMaine Potato Board, uthe ukulahleka kwalesi sitshalo kuzoba nomthelela omubi kubalimi bamazambane bombuso. “Ngicabanga ukuthi wonke umuntu ufuna ukwenza konke okusemandleni ukubuyisela leso sitshalo ngoba sibalulekile embonini yethu. Inendawo ehluke kakhulu emakethe,” kusho uFlannery.