Impilo yokulima yabonakala inqunyelwe kusengaphambili uMike Telford.
“Ngikhulele e-Utah eBountiful. Ubaba wayeyilokho ababekubiza ngomlimi wamaloli, futhi batshala zonke izitshalo zemifino ongazicabanga,” kusho u-Telford mayelana nobungane bakhe. Futhi nakuba ipulazi likayise lamaloli laliphesheya kwedolobha wakhula esebenza epulazini lemifino likamakhelwane njalo ehlobo kusukela eneminyaka eyisikhombisa kuze kube yilapho esemusha. Wathi: “Ngakhula ngisebenzela umakhelwane, indoda yaseJapane eyenza ukuphila kwayo yonke indawo kumahektare ayisishiyagalombili. “Noma yini obungayihlanganisa, ngikhule ngiyiquma. Imithombe, u-anyanisi, iparsley, imifino ye-asparagus beet, u-anyanisi oluhlaza.
Ezungezwe amapulazi esakhula, kuTelford kwakuwumbuzo nje wokuthi iyiphi indlela ayengase ayikhethe. Kungaba ukulima, ukufuya noma kokubili? “Nganginomalume owayefuyile — engumfana wezinkomo — yikho engangihlala ngifisa ukukwenza, ngakho ngathenga izinkomo zami zokuqala ngisafunda ibanga lesishiyagalolunye ngemali yami,” ekhumbula. Uzoqhubeka nokufuya izinkomo esikoleni samabanga aphezulu nasekolishi futhi usaqhubeka nokufuya izinkomo kuze kube yimanje. Ekuseni ngo-Okthoba ocwathile kungekho lutho ngaphandle kwesibhakabhaka esicwebezelayo sase-Idaho uMike Telford wadonsa iloli lakhe wama ebhentshini elibheke insimu ebonakala ingapheli yemifino yebhitrudi kashukela.
"Le yindawo yasekhaya, yilapho sikhulise khona umndeni wethu," esho ebuka ngaphesheya kwensimu yezinyosi ogwadule oluseningizimu-maphakathi ne-Idaho. Lo muzi utholakala endaweni eyi-bluff empumalanga ye-Dietrich endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi i-Hidden Valley. KuTelford noShannon, unkosikazi wakhe weminyaka engama-48, ukulima sekuphenduke indaba yomndeni kakhulu. Ukukhulisa amadodana ayisishiyagalombili namadodakazi amabili babone amadodana abo amahlanu eqhubeka nokulima nokufuya izinkomo endaweni.
U-Telford uthe ukukwazi ukukhulisa umndeni wabo ekhaya nokusebenza namadodana akhe kuyingxenye engcono kakhulu yokulima. Baphinde babe nabazukulu abangama-45. “Ngiwazi wonke amagama abo, kodwa ungangibuzi ukuthi zinini izinsuku zabo zokuzalwa,” esho ehleka. Kunomuzwa wokufeza okuthile okuthule njengoba ekhuluma ngohambo lwakhe lwempilo olumfikise kuleli qophelo. Isivuno samazambane embewu e-Lincoln County sase sisondela ekupheleni ukuze kulandelwe isivuno sebhitrudi kashukela.
Namuhla, uMike namadodana akhe u-Aaron, uRyan noBob baqhuba i-Sun Valley Seed ne-Lost River Seed. Umsebenzi ngamunye uhlanganisa cishe amahektha ayi-5,000 engqikithini ye-10,000. Batshala iRusset Burbank, Altura, Ranger Russet, Yukon Gem, Payette, Clearwater, Northwest Norkotah 90, Northwest Norkotah 218 kanye neNorthwest Norkotah 111 imbewu yamazambane. Kanye nembewu yamazambane kanye no-sugar beet batshala i-alfalfa, i-timothy futhi baphakela ummbila kanye nokufuya izinkomo. "Sinomjikelezo weminyaka eyi-10 phezulu e-Arco," kusho uTelford. “Indlela esebenza ngayo sizokwenza iminyaka emihlanu ye-alfalfa futhi sizokwenza okusanhlamvu, amazambane, amazambane okusanhlamvu bese sibuyela e-alfalfa.”
Endaweni yase-Richfield kanye ne-Hidden Valley, kuye ngokutholakala kwamanzi bazama ukugcina ukujikeleza kweminyaka emihlanu kakolweni noma ummbila, kulandelwa amazambane, ukolo noma i-sugar beet, ukolweni kanye namazambane. Enye indodana, uMark, isiqale umsebenzi wayo wokulima amazambane endaweni yase-Arco egxile eDark Red Norlands kanye namaChieftains. Uphinde asize ngokubheka ukusebenza koMfula iLost. Indodana yabo encane, u-Jared, isanda kuthengisa isithakazelo sayo emapulazini embewu ukuze yandise ukusebenza kwayo kwezinkunzi ze-Angus, e-Arco.
Indodana yesithupha, u-Jake, iqeqesha futhi iqhudelana kuzwelonke ngamahhashi ezinkomo anezintambo ephuma eCaldwell, e-Idaho. Usanda kuba ngumqeqeshi wesine weNational Reined Cow Horse ukuba abe umgibeli wezigidi ezimbili zamaRandi. Akubanga umgwaqo olula ukuwuhamba, akukaze kube njalo uma kuziwa ekulimeni. Ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-2 yokulima nokufuya e-Idaho, eTelford, owahlanganisa iminyaka engu-50 ngoNovemba 74, usebone isabelo sakhe sezinkinga zezimali. Ngosuku athweswa ngalo iziqu eBrigham Young University (BYU) eneziqu zezomnotho wezolimo ngo-19, uTelford wathuthela eHazelton, e-Idaho, lapho ayebeke khona inkokhelo epulazini.
Eminyakeni emibili yokuqala wazama ukuziphilisa ngokufuya izinkomo kuphela, kodwa wehluleka. “Ngabona ukuthi ngeke ngikwazi ukuziphilisa nokukhokhela izindawo ngingenalutho ngaphandle kwezinkomo, nokuyilapho saqala khona ukulima,” usho kanje. Ngaleso sinqumo waqala ukutshala amazambane e-Simplot futhi ngokushesha wakhula ama-sugar beet. Kungalesi sikhathi lapho athuthela khona endaweni ahlala kuyo e-Hidden Valley, empumalanga ye-Dietrich, futhi waba umuntu ophakathi kweqembu lamabhange okutshalwa kwezimali elisebenzisa amapulazi ngenjongo yokukhosela intela. UTelford waphinde wazithola esenkingeni yezimali.
“Yonke into yabhidlika onyakeni nesigamu ngase ngisele ngedwa,” kusho uTelford. “Ngangiseyingane nje, uyazi. Ngaya kuwo wonke umuntu ohilelekile ngathi 'Uma uzodlulisela isikweletu sakho kula mahektha angu-400, indawo yokuqala esihlezi kuyo futhi ake ngicabange ukuthi leso sikweletu esingadala ukulingana kwenye indawo futhi uma usithengisa, uzoyithola imali yakho.'
U-Telford uthe kwakuyisipho abatshalizimali abangakwazi ukwenqaba. Bangase basebenze naye futhi ekugcineni babuyise enye yemali ababeyitshale ekuqaleni noma bavumele yonke iphrojekthi ukuthi ishone. Kusukela kulokho kuphazamiseka uTelford wakwazi ukusiza ukubuyisela ukutshalwa kwezimali kwabo futhi wazakhela ukulingana emzini wakhe. “Ngaqala kanjalo-ke futhi kusukela kulawo mahektha angama-400 okuqala, sengeze kuwo futhi sengeza kuwo lapho kukhona cishe amahektha ayi-2,500,” esho ngomuzi wokuqala oseHidden Valley.
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Kwakungolunye uguquko lwezehlakalo ngo-1982 olwaluzoholela ekuguquleni ukugxila kwakhe ekucubunguleni amazambane kuye kwimbewu yamazambane. Kuyo yonke le minyaka uqhubekile nokukhulisa amathokazi aseHolstein futhi ngo-1982 wayethenge indawo e-Richfield ukuze aklame futhi atshale imbewu yezinkontileka zakhe ze-Simplot.
Kuyabanda futhi sihlukaniswe kakhulu,” kusho uTelford. “Akukho lutho ngaphandle kogwadule olusizungezile njengoba ubona. Ihlukanisiwe ngempela ukuze kukhiqizwe imbewu, futhi besihlala sikuthola kunzima ukuthola usayizi, ngakho ngo-1982 sayishintsha yaba yimbewu kuphela.” UTelford uthe ngesikhathi enquma ukutshala imbewu yamazambane wahamba ebuza abantu ukuthi “ngubani ongcono kakhulu?” Uthe lonke uhlu luzoqala ngoJohn Schutter. Bathenga isizukulwane sesibili, noma unyaka wesithathu eSchutter Farms e-Montana bese betshala imbewu yabatshali babo abathengisayo.
“Nganquma ukuthi kufanele ngithenge imbewu kuJohn Schutter futhi ngithole futhi ngifunde konke engangingakufunda kuye,” esho. “Ngakho-ke ngamshayela ucingo base bedayiswa bonke. Ngicabanga ukuthi kwakuwunyaka wesithathu ngimhlupha ngaphambi kokuba agcine engitholele imbewu. Futhi kusukela kulokho ngisanda kuthuthukisa ubuhlobo obuhle noJohn nomndeni wakhe. “Ubengumeluleki osezingeni eliphezulu, ngeke ngisho ngokwanele ukuthi ubengiphethe kahle. Ngisathenga imbewu emndenini wakwaSchutter
” Eminyakeni eyishumi nantathu edlule, u-Telford waqala ukufuna ukwandisa indawo yepulazi njengoba amadodana akhe eqala ukujoyina. Wonke umhlaba ozungeze i-Richfield kanye ne-Hidden Valley wawuthengiwe ngabafuyi bobisi endaweni futhi waphoqeleka ukuthi abheke kwenye indawo.b "Besifuna indawo ethile esinganweba kuyo ukuze sivule isikhala somndeni," kusho u-Telford. “Siyibhekile iMontana sabheka yonke indawo ithuba liziveza ku-Arco. Siyajabula ngempela ukuthi lokho kwenzekile. Siyakuthanda nje e-Arco futhi kube kuhle kakhulu kithina. "
U-Telford uthe u-2021 ungomunye weminyaka engenzi kahle kakhulu enkumbulweni futhi wasola isimo sezulu esishisayo. “Isimo sezulu ebesishisa kakhulu ebesinaso unyaka wonke bekungoJuni, besingenayo into ehambisana nalokho ngoJulayi wonke, kuze kube ngu-Agasti, ukushisa okukhulu ebesinakho bekungoJuni futhi kwafika ekuqaleni kukaJuni, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kuthinte isethi. ," uthe. "Imbewu iphezulu, isezingeni eliphezulu, ibukeka iyinhle kodwa sisanda kulima imivini esikhundleni samazambane."
Ukushisa kwangonyaka odlule kuphinde kwabhebhethekisa isimo sesomiso esibhekene nabalimi kulo lonke elaseSnake River okuholele ekutheni kunciphe ukugcwala kwamanzi endaweni engaphansi komhlaba. Amachibi amakhulu okugcina e-Upper Snake River Basin nawo athululwa ngesikhathi sokukhula sika-2020. Isimo esimenze wabuka amashadi esimo sezulu nokunqwabelana kwe-snowpack kulobu busika. "Uma lingekho iqhwa e-Idaho kulo nyaka, ngenxa yokuthi ama-reservoir systems awanalutho futhi ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngezindawo ezingaphansi komhlaba, kufanele sibe nobusika obuhle ngempela," kusho uTelford mayelana nokubuka kwamanzi kanye nomthelela wawo ku-2021 inkathi yokukhula.
Uthe bazolinda kuze kube uFebhuwari ukuze babone ukuthi izimo zeqhwa zibukeka kanjani ngaphambi kokuthatha izinqumo zokutshala. Okokuqala nokubalulekile kwaTelford ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zembewu zamakhasimende akhe. Uma u-Telford namadodana akhe sebenqume ukuthi unyaka wamanzi ka-2022 uzoba yini lapho-ke bazonquma ukuthi bazotshala izilimo ezingakanani ngokushintshanisa, okonga amanzi adingekayo ukuze bahlangabezane namakhasimende abo amazambane embewu yokuhweba.
“Amazambane ethu ahamba phambili kithi, yisona sitshalo esibaluleke kakhulu leso, lokhu okusele ngokushintshana nje,” kusho uTelford. “Into ebaluleke kakhulu onayo ngamakhasimende akho, cishe eduze kwempilo yakho kuphela. Isizathu sokuthi siphumelele ukuthi sinamakhasimende amahle kakhulu, athembeke ngokwedlulele asithembayo futhi senza umsebenzi ongcono kakhulu esingakwenza ukuze sinikeze imbewu yekhwalithi ephezulu futhi siqhubeke nokwenza lokho.
“Sinabantu asebeneminyaka engu-30 bethenga imbewu kimina.”