Lapho uBrandon no-Ashley Bonk bebona ithuba lokukhulisa ibhizinisi labo, bayalithatha. Kusukela ngo-2007 kuze kube manje, sebekhulise ipulazi labo eMagnolia, eDel., Kusuka kulutho kuya kumahektare angama-5,500 XNUMX. Futhi ngenkathi ukugxila kwabo ikakhulu kummbila, ubhontshisi kakolweni kanye nokolweni, amazambane abe yingxenye enkulu yebhizinisi.
“Kwesinye isikhathi kufanele ukhiphe intamo bese uzama okuthile okwenziwa omunye umuntu. Ngicabanga ukuthi ubungozi obunjalo, ”kusho uBrandon, oqale ipulazi no-Ashley ngemuva kokuphothula iziqu e-Iowa State University ngeziqu ze-ag systems technology. Namazambane ayisibonelo salokho. AmaBonks akhula azungeze amahektare angama-265 ama-spuds - amahektare angama-40 wamazambane amazambane namahektare angama-225 ezinhlobonhlobo zamasheya, kufaka phakathi ama-yellows, reds, abamhlophe nama-russets.
Uthi: “Saqala sincane kakhulu. "Kunabanye abakhiqizi bamazambane kule ndawo, kuvele ukuthi bebephumelela ngayo." “Ngangibangani abakhulu nomfana olingana nami owayevela epulazini lamazambane futhi umndeni wakhe wahlinzwa amazambane iminyaka engama-40, 50. Ngikwazile ukusebenza naye eminyakeni embalwa yokuqala. Benginomhlaba; omunye umfana wayenolwazi, ”usho kanje.
Laba bobabili sebehambile ngezindlela zabo ezihlukene, kepha uBrandon no-Ashley balokhu bekhula. IDelmarva, ngobuningi bayo inhlabathi eyisicaba, enesihlabathi, ekhanywa kahle, iyindawo enhle yamazambane, usho kanjalo. Amasimu anokunisela okuphakathi nendawo okugcina amazambane engenawo amanzi ehlobo, kepha alawula amanzi, okuyinto ebalulekile ngoba amazambane akhetha ukuthi omile.
Ukugcina isikhathi nakho kuyisici, uthi. Ukutshala amazambane kwenzeka ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo, ngaphambi nje kokuba kutshalwe izilimo zasensimini, bese kuthi ukuvuna kwehle ngemuva kokuvuna ukolweni nokutshala izinyosi ezimbili, ngakho-ke iwindi elisebenza ngokuphelele ukuzihlanganisa.
"Iqale njengento encane ngesikhathi siqala… ivele yakhula yahambisana nokufunwayo," esho. “Sinefasitela elihle ngoba azikho ezinye izindawo eziningi ezivunwayo njengamanje. IVirginia neNorth Carolina bakhipha isivuno sabo ngaphambi kokuba siqale. Mhlawumbe amanye amazwe aseNtshonalanga akhiqiza, kodwa ashibhile ngenxa yezimpahla. ”
Kusukela ekuqaleni
UBrandon no-Ashley bobabili bavela emkhakheni wepulazi. Umndeni kaBrandon waqhuba umsebenzi wokugaya imifino kanye nenyama yenkomo iminyaka eyikhulu epulazini eliseSussex County, eDel. Uyisizukulwane sesihlanu somndeni wakhe ukulima. Ngo-100, umndeni wakhe wawudayisa lo msebenzi, kepha ukulima kwahlala egazini likaBrandon. Waya ekolishi e-Iowa futhi wasebenza emapulazini endawo ngenkathi esafunda.
U-Ashley wakhulela epulazini lamahektare angama-2,500 XNUMX eningizimu yepulazi lakhe lamanje. Uyise wayelima ummbila, ubhontshisi, ukolweni, ibhali nemifino. U-Ashley waya ekolishi ukuba nguthisha futhi wafundisa iminyaka emihlanu, kepha ngemuva kokuba yena noBrandon bathole ingane yabo yesibili - banezingane ezine, abafana ababili namantombazane amabili - wanquma ukuhlala ekhaya asebenze epulazini.
UBrandon wakhuthazwa ukuthi abuye ekhaya azoqala ipulazi lakhe, ngakho-ke waqala wabambisana ekusebenzeni komukhwe wakhe. Omunye umlimi owayehlala kude wayefuna ukuqasha indawo ayenayo umukhwe wakhe. Esikhundleni salokho, umukhwe wakhe wamnikeza umhlaba, amahektare angama-225, ngo-2007.
Ngemuva kokuthi abalimi abaningana bethathe isinqumo sokuthengisa, uBrandon no-Ashley baqala ukukhulisa amahektare abo, ekugcineni bafinyelela ku-1,000 XNUMX. Ngemuva kwalokho, kwafika ithuba ababengakwazi ukuthi cha.
“Ngakho-ke ngesikhathi esasingena ngaso impela, izindlu zaphazamiseka ngo-'08, '09, ngakho umhlaba endaweni yethu waba ngowamabhange,” usho kanje. "Njengoba abathuthukisi bengakwazanga ukwenza lutho ngayo futhi amabhange ayithatha, lokho kwanikeza ithuba elihle lokuthenga umhlaba."
Umhlaba owake wathengiswa ngama- $ 40,000 kuya ku- $ 50,000 ihektare manje usuthengiswa ngo- $ 5,000 kuya ku- $ 6,000 ihektare. Ngokuhambisana nalokho, amanani okusanhlamvu ngaleso sikhathi ayephezulu kakhulu. Uthi: “Sabusiswa ngalelo thuba. “Asihleleli kude kakhulu. Bekuyithuba elizivezile futhi besicabanga ukuthi lizosebenza ukuzuza kulo. ”
Izitshalo zasensimini yizo ezenza imali epulazini: amahektare angama-3,000 ommbila, amahektare ayi-1,500 kakolweni kanye namahektare ayi-1,000 XNUMX kabhontshisi, iningi lawo elisikwa kabili emva nje kukakolweni. Wonke ummbila uya ezigayweni zokuphakelwa kwezinkukhu eDelmarva ngenkathi ama-soya, izinhlobo ezinama-oleic aphezulu, eya ePerdue Farms crush plant eSalisbury, Md. Ukolweni uya ezigayo zofulawa ePennsylvania.
Cishe ama-70% omhlaba aniselwa ngama-pivots aphakathi nendawo. Iningi lomhlaba yena nepulazi i-Ashley lihamba kakhulu ku-Route 1, eningizimu yeDover Air Force Base nasenyakatho namabhishi ezindawo zokungcebeleka eDelaware. Futhi banamakhasi angama-750,000 wamandla okugcina okusanhlamvu.
Umhlaba oniselwayo ulinywa ngesivalo esikhula ebusika. I-strip tiller ihamba entwasahlobo ngayinye ngaphambi kokuba imbewu iye emhlabathini. Ummbila waseDryland awulinywa ube yisivuno sekhava yokusanhlamvu, unyaka wesibili bakwenzile lokhu. Ukolweni, i-radishes ne-clover kutshalwa ukuwa kwangaphambilini, kanti izilimo zasensimini, imvamisa zesoya, zitshalwa kulo entwasahlobo elandelayo.
Imfihlo yempumelelo
Ngakho-ke yiziphi izihluthulelo zempumelelo yabo? Ukugcina okusanhlamvu kuyisihluthulelo kanye nokuziphatha okuhle. Lezi zithandani zisebenza amahora amaningi kodwa futhi zinabasebenzi abayisishiyagalombili abaqashwe ngokugcwele, abaningana ababamba amatoho nabasebenza ngezikhathi ezithile zonyaka be-H-2A abavela eNingizimu Afrika.
Kodwa ukuchelela kuyisihluthulelo sabo esikhulu empumelelweni. Lezi zithandani zisebenzisa ama-45 centre-pivot irrigation systems. "Endaweni yethu singalima isivuno esikhulu uma sikwazi ukuhlinzeka imvula ehlobo, futhi kusobala ukuthi ukuchelela kuyindlela yokwenza lokho," esho. “Kubukeke sengathi yiminyaka embalwa yokuqala besizilimela sodwa, yonke into ebinganiselwa ivele yasha yafa. Ngivele ngacabanga ukuthi bekunje. ”
Inhlabathi inesihlabathi futhi idonsa kahle, futhi ngaphandle kokunisela, zihlala izinsuku kude nesomiso. "Ngokunciphisa leyo ngozi… singazithenga izitshalo zethu futhi sazi ukuthi sizokhiqiza, noma sizizwe siqinisekile ukuthi sizokhiqiza," usho kanje.
Ukufunda kwabanye
Ukusebenza nabanye abalimi nokufunda komakhelwane bakhe nakho kube yinto ebalulekile. Yinto uBrandon athi abanye abalimi abasebasha kufanele bayibheke uma bengaqiniseki ngokuthi bangalikhulisa kanjani ibhizinisi noma ukuthi bafuna ukwenzani.
“Enye yezindlela ezinhle engithole ukuthi ngikwenze ngayo ukubheka izindlela abanye abantu abenza ngayo. Bathola impumelelo benza into efanayo, lokho kubonakala kusebenza kahle, futhi mhlawumbe singakwenza, ”kusho yena. "Ukubheka nje abanye abantu abaphumelele futhi ufunde kubo."
“Sesifinyelele emsebenzini nosayizi ofanelekile. Sibona sengathi singakwazi ukuphatha kahle lo sayizi. Into ebaluleke kakhulu esingayenza ukutshala isivuno esikhulu nesitshalo esihle, bese siyimaketha kahle, ”usho kanje. “Ngakho-ke ufanele ngempela ukuphatha lokho; leyo yindlela ebesikhuluma ngayo. ”