Ndi kutentha kotsika sabata yatha kumayembekezereka kulowa sabata ino, zokolola sizikuwoneka bwino kwa alimi a mbatata ku Red River Valley, akatswiri akuti.
Pafupifupi 20 peresenti ya zokolola zatsopano zidakali panthaka Yofiira mtsinje Valley, atero a Ted Kreis, Mneneri wa Northern Plains Potato Growers Association.
Ted Kreis, mneneri wa Association of Northern Plains Potato Growers:
"Titha kutaya 100 peresenti ya zomwe zidakali munthaka, nyengo yozizira komanso yamvula, yomwe idabwera sabata yatha ndipo ikuwoneka kuti ikungokhala pang'ono pang'ono, ndiyabwino makamaka mbatata."
"Mbatata ikaundana, imakhala yosatetezeka, imasunganso bowa wosungira."
Ndipo minda yonyowa imapangitsa kuti "zikhale zosatheka" kupeza zida zokolola. Alimi ena amaliza kukolola mbatata zawo, koma ena amangomaliza theka.
A Bryan Folson, Purezidenti wa Folson Farms, adati bizinesi yawo idakali ndi 43 peresenti ya zokolola zake panthaka, ndipo sizikudziwika kuti kukolola kotani kudzayenda bwanji.
Bryan Folson, Purezidenti wa Folson Farms:
"Zimatengera momwe zonse zauma, timadalira kwambiri Ambuye Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse pa nyengo."
"Zinkawoneka" zovuta "kwa alimi omwe anali ndi chisanu sabata yatha"
Koma matalala amateteza mbatata. Chipale chofewa chikasungunuka, kutentha kukangokhala kozizira, kumatha kuziziritsa mbatata.
Pamene chisanu sabata yatha chimasungunuka, kutentha kudakhala pamwamba kuzizira, kotero Folson ali ndi chiyembekezo kuti mbatata zake zili bwino.
Kuwonongeka kwa mbewu kumatha kuyambitsa mitengo yomwe olima amatha kulipira, koma ogula sangawone kusintha kwakukulu kugolosale.
Ted Kreis:
"Olima amalipiritsa zambiri, koma pali malire ochepa, chifukwa chake pali mwayi kwa ogulitsa kuti agule mtengo."
"Mbatata ndi chinthu chamsika, kutanthauza kuti mitengo yake imasintha tsiku ndi tsiku. Chifukwa chake ndikumayambiriro kwambiri kuti tidziwe zomwe zichitike. "
"Tiyenera kukawona, koma ndikutsimikiza kuti sangachotse mbatata zonse."