Kulingalira za ndalama, ntchito zakale kusukulu zimalimbikitsa mlimi waku Louisiana
Sam Ross ndiye woyamba kulowa mundawo. Fufuzani malo omwe ntchito yayikulu ikugwiridwa pafamuyi, kapena pomwe pali mng'oma wamagalimoto - ndipo Ross apezeka, akutsogolera ntchitoyo.
"Mutha kungotsogolera pafamu mwachitsanzo," akutero Ross.
Woyang'ana kwambiri pakuphedwa kwamagulu, kutsatira mosamalitsa ndalama zapansi pantchito, kutengeka kwambiri ndi ndalama zochepa kwambiri zopezera ndalama komanso njira yogwirira ntchito kusukulu yakale, Ross wapanga ntchito yolima bwino. Pazifukwa izi, Ross ndi gulu lake adalandira ulemu ngati womaliza kumaliza Mphoto Yopanga Chaka Yapamwamba ya 2020.
"Sam ali ndi chidwi chodziwika bwino chochita zinthu moyenera ndipo amafuna kuti achite bwino," akutero a Jerry Waits, oyang'anira malo ku Nutrien Ag Solutions ku Pioneer, La. "Akuwoneka kuti akuganiza malingaliro paliponse pomwe angathe."
osewera chinsinsi
Ross ali ndi maekala 1,560 ndipo amagwira ntchito mahekitala pafupifupi 10,000 (90% othirira) kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Louisiana, komanso malo owoloka Mtsinje wa Mississippi, kumadzulo chapakati pa Mississippi. Ma acreage agawika magawo atatu mwa chimanga, thonje ndi soya.
Kutatsala pang'ono kufika 7 koloko tsiku lililonse, Ross amatuluka pakhomo, ndikupita kwa maginito a mlimi ku Pioneer, La., - golosale yakomweko, komwe amayimilira khofi, amagulitsa malonda ndi anthu opuma pantchito zasiliva ndipo amalankhula ndi gulu lake .
Ross sanatchule ntchito yake osagogomezera udindo wa osewera angapo. Stacy, mkazi wake, amasamalira zolemba zonse ndi kupopera zinthu. Abambo a Ross, a Mike, ndi othandizira komanso ofunikira pantchitoyi. Julie Ross, msuweni, ndi manejala waofesi ku famu ya Ross, kampani yopanga ma gin ndi oyendetsa malo, komanso wofunika kwambiri, wazaka zambiri m'dongosolo. Marlin Franklin, ndi wanzeru, wotsogola m'munda, ndipo Jacob, mwana wamwamuna wazaka 21, akuphunzira zingwe mumthunzi wa abambo ake.
Woyang'anira Zowopsa
Atakulira pantchito yolangizidwa ndi Mike, Ross adagula maekala 100 oyamba patatha zaka zitatu atamaliza maphunziro awo kusekondale, ndipo patatha zaka zisanu anali akulima payekha pamahekitala 1,200. Mu 2003, ali ndi zaka 25, atakwera maekala 2,000 opangira, Ross anali ndi mwayi wopanga ntchito yosintha maekala 9,000.
Kwenikweni, Ross adagwiritsa ntchito inshuwaransi ya mbewu ngati ndalama yogwiritsira ntchito kulima maekala pamlingo wopindulitsa. Jimmy Sanders Inc. atapereka mnyumba
ndalama zothandizira inshuwaransi ya mbewu, Ross adadziwa kuti khwekhwe lidzayenda - zionekera kuti ndalama zake zidakhala pansi pamtengo.
Inali mphindi yakuwerengera Ross kuti: "Ndidazindikira bola ngati ndingakwanitse kusunga ndalamazo, sindingataye. Bwanji osayang'ana? Zinandichotsera mantha, ndipo panthawiyo, ndinali ndi zochepa zochepa, ndipo sindinataye pang'ono. ”
Njira yachuma iyi imafunikira kulangidwa kwambiri, ndipo ngakhale idamulepheretsa kukhala ndi famu yayitali, idakhazikika.
Ross anati: "Zinandipangitsa kuti ndizilima bwino kwambiri ndi ndalama." "Zomwe ndimayesera kuchita nthawi zonse zimangoyang'ana pa ROI, kaya ndikukambirana za kubwereketsa ndi mwininyumba kapena kampani yomwe ili ndi kampani."
Pofika chaka cha 2009, akukhulupirira njira zowongolera zoopsa, Ross adayamba kubwereketsa zida. Makamaka pochita opareshoni yokhala ndi ma radius 80-mile, kubwereketsa kunkaonetsetsa kuti nthawi yocheperako ikukonzedwa, kumaliza ntchito mwachangu ndi ma-chin zazikulu, komanso mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wosinthidwa.
"Mfungulo inali voliyumu," akutero, "ndipo ndikangogunda maekala 8,000, ndidakwanitsa kupeza ndandanda yabwinoko yamitengo ndikupeza kuchotsera kwama mayunitsi angapo. Ndi zabwino kwa ine komanso ogulitsa. ”
Zomangira Zamalonda
Kusintha kwa kubwereketsa kunatsegula khomo lina mu 2012: kugula kwa 330,000-bu. malo osungira tirigu, pogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zopangidwa pogulitsa zida zomwe zilipo. Ross adachoka ku banki yachikhalidwe ndikusamukira ku Rabobank. Kuphatikiza apo, mu 2016, adabwereka gin yemwe anali atatsekedwa kale, Carroll Gin, yemwe adagula mu 2018.
"Gin ikatseka, ndizosatheka kuyambiranso," akutero a Bobby Skeen, Louisiana Cotton & Grain Association. "Kwa iwo kubwera kudzawononga nthawi yawo ndi ndalama kuti athe kuzipeza ndizopambana."
Kwazaka khumi zapitazi, gulu la Ross lakhala likuyang'ana pa zolowetsa ndi ndalama. Stacy, yemwe kale anali wogulitsa kubanki, ndi amene amayang'anira zolembalemba komanso symphony yapa digito, pogwiritsa ntchito Granular kuti azisunga zolowetsa, mitengo yamankhwala, malingaliro am'munda komanso kuphimba mapulani azokolola.
"Stacy amayang'anira kupopera kwathu," akutero Ross. "Ndimuuza zomwe tikufuna kuchita kumunda, ndipo azigula mitengoyo ndikupereka kwa Marlin kapena kuntchito yapansi kapena pantchito zandege."
Kusamala kwakukulu pazolowera pamahekitala 10,000 kumalipira ndalama zambiri, Ross amatenga nawo mbali, ndikuwonetsa minda yosabwerenso komanso zoopsa za malo osathiriridwa.
“Kusunga ndalama zonse zochepa kumatanthauza kuti timadziwa kumene tikupanga ndalama. Monga alimi, timaganiza kuti tikudziwa, koma manambala nthawi zambiri amatero mosiyana. Stacy amatha kuwunika zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pamunda uliwonse. Zotsatira zake, ndalola kuti malo apite chifukwa sitinali kupeza ndalama nawo. ”
Patsani Nzeru
Pakadali pano, Ross akufuna kupititsa patsogolo umwini wa malo, koma akuti cholinga chake ndi chovuta kukwaniritsa. “Ndikufuna kulandila ndalama zambiri osati kubwereketsa ndalama zambiri, koma mitengo yaminda ikukwera. Zonsezi ndi gawo lamasewera omwe ndimakonda. ”
Pazaka zopitilira 20 pansi pa lamba wake, cholinga cha Ross ndikuphunzitsa ndi kuphunzitsa mwana wawo wamwamuna, komanso kugawana zomwe akudziwa ndi alimi ena achichepere - kuwathandiza kupewa zolakwa zomwe wapanga.
Akuti kugwiritsa ntchito malo olakwika ndicholakwika chofala kwa alimi achinyamata masiku ano: “Nthawi zina anyamata zimawavuta kusunga chala chawo mumtsuko wa makeke. Amalandira ngongole yobzala mbewu ndikuyamba kugula zinthu zomwe sayenera, kapena kuwononga $ 30,000 yowonjezera pobisalira kapena magalimoto odula. Ayi, ingoyang'anirani zolipira zochepa. "
Wokhulupirira modzipereka pagulu komanso kusamalira, Ross amatsindikanso kufunikira kwa upangiri. “Bambo anga anandiphunzitsa kuti kulimbikira ntchito sikulakwa. M'malo mwake, agogo anga aamuna ndi amalume onse amachita chimodzimodzi, ndipo adandiwonetsa kuti ntchito inali gawo la moyo. "
Kwa alimi achichepere, Ross akupereka upangiri wosavuta: "Yang'anani m'dera lanu kuti muwone yemwe akuchita bwino, kenako muwone zomwe akuchita. Ndikutsimikizira kuti akupanga zisankho zoyenera ndipo salola kuti mwayi ungodutsa. ”
Ali ndi zaka za m'ma 20, Ross adalima minda ku Bolivar County, Miss., Ndipo adaphunzira maphunziro ofunikira kuchokera kwa Travis Satterfield. “Sanakhumudwe kapena kufulumira. Ndidamuwona akulima maekala 4,000 a mpunga osatopa. Ameneyo ndiye munthu amene ndimafuna kukhala. ”
Ross apitilizabe kuyang'ana kwambiri za manambala olowera, deta ndi ROI - nthawi yonseyi akusunga njira zakale kusukulu yolima.
"Utsogoleri ukuwonetsa kusasinthasintha pantchito yanu, ndipo izi zikutanthauza kuti muyenera kuwonetsa anthu mwachitsanzo," akutero. “Ndidzakhalapo m'mawa uliwonse ndi oyamba kufika. Kumunda, kulikonse komwe ntchito yofunika kwambiri ikuchitika, ndipamene mukandipeze. ”
Chithunzithunzi Cha Kampani Yodzala Ross
Ntchito: Yoyang'anira ku Pioneer, La., Ross Planting Company ili ndi maekala 10,300 mbali zonse ziwiri za mzere wa Louisiana-Mississippi. Kusakaniza kwa mbewu kumaphatikizapo chimanga, soya ndi thonje. Mu 2018, Ross adagula gin.
banja: Sam Ross ndi mkazi wake, Stacy, ali ndi opaleshoniyi. Othandizira ena ndi a Jacob Ross, mwana wamwamuna wa Sam, ndi Mike Ross, abambo a Sam.
Team: Famuyo imagwiritsa ntchito mamembala asanu ndi atatu anthawi zonse komanso 10 am'magulu anthawi yonse. Ross amayesa mphamvu ndi zofooka za olemba anzawo ntchito kuti adziwe gawo lomwe angachite mu bizinesi. Amaphunzitsanso kudzera pulogalamu ya H-2A.
Community: Banja la a Ross limabwezera mdera lawo. Amathandizira pakuwonetsa zamoto ndi mapulogalamu owunikira mitengo. Amapereka kusaka kwa omenyera nkhondo olumala kudzera mu Wounded Warrior Project. Ross amaphunzitsanso peewee basketball, imodzi mwamasewera omwe amakonda kwambiri.