M'mawu op-ed omwe adalembedwa ndi CEO wa NCGA a Jon Doggett, akuti oyang'anira feteleza akubweretsa phindu lokwera movutikira alimi, kutchula makampani a fetelezawo kuti "Fertilizer Oligopoly."
Op-ed yotsatirayi idalembedwa ndi Jon Doggett, CEO wa Bungwe la National Corn Growers Association (NCGA).
Ngati mukufuna kupha msika wamasheya, iwalani za Amazon, muyenera kuyika ndalama m'makampani opanga feteleza.
Ngakhale mabungwe ndi makampani ena akukopa chidwi cha anthu kuti awone momwe machitidwe awo amakhudzira anthu aku America, oyang'anira feteleza akupanga ngati achifwamba kuwonongera anthu omwe amadyetsa ndi mafuta aku America. Tiyeni tingowatchula kuti Fertilizer Oligopoly.
Kodi Fertilizer Oligopoly yatani? Likugwiritsa ntchito boma kuti lichotse mpikisanowu ndikulanda msika wa feteleza wa ku America.
Chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe Machiavellian amasuntha kwambiri ndi makampani a Feteleza adabwera pomwe kampani yaku US ya Mosaic, yomwe imapanga feteleza wogulitsidwa kuno ndi kunja, idagwiritsa ntchito nyengo yovuta kwambiri mu 2017 ndi 2018, zomwe zidachepetsa kugula feteleza, kupanga zovuta zomwe zidatsimikizira International. Trade Commission inali kulakwa kwa katundu wochokera kunja. ITC idatsika chifukwa cha mbedza zopanda pakezi, mzere ndi siker, ndipo mu Marichi idapereka msonkho wa 19.7% pa feteleza wa phosphate wotumizidwa kuchokera ku Morocco ndi Russia.
N’zosachita kufunsa kuti chitukukochi chadzetsa vuto lalikulu pakati pa alimi, pomwe alimi a chimanga ndi alimi ena akundiuza kuti feteleza wakwera mpaka 200% m’chaka chimodzi. Pamene mitengo ya zinthuzi ikukwera, alimi akukumananso ndi nkhani za kapezedwe ka zinthu zomwe ndi kukwera mtengo kwa mbewu ndi zoteteza mbewu.
Izi zonse ndizovuta kwa mlimi waku America.
Pakadali pano, makampani a Fertilizer akupanga phindu. Zopeza za gawo la feteleza la phosphate la Mosaic la August zidakwera $200 miliyoni kuposa phindu lake la 2020, ndipo kampaniyo ikupeza mphamvu zambiri pakukula kwa feteleza wa phosphate ku US M'malo mwake, msika wa phosphate wa Mosaic wakula kuchoka pa 74% kufika pa 80% popeza mitengo yamitengo yayikidwa pazogulitsa kunja. Mitengoyi pamodzi ndi zinthu zina, monga mitengo ya gasi, ndi kukweza mtengo wa feteleza mpaka mbiri yakale.
Koma vutoli likuwonjezeka. Pomwe zinkawoneka ngati Mose anali wamkulu komanso wabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi wamakampani a Feteleza, CF Industries, adatulutsa tsamba kuchokera m'bukhu lamasewera la Mose ndikulemba dandaulo ku ITC kuti ayike mitengo ya urea ammonium nitrate solution, yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito mu feteleza wamadzimadzi, zotumizidwa kuchokera ku Russia ndi Trinidad & Tobago. Ngakhale dandaulo la CF Industries likukambidwabe ku ITC, kampaniyo yatseka mbewu zina ku England, zomwe zimakhudzanso kupezeka kwa feteleza ndikukweza mitengo kwa alimi aku America.
Ngakhale kuti kusowa kwa feteleza kukukulirakulira m’dziko lonselo, alimi sayenera kuyang’ana ku makampani a Feteleza kuti awathandize, chifukwa Mose sakuonanso msika wa ku America ngati chinthu chofunika kwambiri. Kupatula apo, posachedwa idachulukitsa zotumiza ku Canada ndipo yayamba kutumiza feteleza ku Brazil.
Alimi akumidzi yaku America, omwe adakhala ndi mitengo yokwera kwambiri ya feteleza, akwiya kuti mabungwe agwiritsa ntchito bungwe la boma kuphatikiza msika ndikukweza mitengo pazinthu zogulira. Monga momwe mlimi wina ananenera, "Ndimavutika kumvetsa chifukwa chake kampani yomwe ili ndi 73% mpaka 74% ya gawo la msika ikufunikira International Trade Commission kuti ipereke msonkho kuti iwathandize kufika 80% -kuwonjezera."
Bungwe lathu posachedwapa linagwirizana ndi magulu ena angapo popereka chidule cha amicus pamlandu womwe makampani a feteleza ochokera ku Morocco anabweretsa ku Khoti Loona za Zamalonda ku United States. Koma khoti silipereka chigamulo pamlanduwo mpaka 2022, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti alimi adutsanso nyengo ina akulipira mitengo yokwera ya feteleza.
Tikukhulupirira kuti khotilo lisintha chigamulo cha mitengo ya phosphate. Tikukhulupiriranso kuti akuluakulu a CF Industries azindikira momwe mitengo yamitengo ikukhudzira alimi aku America ndikuchotsa pempho lawo loti awonjezere mitengo yamitengo. Chofunika koposa, tikufuna anthu aku America ndi opanga mfundo kuti amvetsetse kuti mabungwe akupindula powononga alimi a mabanja.
Timalimbikitsanso makampani opanga feteleza azikumbukira omwe makasitomala awo ndi. M'malo mofalitsa uthenga wolakwika wokhudza kuopseza kwa katundu wochokera kunja, ayenera kuthandiza alimi kufalitsa fetereza yotsika mtengo.
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