Kukulitsa ndi kutsatsa mbatata ya phindu lalikulu kumatha kukhala kovuta, popeza pali zenera locheperako loti mupeze mitengo yokwera kwambiri. Kuonetsetsa kuti bizinesi yake ikuyenda bwino, mwini wake wa GoldenGrow Graeme Jarvie amagwiritsa ntchito njira yocheperako, pomwe bizinesiyo imangokhala momwe ingathere ndipo imayenda bwino.
South Africa ndi amodzi mwa mayiko ochepa padziko lapansi momwe nyengo ndi dothi ndizosiyanasiyana mokwanira kuti zizipanga mbatata chaka chonse. Zachidziwikire, gawo lililonse ladziko lomwe mbatata zimabzalidwa lili ndi zenera loyenera kubzala ndi kukolola. Pofuna kuti pakhale phindu pamitengo yogulira ndi kufunikira, alimi amakhala ndi cholinga chogulitsa zokolola zawo nthawi yomwe mbatata zochokera kumadera ena ku South Africa zikuchepa kapena sizikupezeka.
Komabe, nthawi zonse pamakhala kulumikizana pakati pa madera omwe amalima mbatata, ndipo ndi nthawi yomwe mpikisano umakhala waukulu pakati pa alimi. Graeme Jarvie, yemwe amatsogolera ntchito zaulimi pabizinesi yakampani ya Jarvie Group ku KwaZulu-Natal, akukhulupirira kuti kutenga njira zochepetsera zomwe zimapatsa kampani ya GoldenGrow mbatata zingapo zabwino kuposa omwe akupikisana nawo.
Ili m'dera la Seven Oaks pafupi ndi Greytown, pagulu la Moist Midlands Mistbelt bioresource, GoldenGrow imatulutsa pafupifupi 150ha ya mbatata pachaka pansi pothirira pakati. Izi ndi zosinthana ndi chimanga ndi nyemba zouma zokolola, komanso ma oats omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chakudya chobiriwira ndi msipu wa ng'ombe za Jarvie Group. Dongosolo losinthasintha limafalitsa chiwopsezo chachuma, limathandiza kuchepetsa tizilombo komanso matenda, komanso limalimbikitsa thanzi m'nthaka.
Kupanga nthawi bwino
Jarvie akuti nyengo yozizira m'derali, chisanu chambiri cha nthawi yozizira, ndi dongo lokwera, dothi laling'ono la pH Hutton zimaphatikizira kupatsa GoldenGrow zenera locheperako lodzala mbewu zake mbatata, kuzilima bwino, ndikukolola ndikugulitsa bwino. “Tikufuna kugwiritsa ntchito, ndikuwonjezera pazenera locheperako pomwe titha kupeza mitengo yabwino kwambiri pazokolola zathu. Chifukwa chake timabzala mbatata pakati pa mwezi wa Julayi mpaka kumapeto kwa Ogasiti kuti tikolole, ndipo nthawi yomweyo timanyamula ndikumagulitsa, pakati pa Disembala ndi February, ”akutero.
Jarvie akuwonjezera kuti kubzala mbatata za GoldenGrow koyambirira kumatanthauza kuti mbewuzo zidzakula mpaka kufika poti zitha kuwonongeka ndi chisanu chapakatikati mpaka kumapeto kwa dzinja. Zomera zazing'ono za mbatata zimatha kupirira chisanu kenako ndikupitilira kukula kupitilira nthawi yozizira. Zomera izi zimatha kukhalanso ndi moyo m'masiku ofupikirapo a nyengo ino, pomwe mbewu zakale zimatha kubala zochepa chifukwa zimafunikira dzuwa.
Chovuta china pakupanga mbatata ku Moist Midlands Mistbelt ndikuti ngakhale mu Novembala ndi Disembala, pomwe ambiri ku South Africa akukumana ndi kutentha kotentha kumapeto kwa nyengo yachilimwe komanso koyambirira kwa nyengo yachilimwe, nthawi zambiri kumakhala kozizira komanso kocheperako, dzuwa lowala komanso magawo ofunda. Oyang'anira a GoldenGrow ayenera kukhala atcheru pakuwongolera matenda am'mafangayi, omwe amatha kuchuluka pamitengo ya mbatata nyengoyi.
"Kubzala pambuyo pa Ogasiti kumapangitsa kuti mbewuzo zikule kwambiri," akutero Jarvie. "Izi zili choncho chifukwa dothi lofunda limakhazikitsa nayitrogeni, yomwe mbewu zimazigwiritsa ntchito, ndikuyika zina zowonjezera muzakudya zawo ndi chinyezi kukulira pamwamba panthaka mmalo momera tubers.
"Komanso, ngati titakolola mbatata zathu pambuyo pa February, GoldenGrow imakumana ndi mpikisano wamsika kuchokera ku mbatata zomwe zidakololedwa kumadera ena a Free State panthawiyo."
Ndi zomwe zilipo pakadali pano, GoldenGrow imatha kuthana ndi kuchuluka kokha kwa mbatata zokonzekera mbewu asanayambe kutaya mphamvu ndi kuthekera. Bungweli pakadali pano limalima mitundu isanu, yomwe ndi Mondial, Mondeo, Elmundo, Panamera ndi Valor, popeza mayesero ake apafamu azindikira kuti izi ndizoyenera kubzala ndi kupanga zakomweko, chuma cham'munda, kufunika kwa ogula, komanso zenera lotsatsa labwino kwambiri.
Komabe, Jarvie ndi gulu lake lotsogolera nthawi zonse amapereka magawo okwana 10ha kuti akwaniritse mitundu yatsopano, ndipo mwina yoyenererana bwino, yomwe imalimbikitsidwa ndi omwe amagulitsa mbatata za GoldenGrow komanso ndi bungwe la Potato South Africa. "Kwa ife, kuyesera kupeza mahekitala ambiri a mbatata m'nthaka mwina kutipangitsa kuti tituluke pazenera lathu labwino lobzala," akutero a Jarvie. "Izi zitha kubweretsa zokolola zochepa komanso zabwino, komanso mitengo yotsika. Izi, zitha kuyika phindu lathu pansi pazowonjezera zina.
"Monga zinthu zina zambiri zaulimi, mbatata nthawi zambiri imakhala mbewu zoopsa, zochepa. Pakadali pano, mtengo wathu wonse kubzala, kukula, kukolola ndi kugulitsa mbewu ya mbatata ndi pafupifupi R130 000 / ha. Sitingalole kuti gawo lathu lazopanga likhale lokulirapo kotero kuti sitingathe kulisamalira moyenera. ”
Mitundu ya mbatata ya GoldenGrow imafunikira kukula kwake. Gulu lotsogolera, motsogozedwa ndi mbatata zambewu ndi ena omwe amagulitsa, akuwerengera mavoliyumu ndikuwonetsetsa nthawi yoperekera mbatata kuti igwirizane ndi kuthekera kwa omwe adadzala mbatata ndi zida zawo zothandizira. Pamodzi, atha kubzala pakati pa 4ha ndi 6ha patsiku.
Kuopsa kochedwetsa zokolola
Malinga ndi Jarvie, ndikofunikanso kwambiri kufananitsa zofunikira za mbewu za mbatata za GoldenGrow ndikuyembekeza kukolola mbatata kwa zida zantchito, kusungira pafamu ndi kulongedza katundu, komanso kuthekera kwotsatsa.
Ngati mahekitala omalizidwa apitilira kuthekera kumeneku, pali chiwopsezo chenicheni kuti mbatata zokonzeka kukolola zimatha kukhala nthawi yayitali m'nthaka. Izi zimawonjezera mwayi woti adzagwidwa ndi tizirombo ndi matenda obwera chifukwa cha nthaka, kapena kuyamba kuwola. Mukamaliza kukolola, mbatata izi zitha kusokonekera kwambiri ndipo ziyenera kugulitsidwa kunja kwa zenera labwino la GoldenGrow. Pamodzi, zinthu ziwirizi zitha kubweretsa mitengo yotsika ya mbatata zoyambira.
Jarvie akuti: "Kukolola kukayamba kutha msinkhu, kumakhala kovuta kuti tizigwire."
"Zipangizo, [nyumba yosungira katundu] ndi ogwira ntchito amatopa. Mu [packhouse] makamaka, kuyesera kuthana ndi mbatata zochulukirapo kuposa malowa ndi makina adapangidwa kuti azikhala ndi zolakwitsa zambiri zomwe zimapangidwa ndikulemba ndikunyamula. Ndipo pakakhala kusakanikirana kwabwinoko chifukwa chakuchedwa kukolola, malo amayamba kucheperako pogwira ntchito yolimbana ndi kusanganikaku. ”
Ananenanso kuti ngati zokolola za mbatata za GoldenGrow zibwera munthawi yoyenera, ambiri amakhala kalasi yoyamba. Bwalo lanyumba zanyumba zimatha kupeza zosavuta kupatula mbatata zotsika pang'ono kuchokera m'makalasi ambiri oyamba. Ndipo, kumene, kutsatsa mbewu ya mbatata zoyambira kwambiri kumabweretsa ndalama zambiri kuposa zokolola zochepa.
Tizirombo, matenda ndi kuthirira
Jarvie akufotokoza kuti 'zochepa ndizochulukirapo' ngakhale pakuwongolera mbatata za GoldenGrow pomwe zikukula. Apanso, kukula kwa mbewuyi kukufanana ndi kuthekera kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda ndi kuwongolera namsongole, komanso chakudya cha mbewu. Mwachitsanzo, mahekitala omwe anali pansi pa mbatata amapitilira mphamvu ya kupopera mbewu zaulimi, Jarvie ndi gulu lake atha kukakamizidwa kupopera gawo lina la mbewu kunja kwa malo abwino, monga ngati kuli mphepo kapena konyowa kwambiri.
M'mikhalidwe yovutayi, mankhwalawo sangakhale othandiza kwambiri, mwina zomwe zingayambitse kuchepa kwa tizirombo kapena namsongole, motero kukolola kumakhala kochepa. Njira yokhayo pakadali pano ingakhale kupopera kachiwiri, zomwe zingapangitse ndalama zowonjezerapo, kuwononga nthawi yambiri, komanso kuwononga chilengedwe.
Jarvie akuti: "Zocheperapo" zimagwiranso ntchito polinganiza mbande za mbatata ndi zomangamanga zomwe zilipo komanso kupezeka kwa madzi. “Popeza kukhetsa katundu kumachuluka kwambiri, kuthirira tsiku lonse nthawi zambiri kumakhala kosatheka. Alimi a mbatata ayamba kukonzekera zokolola zawo kuti adzagwiritse ntchito magetsi m'tsogolo. ”
Marketing
GoldenGrow imagulitsa mbatata zake kudzera m'njira ziwiri. Yoyamba ndi nsanja yapa malonda yatsopano ya HelloChoice, yomwe imagulitsa pakati pa 33% ndi 50% ya mbatata zake. Mbewu yomwe imagulitsika imagulitsidwa kudzera misika yazinthu zatsopano ya Durban, Pietermaritzburg ndi Johannesburg.
Ndi zokolola zatsopano zomwe zimakhala zabwino kwambiri patsiku lokolola, komanso kukhala woyendetsa mtengo wamtengo wapatali, HelloChoice imalola GoldenGrow kupereka mbatata zake zatsopano kwa ogula m'dziko lonselo mbatata izi zisanatuluke m'munda. Pachifukwa ichi, komanso kuwonjezera pakupanga kwake mwakhama komanso kosamalidwa bwino, GoldenGrow nthawi zambiri imakwanitsa kukwaniritsa mitengo yotsika kwambiri yolowera kuminda yolima kudzera ku HelloChoice.
"Kufikira kwa HelloChoice kwa ogula kumatilola kukhala ndi mizere yambiri m'madzi, monga akunenera," akutero Jarvie. “Ogula akamakonda kwambiri mbatata zathu, pamakhala mwayi wokugulira mitengo yabwino ndi matani omwe agulidwa. "Mbatata iliyonse yomwe siigulitsidwe kudzera pa HelloChoice tsiku lomwelo imapita mgalimoto kumisika yatsopano tsiku lomwelo kuti ikonzekere kugulitsa m'mawa mwake."
Ubwino wina wa HelloChoice, akufotokoza, ndikuti nsanja imatha kupatsa ogwiritsa ntchito kulembetsa lipoti la Green Numbers Report tsiku lililonse. Uku ndikuwunika kwamitengo yolemera yopezeka pamakina otsatsa atsopano pafupifupi kulikonse mdziko muno. Izi zimathandiza alimi kuzindikira njira zotsatsa zomwe zimalonjeza mitengo yabwino kenako ndikugulitsa zokolola zawo zatsopano kwa awa.
Jarvie akuti kuyang'anira mwanzeru masheya azitsamba zatsopano kuti agwirizane ndi misika yabwino, m'malo mongolingalira ndi kugawa misika ndi zofunikira zawo, ndichitsanzo china chogwiritsa ntchito njira zochepera. Kupewa njira zopitilira muyeso zotsatsa mbatata ndi zipatso zina zimachepetsa chiopsezo cha mitengo yotsika mtengo komanso zotsalira zotsalira pamalonda apansi.
Zokolola zatsopano sizigulitsidwa, kutsika mtengo komwe zimakwaniritsa. Katundu yemwe sanagulitsidwe amatha kuwonongeka mpaka komwe sangagulitsidwe ndipo ayenera kutayidwa. Pankhani yomalizayi, mlimi sapeza ndalama zonse pamsikawu, ndikuwonjezera kunyoza, ayenera kulipira mtengo wamsika kuti atulutse zokolola zake.
"Njira yathu yoyendetsera zinthu imatithandiza kupewa zinthu zomwe zingatitayitse ndalama zambiri. Tikuyang'ana kwambiri pakukhala ambuye opanga makina athu opanga ndi kutsatsa, m'malo mowalola kutidziwa, "Jarvie akufotokoza.
ulendo jarviegroup.com.