Mlimi wa a Shelley a Bart Wattenbarger anali kubanki pamsika wolimba kuti amuthandize kuchira nyengo yozizira kwambiri yomwe idawononga pafupifupi 30% ya mbatata yake.
Kwa kanthawi pang'ono kukolola kwa 2019, zinthu zinkawoneka bwino, ndi kupezeka kwa mbatata komwe kumabweretsa kubwerera kwabwino kwa olima ndi kukwera kwamitengo ya makatoni atsopano a 50 omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ogulitsa chakudya.
Kenako COVID-19 idagunda, ndipo pambuyo pokwera mtengo koyamba kwa mbatata zogulitsa zomwe zimayambitsidwa ndi zovuta zamagulitsidwe, msika unamasulidwa. Mapurosesa adadula mapangano, alimi adabweza mbewu zosafunikira kwa omwe amawagulitsa mbatata ndi omwe amalima popanda misika yazinthu zawo zochulukirapo zomwe zidakhala mitu yankhondo ndikuwapereka kumabanja omwe akuvutika.
Pomwe akukonzekera zokolola izi, Wattenbarger amakhulupirira kuti tebulo lakonzedwanso kuti likhale ndi spud yabwino, mbewu yabwino komanso msika wabwino. Khadi lakutchire, komabe, limakhalabe COVID-19.
Alimi ena ayamba kale kukumba madera olima a East Idaho okhala ndi dothi lamchenga, monga Fort Hall, ndipo akhala akupha mipesa kwina kulikonse pokonzekera kukolola. Alimi amderali nthawi zambiri amapereka lipoti labwino kwambiri komanso zokolola zambiri.
"Patha zaka zisanu chichitikireni kuti tipeze ndalama zambiri pafamuyi ndipo timayembekezera chaka chokomera chaka chatha," adatero Wattenbarger.
“Mu February, msika umenewo udagwa. Zinachotsa mphepo m'maseyera kwa mlimi aliyense pafupi pano. Tonse tinali osangalala mwezi umodzi izi zisanachitike, ndipo aliyense anali atakhumudwa pafupifupi. ”
Kutsika kwakung'ono kwakapangidwe kumatha kupanga kusiyana kwakukulu pamitengo ya mbewu zapadera monga mbatata, ndipo alimi a Idaho akuyembekeza kuti ayambe kugwa uku ndi voliyumu yaying'ono kwambiri poyerekeza ndi zaka zaposachedwa. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service akuti alimi aku Idaho adabzala ma ekala 300,000 a spud nyengo ino - kutsika mahekitala 10,000 kuchokera ku 2019 - yoyendetsedwa makamaka ndi kudula kwakukulu kwa mapurosesa. Bungwe lolima omwe adafufuza kubzala maekala poyendera ndikuwona gawo lililonse m'boma akuti mbewuyo ndiyocheperako, pamahekitala 295,790.
Mitengo ya mbatata yomwe idagwa pambuyo poti coronavirus idakakamiza kutsekedwa kwa malo odyera ndi omwe amagula chakudya adayamba kuchuluka. USDA Market News inanena pa Ogasiti 25 mtengo wamatumba asanu, mapaundi 10 a Russet Norkotahs ochokera ku Upper Valley, District Twin Falls-Burley anali $ 6.50 mpaka $ 7.50, ndipo makatoni owerengera 50 a Norkotah anali kugulitsa $ 16 mpaka $ 19.50.
"Ndikuganiza kuti zonsezi ndi za COVID," adatero Wattenbarger. "Ngati tingathe kuwongolera izi, ndikukhulupirira kuti tili ndi msika wabwino. Ngati tikhala ndi mkokomo ndikutsekanso, ili ndi tsoka kwa alimi. ”
Wattenbarger adakonza zopha mipesa yake Lachisanu ndikuyamba kukolola pa Seputembara 21. Kutengera kuyesa kwake koyesa, akukhulupirira kuti mbewu yake idzakhala yabwino kwambiri.
"Ndikuganiza kuti zokolola zidzakhala zokolola zambiri - mwina munda kuno kapena pakhoza kukhala pang'ono pang'ono," adatero. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti tili munthawi yomwe tikufuna msika wabwino."
Wattenbarger adachepetsa mbatata yake yobzalidwa ndi 17% nyengo ino, kusunthira tirigu wamasika. Amagulitsa mbatata zatsopano ku Shelley-based GPOD ya Idaho, yomwe imatumiza voliyumu yayikulu ku New York, komwe malo odyera ang'onoang'ono ambiri amakhala otsekedwa kapena achoka chifukwa cha COVID-19.
Mlimi wa Pingree Garth Van Orden adakhudzidwa ndikuchepetsa 20% mu mgwirizano wake ndi purosesa wa mbatata; adachepetsanso zipatso zake zatsopano ndi 10%, ndikubzala tirigu wofewa wam'malo m'malo mwake.
Van Orden, yemwe amalima panthaka ya mchenga, adayamba kukolola Norkotahs pamsika watsopano pa Ogasiti 15. Ngakhale adayamba nyengo yachisanu, ma spud ake adachira, ndipo akututa mbewu yobala zipatso zambiri.
"Palibe kanthu. Si mbewu yaikulu. Sizokhumudwitsa, ”adatero Van Orden. "Ndangokhala mzere wotsatira kapena pang'ono pansi pake."
Van Orden adati alimi ku East Idaho apindula ndi nyengo yabwino nyengo yonse yokulira kuposa chaka chatha, ndipo akufuna kumaliza zokolola munthawi yake kuti apewe chiopsezo cha chisanu choyambirira, kutsatira zomwe zidachitika msimu watha.
“Tili ndi mbewu zomwe zikutheka. Ndikunena izi ngati bizinesi, "adatero Van Orden. "Olima, mapurosesa, nyumba zatsopano, tonse tinadutsa m'bokosi loti, 'Sipakhala ntchito iliyonse,' komwe sitinakwanitse. Tinali achidule, tinali aatali, ndipo tsopano tafupikirananso. ”
Anatinso zokolola izi ziyenera kukhala zokwanira, koma Van Orden amakayikiranso kuti sipadzakhalanso china chowonjezera. Ponseponse, Van Orden amakhulupirira kuti mbewuyo ili ndi mawonekedwe ocheperako pang'ono, omwe amayenera kukweza mitengo yamatoni atsopano akulu.
Mbewu zambiri zikadali panthaka, Travis Blacker, director for director for the Idaho Potato Commission, awona umboni kale kuti uyenera kukhala chaka chabwino pamsika wa mbatata.
A Blacker ati mikhalidwe ikukula kwambiri, ndipo kuchepetsedwa kwa boma ndi ma acreage kuyenera kulipira phindu ndikubwezera bwino.
"Ndapitako ku Glenns Ferry, Wilder ndi Egin sabata ino, ndipo zonse zomwe ndaziwona zikuwoneka bwino kwambiri. Sindinamvepo chilichonse chokhudzana ndi zokolola, koma khomalo likuwoneka bwino, "akutero a Blacker. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ukakhala chaka chabwino."
Blacker adati IPC isintha mapulogalamu ake kuti agulitse mbewuyi malinga ndi nyengo yapaderayi. Ndipo amavomereza kuti nthawi zonse pamakhala "ma wildcards" omwe amatha kutuluka ndikusintha mawonekedwe.
Blacker adati, "Ndikuganiza kuti tonse tikupemphera kuti tilowetse mbewuyo ndipo ndani akudziwa zomwe zichitike chaka chino?"
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