Mbewu ya mbatata ya US Idaho ya 2021, yomwe idakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kutentha komanso kuwuma, iyenera kukumana ndi kukula kolakwika, monga akuwonera mneneri wa Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, a Sean Ellis.
Malinga ndi zomwe ananena atolankhani, a KMVT, pomwe mbewu zina zimatha kuchita bwino nthawi yotentha komanso youma, monga chimanga, zina, mwatsoka, sizichita bwino.
“Sindikunena kuti Idaho sadzakhala ndi mbatata zazikulu zomwe adatchuka nazo. Sipadzakhala ochuluka chaka chino. Kutentha kwakhudza kwenikweni mbatata (…). Si chinsinsi chachikulu kuti Idaho adakumana ndi chilala chaka chino, "adatero Ellis.
Ngakhale alimi kukhala ndi ufulu wopitilira madzi pothana ndi chilala, sikunakhale kokwanira.
"Ndalankhula ndi anyamata ena omwe samangokwera msanga chifukwa chakutentha," adaonjeza mneneri wa Idaho Farm Bureau Federation.
Zambiri za USDA zikuwonetsa kuti alimi a Idaho adabzala mahekitala opitilira 127,400 a mbatata chaka chino, chomwe chakwera 5% kuyambira 2020. Komabe, zokolola sizikuwoneka zabwino kwambiri. Kuyambira 2017-2019, zokolola zapakati zimakhala pakati pa matani 28,5 pa hekitala ndi matani 30,2 pa hekitala. Zotsatira za kutentha chilimwe chino, zokolola zikuyembekezeka kugunda.
“Sindinawonepo chilichonse chonga chaka chino malinga ndi nyengo yapadziko lonse lapansi,” akutero a Jeff Bragg, mlimi wakomweko. "Tikuwona madera omwe amagwirira ntchito limodzi osagwirizana, ndizodabwitsa."
Monga upangiri, a Bragg amalimbikitsa alimi kuti aganizirenso nthaka yawo pogwiritsa ntchito madzi ochepa pano ndikusunga madzi apansi panthaka chaka chamawa.
"Kwenikweni, sitingathe kusungitsa zomwe zichitike kugwa, dzinja, kapena kasupe," akutero Bragg. "Tiyenera kusamalira nthaka yathu ngati kuti ndiyonso dziwe."