Mphepo yamkuntho Florence, ikupita ku North Carolina, komwe 55% ya mbatata ya ku US imalimidwa (acreage) chaka chino.
Alimi a mbatata ku North Carolina akuthamanga kuti akolole zochuluka momwe angathere mphepo yamkuntho isanachitike Florence zimapangitsa kugwa.
Madera aku North Carolina komwe kulima mbatata ndi mbatata kwakhazikika ali munjira yomwe ikuyembekezeredwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho ya Florence
(Mwachilolezo: North Carolina State University)
Mapa mvula aku North Carolina okhudzana ndi Florence.
Chithunzi chochokera ku: Mvula ya Mvula ya Florence - idapangidwa 4:40 AM EDT - kwa nthawi ya Sep 13-20, 2018 (Mwachilolezo: NHC) Dzulo masana, North Carolina Sweet Mbatata Commission idapereka izi:
"Alimi a mbatata ya North Carolina kudera lonselo akupitilizabe kugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti akolole mbewu zawo mphepo yamkuntho ya Florence isanamugwetsere kugombe la North Carolina kumapeto kwa sabata ino."
"Alimi akhala akugwira ntchito usana ndi usiku kuti akolole zochuluka momwe angathere, komanso akukonzekera malo awo ndi katundu wawo panjira yamkuntho. Ndikofunika kutulutsa mbatata zochuluka pansi monga momwe zingathere chifukwa mpweya wofunda ndi kutentha kwa nthaka zitha kufulumizitsa kuvunda. ”
“Covington, imodzi mwa mitundu yotchuka kwambiri ku North Carolina ya mbatata, yatsimikizika kuti imatha kupirira nyengo. Tili ndi chiyembekezo kuti nyengo yozizira yomwe ikuyembekezeredwa sabata yamawa izithandiza kuti malo osungira azizizira momwe angathere, zomwe zingathandize posungira magetsi akagwa pambuyo pa mkuntho. ”
"Kutsatira mphepo yamkuntho, North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission idzagwira ntchito limodzi ndi alimi athu onse kuti awone kuwonongeka."