Makampani a mbatata a Kangaroo Island akupitilizabe kutha chaka ndi theka kuchokera kumoto wam'munda ndi alimi omwe akugwira ntchito limodzi kuthana ndi kusowa kwa zomangamanga.
Olima mbatata zonse zisanu ndi chimodzi pachilumbachi adakhudzidwa ndi ngoziyi. Wokulira Richard Trethewey akupanga malo ake opakira zida za alimi ena awiri a KI spud, omwe adataya malo awo pamoto, koma akupanga malo okhala anthu ambiri.
"Zinali zowonetseratu kuti munthu akuchira, ndipo palibe malonda," adatero Trethewey. "Zomwe timafuna ndikuthandizidwa kuti tithandizire kupitiliza izi koma zakhala zochepa kwambiri." Ena mwa omwe amagwiritsa ntchito malo osungira katundu ndi a Peter Lock, omwe adataya nyumba yawo, nyumba yawo komanso zida zawo ku Turkey Lane.
Onani: Alimi a mbatata za KI amagunda kwambiri ndi moto woyaka
A Lock akubwereketsa paddock yayikulu yolima ku Tretheweys komanso kubwereketsa padoko kwina pachilumbachi. Akhumudwitsidwa kuti kusowa kwa ntchito ndi nyumba pachilumbachi kumakhudza mapulani ake omanganso, komanso ntchito yake yolima yomwe ikupitilira. Adatumizira kukhumudwa kwake ndi pulogalamu yobwezeretsa moto woyaka moto komanso woimira bizinesi Sue Arlidge.
Membala wa Federal Rebekha Sharkie tsopano walonjeza kuti awunika nkhaniyi. Opanga ma KI ndi omwe akuthandizira kwambiri pakampani yama mbatata yaku Australia chifukwa chazovuta zachitetezo cha pachilumbachi. Chilumba cha Kangaroo ndiye malo abwino mbatata chifukwa kudzipatula kumatanthauza kuti ilibe matenda ndipo mbatata zake zitha kutumizidwa popanda nkhawa ku Australia.
Mr Lock amalima mizere kapena mitundu ingapo yama spuds 81, ngakhale adati pano pali mitundu pafupifupi 600 padziko lonse lapansi. Alimi a mbatata a KI adalandila thandizo kuchokera ku Potato South Australia chaka chatha, pomwe Kutumiza zoposa 500 zotsitsimula matabwa mbatata kwa alimi ena.
South Australia ndi yomwe imapanga mbewu zazikulu kwambiri ku Australia. Alimi aku Mainland SA amatulutsa pafupifupi 27% ya mbatata yadziko lonse, ndipo Chilumba chimatulutsa 16% popanda izi. Kwa Mr Lock, wakhala msewu wautali kuyambira pomwe moto udatuluka m'nkhalango komanso m'minda yamatabwa, kutenga chilichonse chomwe anali nacho.
Motowo sunangotenga malo okhetseramo, mabini opanda kanthu ndi zitini zodzaza ndi mbatata, kulongedza kwake ndi zipinda zozizira, forklift, magalimoto ndi makina aku famu, zidawononganso nyumba yake komanso malo okhala.