Ndi mbewu yowopsa, koma mlimi wa mbatata wa Sisters Creek Leigh Elphinstone in Tasmania sakanakhala nayo mwanjira ina iliyonse, malipoti Meg Powell munkhaniyi ya Omemeza. Ndipo chidwi cha mlimi wa mibadwo yambiri pa spud yosavuta chikuwoneka kuti chamuthandiza, kuthandiza alimi otetezeka ngati iyeyo ndalama zowonjezerapo $ 9 pa tonne ndi wopanga chakudya wamkulu Simplot mchaka chachuma chomwe chikubwera.
A Elphinstone adalongosola kuti kukwera kumeneku kudachitika kuti agwirizane ndi kukwera kwa mtengo wokula, zomwe zingapatse alimi phindu linalake pa hekitala imodzi mbatata. Kukwera mtengo kumatsata a nyengo yovuta chaka chatha, pomwe mvula yamphamvu idapangitsa kuti malo azikhala ofewa kwambiri kuti asakolole mbatata.
Woyang'anira wamkulu wa Simplot Australia Dane Smith adati makampaniwa adasiyidwa kuti athane ndi zovuta komanso kusakhazikika chifukwa cha COVID-19. "Ndalama za feteleza zakuthambo kuphatikiza zovuta zina zikukhudza alimi," adatero.
Wapampando wa Simplot Growers Group a Trevor Hall ati china chomwe chikuwadetsa nkhawa alimi ndi chiwopsezo cha kuvunda kwa pinki, matenda osungidwa ndi nthaka.
