ʻO ka ulu ʻana a me ke kūʻai ʻana i kaʻuala no ka loaʻa pono piha hiki ke paʻakikī, no ka mea, he puka hāiki no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe loa. No ka hōʻoia pono ʻana o kāna ʻoihana, ua hoʻohana ʻo Graeme Jarvie i kāna ʻoihana ʻo GoldenGrow i kahi 'ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi', kahi e noho maikaʻi ai ka ʻoihana i loko o kāna mau hiki a holo pono.
ʻO ʻApelika Hema kahi wale nō o nā ʻāina ma ka honua kahi i lawa ai ke ʻano o ke aniau a me nā lepo e hiki ai i ka hana ʻana i kaʻuala i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa. ʻOiai, ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o ka ʻāina kahi e ulu ai ka ʻuala i kāna puka pono ponoʻī loa no ke kanu ʻana a me ka ʻohi ʻana. E hoʻohana pono ai i ka dinamika kumu kūʻai a me nā koi, makemake ka poʻe mahiʻai e kūʻai aku i kā lākou ʻohi i nā manawa ke emi mai nā lako ʻuala mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻApelika Hema a loaʻa ʻole paha.
Eia nō naʻe, ke lako mau nei nā overlaps ma waena o nā wahi e ulu ana i ka ʻuala, a ma kēia mau manawa ka hoʻokūkū ka nui ma waena o nā mahiʻai. ʻO Graeme Jarvie, ke poʻo o nā hana mahiʻai o kā Jarvie Pūʻulu ʻoihana hoʻopukapuka o kāna ʻohana ma KwaZulu-Natal, i manaʻo ʻo ka lawe ʻana i kahi 'ʻoi aku ka nui' ʻoihana hoʻokele e hāʻawi i ka ʻoihana potato GoldenGrow o nā hui he nui o nā mea maikaʻi ma mua o kāna mau hoʻokūkū.
Aia ma nā wahi ʻehiku ma kahi kokoke i Greytown, ma ka hui bioresource Moist Midlands Mistbelt, hana ʻo GoldenGrow ma kahi o 150ha o kaʻuala i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma lalo o ka wai o ka pivot. Hoʻololi ʻia kēia me ka palaoa a me nā mea kanu kālā pī maloo, a me nā ʻō e hoʻohana ʻia e like me ka hānai ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka mauʻu no ka pipi bipi a ka Jarvie Group. Hoʻolahalaha ka ʻōnaehana rotation i ka makaʻu kālā, kōkua i ka haki i nā pōʻai a me nā pōʻaiapuni, a paipai i ke olakino o ka lepo.
ʻO ka manawa hana kūpono
Wahi a Jarvie, ke aniau o ka wahi, ke anuanu o ka hoʻoilo, a me ka pālolo kiʻekiʻe, hui pū nā lepo haʻahaʻa ʻo pH Hutton e hāʻawi iā GoldenGrow i kahi puka hāiki e kanu i kāna mau hua kanu, ulu pono lākou, a ʻohi a kūʻai aku iā lākou me ka maikaʻi. "Kūleʻa mākou e hoʻohana i ka, a hoʻonui i ka, puka aniani like like ke hiki ke loaʻa nā kumukūʻai kūpono loa no kā mākou ʻohi. No laila mākou e kanu ai i kā mākou mauʻuala ma waena o ka waena o Iulai a me ka hopena o ʻAukake i mea e ʻohi ai, a ʻūlū koke a kūʻai aku iā lākou, ma waena o Kēkēmapa a Pepeluali, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Hoʻohui hou ʻo Jarvie i ke kanu mua ʻana i kaʻuala kaʻuala ʻo GoldenGrow ʻo ia hoʻi, e ulu kiʻekiʻe nā mea kanu i hiki ke maʻalahi i ka hōʻino o ka hau i ka waena o ka hoʻoilo. Hiki i nā mea kanu ʻōpiopio ke hoʻomanawanui i kekahi hau a laila e hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana ma ʻō aku o ka hoʻoilo. Hiki i kēia mau mea kanu ke ola ma ka lā pōkole o kēia kau, ʻoiai nā mea kanu kahiko e hāʻawi i ka mea liʻiliʻi no ka mea e koi ana i ka nui o ka lā.
ʻO kahi hana nui hou aʻe o ka hana ʻuala kalepa ma Moist Midlands Mistbelt ʻoiai ʻo Nowemapa a me Kekemapa, ke ʻike nui nei ke koena o ʻApelika Hema i ka hopena o ka pūawai a me ke aniau o ke kauwela, pinepine ka noe a me ka ua, me ka lā suboptimal a me nāehana wela. No laila e makaʻala ka hoʻokele ʻana o GoldenGrow e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi lau fungal, hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia ma nā mea kanu ʻuala ma lalo o kēia mau ʻano pae.
"ʻO ke kanu ʻana ma hope o ʻAukake e alakaʻi aku ai i ka ulu pono ʻole o nā mea kanu ʻuala," i wehewehe ai ʻo Jarvie. "ʻO kēia no ka mineralmer nitrogen lepo, kahi a nā mea kanu e hoʻohana ai, e waiho ana i kā lākou mau kumuwaiwai a me nā kumuwaiwai i loko o ka ulu o ka honua ma kahi o ka ulu ʻana i kā lākou kōpu.
"Eia kekahi, inā e ʻohi mākou i kaʻu mauʻuala ma hope o Pepeluali, alo ka GoldenGrow i ka hoʻokūkū mākeke mai nā ʻoka i ʻohi ʻia i nā ʻāpana o ka Free State i kēlā manawa."
Me kāna mau kumuwaiwai o kēia manawa, hiki i ka GoldenGrow ke mālama i ka nui o ka nui o nā kālaka hua mākaukau ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e nalo i ko lākou hiki ke loaʻa a loaʻa ka hiki. Ke ulu nei ka ʻoihana i ʻelima mau ʻano, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Mondial, Mondeo, Elmundo, Panamera a me Valor, ʻoiai ua hōʻike ʻia nā hoʻokolohua ma ka mahiʻai i kēia mau mea kūpono no nā kūlana kanu a me nā hana, nā kumuwaiwai, nā koi o nā mea kūʻai, a me ka puka kūʻai kūpono kūpono.
Eia naʻe, hoʻolaʻa mau ʻo Jarvie a me kāna hui hoʻokele ma kahi o 10ha o nā hoʻolālā e hoʻāʻo hou ai, a ʻoi aku paha ka maikaʻi, nā ʻano ʻuala i paipai ʻia e nā mea hoʻolako ʻuala a GoldenGrow a me ka ʻoihana ʻoihana Potato ʻApelika Hema. "No mākou, ʻo ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kiʻi i nā heka he nui o ka ʻuala i loko o ka honua e heʻe paha iā mākou mai kā mākou puka aniani kūpono," wahi a Jarvie. "ʻO kēia ka hopena i ka loaʻa a me ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka maikaʻi, a me nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi ʻole. Ma ka hoʻololi, e hoʻokau kēia i kā mākou pono ma lalo o ke kaomi i hoʻohui ʻia.
"E like me nā waiwai mahiʻai ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka uala ka mea i loaʻa i ka makaʻu kiʻekiʻe, a me ka palena haʻahaʻa. I kēia manawa, ʻo kā mākou kumukūʻai pololei e kanu, ulu, ʻohi a kūʻai aku i kahi hua ʻuala ma R130 000 / ha. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻae i kā mākou wahi hana e hoʻonui i ka nui no mākou e mālama a mālama pono. "
Koi ʻo GoldenGrow i nā ʻano ʻuala e makemake ai i kā lākou mau mea kanu kanu. ʻO ka hui hoʻokele, me ke alakaʻi ʻana mai ka ʻuala hua a me nā mea hoʻokomo hoʻokomo ʻē aʻe, helu i nā puke a hoʻopili pū i ka manawa o ka lawe ʻana o kaʻuala hua e kūlike i nā hiki o nā mea kanu ʻuala ʻelua a me kā lākou waiwai kākoʻo. Hiki pū, hiki ke kanu i kēia mau mea ma waena o 4ha a me 6ha i ka lā.
ʻO nā pilikia o ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana i ka ʻohi
Wahi a Jarvie, he mea nui ia e kūlike i nā koina hua uala a GoldenGrow a e ʻohi ʻia ka ʻuala kalepa i nā pono ohi a ka ʻoihana, kahi mālama ma ka mahiʻai a me nā wahi e ʻūlū ai, a me nā māka kūʻai.
Inā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā heka i kanu ʻia ma mua o kēia mau hiki, aia ka makaʻu maoli i ka mākaukau o ka ʻohi no ka ʻohiʻohi ʻana e noho lōʻihi ʻole i ka lepo. Hoʻonui kēia i ka likelike e hoʻouka ʻia lākou e nā meaola a me nā maʻi i lawe ʻia i ka lepo, a i ʻole hoʻomaka ka pala. Ke ʻohi ʻia, hiki i kēia mauʻuala ke hōʻemi nui i ka maikaʻi a pono e kūʻai ʻia ma waho o ka puka kūpono ʻo GoldenGrow. Hoʻohui, hiki i kēia mau mea ʻelua ke hopena i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa no nā ʻuala mua.
"Ke hoʻomaka nei ka ʻohi ʻana ma hope o ka papa manawa, he mea hiki ʻole ke kiʻi," wahi a Jarvie.
"ʻO nā lakohana, [packhouse] a me nā limahana e uluhua. I ka [packhouse] kikoʻī, i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e lawelawe i nā ʻuala hou aʻe ma mua o ke keʻena a me ka ʻōnaehana i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā hopena i hana ʻia i nā hewa he nui me ka māka ʻana a me ka ʻūlū ʻana. A ʻo ka nui o ka huikau o ka maikaʻi ma muli o ka hōʻiliʻili lohi, ʻo ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka pono o ke keʻena ke paʻakikī nei e hana me kēia hui. ”
Hoʻohui hou ʻo ia inā lawe ʻia nā ʻohi potato a GoldenGrow i nā manawa kūpono, ʻo ka hapa nui ka papa mua. E maʻalahi ka hale packhouse ma mua o ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā uala haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa mai ka nui o nā papa mua. A, ʻoiai, ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kahi hua o ka nui o ka uala mua e hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā ma mua o kahi hua o ka maikaʻi liʻiliʻi.
ʻO nā mea ʻino, nā maʻi a me ka wai
Ua wehewehe ʻo Jarvie i ka 'ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi' ʻoi aku i ka mālama ʻana o kaʻuala ʻo GoldenGrow ʻoiai lākou e ulu nei. Eia hou, ua like ka nui o ka hua i nā māka o ka pest a me ka nāhelehele o ka ʻoihana, a me ka pono o ka mea kanu. Inā laʻana, ʻo nā heka ma lalo o kaʻuala i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hiki o ka mahiʻai ʻana o ka agrochemical o ka mahiʻai, e koi ʻia ʻo Jarvie a me kāna hui e pīpī i kahi ʻāpana o ka mea kanu ma waho o nā kūlana maikaʻi, e like me ka wā ua nui ka makani a pulu hoʻi.
Ma lalo o kēia mau kūlana maikaʻi ʻole, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka kemika, e alakaʻi ai paha i ka lawa ʻole o ka kaohi ʻana i nā mea ʻino a me nā nāhelehele, a no laila nā hopena suboptimal. ʻO ke koho ʻē aʻe wale nō ma kēia hihia ka pīpī ʻana i ka manawa ʻelua, a ʻo ia ka hopena i hoʻonui ʻia ka lilo, hoʻonui ʻia ka manawa, a me ka hopena o ka nohona maikaʻi ʻole.
"Pili ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi" e pili pū ana i nā kanu kanu ʻuala i hiki ke loaʻa i nā wahi pono o ka wai auwai, "wahi a Jarvie. "Me ka lilo pinepine ʻana o ka hoʻoili ukana, hiki ʻole ka hoʻoulu wai i ka lā ke hiki ʻole. Pono nā mahiʻai ʻuala e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kā lākou mea kanu no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka lako mana i oki ʻia. ”
ke kūʻai akuʻana
Kūʻai ʻo GoldenGrow i kāna mau ʻuala ma o nā kahawai ʻelua. ʻO ka mea mua ma ka pūnaewele he huahana kālepa huahana HelloChoice hou, ma o ia mea e kūʻai aku ai ma waena o 33% a me 50% o kāna mau ʻuala. Kūʻai ʻia ke kaulike o nā mea kanu ma o nā mākeke hana hou a Durban, Pietermaritzburg a me Johannesburg.
Me kahi huaʻai maikaʻi e ʻoi aku ana ka maikaʻi ma ka lā e ʻohi ʻia ai ia, a me ke ʻano he alakaʻi nui o nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe, ʻae ʻo HelloChoice iā GoldenGrow e hōʻike i kāna mau ʻuala iʻohi hou ʻia i ka poʻe kūʻai ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana o kēia mau ʻuala i ka mahiʻai. No kēia kumu, a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kona kūlana i hoʻomohala ʻia a mālama ʻia no ka maikaʻi, hiki pinepine iā GoldenGrow ke hoʻokō i nā kumukūʻai net upena pā kiʻekiʻe loa no kāna ʻohi ʻana ma o HelloChoice.
"Hāʻawi ʻo HelloChoice i nā mea kūʻai mai iā mākou e nui nā laina i ka wai, e like me ka ʻōlelo," wahi a Jarvie. "ʻO ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku hoihoi i kā mākou ʻuala, ʻo ka ʻoi aku ka nui o ka likelika o nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi a me nā tona i kūʻai ʻia. "ʻO kekahi ʻuala i kūʻai ʻole ʻia ma o HelloChoice lā lā e halihali ʻia i nā mākeke hua hou i kēlā ahiahi like a mākaukau lākou no ke kālepa ʻana i ke kakahiaka aʻe."
ʻO kekahi pono o HelloChoice, wehewehe ʻo ia, hiki i ka paepae ke hāʻawi i nā mea hoʻohana i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia me kahi Hōʻike Heluhelu Kākoʻo o kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO kēia kahi anamanaʻo o nā kumukūʻai awelika kaupaona ʻia i loaʻa ma kahi kahawai kūʻai huahana hou kokoke i nā wahi āpau o ka ʻāina. Kōkua kēia i nā mahiʻai e ʻike maikaʻi aʻe i nā kaha kūʻai e hoʻohiki i nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi loa a laila hoʻokaʻawale i kā lākou huahana hou i hiki ke kūʻai ʻia i kēia.
Wahi a Jarvie i ka hoʻoponopono rautaki ʻana i nā waihona huahana hou e kūlike i ka nui o nā mākeke maikaʻi, ma kahi o ke kuhi wale ʻana a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā mākeke a me kā lākou mau koi, ʻo ia kekahi laʻana ʻē aʻe o ka lawe ʻana i kahi ʻoihana 'ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokele'. ʻO ka pale ʻana i nā kahawai kūʻai ʻoi aku ka nui no ka uala a me nā huahana hou e hōʻemi i ka makaʻu o nā kumukūʻai kaumaha a me nā koena i koe ma nā papa kalepa.
Kū hou ʻole nā huahana hou hou, hoʻemi ʻia ke kumukūʻai i loaʻa. Hiki i ke kumukūʻai kūʻai ʻole ke hōʻino ʻia i kahi i kūʻai ʻole hou ʻia a pono e hoʻolei ʻia. I ka hihia o ka mea hope loa, ʻaʻohe loaʻa kālā o ka mahiʻai no kēia waihona a, e hoʻonui i ka hōʻino i ka ʻeha, pono e uku no nā kumukūʻai o ka mākeke e hoʻolei i nā hua i hōʻino ʻia.
"ʻO kā mākou ala hoʻokele e kōkua iā mākou e pale i ke komo ʻana i kahi ʻaoʻao i lalo e lilo i ka nui o ke kālā iā mākou. Kūleʻa mākou i ka lilo i haku o kā mākou hana a me nā ʻōnaehana kūʻai, ma kahi o ka ʻae ʻana iā lākou e haku iā mākou, "i wehewehe ai ʻo Jarvie.
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