ʻO ke kahu mahiʻai ʻo Shelley ʻo Bart Wattenbarger e panakō nei ma kahi mākeke ikaika e kōkua iā ia e hoʻi hou mai ka wā nui i ka hāʻule i ka hāʻule hope i luku ʻia ma kahi o 30% o kāna hua ʻuala.
No kekahi manawa ma hope o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o 2019, ua maikaʻi nā mea, me ka lako o kaʻuala hiki ke hoʻi pono i nā mea ulu a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai o nā pahu 50 paona hou i hoʻohana ʻia e ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai.
A laila hahau ʻo COVID-19, a ma hope o ka piʻi mua ʻana o ke kumu kūʻai no ka ʻuala kalepa i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā paʻa o nā kaulahao, wehe ka mākeke. Hoʻokiʻoki nā mea hana i nā ʻaelike, hoʻihoʻi nā mahiʻai i nā hua i koi ʻole ʻia i kā lākou mau mea kanu uala a me nā mea ulu me ka ʻole o nā mākeke no kā lākou mau koina keu i lilo i poʻo poʻo aupuni me ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i nā ʻohana hakakā kūloko.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ʻo ia no ka hōʻiliʻili o kēia hāʻule, ua manaʻo ʻo Wattenbarger ua hoʻonohonoho hou ʻia ka papa ʻaina no kahi lako spud e hiki ke mālama ʻia, kahi hua kiʻekiʻe a me kahi mākeke maikaʻi. Akā, noho ka wildcard COVID-19.
Ua hoʻomaka kekahi mau mahiʻai e ʻeli i East Idaho e ulu ana i nā wahi me ka lepo one, e like me Fort Hall, a ke luku nei lākou i nā kumu waina i nā wahi ʻē aʻe no ka hoʻomākaukau no ka ʻohi ʻana. Ke hōʻike nei nā mahiʻai o ka ʻāina i ka maikaʻi o ka tuber maikaʻi a me nā hua awelika.
"He ʻelima mau makahiki mai ko mākou loaʻa kālā nui ʻana ma ka mahiʻai a ke nānā nei mākou i mua i kahi makahiki holomua i ka makahiki i hala," wahi a Wattenbarger.
"I Pepeluali, ua hāʻule kēlā mākeke. Ua lawe ia i ka makani mai nā peʻa no kēlā me kēia mahiʻai a puni ma aneʻi. Ua hauʻoli mākou āpau i hoʻokahi mahina ma mua o kēlā, a laila aneane like nā poʻe āpau me ke ʻano kaumaha. ”
Hiki i kahi hōʻemi liʻiliʻi o ka lako ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui o ke kumukūʻai no nā mea kanu kūikawā e like me kaʻuala, a ke manaʻo nei nā mea kanu ʻo Idaho e hoʻomaka i kēia hāʻule me kahi nui o nā spuds i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā makahiki i hala iho nei. ʻO ka USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service ua manaʻo ʻia nā mea mahiʻai ʻo Idaho i kanu he 300,000 mau eka o nā spuds i kēia kau - iho i lalo he 10,000 mau eka mai ka makahiki 2019 - kaʻi nui ʻia e nā ʻoki aelike nui mai nā mea lawelawe. ʻO kahi hui ulu i ana i nā ʻeka i kanu i nā ʻeka ma ke kipa ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i kēlā me kēia māla i ka mokuʻāina i manaʻo ʻia he ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hua, ma 295,790 eka.
ʻO nā kumukūʻai o kaʻuala i hāʻule ma hope o ka coronavirus i hoʻokau ʻia ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā hale ʻaina a me nā mea kūʻai aku i ka meaʻai mai ka wā i kū hou ai. Ua hōʻike ʻo USDA Market News ma ʻAukake 25 ke kumu kūʻai o ʻelima mau ʻeke hei 10 paona o Russet Norkotahs mai ke awāwa kiʻekiʻe, ka moku ʻo Twin Falls-Burley he $ 6.50 a $ 7.50, a ke kūʻai aku nei nā pahu pahu Norkotah he 50 no $ 16 a $ 19.50.
"Manaʻo wau ua kau ʻia ia mea ma COVID," wahi a Wattenbarger. "Inā hiki iā mākou ke kaohi i kēlā, manaʻoʻiʻo wau he mākeke maikaʻi kā mākou e hele mai nei. Inā he flareup kā mākou a pani hou, he pōʻino ia no nā mahiʻai. "
Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Wattenbarger e pepehi i kāna kumu waina i ka Pōʻalima a hoʻomaka i ka ʻohiʻohi ʻana ma Sepatemaba 21. Ma muli o kāna ʻeli ʻana i kāna hoʻāʻo, ua manaʻo ʻo ia he maikaʻi loa kāna hua.
"Manaʻo wau e ʻano ʻano mau ka hoʻohua - he māla paha ma aneʻi a i ʻole aia paha ma luna iki aʻe o ka awelika," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Manaʻo wau aia mākou i kahi kūlana e hōʻoia i kahi mākeke maikaʻi."
Ua hoʻemi ʻo Wattenbarger i kāna ʻeka ʻuala i kanu ʻia e 17% i kēia kau, e neʻe nei i ka palaoa puna. Kūʻai aku ʻo ia i ka uala hou iā Shelley-based GPOD o Idaho, kahi e hoʻouna ai i kahi nui i Nu Ioka, kahi i paʻa ai nā hale ʻaina liʻiliʻi a i ʻole i haʻalele i ka ʻoihana ma muli o COVID-19.
Ua loaʻa ka mahiʻai ʻo Pingree ʻo Garth Van Orden me ka hōʻemi ʻana he 20% i kāna ʻaelike me ka mea hana uala; Ua ʻoki ʻo ia i kāna ʻeka ʻeka hou e 10%, ke kanu nei i ka palaoa puna keʻokeʻo palupalu i ko lākou wahi.
ʻO Van Orden, ka mea mahiʻai ma ka lepo one, hoʻomaka i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana iā Norkotahs no ka mākeke hou i ka lā 15 o Aug. ʻOiai ʻo kekahi wā hau i ka wā mua, ua hoʻāla hou kāna spuds, a ke ʻohi nei ʻo ia i kahi hua awelika-e hua ana me ka maikaʻi weliweli.
"Aʻole pilikia. ʻAʻole ia he hua nui. ʻAʻole ia he mea hoʻohoka pū kekahi, ”wahi a Van Orden. "ʻO wau wale nō ka laina laina a i ʻole ma lalo iki."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Van Orden ua pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe mahiʻai ma East Idaho mai ke anilā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma loko o ke kau ulu ma mua o ka makahiki i hala, a ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia e hoʻopau i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i kahi manawa kūpono e pale aku ai i ka makaʻu o ka hau mua, ma hope o ka hopena o ka wā i hala.
“Loaʻa iā mākou kahi mea hiki ke mālama ʻia e hiki mai ana. ʻLelo wau i kēlā ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana, "wahi a Van Orden. "ʻO nā mea ulu, nā mea hana, nā hale hou, ua hele mākou āpau i loko o ka roller coster o, 'ʻAʻole e loaʻa kahi ʻoihana,' i kahi hiki ʻole iā mākou ke mālama. Pōkole mākou, lōʻihi mākou, a kēia manawa pōkole hou mākou. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e lawa ka hua o kēia hāʻule, akā kānalua nō hoʻi ʻo Van Orden e loaʻa ana kekahi mea keu. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, manaʻo ʻo Van Orden he ʻuʻuku ka nui o ka hua, a he mea ia e hoʻoulu ai i nā kumukūʻai o nā cartons hou.
Me ka hapa nui o ka hua i koe i ka honua, ua ʻike ʻo Travis Blacker, ka luna hoʻokele ʻoihana no ka Idaho Potato Commission, i nā hōʻike i kēia manawa he makahiki maikaʻi no ka mākeke ʻuala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Blacker he kūlana kiʻekiʻe ka ulu ʻana, a ʻo ka hōʻemi ʻana o ka ʻeka i ka mokuʻāina e uku i nā uku me nā hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi.
"Ua hala wau iā Glenns Ferry, Wilder a me Egin i kēia pule, a ʻo nā mea āpau aʻu i ʻike ai he maikaʻi loa ke ʻano o ka maikaʻi. ʻAʻole wau i lohe i kekahi mea e pili ana i nā hua, akā ʻano maikaʻi ke ʻano, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo Blacker. "Maikaʻi loa koʻu manaʻo e lilo ana ia i makahiki maikaʻi."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Blacker e hoʻoponopono ʻo IPC i kāna mau papahana no ke kūʻai aku i nā mea kanu e like me nā kūlana kū hoʻokahi o kēia kau. A ʻae ʻo ia aia mau nā "wildcards" hiki ke kū aʻe a hoʻololi i ka nānā.
ʻ saidlelo ʻo Blacker, "Manaʻo wau ke pule nei mākou āpau e loaʻa ka hua a ʻo wai ka mea e ʻike i nā mea e hiki mai ana i kēia makahiki?"
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