ʻO ka wā ulu wela, maloʻo, a me ka uahi ua haʻalele i kekahi mau mahiʻai ʻuala ʻo Idaho e mākaukau ana no kahi hua ʻilihune. Ua haʻi ʻo Randy Hardy o Oakley i ka Idaho State Journal e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kāna ʻohi ʻana i kāna ʻoihana.
ʻO ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka poʻe mahiʻai spud e hana ana i nā ʻeli hoʻāʻo a i ʻole ka ʻohi mua ʻana e huki ana i nā mea kanu ʻaʻole kākoʻo i nā ʻuala. Ma kahi o nā ʻuala, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka mea maʻamau, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻuala he liʻiliʻi a me ke ʻano ʻino.
Hoʻoulu ʻo Randy Hardy i nā spuds no ka mākeke hou a lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna o ka papa o Sun Valley Potatoes:
"ʻAʻole wau i loaʻa i kēia ma mua, a loaʻa iaʻu kahi agronomist e hana pū me aʻu i ka ʻuala a ua hana ʻo ia ia mea no nā makahiki he 20 a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i kahi hua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kēia."
ʻAʻole i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Hardy e hōʻiliʻili a hiki i ka lā 20 o Kepakemapa, a ke manaʻo nei ʻo ia e hiki i ka manawa hou ke hoʻonui i kāna mau ʻuala. Ua noi ʻo United Potato Growers o Idaho i nā mea kanu e hoʻouna i nā hopena mai ʻAukake 1 i nā ʻeli hoʻāʻo a e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili hahai i ka wā o ka ʻohi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hardy, ua emi iho ka awelika o nā ʻuala ma nā ʻeli hoʻāʻo he 30% mai ka makahiki i hala. Ua emi nui ke kaumaha, wahi āna. Nui nā mahina ʻai i nele i ka wai hohonu i ka wā i kanu ʻia ai ka ʻuala. A laila ua paʻi ʻia ka mokuʻāina me ka wela kiʻekiʻe o Iune, e hāʻawi ana i ka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻuala e ulu ana ma lalo o kēlā me kēia mea kanu.
Manaʻo ʻo Hardy ua hoʻopōʻino ka ea i piha i ka uahi mai nā ahi ahi o ke Komohana i nā mea kanu ma ke keakea ʻana i ka pae o ka ulu ʻana i ka wā e hoʻonui ai kēlā me kēia ʻuala. Ua waiho ʻia ka poʻe mahiʻai me nā ʻuala liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi, wahi āna.
E hoʻomaka ʻo Jim Tiede o American Falls i ka ʻeli ʻana ma ka lā 12 o Kepakemapa. E like me nā mea mahiʻai he nui, ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā kumukūʻai i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka mea aia ʻo ia ma lalo o ka ʻaelike e kūʻai aku i kahi mea hana ʻuala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tiede, ua hōʻike ka poʻe mahiʻai e ʻeli ana i kona wahi i nā hua o 20% ma lalo o ka maʻamau, nā ʻano ʻano ʻano ʻino a me nā pilikia me ka umekaumaha kikoʻī - kahi ana o ka nui o nā mea paʻa i kēlā me kēia opu.
ʻO Jim Tiede o American Falls:
“He hua pōkole ia. Ua ikaika loa ʻo Fryers i ka ʻimi e kūʻai hou aku. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tiede iā Lamb Weston, McCain ʻAi, a ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Cavendish Farms i nā mea kanu i kahi $ 1.50 hou no ka haneli no nā spuds hou.
Jim Tiede:
“E kali iki mākou. Loaʻa iaʻu ka manaʻo ke hana nei ka hapa nui o nā kāne i kēlā. "