ʻO kā US Idaho hua ʻai ʻuala 2021, i pā nui ʻia e ka wela a me ka maloʻo, e ʻaneʻane nō e kū i kahi pae ulu maikaʻi ʻole, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia e ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo a Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, ʻo Sean Ellis.
Wahi a kāna mau ʻōlelo nūpepa, i ʻōlelo ʻia e KMVT, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi mau mea kanu i nā kauwela mehana a me nā lā maloʻo, e like me ka palaoa, a ʻo kekahi poʻe, eia naʻe, ʻaʻole maikaʻi.
“ʻAʻole au e ʻōlelo i ka loaʻa ʻole o kaʻu mau ʻuala ʻo Idaho i kaulana ai lākou. ʻAʻole e nui ana i kēia makahiki. He hopena maoli ka wela ma luna o kaʻuala (…). ʻAʻole ia he mea hūnā nui ʻo Idaho i kahi maloʻo koʻikoʻi i kēia makahiki, ”wahi a Ellis.
ʻoiai nā mahiʻai me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pono wai kūpono e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka maloʻo, ʻaʻole lawa.
"Ua kamaʻilio wau me kekahi mau kāne i hiki ʻole ke kiʻi wikiwiki i kā lākou pivots ma muli o ka wela," i hoʻopuka ai ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo a ka Idaho Farm Bureau Federation.
Hōʻike kaʻikepili USDA ua kanu nā mea mahiʻai ʻo Idaho ma mua o 127,400 hectares o uala i kēia makahiki, aia ma 5% mai ka makahiki 2020. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole e nānā ka hoʻohiki ʻana i nā hua. Mai ka makahiki 2017-2019, aia ka nui o nā hua ma waena o 28,5 toneta o ka hectare a 30,2 tone ma kaeka hectare. Ma ke ʻano he hopena o ka wela i kēia kauwela, manaʻo ʻia nā hua e loaʻa kahi pā.
"ʻAʻole au i ʻike i kekahi mea e like me kēia makahiki e pili ana i ka wā o ke ao holoʻokoʻa," wahi a Jeff Bragg, kahi mahiʻai kūloko. "Ke nānā nei i nā wahi lako o ka honua e hana unilaterally, he mea ʻokoʻa loa ia."
Ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, ua paipai ʻo Bragg i nā mahiʻai e noʻonoʻo hou i ko lākou lepo ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai liʻiliʻi i kēia manawa a me ka mālama ʻana i ka wai lepo no kēia makahiki aʻe.
"ʻO ke kumu, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke panakō i ka mea e hiki mai ana i kēia kau, hoʻoilo, a i ʻole ka puna," wahi a Bragg. "Pono mākou e mālama i ko mākou lepo me he mea lā he waihona ia."