Ke hoʻokolohua nei nā mea kanu Kanada me nā ala e hōʻemi ai i ka mahi ʻai ma kā lākou mahiʻai.
Mai kahakai-i-kai, Kanada ke hoʻāʻo nei nā mea kanu ʻuala e hōʻemi i ka mahi ʻai e kōkua ai i ko lākou lepo a hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā kumukūʻai hana ma kā lākou mahiʻai. ʻO ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka mahi mahi ʻai ma kahi mahi mahi uala, ʻaʻole ia ka mea maʻalahi e hana ai ma ke ʻano he mahi maʻa mau ka mahi ʻana o ka ʻuala me nā wili he nui o nā mahinaʻai e pono ai i loko o ka makahiki. ʻEhā mau mahiʻai i ʻike i nā ala e hōʻemi ai i kā lākou mahi mahiʻai a kūkākūkā ʻia i ka wā o kahi panela ma ka maya Kanada Spud Congress ma Pepeluali 25. Eia kahi hiʻohiʻona o kā lākou hana.
ʻO Matt Ramsay, ʻo Oyster Cove Farms Ltd. ma Kensington, PEI
Ma nā mahiʻai ʻo Oyster Cove, ʻO Matt Ramsay a ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa nei kona ʻohana i ka mahi koena no 15 mau makahiki. Hoʻohana lākou i kahi palau chisel me kahi hiki ke hoʻopau. ʻO kā lākou kaʻina hana maʻamau ka luku ʻana i nā mea kanu forage o ka makahiki i hala i ka hāʻule ʻana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka glyphosate. A laila e pālahalaha ʻia kahi uhi uhi me ka ʻōʻō chisel e hele ana i waena o ka māla ma hope. Inā loaʻa ka manawa, e hana ʻia ka holo ʻana o ka hina, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki iā lākou ke hele pololei me ka mea kanu a me ka puʻu i ka puna. Inā ʻaʻole e pau ka holo ʻana i ka hāʻule, hana lākou i kekahi ala ʻē aʻe me ka palau chisel i ka puna ma mua o ke kanu ʻana.
“I kēlā me kēia makahiki ke ʻano hoʻokukina mākou i nā mea āpau i kahi mamao a mamao iki hoʻi. A me he mea lā maoli ia, ma ka nui, ʻaʻole pono mākou i ka mahi ʻāina i nā hanana he nui. Manaʻo wau ke ʻike nei mākou i kahi pōmaikaʻi mai kēlā i ka hoʻokele waiwai o kēlā kau, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo Ramsay.
He nui ka nui o nā ʻano māla ʻo Oyster Cove Farms me kekahi mau hoʻohuli hou ʻana o nā mea kanu i hana ʻia ma o nā swap āpau me nā mahiʻai holoholona ma ia wahi. Ma nā māla kahi e kanu wale ʻia ai nā mea kanu makahiki, a ʻaʻole no nā mea ʻai, hiki i kekahi manawa ke hana i hoʻokahi wale nō hele a kanu i loko.
ʻO Homer Vander Zaag, HJ Vander Zaag Farms Ltd. ma Alliston, ʻAn.
Hana ʻo HJ Vander Zaag Farms Ltd. ma ka hoʻololi o ʻelua makahiki. Ma hope o ka hoʻohui ʻana i ʻAukake e hana lākou i kahi mahele o ke kahua me ka disk disk. A laila hāʻule nā mea āpau me kahi hui 10 laina lālani, ka fumigation rate variable, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka potash a me ka hoʻolele ʻana o kahi hua uhi rai, a me ka mahi ʻana o ka ʻāina hohonu, nā mea āpau i kēia mau pass. A laila kāpīpī ka māla me ka glyphosate i ka hopena o ʻOkakopa. I ka puna, hoʻohana ʻia ka mea i kūkulu ʻia e hana hou ʻia e reridge, hoʻolele ʻia ka urea rate variable, hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka phosphate a me micros, a kāpīpī ʻia ka puna a me nā pālua, pau hoʻokahi i ka hala. Kanu ʻia kaʻuala ma ke kula me ka lūlū mea kanu i ka manawa like.
ʻO Chad Berry, ma lalo o nā mahiʻai ʻo Hill i ka muliwai ʻo Cypress, Man.
Ma kā Chad Berry māla mahiʻai lākou i nā māla i ka hāʻule me kahi eco 30-ʻīniha a hiki i ka palaoa, a ukali ʻia e ka phosphate a me ka potash e hoʻolaha ʻia ana ma ke kula. I ka pūnāwai i nā lepo māmā, hoʻohana lākou i kahi mea mahiʻai ma ke kahua, i nā lepo kaumaha e hoʻohana lākou i kahi mahi hohonu me ka spacing ʻewalu iniha a me ka spike ʻelua iniha e hoʻolōʻihi i ka honua a laila i kekahi manawa hele ma luna o ka māla me ka mana. ʻalā. Hele nā mea kanu i nā māla a hoʻopaʻa i ka phosphate i ka wā o ka hala.
"Hoʻopili mākou i kēlā me kēia kahua. Hoʻololi ko mākou ʻāina mai ka ʻano ʻano palolo kokoke ma laila i ke one maoli. No laila, pono mākou e hana i nā hana like ʻole ma waena o ka mahiʻai, "wehewehe a Berry.
I kekahi mau kahua, e hoʻolālā lākou i kahi hua mua i loko o ia i ka wā o ka hāʻule, e like me ka mauʻu, a laila pepehi iā ia a ʻānai i ka māla ma mua o ka hau ʻana o ka honua. Ma lalo o ka Hill Farms e hana nei kekahi i kekahi hoʻokahi kanu uala i ka ʻōpala hua.
ʻO Michel Camps, CP Farms Ltd. ma Barnwell, Alta.
At ʻO CP Farms Ltd. kanu lākou i kaʻuala ma nā mahina ʻai i koe nā koena haʻahaʻa i loko o ia mau makahiki i ka makahiki i hala. Hoʻohana lākou i nā digers dammer, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau ma United States, e mahi i nā māla i ka hāʻule. I ka puna e hoʻohana ʻia kahi puʻu mana e wāwahi i nā koloka a me nā puʻupuʻu i ka lepo. Hele ka mea kanu ma waena o ka māla, he puʻu mana kāna i mua a hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka mea kanu wai ma o ka mea kanu pū kekahi.
"ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi nui o ka mea kanu āpau ka mea e lilo ʻole ai mākou i ka wai ma ka puʻu ma waena o ka hilling power, ke kanu ʻana a me kā mākou ʻāpana hua uala, no ka mea aia ka mea puʻu ma ka mea kanu, aia mau ia ma waenakonu," ʻO Michel Camps wehewehe.