Ke ao aku nei ka poe mahiai uala e hele ka poe mahiai mai ka oihana aku no ka mea, ke hooikaika nei ke kumu kuai i ka waiwai nui ma Australia.
ʻAʻole like me ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu, ʻaʻole kūʻai ʻia ka ʻuala ma nā mākeke kūʻai nui e piʻi a hāʻule me ka lako a me ke koi. Akā, kūʻai ʻia lākou e ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā hui e holoi a hoʻopaʻa iā lākou (washpackers) a hoʻonohonoho i nā kumukūʻai me nā hale kūʻai nui i ka nui. e like me nā mea hana waiu waiu.
“ʻAʻole maoli ia he mākeke manuahi. ʻAʻole piʻi maoli ke kumukūʻai no ka mea mahiʻai ma muli o ke koi a i ʻole ka lako, "wahi a ka pelekikena o WA Seed Potato Producers Julian Ackley. "I kēia manawa, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu ke hana nei me ka ʻole. "E ʻike paha mākou i kahi 5 a 10 pākēneka o nā mea i koe o lākou e hāʻule i kēia kau."
Nā mea nui:
- Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tony Galati ka "spud king" o WA e hiki i nā hale kūʻai ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā kumukūʻai a e uku hou aku i ka poʻe mahiʻai
- Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe mea kanu i nā pilikia o ka ʻoihana ma hope o nā makahiki o ke kumu kūʻai stagnant a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai
- Hoʻokahi kanaka mahiʻai ma ke kahakai hema o WA e kū nei i ka hopena pilikia o ka ʻohi ʻana me ka loaʻa kālā o kāna mahiʻai ma ka laina.
Ke iho nei nā ʻōpala
He mea kanu ʻuala ʻo Tony Galati, mea holoi lole a mea kūʻai aku ma WA ma o Spudshed. "He mea ulu au a he mea packer - ʻaʻole wau e ulu no kahi packer." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hiki i nā mea kūʻai kaulahao ke "ʻoi loa" uku i ka poʻe mahiʻai a loaʻa kālā ke kālā, ʻoiai inā hoʻohaʻahaʻa lākou i nā kumukūʻai. “Ke kūʻai aku nei nā hale kūʻai kaulahao i $4 o ke kilo; he $2.49. “I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe mahiʻai he 80 a 90 keneta no ka kilo no ka ʻuala, aia lākou ma kahi o $4 ma ka hale kūʻai. I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā lākou he 40 a 50 keneta no ka kilo a aia lākou ma kahi o $4 ma ka hale kūʻai kūʻai - ke hele nei ke kālā ma kahi."
'O ka 'oihana ho'omalu' e puka mai ana
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Ackley e hoʻololi ʻia ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻohana e haʻalele ana i ka ʻoihana e nā hui. "Ke nānā nei mākou ma ka liʻiliʻi he 10-keneta-a-kilo hou aʻe nā kumukūʻai, a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ke ʻano o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kanu makeke hou inā ʻaʻole e loli kekahi mea," wahi āna. "Manaʻo wau e iho mai ana i nā mea ulu ʻoihana nui e hoʻomalu ana i ka ʻoihana."
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻoihana ʻuala WA i ka makahiki 2016, e hāʻule ana nā kumukūʻai a ʻike i ka nui o nā mahiʻai e hele ana mai ka mokuʻāina. I kēia manawa, he mau hoʻoholo paʻakikī ʻo Julian Ackley e hana ai ma kāna mahiʻai ponoʻī. Ma ke ʻano he mea kanu ʻuala, hiki iā ia ke koho i kāna mea e koi ai i ka poʻe mahiʻai e kūʻai mai iā ia e kanu i ka ʻuala hou.
“He paʻakikī loa ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻoholo i ka mea e uku ai no ka hua i kēia kau, no ka mea, ʻike wau e paʻakikī loa kaʻu mau mea kanu i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maikaʻi. kuai no kā lākou huahana," wahi āna. Eia nō naʻe, ua kau ʻia kāna ʻohi ʻana ma kahi kokoke i ka hoʻoilo a ua pilikia ka loaʻa kālā o kāna ʻai ʻana i ka makahiki. He emi loa ko makou ma mua o 10 pakeneka [o ka ohi ana] e hele. ʻO ka maʻamau he hana wikiwiki ia, akā me ka pulu a me ke kaumaha o nā mea āpau, paʻakikī. "He $70,000 kā mākou mau ʻuala e noho ana ma ʻaneʻi aʻu e makemake ai e loaʻa, no ka mea, pili ia i ka palena kālā."
- Ke kū nei ka poʻe mahiʻai i ke kumukūʻai ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai hoʻokomo.
- Ua piʻi nui ke kumukūʻai o ka wahie a me nā mea momona a ʻoiai ua hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia, ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomau.
- "Ke piʻi nei ka wikiwiki i kēia manawa a ʻaʻole wale kā mākou hoʻohana wahie. ʻO ia ka wahie e hoʻohana ai nā mea ʻē aʻe i ke kaulahao lako, "wahi a Mr Heyson.
- "He hopena inflationary ma nā mea āpau āu e kūʻai ai."