Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻuala ʻaʻole na lākou ka hewa o ka piʻi koke ʻana o nā kumukūʻai spud, ʻoiai ke ulu nei nā kumukūʻai ma ka ʻoihana mahiʻai.
Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻeke ʻuala ʻehā-kilogram no $9 i nā hale kūʻai i kēia manawa, a ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o kahi 30 pākēneka ma nā kāleka, e like me ka poʻe loea.
Wahi a ka mea mahiʻai ʻo Kevin Maher, mai Springbank ma Victoria, ʻaʻole i loli kāna ʻoki ʻana mai nā mea kūʻai ʻuala nui, e like me nā hale kūʻai kūʻai nui a me nā kaulahao meaʻai wikiwiki, a ʻaʻole hiki mai ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai ʻuala mai ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻolilo i nā kumukūʻai.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou ka uku paʻa ma kahi o 33 keneta no ka kilo, a i ʻole $330 i ka tonne," wahi a Maher. Loaʻa i kēia manawa.
"Akā ke piʻi nei kā mākou kumukūʻai i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua pāpālua ka fertilizer mai ka $700 a i ka $1400 no ka mea he hemahema ma ka mākeke honua,” wahi āna.
ʻO ka wahie kekahi pilikia.
“Ma ka ʻoihana mahiʻai ke hoʻohana nei mākou i nā wahie hou aʻe no ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o kā mākou pahu pahu a me kā mākou traktor ma mua o ka pahu kaʻa. Pono mākou hoʻoulu ka ʻāina a me ka lepo e ulu ai," wahi a Maher.
Wahi a Maher e noi ana nā mahiʻai e hoʻonui i kā lākou uku e hōʻoia i ka lako.
"E hoʻonui iā mākou i $ 500 i ka tonne. Pono mākou e noho i ka ʻoihana a e hoʻomau i ka waiho ʻana i kahi hapa o kā mākou loaʻa kālā i loko o nā mea kanu a me nā lako hou i hiki ai iā mākou ke ola lōʻihi, "wahi āna.
Ke piʻi nei ke kumukūʻai ʻuala i nā hale kūʻai lawe ʻai kūloko e like me Mama's BBQ ma Endeavor Hills, Victoria.
Hoʻokele ʻo Wally Khawli i ka BBQ a Mama me kona ʻohana.
"ʻO nā chips, i kēia manawa, ua like ia me ke gula, no ka mea, ke hele nei nā kumukūʻai ma ka hale," wahi āna.
Ua lilo ʻo Khawli i mea hoʻomana ma ka pāpaho ma hope o nā wikiō o kāna hula a puni ka hale kūʻai me kahi pāpale gula, hele viral.
Akā ʻoiai ʻo kāna pilina ikaika me kāna mau mea kūʻai aku, pono ʻo Khawli e nānā i kāna mau kumukūʻai i kēia manawa e hōʻoia i ka paʻa mau o kāna ʻoihana.
“ʻAʻole au makemake e hoʻonui i nā kumukūʻai. Makemake au e mālama i kaʻu mau kumukūʻai no ka mea aloha au i kaʻu mea kūʻai. ʻO ka manawa hope aʻu (hoʻonui i nā kumukūʻai) ʻehā makahiki i hala. Akā ua pono wau no ka mea e hele ana nā mea a pau ma ka hale, "wahi a Khawli Loaʻa i kēia manawa.
Ke hopohopo nei ʻo Khawli no ka piʻi nui ʻana o nā kumukūʻai hiki ke waiho i nā hale kūʻai lawe ʻai kūloko ma lalo o ke kaomi nui.
“Ke pani nei kekahi mau ʻoihana ʻohana. Pono mākou e hoʻomau i ka ʻoihana liʻiliʻi a mai hopohopo i nā kaulahao nui, "wahi āna.
Ua ʻae ʻo Harry Gavalas – nāna i hoʻokele i ka Gummy's Fish and Chips ma Frankston, Victoria.
“I kēia manawa ke piʻi nei ka ʻuala i 30 pakeneka, ʻoi aku ka weliweli. ʻO kā mākou berena a me ka pata ma ka hale kūʻai. He paio, paʻakikī loa, wahi a Gavalas.
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