Wahi a fruit-inform.com, i ʻOkakopa o kēia makahiki, ʻo nā mea kanu āpau i hoʻolako ʻia i ka mākeke, ʻo 1/3 wale nō nā huahana kūloko.
Ma kēia ʻano, ke noi nei nā mea hana i nā mana e kaupalena i ka lawe ʻana mai i ka ʻuala no ka liʻiliʻi o ʻelua a ʻekolu mau mahina, no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke uhi i nā pono ʻai home. Eia kekahi, i loko o kēia manawa, mālama nā kānaka no ka hoʻoilo, a hiki i nā mea hana ke hāʻawi iā lākou i nā waiwai maikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ke poʻo o ka ʻAhahui ʻuala, ʻo Petru Iliev, ua ʻae nui ʻia ka lawe ʻana mai i ka uala i ʻelua makahiki i hala aku nei i ka wā i nele ai kēia huahana ma ka mākeke kūloko, a mai ia manawa ʻaʻohe mea i hana ʻia e kaupalena ai. ʻO kēia, e like me Iliev, he hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻuala home.
Wahi a ka Association of Potato Growers, i kēia makahiki ʻo ka ʻāina ma lalo o ka mahi ʻuala ma kahi o 20 tausani ʻeka, a ʻo ka ʻohi ʻuala e hiki i 500 tausani tons.