Ua hoʻopuka ka North West European Potato Growers Association (NEPG) i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i ka hana ʻana a me nā wānana ʻEulopa no ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. Manaʻo ka poʻe loea o ka hui ʻo 2021 he makahiki paʻakikī no nā mea kanu ʻuala (ma hope o ke kauwela ua ma ʻEulopa, ua ʻike ʻia nā kūlana paʻakikī no ka ʻohi ʻana i ka hāʻule ma Belgium, Holland a me Kelemānia). ʻO Farani wale nō.
Ua hoʻāʻo ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻopanee i nā lā hōʻiliʻili me ka kali ʻana i nā kūlana maikaʻi o ka wā, akā ua hoʻolohi wale kēia i ka wikiwiki o ka hana.
Ua loaʻa i nā mea hana ʻuala ka nui o ka ʻohi. Ma muli o nā ʻāina a me nā ʻāpana ʻāpana, ʻoi aku ka awelika o nā hua nui a hiki i ka maikaʻi, akā ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o nā hua ʻupena ma muli o ka pau ʻana o ka mahina ʻai, ka pōʻino o ka ʻuala ma muli o ke anuanu, a me nā pilikia mālama.
I ka makahiki 2021, ua emi iho ka wahi kanu ʻuala o nā hui NEPG ma kahi o 24 mau ʻeka, mai 000 a 522 mau ʻeka. Kuhi ʻia ka hana honua ma 000 miliona tonnes (mt). I kēia makahiki (hōʻiliʻili 498) ua emi nā kumukūʻai aelike (mai 000 euros / 22,7 kg a i 2021 euros / 0,50 kg i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka makahiki i hala, e pili ana i ka ʻano a me ka ʻāina).
Manaʻo ka poʻe loea NEPG e hoʻonui ʻia nā kumukūʻai aelike no 2022/2023 ma ka liʻiliʻi he 3-4 euros / 100 kg no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka waiwai. Inā ʻaʻole hiki kēia, a laila ma 2022 hiki iā mākou ke manaʻo i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka wahi kanu no ka ʻuala.
Ua piʻi aʻe nā kumukūʻai hana i ke kau i hala. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka wahie diesel a me ka uila. Eia kekahi, pono e mālama ʻia nā mea kanu e kūʻē i ka palaka hope; ua hoʻonui ʻia ke kumukūʻai o nā mea kanu ma mua o 50% (potassium) a me 200-300% (nitrogen). I ka makahiki 2021, ua hiki mai nā pilikia e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau.
Ua piʻi aʻe nā kumukūʻai o nā mea hana no ka palaoa a me ka rapeseed, e ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia mau mea kanu. Eia kekahi, pili ka mahiʻai ʻana me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka ʻuala. No laila, hiki i nā mea hana ke koho i ka rapeseed a me ka palaoa ma mua o ka ʻuala i kēia makahiki aʻe.