ʻO nā wai kahe i pā i ka US Midwest i Malaki i hoʻopiha ʻia ma kahi o 40 pakeneka o ka palaoa, ka palaoa a me nā mea kanu soy. Ua ʻoi aku ka pōʻino ma mua o ʻekolu piliona kālā.
Ke hopohopo nei ka poʻe mahiʻai: he liʻiliʻi wale nō - a ʻo ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hakakā kālepa me Kina e huki i ka ʻoihana mai kahi pilikia hohonu. E ho'ōla hou ka mākeke mahiʻai ʻAmelika ma hope o kēlā pā - i ka mea RIA Novosti.
Ke ʻike nei ka ʻoihana mahiʻai ʻo US i kona hāʻule maikaʻi loa i nā makahiki he kanakolu. I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua waiho ʻia nā māla 84 no ka panakalupa ma nā mokuʻāina ʻo Midwestern wale nō. ʻO kēia ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa mai ka makahiki 2007.
ʻO ke kumu nui o ka pōʻino ākea ʻo ia ka lua hōʻaiʻē hohonu loa mai ka pilikia agrarian o nā makahiki 1980, kahi i hāʻule ai ka hapa nui o nā mahiʻai. He nui ka poʻe e hana ana me ka poho a ʻaʻohe manawa e uku ai i kā lākou ʻaiʻē i kēia kau. He liʻiliʻi wale nō i kekahi manawa ke haki a i ʻole ka loaʻa kālā liʻiliʻi.
Ua lōʻihi ka hōʻike ʻana o ka mākeke i nā hōʻailona o ka overproduction, ʻaʻole hiki i ka poʻe mahiʻai ke hoʻonui i nā kumukūʻai no kā lākou huahana.
ʻO ke kaua kālepa i hoʻomaka ʻia e Trump me Kina ua hoʻonāukiuki i ke kūlana. ʻO nā mea hana i ka soybeans a me ka kulina, ka mea i hoʻouna aku i kā lākou mau mea kanu i ka mākeke Kina no nā makahiki he mau makahiki, ua pilikia nui lākou i nā uku hoʻopaʻi i kau ʻia e Beijing ma nā huahana mahiʻai. ʻO ka mea nui, ua pau nā lako soya.
Me ka hanu ʻana, nānā ka poʻe mahiʻai i ke kūkākūkā ʻana me Kina, kahi i puka mai ai kahi kuʻikahi palupalu.
ʻO ka hopena o ke kaua kālepa, ʻo ia ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o nā soya ʻAmelika, kulina, puaʻa, a me nā huahana waiū i ka mākeke nui Kina. ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka loaʻa kālā i kali lōʻihi ʻia a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka manawa wale nō no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe mahiʻai e uku i kā lākou ʻaiʻē.
Ua hōʻea ka ʻaiʻē mahiʻai i $409 biliona, he piʻi o $24 biliona i ka makahiki, ua haʻi aku ke Kakauolelo Mahiai ʻo Sunny Pardue i ka ʻaha kūkā.
I ka kali ʻana i kahi ʻaelike kālepa hou, ua hoʻopiha ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā hale waihona me ka ʻohi o ka makahiki i hala. A aneane ua holoi ʻia nā mea a pau i ka wā i kahe ai nā kahawai ikaika - ʻo Mississippi, Tennessee a me Missouri - i ko lākou mau kapa i ka waena o Malaki a hoʻomaka i ke kahe nui loa ma ka mōʻaukala o ka ʻāina.
He mau piliona ma lalo o ka wai
ʻO nā waikahe wai, ma muli o ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana o ka nui o ka hau i hui pū ʻia me ka ua nui, ua kāʻili ʻia i ke kāʻei palaoa US - mai Nebraska a i Iowa.
Ua hoʻopau nā kahe o ka wai i nā haneli haneli o nā hale mālama mea kanu.
Ma Iowa, Nebraska, a me South Dakota, ua manaʻo ʻia ka nui o ka pōʻino mai nā mea kanu i nalowale a me nā holoholona make i ʻekolu piliona kālā.
“Paʻa ka hau i ka nui o nā kaʻa i hāʻule i loko o nā hale ʻai a me nā hale. Ua lawe ʻia nā keiki bipi i loko o ka wai hau, e hoʻopuehu ana i nā kapa o nā kahawai i kahe ʻia me ko lākou mau kupapaʻu. Ua lilo nā māla mahiʻai i loko, "ʻo ka New York Times e wehewehe i ke kūlana.
ʻOi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona mau keiki bipi i make mai ka wai kahe ma Nebraska wale nō, ua ʻōlelo ke kiaʻāina o ka mokuʻāina i ka pule i hala. Wahi a John Hansen, ka pelekikena o ka Hui Mahiʻai Nebraska, hiki koke mai ka wai a ʻaʻohe manawa e lawe ai i nā holoholona a mālama i nā mea i loko o nā silos palaoa.
Eia kekahi, e like me ka meteorologists, e hoʻomau ʻia nā kahe i ka mahina o ʻApelila ma muli o ka nui o ka ua nui.
Ua manaʻo ʻo Archer-Daniels-Midland, kekahi o nā hui kālepa palaoa nui loa o ka honua, e lilo ana nā waikahe i ka US $50 miliona a i $60 miliona ma ka loaʻa kālā o ka hana i ka hapaha mua.
hahau hope
E like me ka NYT i kākau ai, hiki i ka hopena o nā mea ke hoʻopau i nā mahiʻai, ke hele nei i nā manawa ʻino loa i nā makahiki he kanakolu. Paʻakikī ka hihia ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka wai kahe, ka mea i holoi i nā mea kanu a me nā lako, i hōʻino loa i nā ʻoihana - nā alanui kuaʻāina, nā alahaka, nā laina kaʻaahi.
ʻO ka hopena, ua nalowale ka ʻoihana mahiʻai i ka hiki ke hoʻolako i nā huahana mai nā mahiʻai i ka hana ʻana i nā mea kanu a me nā mea kūʻai hope. Pehea e loaʻa ai nā hua no ka lūlū ʻana, a me ka hānai holoholona.
No ka laʻana, no ka hānai ʻana i nā pipi e ola nei ma Colfax County, Nebraska, ua hāʻule nā mea mahiʻai mai nā helikopa pūʻali koa. E like me ka wehewehe ʻana o ka US Department of Defense, pono e hana ʻia kēia ma mua - i ka makahiki 1949.
"Ua pau paha iā mākou i kēia manawa," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Anthony Ruzicka, ka mea nona ka mahiʻai ʻohana ma Nebraska i ka New York Times. "Ma ke kālā, ʻaʻole mākou e ola i kēia."
"ʻAʻole mākou i loaʻa kālā mai ka palaoa ma muli o nā pilikia kālepa a me nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa, ua hoʻololi i ka mahiʻai holoholona, a he aha kā mākou e hana ai? ʻAʻohe a mākou mea e hānai ai i nā holoholona, "hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Tom Geisler, kahi mahiʻai ʻē aʻe ma ka mokuʻāina i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
ʻAʻole e kūʻai aku, akā e luku
Manaʻo ka poʻe mahiʻai o Iowa ua luku ʻia nā kahe a hiki i ka 80 pakeneka o kā lākou mea kanu. Noho nā tona o ka palaoa i kūʻai ʻole ʻia i loko o nā hale mālama wai. I kēia manawa, ua haʻi mua ka poʻe akamai: ʻaʻohe kumu o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kūʻai aku i ke kulina a me nā ʻano hua wai ʻē aʻe i nalowale i ko lākou mākeke.
Wahi a ka US Food and Drug Administration policy, ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ka palaoa i hoʻomoʻa ʻia i ka wai a pono e luku ʻia.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka palaoa i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻia nā ʻelele o ke Kulanui o Iowa. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻia ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻaʻole e hoʻāʻo e hui pū i ka palaoa i haumia me ka palaoa maikaʻi.
Ua hoʻohiki nā luna o ʻAmelika e hoʻopaʻa paʻa i ka nānā ʻana i nā huahana mahiʻai a pau e pale aku i ka palaoa i hōʻino ʻole ʻia no ke olakino o ka mea kūʻai mai ke komo ʻana i ka mākeke (me ke kahe ʻana o ka wai i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia mai nā kīhāpai, haumia me nā kemika, a mai nā mahiʻai he nui e hoʻopiha i ko lākou mau kapa).
"He hua ʻawaʻawa loa kēia e ale ai," wahi a Jeff Jorgenson, he mea ʻōlelo no ka hui ʻo Iowa Soybean Association.
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