Ua ʻoluʻolu ka National National Potato Council i ka ʻōlelo a ka US Department of Agriculture ma ke kūʻai ʻana i ka nui o nā ʻuala ua kūʻai ʻia he $ 50 miliona e kākoʻo i ka ʻenehana i ka wā o ka lolo COVID-19 coronavirus. ʻO ke kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻuala, ʻo ka mea nui loa o nā kūʻai mākēnē kūikawā, kahi o ka $ 470 miliona i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka lehulehu e hoʻolaha ʻia e ka ʻĀina Kūʻai ʻo U.S.
"He ʻōlelo maikaʻi loa kēia mai ka hui USDA āpau. Hāʻawi i ka nui o ka pilikia o ka coronavirus e pili ana i ka ʻatikala, ʻo kēia kūʻai ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia i ka hāʻawi mua ʻana i ka pono o ka ʻoihana i ke ʻano o ke kōkua, a ke manaʻolana mākou no nā mea hou aʻe. Ma ka pōkole pōkole, he kūpono loa kēia ʻōlelo, no ka mea e wehewehe ʻoi i ka hana koke e kākoʻo i ka mokuʻāina a hāʻawi i ko ka ʻohana poʻe mahiai i kahi kōkua no ke kōkua hou mai, "wahi a Britt Reybold, pelekikena o NPC.
"Ma muli o ke koi ikaika ʻia, ke kū nei ka ʻenehana huaʻai ʻo US me ka nui o ka ʻuala i waiho ʻia mai ka hōʻiliʻili o ka makahiki 2019," hoʻohui ʻia e ka luna o ka mana ʻo NPC ʻo Cam Quarles.
“ʻO nā mea hana kāʻai kū pilikino a me nā hui kalāina o nā moku'āina, ʻoiai me kā lākou mau lilo kālā, ua hoʻouna ʻia he mau miliona o ka ʻuala i nā hui aloha, nā waihona meaʻai ma loko o ka ʻāina. Kākoʻo lākou i ka poʻe ʻilihune, ʻoiai ua hoʻoweliweli ka maʻi maʻi i kā lākou ʻoihana ponoʻī. Pono mākou i ka Congress me ke aupuni ʻo Trump e pale aku i nā māla ʻohana a ʻAmelika i mua o kēia pilikia, a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ʻo ka hoʻolaha o kēia lā ke hana maikaʻi loa i kēia huakaʻi lōʻihi, "wahi a Quarles.
Wahi a ka hoʻolaha, e kūʻai aku ka ʻĀpana Kūʻai Kūʻai Nui (AMS) i kahi ʻano nui o nā hua ʻai, nā lau ʻai, ka ʻai, nā huahana wai a me ka wai kai. E hoʻolako ʻia kēia mau huahana i nā papahana kōkua kaiʻai o ka US.