No ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i nā huahana meaola i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻi - a 10 mau makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao. Ua hōʻike kēia i ka hihia o nā mahiʻai i, no nā makahiki, kūʻai aku i ka palaoa i mea kanu i nā mea kūʻai aku, akā i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he palaoa maʻamau ia.
Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua pau ka hoʻokolokolo ma ka lālā ʻelima o kahi hui o nā mahiʻai - nā mea hoʻopunipuni i hala i mau makahiki i hala i ka palaoa maʻamau e like me ka meaola. (Ua hewa ka poʻe i koe ma mua). No laila, loaʻa kālā maikaʻi iā lākou i ka manawa like, ʻoi aku ma mua o ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka palaoa. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo kēia ka hōʻino nui loa ma ka mōʻaukala US me ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā hua palaoa i ʻōlelo ʻia. Ua kākau ʻo "KV" e pili ana iā ia.
Wahi a ka puke ʻAmelika o ka World Grain i hana loea ʻia, ua loaʻa i ka ʻelima mahiʻai mai ka hui lawehala ʻo John Barton (Missouri) kahi hoʻopaʻi o ka hale paʻahao ma kahi o ʻelua mau makahiki (22 mahina, no ka pololei) no kona komo pū ʻana i ka hana hoʻopunipuni. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻopaʻi o ka hale paʻahao, pono i ka mahiʻai e hoʻihoʻi ma mua o $ 1 miliona o nā loaʻa kālā, a me ka uku ʻana i $ 100.
ʻO ke alakaʻi o ka hui kalaima, ʻo Randy Constant, i loaʻa he 10 mau makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao, a i ka huina, i ka wā o nā hana kū ʻole i ke kānāwai, kūʻai ʻia ka palaoa no 142 miliona mau kālā, ʻo ka hapa nui ʻaʻole ia he meaola. Ma ke ala, ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana iā R. Constant i pepehi iā ia iho ma kona kūlanakauhale ma Missouri.
Ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena loio i kā Burton, ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kāna palaoa iā Constant, ua ʻike ʻo ia e kūʻai aku ana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he meaola. Hoʻohui ʻia, ua hana ʻo Barton ponoʻī no Constant a hoʻolimalima ʻāina iā ia. Ua hoʻohana pinepine ʻo Barton i nā mea momona a me nā kemika like ʻole i kēia kaʻina hana, me ka ʻike ua pāpā ʻia kēia i nā mālaola. Ua ulu a kūʻai aku ʻo Barton a kūʻai aku i $ 5 miliona o ka palaoa no Constant. I ka hōʻuluʻulu, e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia aʻe, ʻo ka nui o ke kūʻai palaoa ʻana i ka papahana o ka hana hoʻopunipuni a Constant i $ 142 miliona. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau kūʻai aku ʻana he huahana ʻokanika wale nō.
ʻEkolu mau mahiʻai i loaʻa mua i ka hoʻopaʻi i ka hale paʻahao mai 3 mau mahina a 2 mau makahiki. (Minamina i ke koa koa Vietnam he 71 ona makahiki.) Eia nō naʻe, pono i kēlā me kēia mea ke hoʻihoʻi i $ 1 miliona i loaʻa mai ke komo ʻana i ka hoʻopunipuni.