Ua piʻi nui ke kumukūʻai o ka ʻuala ma UK i kēia mahina portal edp24.co.uk. I kēia mau lā i Iulai, ua kūʻai ʻia ka ʻuala ma kahi o £1 no kahi ʻeke maʻamau 2,5kg, kahi kumukūʻai i loli ʻole mai ʻApelila.
Akā i kēia manawa, ma ʻekolu o nā hale kūʻai nui ʻeono, ua piʻi nā kumukūʻai i ka £ 1,49 a i ʻole £ 1,59, ʻoi aku ka 50% a ʻoi aku paha i loko o kahi mau pule. ʻO Asda wale nō (99p) a me Aldi (£ 1,09) ke paʻa nei i kā lākou kumukūʻai, akā ʻōlelo ka poʻe loea ʻaʻole hiki ke lōʻihi.
Maikaʻi loa ka ʻuala no ʻelua mau makahiki, ua nalowale ka poʻe mahiʻai mai ka pūnāwai 2020. I kēia manawa ua hōʻea nā kumukūʻai i ka mea maʻamau.
Ua emi iho ke kūʻai ʻana o ka ʻuala maka i ka neʻe ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea ʻē aʻe i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia a i hana ʻia paha, nā mea lawe a me ka ʻai ʻana i waho.
ʻEkolu mau mea kanu ʻuala nui ma Norfolk i ʻōlelo e haʻalele lākou i ka ʻoihana ma hope o ka ʻohi ʻana o kēia makahiki. ʻO nā hōʻiliʻili ka mea ʻino loa mai ke kauwela maloʻo loa mai ka makahiki 1976. Ke hōʻemi nei nā mea hana ʻē aʻe i ka wahi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no nā ʻuala.
ʻO ke kumu nui ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai: ua pālua ka wahie diesel i ke kumukūʻai, ua piʻi ʻekolu mau mea kanu, a ua piʻi nui ka uku uila.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo William Gribbon, ka mea kanu ʻuala, ka luna o Heygate Farm ma Swaffham, i kēia manawa e uku ʻo ia i ka £ 800 no ka tonne o ka nitrogen fertilizer, mai ka £ 180 ʻekolu makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo William Gribbon: "E hoʻomau ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe mahiʻai i ka ulu ʻana i nā huahana ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole e ulu nā kānaka i ka ʻuala e like me ia.