Isivuno sama-apile salo nyaka uphelileyo sasiyirekhodi, ngokutsho kwe-US Apple Association.
EMichigan, unyaka owomeleleyo uye wehlise amaxabiso eentlobo ezithile kwaye kukhokelele ekulibazisekeni kokupakisha izityalo.
U-Emma Grant, ophethe iCherry Bay Orchards eSuttons Bay, unethemba lokuba eminye yale miba iza kusonjululwa kule sizini.
“Asizange sikusebenzise oku ngaphambili,” watsho, evula i-emele yolwelo olungqindilili olumhlophe. "Kodwa njengoko besiya besanda iiapile eMichigan kwaye abapakishi bafuna ixesha elingakumbi lokupakisha, sigqibe kwelokuba sizame."
Ulwelo ngu aumlawuli wokukhula kwezityalo; yena kunye noogxa bakhe bavavanya i-concentrate ngokuyixuba namanzi kwaye batshiza indawo encinci yemithi yama-apile kunye neNkulumbuso ye-Honeycrisp.
“Okwangoku sitshiza le nto ngethemba lokulibazisa ukuvuthwa kweNkulumbuso ye-Honeycrisp [ama-apile],” utshilo uGrant. "Ajika abebomvu emthini, kwaye xa sigqiba ukuchola amanye ama-apile siwakha, asekwinqanaba lokuvuthwa lokugcinwa."
Siyathemba ukuba la ma-apile okuqala azakubabomvu kangangoko ngaphandle kokuba avuthwe kakhulu. Oku kuya kubanika ithuba elingcono lokuba baqokelelwe, bagcinwe, bapakishwe baze ekugqibeleni bathengiselwe abathengi.
Isivuno kulo nyaka kulindeleke ukuba sibe sikhulu, kodwa sibe sincinci kunonyaka ophelileyo. Nangona kunjalo, abaphandi bathi ayiqhelekanga ukubona oku kusenzeka iminyaka emithathu ilandelelana.
UChris Gerlach uthi oko kungenxa yokuba sityala eminye imithi yama-apile kwilizwe lonke.
"Sityale malunga ne-30,35,000 yeehektare zama-apile kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo," utshilo uGerlach, olandelela uhlalutyo oluvela kwi-Apple Association yaseMelika, umbutho worhwebo lwe-apile.
“Ngeke utyale umthi wama-apile phezu komthi wama-apile katatomkhulu wakho,” watsho uGerlach. “Awuzukutyala imithi engama-400 ngehektare enecanopy enkulu, kwaye kuya kufuneka uchithe ixesha elininzi kunye nomzamo ucheba okanye uvuna imithi.”
Uninzi lwabavelisi bafudukela kwiinkqubo zoxinaniso oluphezulu. Le mithi yelathisi ikhangeleka njengeendonga zeziqhamo.
Batyala ama-apile amaninzi kwindawo encinane baze bawakha lula—nto leyo emele yenziwe ngesandla ukuba ama-apile athengiswa esematsha. Ukongeza, ngokutsho kweGerlach, umgangatho wesiqhamo uphezulu kunanini ngaphambili.
UGerlach uthe abanye abalimi baye bafumana ilahleko ngenxa yokuba irekhodi lokuvuna lika-2023 likhokelele kumaxabiso aphantsi kwezinye iindidi.
“Ngesiqhelo ekupheleni kwesizini, aba balimi bama-apile babefumana itshekhi ngeposi. Kulo nyaka, abalimi abaninzi baye bafumana amatyala ngeposi ngenxa yokuba ama-apile abo axabisa ngaphantsi kwexabiso lenkonzo.”
Ukongeza kwiindleko eziphezulu zabasebenzi kunye nezinye iindleko ezifana nezibaso, abavelisi kufuneka bahlawule ukugcinwa, ukupakishwa kwama-apile kunye nenkxaso yekhomishini kubathengisi beshishini.
Ngokuqhelekileyo ekupheleni kwexesha, abalimi bama-apula baya kuthatha ixabiso lokuthengisa ii-apula bakhuphe iindleko zezo nkonzo baze bafumane itshekhi kwi-imeyile, "kusho uGerlach. “Kulo nyaka, abalimi abaninzi bafumene amatyala ngeposi kuba ii-apile zabo bezixabisa ngaphantsi kwexabiso lenkonzo.”
Oku akunakugcinwa, ngakumbi kubalimi abancinci nabaphakathi-abalimi abafanayo abanamabhoma amaninzi kumantla eMichigan.
UGerlach uthe abavelisi bama-apile e-US bayahlanganisa kwaye babone utyalo-mali olungakumbi oluvela kwizabelo zabucala kunye neengxowa-mali zobutyebi bangaphandle. Uthe lo mkhwa uza kuqhubeka kuphela njengoko iindleko zabasebenzi zinyuka, nto leyo eyenza kube nzima ukwenza imali ngeziqhamo zodwa.
“Luninzi ukhuphiswano lweediliya, ii<em>clementines, iiavokhado nezinye iimveliso ezikwiishelfu namhlanje,” utshilo. "Abanye abantu bathetha malunga nento ekufuneka siyenzile ukukhuthaza iiapile njengodidi, hayi nje i-Honeycrisp xa ithelekiswa ne-Red Delicious, kodwa iiapile ngokuchasene nezinye iimveliso."
Nangona kunjalo, uGerlach uthe abalimi kufuneka babone isiqabu kweli xesha lokukhula. Lo nyaka ukhula ube ngowona mkhulu kwi-Apple, kodwa kusekho ama-apile ambalwa kakhulu kunonyaka ophelileyo.
E-Suttons Bay, umlawuli wokukhula kwezityalo owatshizwa ngu-Emma Grant ngaphezu kwenyanga edlulileyo waba nesiphumo esinqwenelekayo: inike amanye ama-apile ixesha elingakumbi ukuba ajike abebomvu ngaphandle kokuvuthwa kakhulu. I-apula ebomvu, ikhangeleka ngakumbi kubapakishi.
Ngoku uthe kuzakufuneka alinde abone ukuba kwaesi silungiseleli siyanceda na ukuba ii-apile zigcinwe ngcono phambi kokuba zipakishwe kwaye zithengiswe.
Ixesha lokuposa: Oct-10-2024