Huab cua ntub thiab tus nqi chiv nce siab ua rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb rov xav txog lawv cov qos yaj ywm cog, nrog rau qhov tonnages yuav poob qis heev rau lub caij tom ntej.
Months of wet weather has made the ground in the northern part of the state too muddy for tractors and other machinery to get onto paddocks. The wet ground also increases the risk of crop disease. There has also been extra pressure this year because fertiliser prices have skyrocketed. Former McCain tus neeg sawv cev rau cov neeg cog qoob loo thiab cov neeg cog noob qos yaj ywm Beau Gooch tau hais tias nws tab tom kim dua los cog qos yaj ywm.
"Tus nqi chiv ua rau tus nqi cog qoob loo nce ob npaug," nws hais. "Yog tias peb cog qoob loo qhuav, tej zaum nws yuav tsis yog teeb meem. Tab sis koj qhov kev pheej hmoo ntawm kev cog qoob loo no siab dua li thaum daim ntawv cog lus uas koj tau kos npe tau sib tham."
Cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb:
- Yuav tsum cog li ntawm 80 feem pua ntawm thaj chaw, tab sis tsuas yog 20 feem pua tau cog rau tam sim no vim yog cov xwm txheej ntub.
- Tus nqi chiv uas nce siab heev ua rau cov neeg cog qos yaj ywm mob ntxiv
- Cov neeg sawv cev ntawm cov neeg cog qoob loo xav kom cov neeg ua khoom loj muab nyiaj ntau dua los them tus nqi tsim khoom
Leigh Elphinstone, Simplot Growers Committee chair and north-west potato grower, said the weather and fertiliser hurdles could result in a potato shortage. “I would expect at this stage that yields will be down, some crops have gone into ground that’s less than ideal,” he said. “Some growers, I’m led to believe, are pulling out of paddocks that are laying too wet. “It’s just going to be too late to get the crop in.”
Tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev ua liaj ua teb hauv xeev rau Nutrien, Stuart Millwood tau hais tias lub caij no qeeb dua lub sijhawm teem tseg. "Nws yog lub caij ntuj no/caij nplooj ntoos hlav uas muaj nag ntau tshaj plaws uas peb tau pom rau ntau xyoo," nws hais.
"Raws li peb zaum tam sim no, peb muaj li ntawm 20 feem pua ntawm thaj chaw cog qoob loo, feem ntau nyob ib puag ncig lub sijhawm no ntawm lub xyoo peb yuav muaj li ntawm 80 feem pua."
Yog tias peb tsis tau txais peb cov qoob loo zoo ces nws yeej yuav txo qhov qoob loo ... peb yeej ib txwm txais tos los nag raws sijhawm tab sis tam sim no nws tsis tu ncua.
Kev pheej hmoo siab dua, qhov khoom plig tsawg dua
Rising fertiliser costs were taken into account in August’s contract negotiations between farmers and the major processors, Simplot thiab McCain, but since then the price of fertiliser had risen again. Mr Gooch said the companies needed to offer growers better prices to make up for the significant risk farmers were taking this season.
“We couldn’t get them to recognise the potential for increasing fertiliser costs while we were negotiating [the contracts],” he said. “The farmer committee has been back to McCain, and the company has offered an increase in the prepayment and a drop in the interest on pre-payments. “But really that’s not helping our bottom line, our return on investment.
Yuav tsum muaj ib qho khoom plig rau kev cog qoob loo no. Nws yog ib qho qoob loo uas muaj kev pheej hmoo, thiab nws kim heev rau kev cog lawv.
Leigh Elphinstone said Simplot growers were facing a similar situation. “We were able to negotiate a fertiliser clause with Simplot of $4.50 to cover that rise to that point, but since then it’s gone up another 40 per cent,” he said. “We haven’t met with them again, but I think we probably will in the near future, to discuss where growers are at this present time.”
Hauv tsab ntawv, McCain said it understood the situation was difficult and was talking to growers. “Whilst the weather between now and harvest is always difficult to predict, there is still potential for good 2022 crop results from the potato varieties being grown for McCain. ""McCain continues to maintain a dialogue with our grower base and have been working with growers to help manage cost pressures, which are currently being driven by global energy costs and supply restrictions.”
Simplot was contacted for comment.
