Girbin apple na ƙasa a bara ya kasance mai tarihi, a cewar ƙungiyar Apple ta Amurka.
A Michigan, shekara mai ƙarfi ta rage farashin wasu nau'ikan kuma ta haifar da jinkiri a tattara kayan shuka.
Emma Grant, wanda ke tafiyar da Cherry Bay Orchards a Suttons Bay, yana fatan za a warware wasu daga cikin waɗannan batutuwa a wannan kakar.
"Ba mu taɓa yin amfani da wannan ba," in ji ta, tana buɗe bokitin farin ruwa mai kauri. "Amma da yake akwai tuffa da yawa a Michigan kuma masu tattara kaya suna buƙatar ƙarin lokaci don tattara kaya, mun yanke shawarar gwada shi."
Ruwan shine amai sarrafa girma shuka; ita da abokan aikinta sun gwada abin da aka tattara ta hanyar hada shi da ruwa tare da fesa wani karamin yanki na bishiyar apple tare da Premier Honeycrisp.
Grant ya ce "A yanzu haka muna fesa wannan kayan ne da fatan jinkirin lokacin bazara na Premier Honeycrisp [apples]," in ji Grant. "Suna juya ja akan bishiyar, sannan idan muka gama debo sauran apples din muka tsince su, har yanzu suna kan matakin girma don adanawa."
Muna fatan cewa waɗannan farkon apples za su zama ja kamar yadda zai yiwu ba tare da sun yi girma ba. Wannan zai ba su mafi kyawun damar tattarawa, adanawa, tattarawa da kuma sayar da su ga masu siye.
Ana sa ran girbin na bana zai yi yawa, amma bai kai na bara. Sai dai masu binciken sun ce abu ne da ba a saba ganin irin wannan abu ba shekaru uku a jere.
Chris Gerlach ya ce hakan wani bangare ne saboda muna kara dasa itatuwan tuffa a fadin kasar.
"Mun shuka kusan kadada 30,35,000 na apple a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata," in ji Gerlach, wanda ke bin diddigin bincike daga Ƙungiyar Apple ta Amurka, ƙungiyar cinikayyar masana'antar apple.
Gerlach ya ce: "Ba za ku dasa bishiyar tuffa a saman itacen apple na kakanku ba. "Ba za ku dasa bishiyoyi 400 a kadada mai katon rufi ba, kuma za ku kashe lokaci mai yawa da ƙoƙari wajen gyara ko girbi bishiyoyi."
Yawancin masana'antun suna motsawa zuwa tsarin ƙididdiga masu yawa. Waɗannan itatuwan lattin suna kama da bangon 'ya'yan itace.
Suna girma apples a cikin ƙasan sarari kuma suna ɗaukar su cikin sauƙi-wani abu da dole ne a yi da hannu idan an sayar da apples sabo. Bugu da ƙari, a cewar Gerlach, ingancin 'ya'yan itace ya fi girma fiye da baya.
Gerlach ya ce wasu masu noman sun sha asara saboda rikodi na girbin 2023 ya haifar da irin wannan rahusa ga wasu nau'ikan.
“Yawanci a ƙarshen kakar wasa, waɗannan manoman apple za su karɓi cak a cikin wasiku. A wannan shekara, manoma da yawa sun karɓi takardar kuɗi a wasiƙu saboda apples ɗinsu bai kai darajar sabis ba. ”
Baya ga tsadar ma’aikata da sauran kuɗaɗe kamar mai, dole ne masu kera su biya kuɗin ajiya, marufin apple da tallafin hukumar ga masu siyar da masana’antu.
"Yawanci a ƙarshen kakar wasa, masu girbin apple za su ɗauki farashin siyar da apples ɗin tare da rage farashin waɗannan ayyukan sannan su karɓi rajistan shiga cikin wasiku," in ji Gerlach. "A wannan shekara, yawancin manoma sun karɓi takardar kuɗi a cikin wasiku saboda apples ɗin su bai kai darajar sabis ba."
Wannan ba shi da dorewa, musamman ga ƙananan masu girma da matsakaici-masu noman iri ɗaya waɗanda suka mallaki gonakin gona da yawa a arewacin Michigan.
Gerlach ya ce masu samar da tuffa na Amurka suna haɓaka kuma suna ganin ƙarin saka hannun jari daga masu zaman kansu da kuma kuɗaɗen arziƙin ƙasashen waje. Ya ce yanayin zai ci gaba ne kawai yayin da farashin ma'aikata ke karuwa, wanda hakan zai sa a samu kudi daga 'ya'yan itace kadai.
"Akwai gasa da yawa na inabi, clementines, avocado da sauran kayayyaki a kan ɗakunan ajiya a yau," in ji shi. "Wasu mutane suna magana ne game da abin da muke buƙatar mu yi don haɓaka apples a matsayin rukuni, ba kawai Honeycrisp da Red Delicious ba, amma apples da sauran samfuran."
Har yanzu, Gerlach ya ce ya kamata masu noman su ga ɗan jin daɗi a wannan lokacin girma. Wannan shekara tana yin girma don zama babba ga Apple, amma har yanzu akwai ƙarancin apples fiye da bara.
A Suttons Bay, mai kula da tsiron tsiro wanda Emma Grant ta fesa fiye da wata guda da ya wuce yana da tasirin da ake so: ya ba wasu apples ƙarin lokaci don su zama ja ba tare da sun yi girma ba. Da jan apple ɗin, shine mafi kyawun shi ga masu shiryawa.
Yanzu ta ce za ta jira ta ga ko kwandishan guda ɗaya zai taimaka wa apples ɗin da kyau kafin a haɗa su a sayar.
Lokacin aikawa: Oktoba-10-2024