ʻAi ka hapa nui o mākou i kekahi ʻano mea kanu kūikawā i kēlā me kēia lā. Inā ʻoe e ʻai ana i kāu mau huaʻai a me nā lau ʻai, a i ʻole e hoʻohana ana i kekahi mau mea hoʻonani e kōkua i ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kēlā kīʻaha maikaʻi loa, ke hoʻohana nei ʻoe i nā mea kanu kūikawā.
ʻOiai ka laha nui o nā mea kanu kūikawā - me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i kēia manawa he $79.8 biliona ka waiwai kūʻai (ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o 16% o ka nui o nā huahana mahiʻai) - no laila e nānā pinepine ʻia kēia māhele o ka mahiʻai.
He maʻalahi ke hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "mea kanu kūikawā" kahi huaʻōlelo ākea, a ʻo kekahi e hoʻopili ana i nā mea like ʻole. Wahi a ka Bill Farm 2004, wehewehe ʻia nā mea kanu kūikawā e like me "nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu, nā hua lāʻau, nā hua maloʻo, horticulture, a me nā mea kanu hānai (me ka floriculture)." ʻOiai he laulā kēia wehewehe, no ka mea, hiki i nā huahana like ʻole ke hāʻule ma lalo o nā "hua" a me nā "mea kanu." A ʻo ka manawa pinepine, ke kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka mahiʻai, ʻike ʻia ka manaʻo nui i nā mea kanu lālani a i ʻole ka mahiʻai holoholona. ʻOiai ʻo nā mea kanu lālani he mau mea kanu liʻiliʻi i ʻohi pinepine ʻia me ka hui pū ʻana a lilo i ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina mahiʻai US, ʻike pinepine ʻia nā mea kanu kūikawā ma Kaleponi a me Florida.
Eia naʻe, ke ulu nui nei ka nui o nā mea kanu kūikawā ma nā wahi o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Loaʻa nā manaʻo kuhi hou aia i kēia manawa ʻoi aku ma mua o 184,000 mau māla mahiʻai kūikawā ma luna o 10.4 miliona mau ʻeka o ka ʻāina mahiʻai.. ʻOiai ʻo ka hana ʻana i nā mea kanu kūikawā o US he ʻāpana nui o ka hana mahiʻai US holoʻokoʻa, ke kū nei ia i kekahi mau pilikia koʻikoʻi.
ʻIke pinepine nā mea hana US iā lākou iho i kahi pōʻino ma ka pae honua (a me ka home) no ka mea, ma ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole hiki ke hana i ka makahiki. A ʻaʻole like me nā mea kanu lālani, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoulu ʻia nā mea kanu kūikawā a mālama ʻia e kūʻai ʻia i loko o ka makahiki ma muli o ka hopohopo hou. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā mea kanu kūikawā ma mua o ko lākou mau hoa. Hoʻopilikia loa kēia iā lākou i nā manawa e like me ke ʻano o ka wā ʻoi loa i ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ʻAmelika, ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa i nā poho o nā mea kanu kūikawā ma mua o $ 600 miliona.
ʻO ka mea e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ua hoʻopilikia nui ʻia ka hana kūloko e ke kaua kālepa e hoʻomau nei. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ʻAmelika i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā huahana huaʻai kūikawā, kahi e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai i nā kumukūʻai kūloko, a ua pā nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i nā mea kanu kūikawā i hana ʻia e US me nā uku kiʻekiʻe. I kēia manawa, Ua hoʻokau aku ʻo ʻEulopa ma luna o $ 4 biliona ma nā kumukūʻai ma nā huahana US. Hiki ke nui ka hopena o ia mau tariff, me Manaʻo ka mokuʻāina ʻo NC i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ʻuala wale nō e ʻike i ka hōʻemi ʻana o $70 miliona.
A, e like me ka nui o nā mea, ua hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻia nā mea kanu kūikawā e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. Ma mua o ka puka ʻana mai o COVID-19 i ka pūnāwai i hala, Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Florida wale nō ka hana ʻana i ka strawberry i nele i 30% o ka hana e pono ai. ʻO nā mea kanu kūikawā kekahi o nā ʻano mahiʻai nui loa i kēia lā. ʻO kēia no ka mea he hilinaʻi nui ka hapa nui o nā hana i ka H-2A limahana mahiʻai. I ka wā maʻi maʻi, ua ʻoki ʻia ka nui o kēia mau limahana mai ka hele ʻana mai i US, a ʻo ka poʻe i ʻae ʻia e loaʻa nā hale kūikawā, no ka mea, pono e hāʻawi nā mea hana i kēia mau limahana me nā hale. ʻOiai ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi, akā naʻe, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka noi no nā limahana ma mua o ka lako.
ʻOiai he nui nā pilikia, ʻaʻole ia he nūhou maikaʻi loa no ka ʻāpana mea kanu kūikawā. Kuhi ʻia ka piʻi ʻana o ka makahiki he 2.6% i nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana, a Ua piʻi mua nā kumukūʻai kūʻai ma kahi o 40% mai ka makahiki 2011. ʻO ka hope, ʻoiai, e ʻike ʻia inā ʻo nā pilikia e kū nei i nā mea kanu kūikawā e kaupalena i ka nui o ka mea e hiki ai i nā mea hana ke hoʻohana i nā manawa kūpono no ka ulu ʻana.
Hoʻonui hou i waena o nā mea hana lako
Kūʻai pinepine ʻia nā mea kanu kūikawā ma ke ʻano i hōʻiliʻili ʻia, ʻo ka mea nui no ka mea nui o ka aesthetics i nā mea kūʻai aku. Ua ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā lako ʻohi, no ka mea ʻaʻole makemake ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e kūʻai i nā huaʻai a me nā mea ʻai i ʻeha a poino paha. ʻO ka hopena, ua loaʻa i kekahi mau mea hana i nā ala e hoʻomohala ai i nā mīkini e hiki ke hōʻiliʻili i kēia mau huahana ma ke ala mālie, i ʻole e hōʻino i ka huahana. ʻO ka hana ʻana pēlā ua kōkua i ka hoʻonanea ʻana i nā mea hana a no kekahi mau mea kanu kūikawā, e like me ka ʻuala, ua mau nā mea ʻohi i nā makahiki. Eia nō naʻe, no ka hapa nui o ka ʻohi ʻana, he mea hou a ʻaʻole i hoʻohana nui ʻia.
ʻOiai ua lohi a paʻakikī loa ka mīkini hana o ka ʻohi ʻana i nā mea kanu ma muli o ke ʻano o ka mea kanu a me nā manaʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku, aia kekahi mau huahana ma ka mākeke i kēia lā, me nā mea hōʻiliʻili mai nā hui lālā AEM ʻo New Holland, Pellenc, Gregoire, The Morning. Star Co. a me Oxbo.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o kēia mau mīkini ke hoʻohālikelike i ka hoʻopuka o 20 poʻe i kēlā me kēia hola. He mea nui kēia i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā hemahema o nā limahana e kū nei i kēia ʻoihana, me ka hāʻawi pū ʻana i kahi kumu meaʻai palekana a hilinaʻi. I ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā pono hana, hoʻomaikaʻi pū nā mīkini i nā palena o nā mea hana ma muli o ka hoʻemi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai hana e pono ai. ʻO nā mea āpau, hana lākou i ka ʻoihana i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi mai kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka mea hana ma o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā palena a me kahi hiʻohiʻona limahana ma muli o ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka hana kino a me ka uku ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, nā hana akamai.
Hui o na Mea Hana Mea Lako (AEM’s) Specialty Crops Leadership Group
ʻO nā hui hōʻiliʻili i haʻi mua ʻia, me John Deere (nā tractors huaʻai kūikawā), Kubota (nā tractor crop specialty and sprayers), a me GUSS Automation (autonomous orchard sprayers), ʻo ia ka AEM i hana hou ʻia. Puʻupuʻu alakaʻi huaʻai kūikawā. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui e like me kā AEM ʻO ka papa ʻāpana Ag ʻO ka mea nui i ʻāpono ʻia i kēia manawa no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki a me ke kuleana o AEM i nā mea kanu kūikawā. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo ke kumu o kēia pūʻulu e kōkua i ka ʻike pehea e hiki ai i ka AEM ke lawelawe maikaʻi aku i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai kūikawā holoʻokoʻa. I loko o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, aia nā hoʻolālā e hoʻonaʻauao i nā mea hoʻohana hope a me nā mea hoʻoponopono e pili ana i nā mea kanu kūikawā - ʻo ia hoʻi ke kumu o nā mea kanu kūikawā a me ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka poʻe i nā ʻenehana i loaʻa.
ʻOiai ke nānā ʻole ʻia nei e ka lehulehu, aia nā mea kanu kūikawā i waena o nā huahana mahiʻai nui loa ma US i kēia lā. A, e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo mua ʻia, aia nā manawa a me nā pilikia no ka mea ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻoihana ikaika loa a puni. Eia nō naʻe, ua kūpaʻa ʻo AEM e hana pū me nā alakaʻi ʻoihana e hoʻokō maikaʻi i nā pono, nā makemake a me nā koi o nā mea hoʻohana hope i kōkua i ka hana ʻana i ka ʻoihana mea kanu kūikawā i kēia lā. ʻO ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia mau mea āpau, a me nā mea hou aku, ʻo ia ka mea e pili ana i nā Pūʻulu alakaʻi AEM.
E aʻo hou aku e pili ana i AEM's Speciality Crop Leadership Group a nā hui alakaʻi ʻē aʻe e like me ia.
- ʻO Austin Gellings, Hui o na Mea Hana Lako Luna Hooponopono Mahiai