Ishyirahamwe rya Apple muri Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika rivuga ko umwaka ushize umusaruro wa pome ku rwego rw’igihugu wabaye uwambere.
Muri Michigan, umwaka ukomeye wagabanije ibiciro by'ubwoko bumwe na bumwe bituma habaho gutinda kw'ibihingwa.
Emma Grant uyobora Cherry Bay Orchards muri Suttons Bay, yizera ko bimwe muri ibyo bibazo bizakemuka muri iki gihembwe.
Afungura indobo y'amazi yera yera ati: "Ntabwo twigeze dukoresha ibi." Ati: “Ariko kubera ko muri Michigan hari pome nyinshi kandi abapakira bakenera igihe kinini cyo gupakira, twahisemo kubigerageza.”
Amazi ni akugenzura imikurire yikimera; we na bagenzi be bapimye konsentratre bayivanga n'amazi hanyuma batera agace gato k'ibiti bya pome na Premier Honeycrisp.
Grant yagize ati: "Kuri ubu turimo gutera ibi bintu twizeye ko bizadindiza kwera kwa Premier Honeycrisp [pome]". Ati: "Bahinduka umutuku ku giti, hanyuma iyo turangije gutora izindi pome no kuzitoragura, ziracyari ku rwego rwera rwo kubika."
Turizera ko izi pome zo hambere zizaba umutuku bishoboka bitabaye byiza. Ibi bizabaha amahirwe meza yo gukusanywa, kubikwa, gupakira hanyuma amaherezo kugurishwa kubaguzi.
Biteganijwe ko umusaruro muri uyu mwaka uzaba munini, ariko ukaba muto ugereranije n'umwaka ushize. Abashakashatsi bavuga ariko ko bidasanzwe kubona ibi bibaho imyaka itatu ikurikiranye.
Chris Gerlach avuga ko ibyo ari bimwe kubera ko dutera ibiti byinshi bya pome mu gihugu hose.
Gerlach ukurikirana isesengura ryakozwe n'ishyirahamwe rya Apple muri Amerika, ishyirahamwe ry'ubucuruzi bwa pome, yagize ati: "Twateye hegitari 30.35.000 za pome mu myaka itanu ishize."
Gerlach ati: "Ntabwo watera igiti cya pome hejuru ya sogokuru." Ati: "Ntabwo uzatera ibiti 400 kuri hegitari hamwe nigiti kinini, kandi ugomba kumara umwanya munini n'imbaraga nyinshi gutema cyangwa gusarura ibiti."
Ababikora benshi barimo kwimukira muri sisitemu yo hejuru. Ibi biti bya latike bisa nkinkuta zimbuto.
Bakura pome nyinshi mumwanya muto kandi bakazitoragura byoroshye-ikintu kigomba gukorwa n'intoki niba pome igurishijwe bishya. Byongeye kandi, nk'uko Gerlach abivuga, ubwiza bw'imbuto buri hejuru kuruta mbere hose.
Gerlach yavuze ko abahinzi bamwe bagize igihombo kubera ko umusaruro wakozwe mu 2023 watumye ibiciro biri hasi ku bwoko bumwe.
Ati: “Ubusanzwe igihembwe kirangiye, aba bahinzi ba pome bakira cheque muri posita. Uyu mwaka, abahinzi benshi bakiriye fagitire mu iposita kubera ko pome zabo zari zifite agaciro kari munsi y'ibiciro bya serivisi. ”
Usibye amafaranga menshi yumurimo nibindi biciro nka lisansi, abayikora bagomba kwishyura kubika, gupakira pome ninkunga ya komisiyo kubagurisha inganda.
Gerlach yagize ati: "Ubusanzwe igihembwe kirangiye, abahinzi ba pome bazafata igiciro cyo kugurisha pome bakuyemo ikiguzi cya serivisi hanyuma bakire cheque mu iposita." Ati: "Muri uyu mwaka, abahinzi benshi bakiriye fagitire mu iposita kubera ko pome zabo zari zifite agaciro kari munsi y'ibiciro bya serivisi."
Ibi ntibishoboka, cyane cyane kubahinzi bato n'abaciriritse-abahinzi bamwe bafite imirima myinshi mumajyaruguru ya Michigan.
Gerlach yavuze ko abahinzi ba pome bo muri Amerika barimo guhuriza hamwe no kubona ishoramari ryinshi riva mu mutungo bwite ndetse n’ikigega cy’ubutunzi bw’amahanga. Yavuze ko iyi nzira izakomeza gusa uko ibiciro by'umurimo bizamuka, ku buryo kubona amafaranga ava mu mbuto byonyine.
Ati: "Muri iki gihe hari amarushanwa menshi ku nzabibu, clementine, avoka n'ibindi bicuruzwa ku bigega." Ati: "Abantu bamwe bavuga ibyo tugomba gukora kugirango tuzamure pome nk'icyiciro, ntabwo Honeycrisp na Red Delicious gusa, ahubwo pome n'ibindi bicuruzwa."
Nubwo bimeze bityo, Gerlach yavuze ko abahinzi bagomba kubona agahenge muri iki gihe cyihinga. Uyu mwaka urimo gutegurwa kuba nini kuri Apple, ariko haracyari pome nkeya ugereranije numwaka ushize.
Muri Suttons Bay, umugenzuzi ushinzwe imikurire y’ibihingwa Emma Grant yateye mu gihe kirenga ukwezi yagize ingaruka zifuzwa: byahaye pome igihe kinini cyo guhinduka umutuku bitarenze urugero. Umutuku wa pome, niko ureshya cyane kubapakira.
Noneho yavuze ko agomba gutegereza akareba niba kondereti imwe ifasha pome kubika neza mbere yuko ipakirwa ikagurishwa.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ukwakira-10-2024