E loaʻa koke ana i nā mahiʻai o Minnesota kahi ʻōnaehana ʻike ikaika e pili ana i nā kūlana o ke aniau e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻoholo agronomic.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā mahiʻai ke kāohi i ke aniau, akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā kūlana o ke aniau e hoʻoholo ai. E loaʻa koke ana i nā mahiʻai o Minnesota kahi ʻōnaehana ʻike ikaika aʻe e huki ai.
I ka wā o ka hālāwai o 2023, ua hoʻokaʻawale ke ʻAhaʻōlelo o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Minnesota i $3 miliona mai ka Clean Water Fund i ke Keʻena Mahiʻai o Minnesota e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pūnaewele aniau mahiʻai o ka mokuʻāina. I kēia manawa, aia i ka mokuʻāina he 14 mau kikowaena aniau i mālama ʻia e ka MDA a he 24 i mālama ʻia e ka North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, akā pono ke kālā o ka mokuʻāina e kōkua i ka mokuʻāina e hoʻokomo i nā ʻumi o nā wahi hou aʻe.
"Me kēia pōʻai mua o ke kālā, ke manaʻolana nei mākou e hoʻokomo i kahi 40 mau kikowaena aniau i nā makahiki ʻelua a ʻekolu e hiki mai ana," wahi a Stefan Bischof, he loea wai MDA. "ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu hope loa ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kikowaena aniau i loko o kahi o 20 mile o ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina mahiʻai ma Minnesota e hiki ai ke hāʻawi i kēlā ʻike aniau kūloko."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bischof e hōʻiliʻili nā wahi i ka ʻikepili maʻamau e like me ka mahana, ka wikiwiki a me ke kuhikuhi o ka makani, ka ua, ka makū, ke kiko hau, ka mahana o ka lepo, ka hoʻomehana lā a me nā ana ʻano aniau ʻē aʻe, akā e hiki i nā mahiʻai a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ke hōʻiliʻili mai kahi ʻike ākea aʻe.
Ke hui pū nei ʻo Minnesota me NDAWN, ka mea e hoʻokele nei i kahi ʻōnaehana o kahi 200 mau kikowaena aniau ma North Dakota, Montana a me ke komohana o Minnesota. Ua hoʻomaka ka pūnaewele NDAWN e hana nui i ka makahiki 1990.
Mai hana hou i ka huila
Ma ka hui pū ʻana me NDAWN, e hiki i ka MDA ke hoʻohana i kahi ʻōnaehana i hoʻomohala mua ʻia.
"E hoʻohui ʻia kā mākou ʻike i loko o kā lākou mau mea hana mahiʻai e pili ana i ke aniau e like me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai o nā mea kanu, nā lā kekelē ulu, ke kumu hoʻohālike o nā mea kanu, ka wānana ʻana i nā maʻi, ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka irrigation, nā makaʻala hoʻohuli mahana no nā mea hoʻopili a me nā ʻano mea hana mahiʻai like ʻole e hiki ai i nā kānaka ke hoʻohana e alakaʻi i nā hoʻoholo agronomic," wahi a Bischof.
“He mea hana hoʻokele pilikia o ke aniau ʻo NDAWN,” wahi a Daryl Ritchison, Luna Hoʻokele o NDAWN. “Hoʻohana mākou i ke aniau e kōkua i ka wānana ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu, no ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā mea kanu, ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā maʻi, e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka wā e puka mai ai nā pepeke - he nui nā mea. ʻOi aku ka nui o kā mākou hoʻohana ma mua o ka mahiʻai.”
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bischof e hui pū ka pūnaewele aniau mahiʻai o Minnesota me ka mea a NDAWN i hoʻomohala mua ai i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā kumuwaiwai hou aʻe no ke kūkulu ʻana i nā kikowaena aniau. ʻOiai ua loaʻa iā North Dakota nā ʻenehana a me nā polokalamu kamepiula e pono ai e hōʻiliʻili a kālailai i ka ʻikepili aniau, ua kūpono ke kālele ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kikowaena hou aʻe.
Ke hana nei ʻo MDA i ke kaʻina hana o ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahi kūpono no nā kikowaena aniau ma ka ʻāina mahiʻai o Minnesota. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ritchison e pono wale ana kahi kapuaʻi he 10 iwilei kuea a me kahi ākea no kahi hale kiaʻi he 30 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe. Pono nā wahi i makemake ʻia e pālahalaha iki, mamao aku mai nā kumu lāʻau a hiki ke komo i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa. Manaʻolana ʻo Bischof e hoʻokomo i 10 a 15 i kēia kauwela.
Ka hopena ākea
ʻOiai e kālele ʻia ana ka ʻike i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ma nā kikowaena ma ka mahiʻai, hoʻohana nā hui ʻē aʻe e like me nā keʻena aupuni i ka ʻike no ka hoʻoholo ʻana, me ka wā e kau ai a wehe paha i nā kapu kaumaha alanui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bischof ua loaʻa i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻonui i ka pūnaewele o Minnesota ke kākoʻo ākea. ʻIke ka poʻe he nui i ka pono o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike aniau kūloko e kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā hoʻoholo agronomic. Loaʻa i kekahi o kēlā mau koho mahiʻai nā hopena ākea.
"He pōmaikaʻi ko mākou i nā mahiʻai a he pōmaikaʻi hoʻi i nā kumuwaiwai wai," wahi a Bischof. "Me ke kālā e hele mai ana mai ka Clean Water Fund, e kōkua ka ʻike mai kēia mau kikowaena aniau i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā hoʻoholo agronomic ʻaʻole wale e pōmaikaʻi ai ka mahiʻai akā e hōʻemi pū i nā hopena i nā kumuwaiwai wai ma ke kōkua ʻana i kēlā mau mea kanu e hoʻohana pono i nā mea kanu a me ka wai.
"ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hoʻoholo agronomic e pale aku i ka wai o luna ma ka pale ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o nā pesticides ma waho o ka pūnaewele e hiki ke holo i ka wai o luna kokoke, e pale ana i ka nalowale ʻana o ka manure a me nā kemika o nā mea kanu i ka wai kahe i ka wai o luna; e hōʻemi ana i ka leaching o ka nitrate, manure a me nā kemika o nā mea kanu i ka wai honua; a e hoʻonui ana i ka pono o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai irrigation."
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻAukake-19-2024