Hoʻoulu ʻo Federal Grant i ka ʻĀina a me ka nānā ʻana i ka lepo e kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻo Wisconsin

ʻO kahi haʻawina $9 miliona mai ka US Department of Agriculture ua hoʻoikaika i nā hana e hana i kahi ʻoihana nānā ʻana i ke aniau a me ka lepo a puni Wisconsin. ʻO ka pūnaewele, i kapa ʻia ʻo Mesonet, e hoʻohiki e kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai ma o ka hoʻopiha ʻana i nā āpau i ka ʻikepili lepo a me ka wā.
E hele ana ke kālā USDA iā UW-Madison e hana i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Rural Wisconsin Partnership, kahi e manaʻo ai e hana i nā papahana kaiāulu ma waena o ke kulanui a me nā kūlanakauhale kuaʻāina.
ʻO kekahi o ia papahana ʻo ia ka hana ʻana o ka Wisconsin Environmental Mesonet. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chris Kucharik, ka luna o ke Keʻena ʻOihana Agronomy ma ke Kulanui o Wisconsin-Madison, e hoʻolālā ana ʻo ia e hana i kahi pūnaewele o 50 a 120 mau keʻena kiaʻi ʻāina a me ka nānā ʻana i ka lepo ma nā kalana a puni ka mokuʻāina.
ʻO nā mākaʻikaʻi he mau tripod metala, ma kahi o ʻeono kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, me nā mea ʻike e ana i ka wikiwiki o ka makani a me ke kuhikuhi ʻana, ka haʻahaʻa, ka mahana a me ka radiation lā, wahi āna. Aia pū nā mea nānā i nā mea hana ma lalo o ka honua e ana i ka mahana o ka lepo a me ka wai.
"ʻO Wisconsin kahi mea anomaly i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ko mākou mau hoalauna a me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi pūnaewele i hoʻolaʻa ʻia a i ʻole ka hōʻiliʻili ʻikepili ʻike," wahi a Kucharik.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kucharik aia i kēia manawa he 14 mau mākaʻikaʻi ma nā keʻena noiʻi mahiʻai o ke kulanui ma nā wahi e like me ka peninsula Door County, a ʻo kekahi o nā mea mahiʻai ʻikepili e hoʻohana nei i kēia manawa mai ka National Weather Service o ka lehulehu o nā mea manawaleʻa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mea nui ka ʻikepili akā hōʻike ʻia hoʻokahi wale nō i ka lā.
ʻO ka hāʻawi kālā federal he $ 9 miliona, me $ 1 miliona mai ka Wisconsin Alumni Research Fund, e uku no ka nānā ʻana i nā limahana a me nā limahana e pono ai e hana, hōʻiliʻili a hoʻolaha i ka ʻike ea a me ka lepo.
"Ke kūpaʻa maoli nei mākou i ka hana ʻana i kahi pūnaewele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e hiki ai iā mākou ke loaʻa ka ʻikepili o ka wā maoli a me ka ʻikepili lepo e kākoʻo ai i ke ola o nā mahiʻai kuaʻāina, nā luna ʻāina a me nā wai a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka ulu lāʻau," wahi a Kucharik. "He papa inoa lōʻihi o nā poʻe e pōmaikaʻi mai kēia hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka pūnaewele."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jerry Clark, he kumu aʻoaʻo mahiʻai ma ke Kulanui o Wisconsin-Madison's Chippewa County Extension Center, e kōkua ka māka hoʻohui i ka poʻe mahiʻai e hana i nā hoʻoholo koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ke kanu ʻana, irrigation a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pesticide.
"Ke manaʻo nei au he mea kōkua ʻaʻole wale ia mai kahi hiʻohiʻona huaʻai, akā i kekahi mau mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia e like me ka fertilization kahi e loaʻa ai kekahi mau pono," wahi a Clark.
ʻO ka mea kūikawā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Clark e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka poʻe mahiʻai no ka piha ʻana o ko lākou lepo e ʻae i ka wai momona, hiki ke hōʻemi i ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka wai.
ʻO Steve Ackerman, UW-Madison Hope Chancellor no ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻonaʻauao puka, alakaʻi i ke kaʻina noi hāʻawi kālā USDA. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Senatoa Demokarata ʻAmelika ʻo Tammy Baldwin i ke kālā ma ka lā 14 Dekemaba.
"Manaʻo wau he pōmaikaʻi maoli kēia i ka noiʻi ʻana ma kā mākou pā kula a me ka manaʻo holoʻokoʻa o Wisconsin," wahi a Ackerman.