Alimi aku Minnesota posachedwa adzakhala ndi njira yolimba yodziwira za nyengo kuti athandize kupanga zisankho zokhudzana ndi ulimi.
Alimi sangalamulire nyengo, koma angagwiritse ntchito chidziwitso chokhudza nyengo popanga zisankho. Alimi aku Minnesota posachedwa adzakhala ndi njira yolimba kwambiri yopezera chidziwitso.
Pa nthawi ya msonkhano wa 2023, Nyumba Yamalamulo ya boma la Minnesota idapereka ndalama zokwana $3 miliyoni kuchokera ku Clean Water Fund kupita ku Dipatimenti ya Zaulimi ya Minnesota kuti ikonze bwino netiweki ya nyengo yaulimi m'boma. Pakadali pano boma lili ndi malo 14 ochitira nyengo omwe amayendetsedwa ndi MDA ndipo 24 omwe amayendetsedwa ndi North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, koma ndalama zomwe boma limapereka ziyenera kuthandiza boma kukhazikitsa malo ena ambiri.
"Ndi ndalama zoyambira izi, tikuyembekeza kukhazikitsa malo ochitira nyengo pafupifupi 40 m'zaka ziwiri kapena zitatu zikubwerazi," akutero Stefan Bischof, katswiri wa zamadzi wa MDA. "Cholinga chathu chachikulu ndikukhala ndi malo ochitira nyengo omwe ali pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 30 kuchokera kumadera ambiri olima ku Minnesota kuti athe kupereka chidziwitso cha nyengo m'deralo."
Bischof akuti malowa adzasonkhanitsa deta yoyambira monga kutentha, liwiro la mphepo ndi komwe ikupita, mvula, chinyezi, mame, kutentha kwa nthaka, kuwala kwa dzuwa ndi zina zoyezera nyengo, koma alimi ndi ena adzatha kupeza zambiri kuchokera kuzinthu zambiri.
Minnesota ikugwirizana ndi NDAWN, yomwe imayang'anira njira ya malo ochitira nyengo pafupifupi 200 ku North Dakota, Montana ndi kumadzulo kwa Minnesota. Netiweki ya NDAWN inayamba kugwira ntchito kwambiri mu 1990.
Musapangenso gudumu
Mwa kugwirizana ndi NDAWN, MDA idzatha kugwiritsa ntchito njira yomwe yapangidwa kale.
"Zidziwitso zathu zidzaphatikizidwa mu zida zawo zokhudzana ndi ulimi monga kugwiritsa ntchito madzi a mbewu, masiku olima, kupanga chitsanzo cha mbewu, kulosera matenda, nthawi yothirira, machenjezo okhudza kutentha kwa zinthu zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito komanso zida zosiyanasiyana za ulimi zomwe anthu angagwiritse ntchito kutsogolera zisankho za ulimi," akutero Bischof.
“NDAWN ndi chida chowongolera zoopsa za nyengo,” akutero Mtsogoleri wa NDAWN Daryl Ritchison. “Timagwiritsa ntchito nyengo kuthandiza kulosera kukula kwa mbewu, kutsogolera mbewu, kutsogolera matenda, kuthandizira kudziwa nthawi yomwe tizilombo tidzatulukire — zinthu zambiri. Ntchito zathu zimapitirira ulimi.”
Bischof akunena kuti netiweki ya zaulimi ku Minnesota idzagwirizana ndi zomwe NDAWN yapanga kale kuti zinthu zambiri zigwiritsidwe ntchito pomanga malo okwerera nyengo. Popeza North Dakota ili kale ndi ukadaulo ndi mapulogalamu apakompyuta ofunikira kuti isonkhanitse ndikusanthula deta ya nyengo, zinali zomveka kuyang'ana kwambiri pakukhazikitsa malo ambiri okwerera.
MDA ikugwira ntchito yopeza malo omwe angakhazikitsidwe malo ochitirako nyengo m'dziko la minda ku Minnesota. Ritchison akuti malowa amangofunika malo okwana mayadi 10 okha komanso malo okwanira nsanja yayitali mamita 30. Malo omwe amakondedwa ayenera kukhala athyathyathya, kutali ndi mitengo komanso ofikirika chaka chonse. Bischof akuyembekeza kuti malo 10 mpaka 15 akhazikitsidwe chilimwe chino.
Zotsatira zazikulu
Ngakhale kuti chidziwitso chomwe chidzasonkhanitsidwa pa siteshoni chidzayang'ana kwambiri zaulimi, mabungwe ena monga mabungwe aboma amagwiritsa ntchito chidziwitsochi popanga zisankho, kuphatikizapo nthawi yoika kapena kuchotsa zoletsa zolemera pamsewu.
Bischof akuti khama lokulitsa netiweki ya Minnesota lalandira chithandizo chosiyanasiyana. Anthu ambiri amaona kufunika kokhala ndi chidziwitso cha nyengo cha m'deralo kuti chithandize kutsogolera zisankho zokhudzana ndi ulimi. Zina mwa zosankha zaulimizi zimakhala ndi zotsatirapo zazikulu.
“Tili ndi phindu kwa alimi komanso phindu ku zinthu zamadzi,” akutero Bischof. “Ndi ndalama zomwe zikuchokera ku Clean Water Fund, chidziwitso chochokera ku malo ochitira nyengo awa chithandiza kutsogolera zisankho zaulimi zomwe sizimangopindulitsa mlimi komanso kuchepetsa zotsatira zake ku zinthu zamadzi pothandiza alimiwo kugwiritsa ntchito bwino zinthu zobzala ndi madzi.
"Kukonza bwino njira zogwiritsira ntchito ulimi kumateteza madzi pamwamba poletsa kuyenda kwa mankhwala ophera tizilombo omwe amatha kuyandama kupita kumadzi apafupi, kuteteza kutayika kwa manyowa ndi mankhwala ophera zomera omwe amathira madzi pamwamba; kuchepetsa kutuluka kwa nitrate, manyowa ndi mankhwala ophera zomera kupita kumadzi apansi panthaka; komanso kukulitsa kugwiritsa ntchito bwino madzi othirira."
Nthawi yotumizira: Ogasiti-19-2024