Alimi aku Minnesota posachedwa adzakhala ndi chidziwitso champhamvu chokhudza nyengo kuti athandizire kupanga zisankho zaulimi.
Alimi sangathe kulamulira nyengo, koma amatha kugwiritsa ntchito chidziwitso cha nyengo popanga zosankha. Alimi aku Minnesota posachedwapa adzakhala ndi chidziwitso champhamvu kwambiri chomwe angatengeko.
Mugawo la 2023, Nyumba Yamalamulo ya chigawo cha Minnesota idapereka $3 miliyoni kuchokera ku Clean Water Fund kupita ku dipatimenti yazaulimi ya Minnesota kuti ipititse patsogolo nyengo zaulimi m'boma. Panopa boma lili ndi masiteshoni 14 a nyengo yoyendetsedwa ndi MDA ndi 24 yoyendetsedwa ndi North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, koma ndalama za boma ziyenera kuthandiza boma kukhazikitsa malo ena ambiri.
Stefan Bischof, katswiri wa zamadzi ku MDA anati: "Cholinga chathu chachikulu ndikukhala ndi malo anyengo mkati mwa mtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 20 kuchokera kumadera ambiri aulimi ku Minnesota kuti athe kupereka zidziwitso zanyengo zakumaloko."
Bischof akuti malowa adzasonkhanitsa deta yofunikira monga kutentha, kuthamanga kwa mphepo ndi njira, mvula, chinyezi, mame, kutentha kwa nthaka, kutentha kwa dzuwa ndi zina zanyengo, koma alimi ndi ena adzatha kutolera kuchokera kuzinthu zambiri zambiri.
Minnesota ikugwirizana ndi NDAWN, yomwe imayang'anira dongosolo la malo okwana 200 ku North Dakota, Montana ndi kumadzulo kwa Minnesota. Netiweki ya NDAWN idayamba kugwira ntchito kwambiri mu 1990.
Osayambitsanso gudumu
Pogwirizana ndi NDAWN, MDA idzatha kugwiritsa ntchito njira yomwe yapangidwa kale.
"Zidziwitso zathu zidzaphatikizidwa ndi zida zawo za ag zokhudzana ndi nyengo monga kugwiritsa ntchito madzi a mbewu, masiku a kukula kwa digiri, chitsanzo cha mbewu, kulosera kwa matenda, ndondomeko ya ulimi wothirira, zochenjeza za kutentha kwa ogwiritsira ntchito ndi zida zingapo za ag zomwe anthu angagwiritse ntchito kutsogolera zisankho za agronomic," akutero Bischof.
"NDAWN ndi chida chowongolera zoopsa zanyengo," akufotokoza motero Director wa NDAWN Daryl Ritchison. "Timagwiritsa ntchito nyengo kuthandizira kuneneratu za kukula kwa mbewu, kutsogolera mbewu, kuwongolera matenda, kuthandiza kudziwa nthawi yomwe tizilombo tidzamera - zinthu zambiri. Ntchito zathu zimapitilira ulimi."
Bischof akuti maukonde a nyengo yazaulimi ku Minnesota agwirizana ndi zomwe NDAWN yapanga kale kuti zida zambiri zitheke pomanga malo ochitira nyengo. Popeza North Dakota ili kale ndi ukadaulo ndi mapulogalamu apakompyuta omwe amafunikira kuti asonkhanitse ndikusanthula zanyengo, zidali zomveka kuyang'ana kwambiri pakuyika masiteshoni ambiri.
MDA ili mkati mozindikira malo omwe akuyenera kukhala malo okwerera nyengo kudziko lafamu la Minnesota. Ritchison akuti malo amangofunika malo okwana 10-square-yard footprint and space for about 30-foot-watali nsanja. Malo omwe mukufuna akuyenera kukhala athyathyathya, kutali ndi mitengo komanso kupezekapo chaka chonse. Bischof akuyembekeza kuyika 10 mpaka 15 m'chilimwe chino.
Kukhudzidwa kwakukulu
Ngakhale zidziwitso zomwe zidzasonkhanitsidwe m'masiteshonizi zikhudza zaulimi, mabungwe ena monga mabungwe aboma amagwiritsa ntchito chidziwitsocho popanga zisankho, kuphatikiza nthawi yoyika kapena kuchotsa ziletso zolemetsa pamsewu.
Bischof akuti kuyesetsa kukulitsa maukonde a Minnesota alandila chithandizo chosiyanasiyana. Anthu ambiri amawona kufunika kokhala ndi zambiri zanyengo zakumaloko kuti ziwathandize kuwongolera zisankho zazachuma. Zina mwa zisankho zaulimi zimenezo zili ndi tanthauzo lalikulu.
"Tili ndi phindu kwa alimi komanso phindu la madzi," akutero Bischof. “Ndi ndalama zomwe zimachokera ku Bungwe la Madzi Oyera, mauthenga ochokera kumalo anyengo athandiza kutsogolera mfundo za ulimi zomwe sizingapindulitse mlimi komanso kuchepetsa mavuto omwe amabwera chifukwa cha madzi pothandiza alimiwo kugwiritsa ntchito bwino mbeu ndi madzi.
"Kukhathamiritsa kwa zisankho zaulimi kumateteza madzi apamtunda poletsa kusuntha kwa mankhwala ophera tizilombo omwe amatha kupita kumadzi oyandikana nawo, kuteteza kutayika kwa manyowa ndi mankhwala ambewu m'madzi othamangira kumadzi; kuchepetsa kukhetsa kwa nitrate, manyowa ndi mankhwala a mbewu kumadzi apansi; komanso kukulitsa kugwiritsa ntchito bwino madzi amthirira."
Nthawi yotumiza: Aug-19-2024