“I-Smart agronomy ingenye yezindlela ezingcono kakhulu zokubuyisela imali yakho,” kusho u-Ian Wilson, ophethe iTulloch Farms, eduze kwaseLaurenskirk. Imicabango yakhe icashunwe yiPotatoes News.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi thina abalimi sivamise ukusithatha kancane isikhathi esichithwa kwi-agronomy, kodwa amahora esiwachitha ehhovisi sihlela ukwakheka kwamasimu ayisiqinisekiso sokuthi uzobuya etshaliwe. Kungcono ngikhokhele umuntu ukuthi agibele ugandaganda ukuze ngikwazi ukucabanga kahle ngale ngxenye yebhizinisi."
Eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule, u-Ian uphathe ipulazi elixubile lamahektha ayi-2000 likaMartin Gilbert we-Aberdeen Standard. Ipulazi linamahektha ayi-1650 ebhali ebusika, i-oilseed rape, i-oats kanye nokolweni wasebusika, futhi linezinkomo zobisi ezidla ubisi ezingu-250 unomphela.
“Uma umdayisi kagandaganda ekukhombisa ugandaganda awuvele uwuthenge. Uyakungabaza okuhle nokubi, futhi kufanele kube okufanayo ngamakhemikhali. Ngibonga i-Scottish Agronomy, nginayo yonke idatha yobuchwepheshe evela ezivivinyweni ezenziwa yi-cooperative, kanye nolwazi nolwazi lwe-agronomist ukungisiza ngenze izinqumo ezinolwazi."
Efuna ukuhlela kabusha ukutshala kusukela maphakathi no-Septhemba ukuze abhekane nomsebenzi, u-Ian usenqume ukwenza izivivinyo zasepulazini futhi usebenzisana ne-Scottish Agronomy ukuze asheshe atshale izinhlobo zikakolweni eziyisikhombisa ezidumile. Utshale ihektha ngalinye ngosuku lokuqala lukaSepthemba ensimini efanayo, futhi uzosebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obufanayo unyaka wonke ukuze abone ukusebenza okungcono ngesizini ezayo.
U-Ian uyingxenye yeqembu le-agronomy yase-Scottish Agronomy Laurencekirk, futhi uncoma izingxoxo etafuleni lasekhishini - futhi manje ku-Zoom - ngombono omusha wokutshala izimali nokuthi uyonga kuphi imali:
“Ulwazi abalimi bendawo abangabelana ngalo nami beluwusizo olukhulu ngesikhathi ngithuthela endaweni engingayazi. Nginenhlanhla enkulu yokuba yingxenye yeqembu elihlanganisa abantu abanjalo abakhuthele, abanombono kanye namabhizinisi. Ngifunde lukhulu kubo. Kungenze ngaba nesifiso esikhulu futhi ngazimisela ukuzama izinto ezintsha. "
Ngokusho kwe-Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC), cishe uhhafu womhlaba olimekayo wase-UK okwamanje uphethwe ochwepheshe bezolimo abazimele, futhi le ndawo kulindeleke ukuthi ikhule njengoba i-Brexit iqhubeka futhi kwethulwa nezinqubomgomo ezintsha zezolimo.