A kudu, manoma kamar Jamey Gage na B5 Farms suna guje wa zafin Texas ta hanyar girbi wasu amfanin gona kamar tumatir a lokacin hunturu. Yin amfani da manyan ramummuka, waɗanda ke kama da greenhouse, manoma suna iya shuka tumatir a cikin yanayin zafi mai kyau. Wannan tsari yana ba su damar yin aiki a kusa da Yanayin Uwar, amma a wannan shekara tana da tsare-tsaren nata.
Gage ya ce ya shirya gaba a cikin kwanaki kafin guguwar. "Na yi sanyi a cikin greenhouses, kuma na duba duk masu dumama, na gabatar da ƙarin masu watsawa. Na rufe dukkan gefuna na greenhouse domin a sami ƙarin rufin, "in ji shi.
Gaskiya ta same shi da wahala a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu lokacin da yanayin zafi ya kasance mafi ƙanƙanta. Yayin da wutar ke shiga da fita, Gage yana waje yana ƙoƙarin ceton 'ya'yan itace kamar yadda zai iya na 'ya'yan itatuwa. "Zazzabi yana faɗuwa da sauri ta yadda sai dai idan wutar ta zo da sauri mun san cewa za mu yi asarar wasu tsire-tsire," in ji Gage.
Kwanaki bayan haka, ana ci gaba da ƙididdige barnar, amma galibi ba za a iya gyarawa ba, kuma ga takaicin Gage: gaba ɗaya ba za a iya kauce masa ba. "Muna biyan kuɗin kayan aiki kuma muna sa ran za mu karɓe su," in ji shi. Rashin wutar lantarki ya sa dumama cikin manyan ramuka marasa amfani. Gage ya kiyasta kusan kashi 80 cikin 75,000 na amfanin gonar tumatir ya mutu daga yanayin yanayin lambobi ɗaya da sanyin iska. An kiyasta kudin da aka kashe ya kai dala XNUMX, ba tare da la'akari da kudaden da ya kashe wajen samar da kayayyaki ba da kuma lokacin da aka sadaukar da shi ga tsarin girma.
Ga Gage, da mutane da yawa kamarsa, aikin yana ci gaba da kimanta lalacewa da sake ginawa. Akwai sauran lokacin sanyi, amma idan yana da abin da zai ce a kai: ba zai sake barin dukiyarsa a hannun ‘yan siyasa ba.
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