Dankali San Luis Valley: kusa da kasuwanni da wuya akan kwari

Wannan yanki na musamman ya yis Coloradna biyu kawai zuwa Idaho in sabo markda dankali.

Haɗin isassun samar da ruwa, tsawon lokacin girma, rana, lokacin rani, da lokacin sanyi sosai don yawancin kwari su tsira ya sa kwarin San Luis na Colorado da ke kudancin jihar ya zama gida na halitta don kusan dukkanin noman dankalin turawa na jihar. Fa'idar yanayin yanayi na San Luis Valley shine taimakon yanayin hunturu don kiyaye filayen kwari, kuma lokacin rani yana taimakawa kiyaye filayen cikin hasken rana na tsawon lokacin girma.

“Lokacin sanyi yana kashe mafi yawan matsalolin kwari; saboda haka, da kyar ba mu yi amfani da maganin kashe kwari ba,” in ji Rick Ellithorpe, wanda ya yi ritaya daga mamallakin iyali. Farashin Aspen, Cibiyar, CO. Aspen Samar da girma, fakitoci da jiragen ruwa sha'ir da kuma kiwata premium Wagyu naman sa, amma babban amfanin gona daga danginsu gonaki a cikin Rockies, kamar mafi yawan makwabta, shi ne dankali - russet, premium ja, da kuma rawaya dankali. Amma fa'idar dabarun kwarin San Luis shine wurin: Yankin yana da ɗaruruwan mil kusa da manyan kasuwanni da yawa fiye da filayen dankalin turawa na Idaho.

"Kusancinmu da fa'idar jigilar kayayyaki zuwa Kudu da Gabas ya sa kwarin San Luis ya zama na musamman don shuka dankali," in ji Ellithorpe. Colorado na noma kusan tan miliyan daya na dankali a shekara, wanda ke matsayi na shida a kasar wajen yawan kiba, amma jihar tana da tasiri sosai a bangaren sayar da kayayyaki.

A cikin ƙasa, kusan kashi 70% na girbin dankalin turawa ana sarrafa su, galibi a cikin soyayyen faransa ko guntun dankalin turawa, bisa ga kididdigar Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka (USDA). Koyaya, wannan har yanzu yana barin fam biliyan 10 na dankali don sabon kasuwa, inda San Luis Valley ya sa Colorado ta zama babban ɗan wasa. Ba tare da kusan kamfanonin sarrafawa a cikin jihar ba, girbin Colorado yana kusan gaba ɗaya ga dillalai. Jihar tana matsayi na biyu kawai ga Idaho a sabbin jigilar kayayyaki.

“Kolorado dankali yawanci ana sayar da shi ne a cikin kantin sayar da kayayyaki; ba mu da abubuwan more rayuwa don soyayyen Faransa,” in ji Les Alderete, babban manajan a Skyline Dankali Co., Cibiyar, CO Skyline Dankali Co. wani ɓangare ne na JV Smith Companies, wani kamfani na uba tare da ayyukan noma a Yuma, AZ; Salinas da Soledad, CA; da Morelos, Mexico, da kuma Cibiyar, CO, a cikin San Luis Valley.

Skyline Dankali Co. mai shekaru 30 yana ba da marufi da tallace-tallace na dankalin turawa na al'ada da na halitta daga kwarin San Luis zuwa Gabashin Amurka da Mexico. Kwarin San Luis kuma yana tsiro da adadi mai yawa na dankali waɗanda ake siyar da su azaman ingantaccen iri. Ƙungiyar Manoman dankalin turawa ta Colorado, Monte Vista, CO, tana kula da jerin masu noman San Luis Valley tare da dankali iri da aka bincika kuma an tabbatar da gaskiya don bugawa.

A cikin ƙasa, Idaho shine sauƙin jagora a samar da iri dankalin turawa, sannan Washington ta biyo baya, amma samar da San Luis Valley ya isa ya sanya Colorado a cikin rukuni na gaba tare da North Dakota da Michigan. Yayin da ake noman kadada 4,000 na dankalin rani a yankin arewa maso gabashin jihar, yawancin kayayyakin da ake jigilar su zuwa kasuwanni a kudu maso gabas da gabas daga kadada 55,000 a kwarin San Luis. Wannan saboda kusancin yankin da waɗannan kasuwanni yana fassara zuwa ƙananan farashin jigilar kayayyaki.

"Akwai fa'idar jigilar kaya," in ji Alderete. "Tare da samuwa da matsalolin farashi na jigilar kaya kwanakin nan, wannan fa'idar yana ƙara zama mai mahimmanci." Masu jigilar kayayyaki na San Luis Valley da abokan cinikin dillalan su sun fi mai da hankali a kwanakin nan kan haɓaka wannan fa'idar jigilar kaya fiye da sabbin nau'ikan ko fakiti.

"Kowa yana neman sababbin hanyoyin da za a kai samfurin zuwa kantin sayar da kayayyaki saboda farashin sufuri," in ji David Tonso, manajan gudanarwa a. Farm Fresh Direct na Amurka, Monte Vista, CO. "Mutane suna ƙoƙarin ƙarin dankali a cikin kwandon shara." Wannan babban kwarin da kogin San Luis ke ciyar da shi - mai tsayin ƙafa 7,600, yanki mafi girma na dankalin turawa a Amurka - yana alfahari da shimfidar wurare masu ban sha'awa da al'adar gonakin dankalin turawa mallakar dangi wanda ya samo asali tun shekarun 1880.

"Tare da kwanaki 350 na hasken rana a shekara, dankalin San Luis Valley yana cike da muhimman abubuwan gina jiki na rana, duk da haka a tsayin ƙafa 7,600, yanayin zafi na lokacin rani ya kasance mai laushi - mai kyau ga dankali," in ji Andreas Trettin, darektan tallace-tallace a. Sarkin Dutse, Houston, TX. “Bugu da ƙari, tsaunukan da ke kewaye suna ba da wadataccen ruwa mai tsafta daga dusar ƙanƙara mai narke a shekara. Tsayin tsayi kuma a zahiri yana rage yuwuwar cututtuka da kwari. Ƙasar mai albarka tana ɗauke da ma’adinan ma’adinai na musamman, domin kwarin tsohon tafkin tafkin ne kuma ana ci gaba da adana ma’adanai a nan daga koguna masu yawa.”

Duk da wurin da ke da ban sha'awa na filayen, dankalin Colorado bai taɓa haɓaka nau'in nau'in nau'in samfuran da ke samar da ingantattun kasuwannin cikin gida ba: Adadin Ellithorpe ƙasa da 5% na Aspen Produce dankali ana siyar da shi a cikin jihar.
"Mutane da yawa ba su san cewa Colorado na girma dankali ba."

Ƙididdigar Alƙaluma Ƙayyade Nuni

Abubuwan da za a yi la'akari da su wajen gina nunin dankali daga kwarin San Luis iri ɗaya ne da na sabbin dankalin kasuwa daga wasu yankuna. "Kididdigar zamantakewa da tattalin arziki ya kamata su ƙayyade girman nuni, haɗuwa iri-iri, girma da fakiti ko zaɓuɓɓuka masu ƙima," in ji Trettin, daga Mountain King. Gary Hoffman ya fara Dutsen King kusan shekaru 60 da suka gabata, yana sayar da dankalin russet ga gidajen cin abinci a gabar Tekun Fasha daga tushe a Houston kuma ya samo asali don ba da sabbin nau'ikan don dacewa da canza dandano na mabukaci.

A yau, kamfanin yana ba da zinariya man shanu, man shanu ja, man shanu, russets, ja, da kuma nau'o'in ƙananan nau'o'in asali daga Rasha, Netherlands, Ingila, Jamus, da yammacin Indies kuma girma a wurare da yawa, ciki har da San Luis Valley. . Akwai ƴan ƙa'idodi na gaba ɗaya waɗanda iri da fakiti suka fi shahara a lokutan musamman na shekara.

"A kusa da bukukuwan, tallan dankalin turawa suna jagorantar manyan russets na jaka, da fam 10, tare da combos iri-iri, zinare da ja," in ji Trettin. Bayan yatsa, duk da haka, manoma gabaɗaya suna jigilar nau'ikan dankali daban-daban waɗanda tuni suka saba da su a tsakanin masu amfani. "Tare da russets, Norkotah ita ce lamba ta 1, sai Canela da Reveille," in ji Tonso. "Daga cikin rawaya, Yukon na iya raguwa, tare da wasu nau'ikan maye gurbinsa. Ba mu yin ja.”

Norkotah, wanda masu shayarwa suka saki a ƙarshen 1980s a Arewacin Dakota State, dankalin turawa ne mai laushi tare da laushi mai laushi da kyawu wanda ya sa ya dace da sabon kasuwa. Canela wani sabon nau'in kasuwa ne mai ban sha'awa, wanda masu binciken Jami'ar Jihar Colorado suka haɓaka, wanda ya makara balaga kuma ya cika ramin girbi daga baya. Masu binciken USDA da ke Idaho sun haɓaka Reveille, wani sabon nau'in kasuwa wanda ke girbi a farkon zuwa tsakiyar lokaci.

Duk da yake girma a cikin gida yana da mahimmancin yanayi, bai sami tasiri sosai ba idan yazo da dankali. Tonso daga Farm Fresh alkalumman kusan kashi 20% na girbin sa na San Luis ana siyar da shi a cikin yanki “na gida”, wanda aka fayyace ya haɗa da Colorado, New Mexico da Nebraska, amma ba kasafai ake amfani da wannan labarin azaman kayan ciniki a matakin dillali ba. .

"Wasu daga cikin kayan gida suna iya cewa daga Colorado ne, amma 99% ana siyar da su azaman dankali ne kawai," in ji shi. Haɗin gwiwar dillalai ya haifar da haɗin gwiwar jigilar kayayyaki, wanda ya ba da ɗan ƙaramin ɗaki don tuntuɓar kai tsaye tsakanin iyalai 150 na noman dankalin turawa waɗanda suka yi aiki a kwarin San Luis na tsararraki da kasuwannin da ke sayar da girbin su ga jama'a.

Monte Vista, Farm Fresh Direct na tushen CO ƙungiya ce ta manoman dankalin turawa da yawa na dangi da yawa a cikin kwarin San Luis waɗanda ke aiki tare don ba da isassun kayayyaki na dankali iri-iri na shekara-shekara, daga russets zuwa yatsun hannu. Amma yawancin gonakin dangi na San Luis sun zama marasa ganuwa a cikin hadadden sarkar samar da kayayyaki da ke aika dankali daga tsaunin Rocky zuwa manyan kantuna a duk kudu maso gabas da gabas.

“Ba mu sake samun damar shiga kasuwar ‘yan kasuwa; mu kanana ne,” in ji Ellithorpe. “A matsayinmu na ƙaramin mai jigilar kayayyaki, ba zai yi mana amfani ba don tallata. Manyan dillalai ba za su amsa wayar ba. Suna siya ne kawai daga manyan kamfanonin talla." Manoman dangi a cikin wannan tsayin tsayin San Luis Valley har yanzu suna da ƴan kalmomi na nasiha idan ana maganar cinikin dankali.

Ellithorpe ya ce "Ingantattun samfura, farashi da sanin sauraron ko wanene abokin cinikin ku shine mafi kyawun dabarun siyarwa," in ji Ellithorpe.

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Yatsu Nau'in Cancantar Aiki

New Jersey tushen Dabarun Dafuwa ƙwararre akan dankalin turawa daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar, gami da fitattun kwarin San Luis. "Har yanzu ba a san 'yan yatsa ba," in ji Richard Leibowitz, shugaban Culinary Specialties, Mountain, NJ. “A fasaha, akwai daɗin ɗan yatsa wanda galibi ana mantawa da shi; ba girma da siffar ba ne kawai.”

Rashin sanin daɗin ɗan yatsa - wanda Leibowitz ya kwatanta da mafi arziƙi kuma ya fi sauran dankali - yana ba da ƙalubalen ciniki wanda ya zama mafi rikitarwa yayin bala'in.

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