Potatoes alone lead the new high vegetable market

Potatoes alone lead the new high vegetable market

From April to May each year, it is the season when new potatoes are on the market. Many citizens have found that the prices of potatoes that were very close to the people in previous years have risen sharply this year. The reporter visited a number of vegetable markets and supermarkets and found that the retail price of potatoes is between 2.5 yuan and 3 yuan per catty, which is much more expensive than the same period last year. According to industry insiders, from April to May each year, it is the season when new potatoes are on the market. Many citizens have found that the prices of potatoes that were very close to the people in previous years have risen sharply this year. The reporter visited a number of vegetable markets and supermarkets and found that the retail price of potatoes is between 2.5 yuan and 3 yuan per catty, which is much more expensive than the same period last year. According to industry insiders, the temperature in the north was too low last winter, which led to a reduction in greenhouse potatoes in the northern region. In the south, due to excessive rain, it also caused a large reduction in potatoes. Therefore, the price of potatoes this year is exceptionally high.

The vegetable market is falling

Potatoes lead a new high

On May 7, the reporter found in a number of supermarkets that the price of potatoes was mostly between 2.5 yuan and 3 yuan, and the price of a small number of special potatoes was also more than 2 yuan. In the season when vegetable prices have generally fallen sharply, potato prices appear to be relatively high, and prices have not declined significantly since their listing in early April. "This year's potatoes are really worthwhile. Last year, they were not so expensive. This price is expensive for 4 years. You see that the price of green vegetables such as Chinese cabbage and celery is very large. Many vegetables have fallen within one dollar. Liu Kun, a vegetable wholesaler, told reporters that although the price of potatoes is high, the impact on consumers is basically negligible, and the demand for potatoes and sales have not changed significantly.

High-priced potatoes come from the field

Local growers have not benefited. "I have been growing potatoes for many years. In my impression, this should be a high price in 4 to 5 years." Li Jin, a potato grower in the town, told reporters that the wholesale price of potatoes this year is 2 Yuan, almost twice as much as the same period last year, and the higher price is mainly due to the shortage of potato production. Last winter, the weather in the north was cold, and the potato production was reduced. To a certain extent, the price of potatoes increased. In the south, the excessive rain in the south caused the spring potato to drop sharply, so the potatoes were more “golden”.

Li Jin planted a total of 7 acres of potatoes this year. He told reporters that due to the increase in land, labor and fertilizer costs, but the price of potatoes is not high, he has been reducing the planting area year by year, the cost of planting an acre of potatoes is nearly 2,000. Yuan money. At present, the potatoes on the market are all grown in greenhouses in Tengzhou and other places. Most of the potatoes produced in our city are planted in the open air. The maturity period is late, and it will take a month to go public. With the large number of open-air potatoes, the price of potatoes will fall sharply. . According to Li Jin, when the wholesale price of potatoes should be about 1 yuan per catty, and the yield per mu is about 4,000 kilograms. Calculated, the net income per mu is only 2,000 yuan, and the income is not particularly impressive. Therefore, although the price of potatoes is higher this year, the potato growers in our city have not tasted the “sweetness”.