Is spinach more expensive than pork? The price of vegetables has skyrocketed. Onions and spicy food are coming to your mind. Netizens: It’s better to eat meat.
Recently, many people have discovered that the prices of vegetables in the vegetable market have increased significantly. The prices have generally increased by more than 30%, and the price of many vegetables has risen to about 6 yuan, which is more expensive than eggs. As for why vegetable prices are rising, the main reason is that continuous rainy weather from September to October affected the growth of vegetables. Vegetable prices have been falling one after another, and the market can be said to have surged.
Many netizens said that spinach currently costs 15 yuan per catty, but pork only costs 9.9 yuan per catty. Eating vegetables is not as good as eating meat. Is this really the case?
Zhengzhou market surges
The reporter visited a vegetable market and found that the price of spinach was 12 yuan/jin, cucumber was 6.8 yuan/jin, lettuce was 7 yuan/jin, and chrysanthemum was 7 yuan/jin. 9 yuan/jin. The corresponding pork is obviously cheaper. For example, front and rear leg meat with skin is 9.8 yuan/jin, pork belly is 10.8 yuan/jin, some vegetables are as good as pork, and spinach is even more expensive than pork.
And the peppers have also grown significantly. For example, the price of line peppers is 7 yuan per catty, sharp peppers are 5 yuan per catty, and sky peppers are 11 yuan per catty. Many people complain that it "spices your heart", but Northerners love spicy food, so they still have to buy chili peppers.
Lao Wang, the stall owner, said that there is nothing he can do about the expensive vegetables. Although the price seems high, in fact he does not make much money. The purchase price of spinach is 10.5 yuan per catty, and it sells for 12 yuan in the market. Including losses and stall fees, you can't make much money at all. When the price is high, the number of buyers is significantly reduced. If you can't sell it within 2 days, you will have to lose it, and you will still lose money by then.
The reporter came to a rural market again. Sure enough, the vegetables at the market were obviously much cheaper. For example, broccoli only cost 3.5 yuan, cauliflower 4 yuan/jin, garlic sprouts 4 yuan/jin, and tomatoes 3.5 yuan/jin. Yuan/jin, baby cabbage and celery are both 5 yuan, rapeseed is 5 yuan/jin, potatoes and cabbage are 2 yuan/jin.
An old man said that most of the vegetables in rural areas are brought directly from the farmland, so the price is much cheaper than in the city. However, in the past few days, the price of vegetables has obviously increased by 1-2 yuan, such as potatoes per week. It was 1.2 yuan before, but now it has risen to 2 yuan.
Yantai vegetables are "going crazy"
As the largest producer of vegetables, Shandong originally thought that vegetable prices would be cheaper, but judging from the Yantai market, vegetable prices have also risen significantly. A group of aunts complained: "It has rained too much recently, and many vegetables have rotted on the ground, especially green leafy vegetables. The price has soared, and it is not as cost-effective as buying meat."
In a family In the vegetable market, the reporter found that cucumbers have risen to 7-8 yuan/jin, lettuce 7 yuan/jin, celery 5 yuan/jin, and rapeseed 4 yuan/jin. The price of kidney beans and kidney beans has risen to 8 yuan per pound, and a handful costs 10 yuan, which is enough to buy a pound of meat. Tomatoes are 6 yuan/catty, fennel is 7 yuan/catty, organic tomatoes are 20 yuan/catty, and the price of onions has also risen to 7 yuan per catty. Many people say that "Qianqiang Onion" is here again.
The reporter came to the vegetable market, which is recognized by the locals as the cheapest. Sure enough, the prices are much cheaper, such as tomatoes 2.5-3.5 yuan per catty, cucumbers 6 yuan/catty, eggplants and cabbage 1.5-2 yuan/catty. Jin, yam is 5.5 yuan/jin, coriander is 6 yuan/jin, onion is 1.6 yuan/jin, leek is 3.5 yuan/jin, and ginger is 4 yuan/jin. Although this price is on the high side, it is much cheaper than other producing areas.
Due to high vegetable prices, pork sales have increased recently, and queues have formed in front of stalls. Everyone thinks that eating meat is more cost-effective. However, due to the increase in pork sales, the price has also begun to rise. The stall owner said that the price increased by 50 cents a day, from 7.9 yuan to 10.9 yuan, but it still did not reduce everyone's enthusiasm for purchasing. Many people bought 10 kilograms or 20 kilograms at a time. You can take an enema at home.
Many stall owners said that the recent increase in vegetable prices was due to the fact that many greenhouses were flooded. Ms. Zhou said: "I was shocked when I went to buy vegetables. The vegetable production areas are full of water, and some vegetables have withered, so the price of vegetables has increased. Take green onions for example. A few days ago, the price in the production area was only 1.5 yuan, but now it has increased. The price has skyrocketed to 4 yuan per pound, but green onions are not resistant to waterlogging, and the production area has suffered heavy losses."
Another stall owner, Lao Wang, said: "The price of peppers has also increased sharply this year, mainly from the north. The area is greatly affected by rain, and peppers are afraid of water. For example, Chaotian peppers, the main production areas in North China are more flooded. The purchase price has risen to 8 yuan per catty, which is higher than last year. It is expected to rise to 10 yuan in the future. More expensive."
As for why vegetable prices have soared collectively, it is ultimately due to the influence of weather. Rainfall has increased significantly in the north since September. Recently, another wave of cold air has swept through most parts of our country. Vegetables The growth is slow, and the yield in areas that were flooded in the early stage has declined, and the quality is not very good. Even the harvesting cost is increasing, the market supply is reduced, and the increase in vegetable prices is no exception.
Due to successive rains in Shandong and Hebei production areas, the quantity of autumn vegetables on the market has decreased, and the supply is obviously tight. The cost of transporting vegetables from the south to the north is high, so vegetable prices have rebounded nervously.
This round of cooling will continue until the 17th. It is expected that the supply volume of vegetables will still be low and prices may rise. However, the weather will turn fine later and the supply volume will be high. I believe that there is still room for the market to go lower. Therefore, vegetable farmers are reminded not to hold back their crops, otherwise vegetable prices will plummet, which would be bad.