In our impression, the price of meat has always been higher than the price of vegetables. With the increase in greenhouse planting area, fresh vegetables can be eaten in the north in winter, and the prices are also normal, around the Spring Festival. The price will go up a bit. So, why is the price of vegetables higher than that of meat now? Pork prices have been falling since the beginning of the year. During the recent peak holiday consumption period, prices have not increased. Meat prices are now relatively low in recent years. The price of vegetables fluctuates frequently, and the purchase price changes almost every day, which is affected by the planting season, variety, and quality. First, my country's vegetable planting bases are too concentrated. Once the bases are hit by climate disasters, it will have an impact on the national vegetable supply. Now we can easily see that in rural areas, every household is planting a single crop, such as Shouguang in Shandong, Pengzhou in Sichuan, Yuanmou in Yunnan, etc. The vegetables in any vegetable planting base may be supplied to many cities across the country. and region.

The advantage of this is that the supply and transportation of vegetables are relatively stable, which can meet the demand for vegetables in most farmers' markets in our country. But the disadvantages are also quite obvious at present, that is, the damage of a base will directly affect the imbalance of supply and demand in the national market and the phenomenon of soaring prices. The previous skyrocketing prices were due to the fact that some vegetable bases in our country were invaded by natural climate disasters, resulting in a large number of vegetables being damaged. Then the supply chain of the natural farmers market was broken, and prices also went up. Second, the price of urea fertilizer for some vegetables has increased, and the cost of growing vegetables has increased. Naturally, the price has also gone up. This is understandable. The cost of planting has increased. Without reducing the quality, the price can only be increased appropriately to maintain planting production. However, experts have also analyzed that this phenomenon of vegetables being more expensive than meat will not last long. After all, the production cycle of meat is still much longer than that of vegetables. Whether it is production cost or transportation cost, the cost of meat is higher. Some, and the growth cycle of vegetables is still relatively short, so this phenomenon will not last long. And according to actual surveys by relevant departments, the increase in vegetable prices does not mean that the prices of all vegetables have increased, but that the prices of vegetables that are not easy to preserve have increased higher, while the prices of vegetables that are easy to preserve have not actually increased. a lot of. Third, transportation costs have increased significantly. Affected by the disaster, the cross-regional transportation of many dishes has increased, and the distances are longer. In addition, the prices of gasoline and diesel have increased to varying degrees, further driving up the cost of vegetable prices. The vegetables are produced in the fields and need to be transported by the transportation and logistics industry. When gasoline prices soar and labor prices increase, your logistics prices will rise. Therefore, under the combined effects of many factors, there will be a lot of green leafy vegetables with high prices in our vegetable markets, which are more expensive than meat. Even higher.

Of course, if you are careful enough, you may find that the most expensive vegetables now are green leafy vegetables, such as spinach, celery, rapeseed, and Chinese cabbage. Without root vegetables, such as pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and winter melons, which are easy to store, their prices are not high because their planting cycles are less affected by rain and temperature.

Especially for northern cities, many of our cities had the habit of storing autumn vegetables in the past few years. Now autumn vegetables are on the market in large areas. The arrival of these vegetables can alleviate the current high vegetable prices. situation. And didn’t we just say that? The growth cycle of vegetables is about 40 to 50 days, so the price of vegetables in the market is high. This situation will not last for a long time. A new wave of vegetables will grow soon. By then, the price of vegetables in our market will be It will slowly fall back down.