This year’s watermelon planting area has indeed expanded, and the watermelon yield is also very high. This is directly related to the watermelon market and the weather.

Vegetable prices have been very expensive since the beginning of this year, and melon and fruit agricultural products have also gradually increased, so the market for watermelons is even higher. When they first came on the market, the price of watermelons reached six to seven yuan. The market price per catty is that a watermelon sells for at least 50 yuan, and some large watermelons can even sell for 100 yuan each.

It’s strange that the watermelon planting area does not increase under such market conditions. Some melon farmers planted one acre of watermelon last year, but this year they planted two or even three acres of watermelon.

Watermelon is the eight most consumed species in my country, and can be said to be the most popular among all melon and fruit products. Watermelon has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. Especially in the current dog days of summer, the consumption of hot watermelon is increasing day by day. Moreover, the sweetness of watermelon is particularly strong, and it is a melon variety suitable for all ages.

In addition, the northern region has sunshine and relatively little rain this year, which is suitable for the growth of watermelons, and there are no big storms. This year's watermelon harvest will indeed be abundant. It is the overcapacity of watermelons that has led to the decline in watermelon prices.

Watermelons are grown near our village. Hundreds of acres of watermelon are planted every year. Some melon farmers have planted an area of ??up to 15 acres this year. The yield of watermelons this year is very high, and it is very normal for the yield per mu to reach 10,000 catties.

At first, the wholesale price of watermelon was about 1.5 yuan per catty, and later it dropped to 8 cents per catty. The current price of watermelon is even cheaper. The wholesale price of watermelon above 6 catties is 0.5 yuan per catty, and the wholesale price of watermelons below 6 catties is 0.5 yuan per catty. The average price of watermelon is 0.2 yuan per catty. You need to go to the watermelon field to pick it yourself.

There are also many melon farmers who have thrown all the small watermelons into the ground and don’t need to take care of them anymore. If there are vendors or passers-by who want to come over, they can pick one or two to take home and eat. No money required.

The price of watermelon this year is much worse than last year. Last year, the worst wholesale price of watermelon was more than 0.75 yuan, and the average wholesale price was around 1.1 yuan.

The price of watermelon is relatively cheap for fruit farmers, but it is still unaffordable for city people. Currently, the average price of watermelon is between 1.5 and 2 yuan, and a watermelon costs more than ten yuan.

This seems to be a problem with the operation or mechanism of my country's farmers' market, because once any agricultural product is put on the market in large quantities, this phenomenon will occur. Urban people cannot afford to eat melons, nor can they afford to eat more. Cheap fruits, but farmers cannot sell some melon and fruit products, which are unsalable and even thrown into ditches or rotten on the roadside.

Of course, the transportation cost of agricultural products is related to the length of storage time. Nowadays, transportation costs are very high. Two barrels of oil control the price. Once the transportation season is busy, the price will be raised. There is a phenomenon of price reduction and then price increase. In the end, the price still rises. Even with subsidies, it still suffers losses.

Of course, there are some agricultural products that have a relatively short storage time. In particular, the storage time of watermelons is not too long. In about a week, if they cannot be sold, they will burst and rot.

That is to say, sometimes the watermelon planting areas in my country are not too uniform. Generally, the price in the main production areas is relatively low, and the prices in non-main production areas are cheaper.

Most of the main watermelon producing areas in my country are in the north. There are very few watermelons planted in large areas in the south. After all, there is more rain in the south, so watermelons are not tasty and the sweetness is not high. This is also one of the main reasons for the regional differences in watermelon prices.

In short, it seems that watermelons in our country have suffered a disaster this year. In fact, this phenomenon is just a regional surplus of watermelons. For urban residents, watermelons are still in short supply.

Because the price of watermelon from melon farmers is very different from that in cities, it can be said that the phenomenon of urban people unable to afford watermelons is becoming increasingly serious.

The main reason for the huge price disparity in watermelons is the overcapacity of watermelons in the main producing areas this year, the increase in transportation costs, and market management mechanisms.