Since September, the northern region has suffered from autumn floods and floods that have not happened for many years, even unprecedented. On the one hand, the farmland is too wet, and some fields have accumulated water, resulting in more than 2 million mu of vegetables being affected; On the other hand, continuous low temperature and scanty sunlight lead to decreased photosynthesis, hindered the growth and development of vegetables, and even dropped flowers and fruits.

Second, the increase in agricultural prices has increased production costs.

Since the beginning of this year, the prices of agricultural materials such as fertilizers and pesticides have continued to rise, raising the production cost of vegetables.

Third, the transportation and circulation costs have increased significantly.

The "vegetable basket" product is "buy the whole country and sell the whole country". Due to the disaster of vegetables in the north, the stubble connection is not smooth, some varieties are transported across regions, and the transportation distance is lengthened. In addition, the price of gasoline and diesel oil has increased, which has led to a significant increase in transportation costs.

Fourth, other factors

The shortage of power supply in some northern vegetable producing provinces has also affected the intensive seedling raising and industrialized production of vegetables. In addition, the sporadic outbreak of COVID-19 in some areas has also increased the difficulty of the connection between production and marketing.

Recently, the price of vegetables has dropped.

Now it is the middle of 2020 1 month, and the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer. The consumption enthusiasm in the market has begun to increase, and the price of rice flour oil has increased by about 2-5 yuan compared with the previous period. Even the prices of beef, mutton and fish have gone up, and many people feel that consumption is not free.

In fact, the price of vegetables is much cheaper than that in the previous period, and it is also lower than last year. For example, in a vegetable market in Zibo, potatoes are only 1.5 yuan/kg, and the price difference is 1 yuan. Radish 1.4 yuan/kg, zucchini 1.8 yuan/kg, Chinese cabbage 1.3 yuan/kg, celery 1.6 yuan/kg, carrot and 2 yuan/kg.

Compared with the fourth quarter of last year, the prices of these common vegetables are about 2-3 yuan cheaper, but those out-of-season vegetables are on the high side, such as tomato 5.6 yuan/kg, cucumber 4.5 yuan/kg, shepherd's purse 8 yuan/kg, lotus root 4.9 yuan/kg, and Toona sinensis bud 20 yuan/kg.

The low price of conventional vegetables is actually due to the excessive market supply, the high yield of vegetables in greenhouses in the north, and the fact that vegetables in the south are shipped to the north one after another, which makes the vegetables in the north not go up. Even when the year is approaching, consumers feel more free to spend.