During the conversation, vegetable farmers told reporters that there are many reasons for the increase in potato prices this year. A very important reason is that the potatoes harvested this spring are selling well, and the potatoes stored by the vegetable vendors are almost sold out before the autumn harvest. Things are scarce, the consumer market remains unchanged, and shortage of goods has become a major reason for the rise in potato prices. Some vegetable farmers told reporters that they were unable to store potatoes in large quantities. If they want to store potatoes, they have to take some risks. For farmers who grow potatoes for a living, their ability to resist risks is not so strong. Some potato growers said that they did not dare to save too much for fear that they would lose money if they could not sell it. I didn't expect the market to be so good this year.
A vendor doing potato storage business told reporters that in order to keep the supply of potatoes and earn more money this year, they are also cruel to refrigerate the spring potatoes that came down in May until now. The increase in the cost of cold storage and the cost of selected potatoes has also increased the price of potatoes from the wholesale link.
With the introduction of the cold storage, the electricity fee of the cold storage, and the price of the good potatoes collected at the beginning, plus the salary, they can only add part of the cost to sell, otherwise they will lose money.