The price of Chinese cabbage has hit a new low in the same period in recent years. Why did the price of vegetables fall into a ＂trough＂ this winter？

　　Zhongxin. com, December 17 (Zhongxin Finance reporter Xie Yiguan) Recently, the low price of vegetables has caused widespread concern.

　　"I bought 50 pounds of radish to pickle dried radish, and it only cost 10 yuan." "I haven’t seen 0.19 yuan a catty of cabbage for many years. It’s really ‘ Cabbage price ’ 。”

　　Many residents lament that the price of vegetables is so cheap this winter, and people can’t help wondering why vegetables can’t be sold at a higher price.

　　The price of Chinese cabbage hit a new low in the same period in recent years

　　Shandong is one of the main vegetable producing areas in China. Mr. Wang, who lives in Jiaozhou, Shandong Province and often goes to the supermarket, told Zhongxin Financial reporter that vegetables are much cheaper this year than last year. "For example, recently, Chinese cabbage costs 30 cents a catty, white radish costs 80 cents a catty, and green radish costs 50 cents a catty, and the prices are relatively low."

　　It’s slightly more expensive than what Mr. Wang bought. Recently, Sino-Singapore financial reporters visited several supermarkets and vegetable markets in Beijing. The price per catty of Chinese cabbage ranged from 50 cents to 1 yuan, and the price of white radish was mostly from 1 yuan to 1.5 yuan.

　　"How can there be such a cheap price in previous years?" In a supermarket in Xicheng District, a resident who is choosing vegetables said, "Last year, Chinese cabbage was above 1 yuan per catty."

　　It coincided with the morning shopping peak, and the reporter noticed that there were few Chinese cabbages left in the supermarket.

　　The falling price of vegetables is also reflected in the statistics released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

　　In November, the average wholesale price of vegetables was 3.58 yuan/kg, down 5.1% month-on-month and 3.9% year-on-year. Among the 19 vegetables monitored, the prices of spinach, Chinese cabbage, celery, Chinese cabbage and white radish dropped significantly from the previous month, with the ranges of 26.6%, 26.4%, 18.5%, 16.2% and 12.4% respectively.

　　Beijing Xinfadi Market is a "food basket" for the citizens of the capital. For the "cabbage price" reflected by many people, Liu Tong, a market analyst at Xinfadi, also told the China-Singapore financial reporter that "the price of Chinese cabbage in the market recently is the lowest point in the same period in the past five years."

　　Why did the price of vegetables fall into the "trough" this winter?

　　In the face of lower vegetable prices, some people ridiculed, "I bought a bunch of vegetables and spent a few dollars. I can’t spend it with a monthly income of 3,000." Why is the price of vegetables obviously low this winter?

　　"Simply put, there is more vegetable production." Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development of China Academy of Social Sciences, explained to the reporter of Zhongxin Finance and Economics, "The weather in the early stage was warmer, which was conducive to vegetable growth. In addition, the price of vegetables was higher in previous years, and vegetable farmers expanded their crops, resulting in a larger planting area, which made vegetables relatively surplus this winter."

　　Zhang Jing, chief vegetable analyst of the agricultural products market analysis and early warning team of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, also mentioned that this autumn, the overall climatic conditions were suitable for vegetable growth, and the yield of vegetables increased greatly, especially Chinese cabbage, with an increase of about 20%.

　　The increase in output coincides with the centralized listing of winter storage vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, radish and carrot. According to official information, the monthly output in November accounts for about 15% of the annual output of these varieties & mdash; 20%。

　　In recent years, with the improvement of vegetable supply in winter and spring in the north, residents’ habit of storing vegetables in winter has changed, from purchasing vegetables in large quantities in the past to buying them as they eat, and the short-term centralized procurement all the year round has been greatly reduced, resulting in oversupply in the market, which in turn led to a decline in prices.

　　However, recently affected by the cold wave, North China, Huanghuai and other places ushered in the first large-scale snowfall this winter.

　　"As the weather turns cold and transportation costs rise, the prices of seasonal vegetables such as Chinese cabbage are expected to stop falling, and the prices of green leafy vegetables will also rise." Li Guoxiang said.

　　According to Liu Tong, in the past few days, due to the weather, the price of Chinese cabbage has been on the rise, and other vegetables have begun to recover. "But due to the stock, it is expected that the increase will not be too much."

　　The land price of some vegetables has fallen below the cost.

　　Faced with a few cents a catty of cabbage, radish and green onions, some people are concerned, "How cheap will the vegetable prices in the field be, and can vegetable farmers still make money?"

　　The reporter noted that compared with the retail price of the market, the drop in the field price of vegetables was more obvious.

　　According to the November data released by the Planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, according to the fixed-point monitoring of vegetable field prices, the average field price of 28 kinds of vegetables in November was 2.43 yuan/kg, down 8.3% from the previous month.

　　"In November this year, the land price of vegetables was 17.8% lower than that of the same period in the past five years, which was the second lowest in the past five years. The prices of some vegetable varieties are at the lowest level in five years. The average monthly land prices of three kinds of vegetables, such as cabbage, towel gourd and green onion, are the lowest in the same period of last five years, and 11 kinds of vegetables, such as celery, tomato, pumpkin, carrot, Chinese cabbage, zucchini, lotus root and spinach, are the lowest in the same period of last three years. "

　　The price of some varieties has even fallen below the cost. "The average monthly land price of cabbage, Chinese cabbage, green onion, wax gourd, pumpkin and carrot is 0.5— 0.9 yuan/kg, more than 35% lower than normal. According to the China Vegetable Association, the field price of Chinese cabbage in yutian county, Hebei Province was about 0.10 yuan/kg in early November, which was only equivalent to the labor cost of harvesting, and some farmers directly abandoned the harvest. "

　　Recently, Mr. Yue, a village cadre in Yucheng County, Anyang, Henan Province, just helped the vegetable farmers in the village to sell 30 mu of eggplant and nearly 10 mu of cabbage.

　　He told reporters, "A few days ago, the eggplant in the vegetable farmer’s cold shed was 6 cents a catty, and the cabbage was 20 cents a catty. Because the price couldn’t be sold, the vegetable farmers in the village didn’t want to lose money, so they dumped the goods for sale, which led to unsalable vegetables. Later, they sold the vegetables through extensive publicity. "

　　As far as he knows, villagers in some places can only choose to sell vegetables in the fields at a loss in order to grow crops.

　　To ensure the income of vegetable farmers, relevant departments began to take action.

　　"Expensive vegetables hurt people, cheap vegetables hurt farmers", and the price of vegetables falls below the cost line, which will not only cause losses to vegetable farmers, but also dampen their enthusiasm for planting, which is not conducive to the stability of vegetable prices in the later period. Faced with problems such as slow sales and difficulty in selling vegetables, relevant departments have begun to take action.

　　On the 12th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs deployed the current vegetable production and marketing work, demanding to improve the linkage working mechanism between provinces and departments, and build docking platforms such as information, products and bases to improve the pertinence, accuracy and effectiveness of production and marketing docking. For vegetable varieties that may be unsalable and difficult to sell, strengthen the docking service of production and marketing, and strive to ensure the income of vegetable farmers.

　　Henan is a major vegetable-growing province in China. According to media reports, in order to effectively reduce the losses and safeguard the interests of vegetable farmers, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department of Henan Province has recently formulated a "Work Plan for Strictly Preventing the Difficult Sale of Vegetables this Winter", proposing to do a good job in the management of vegetables in the field, find out the production and sales situation, monitor and warn price fluctuations, strengthen the docking of production and sales, give play to the role of storage and preservation, guide direct processing and storage, and strengthen product quality supervision.

　　"Regarding the production and marketing of vegetables, the relevant departments have made a lot of efforts and provided price information, but at present, farmers are less organized and planting is blind." Li Guoxiang said that it is still necessary to organize farmers, set up professional associations and cooperatives, systematically understand market conditions, and adjust production scale according to climate change. In addition, the deep processing industry can also be developed to stabilize the price fluctuation caused by centralized listing. "(End)