After "Garlic is cheap", "cabbage is rotten" appeared. Why are agricultural products unsaleable?

Affected by the widespread snowfall in the northern region, the wholesale price of vegetables has increased significantly. However, the wholesale price of Chinese cabbage is still not ideal. The wholesale price in the production market is only 2 to 3 cents per catty. When the wholesale price is not ideal, the price offered by the wholesaler to the vegetable farmers is even lower, and they still have to load the truck if they lose every penny. Therefore, some vegetable farmers would rather die than sell. After "garlic is cheap", "cabbage is rotten" appeared. Why are agricultural products unsaleable?

Vegetable farmers, wholesalers, and vegetable vendors all complained

Vegetable farmers: Selling for a dime per catty is really not enough to make money

Land rent (single season), farmers After calculating the cost of capital, watering and labor, planting one acre of cabbage requires an investment of at least 1,200 yuan. With proper planting and management, one acre of land can yield about 10,000 kilograms. According to the purchase price of one cent per jin, one acre of land can only be sold for about 1,000 yuan at most, which is really not enough.

Wholesaler: Earn hard-earned money for a dime per catty

It seems very cheap to buy it at a dime per catty in the local market, but the wholesale price in the local market is only It costs 2 to 3 cents per pound. After excluding freight, losses, labor and stall fees, it is just hard-earned money. If you take it to an out-of-town market, it can be sold at a wholesale price of 4 to 5 cents per pound, but the transportation cost will be at least an extra 5 cents per pound, and the loss will also increase a lot. In addition, market competition, long-distance transportation, etc. must also be considered. risk.

Vegetable vendor: A cart of cabbage cannot be sold in three to five days

Nowadays, people rarely store winter vegetables and usually eat them now. In addition, off-season vegetables can be found everywhere and the prices are inconsistent. It is not too high, so cabbage sales have been greatly affected. In the past, a cart of cabbage would be sold out in a few hours, but now it takes only three to five days to sell a cart of cabbage. It is basically impossible to make money simply selling cabbage without adding other vegetables.

Reasons for unsalable agricultural products

1. Vegetable farmers follow the trend of planting

A considerable number of vegetable farmers do not have a clear goal for what to grow, let alone what to grow to make money. , we can only blindly follow the price of agricultural products. If the price of garlic was good last year, we would plant garlic this year. If the price of cabbage was good last year, we would plant cabbage this year? However, when everyone blindly follows the trend in planting, it will lead to a situation of oversupply. Not only will agricultural products The price will drop and may become unsalable.

2. Poor trading channels

Vegetable farmers often have the problem of poor trading channels. The most direct way of trading is still wholesale sales. If there are no large wholesalers for purchase, There will be slow sales. At the same time, there is also a situation where local wholesalers jointly control the market by lowering prices, and foreign wholesalers are unable to enter or dare not come to purchase.

3. The import volume of agricultural products has increased

This year, the import volume of domestic agricultural products has continued to increase. A considerable amount of soybeans, corn, fruits and vegetables are imported from abroad. This has a great impact on domestic agricultural products. The price and sales volume have caused a big impact.

4. The impact of off-season vegetables

As agriculture becomes more and more developed, off-season vegetables can now be seen everywhere, which greatly enriches people’s dining tables, but at the same time it also affects In the early years, cabbage and radish were the main vegetables in winter. However, in recent years, the sales volume of cabbage and radish in winter has been getting lower and lower.

Why do you think agricultural products are unsalable?