No money to earn, vegetable farmers complain: despite the high price, the rainstorm caused a sharp reduction in vegetable production in Beijing | Beijing | vegetable farmers

After the worst heavy rainstorm in a hundred years, not only the water level but also the price of vegetables have risen in Beijing.

Affected by the rainstorm, a large number of vegetable greenhouses were flooded in the suburbs of Beijing, resulting in a sharp decline in output and the price of many vegetables almost doubled. A wholesaler said: Chinese cabbage has increased from 1.5 yuan per kilogram to 3.5 yuan, chrysanthemum has increased from 7 yuan per kilogram to 15 yuan, and chicken hair vegetable has increased from 9 yuan per kilogram to 20 yuan. But vegetable farmers complain: despite the high prices of vegetables at present, a large number of flooded vegetables are rotten in the fields, and farmers not only have no money to earn, but also suffer heavy losses. What are the losses for vegetable farmers in the suburbs of Beijing? When will vegetable prices recover? With these questions in mind, on the 9th, the reporter visited the Xinfadi market in Beijing.

In the Xinfadi market, wholesalers are packaging vegetables. "The normal daily harvest of vegetables is 1500 kilograms, but now only 300 kilograms are harvested, and all the flooded sweet potato leaves in the field have died," said Zhou Qingfeng, a vegetable farmer who grows 25 acres of sweet potato leaves in Dashenggezhuang Town, Shunyi District, Beijing. "In low-lying areas, water accumulates to the waist level. Although greenhouses can stop the water outside, the water will seep into the greenhouse from the underground soil." Ma Jin, a vegetable farmer who grows more than 10 acres of amaranth in Changyang Town, a mountainous area, said that water ingress can cause the vegetables inside the greenhouse to rot, leading to large-scale wilting and death. Several low-lying greenhouses have not yet been drained of water. Although some high pitched greenhouses have not been flooded, due to continuous rain and lack of light, the color of the vegetable leaves turns yellow and the quality does not meet the standard. The flooding of the greenhouse has caused a serious reduction in vegetable production. Ma Jin said that in the past, a few hundred pounds of amaranth could be produced every day, but now only a few dozen pounds can be produced. Previously, I used to bring a cart of vegetables to the market every morning for sale, but now I can't even bring half a cart. Due to the short shelf life and high transportation costs, the vast majority of amaranth in the Beijing market comes from local cultivation. Before the rainstorm, the price of amaranth was about 1.5 yuan per jin, but now it has risen to 5 yuan per jin. Not all vegetables have seen an increase in price, as some prices have not increased. The reporter's visit found that the prices of tomatoes, onions, eggplants, mushrooms and other vegetables were less affected by the rainstorm. Among green leafy vegetables, celery prices were not affected by the rainstorm. Fan Baozhi, a vegetable farmer who lives in Daxing, told reporters that the growth cycle of celery is about 3 months. Local and surrounding vegetable farmers generally start planting in mid March and harvest from June to July. In recent days, the spring celery in the field has almost been harvested, and in a few more days, the planting of autumn celery will begin. Overall, the rainstorm a few days ago had little impact on celery farmers. Fan Baozhi said that due to the general increase in vegetable prices, celery with stable prices is now selling even more vigorously. "I sell more than 400 jin every day, and my family is about to sell out of this batch of vegetables in spring." The vegetables from other places come to Beijing. "In summer, the local covered vegetables are the main sales force in the Beijing market, and can be sold for 0.5 to 0.8 yuan per jin when the price is low. Now the price is rising, and a large number of covered vegetables from other places begin to come to Beijing, including those from Yunnan, Gansu, Hebei Zhangjiakou, and Inner Mongolia." Wang Yong, a vegetable farmer who lives in Tongzhou County, Beijing and grows 25 mu of covered vegetables, said, "Considering the transportation costs and the price of vegetables is not worth it, some foreign vegetables dare not go to Beijing. But at the current price, how can they go to Beijing to earn money?" Wang Yong told reporters that if it was not for the high temperature, With the rainstorm, his daily output of covered vegetables is as high as 5000-8000 jin, but now only 1000 jin can be produced. The gap in production capacity and high prices have led to the entry of non local vegetables into Beijing to fill the gap. "My family mainly engages in the wholesale vegetable business from Ningxia to Beijing. Usually, I only buy one cart of vegetables every day and can't sell them all. Now, I can sell five or six carts of vegetables a day." Vegetable wholesaler Liu Yajun told reporters that there has been a strong demand for vegetables in Beijing recently, and the shipment volume from Ningxia to Beijing has skyrocketed, with a large number of trucks waiting t

Within the market. When will vegetable prices fall? During a visit by reporters, it was found that due to the short growth cycle of vegetables, which is generally around 20 to 40 days, prices in the Beijing vegetable market have increased due to local vegetable production reduction caused by disasters. It is expected to return to normal in about half a month. Vegetable farmer Ma Jin introduced that the growth cycle of amaranth is about 20-30 days. After this round of disaster, he will soon replant it. As expected, local amaranth production will resume and prices will fall back to normal levels. Vegetable farmer Wang Yong introduced that the growth cycle of covered vegetables is about 30 days, and with the leveling of the land, it takes about 40 days in total. In a month's time, the price of covered vegetables in the capital is likely to recover from the price before the rainstorm. "A few days ago, the highest selling price of cabbage from Ningxia was 170 yuan per box. Today, the price is 140 yuan per box, and it has been slightly declining in the past two days. Wholesaler Liu Yajun told reporters," It is expected that vegetable prices in Beijing will soon return to normal. "