Ji'nan's watermelon wholesale price doubled in half a month.
27 days, the middle section of Qi State Road night market, Ji'nan real estate watermelon price 1 yuan 5, a six or seven Jin watermelon will have 10 yuan. Reporter Wang Feng took
in the night market in the middle of the Qi State Road, the price of watermelon reached 1.5 yuan per Jin. Reporter Wang Feng took the newspaper reporter Wang Qian Jing Wong Zhao Shangmei
"these days the market watermelon price rise." On the afternoon of 27 July, when she bought watermelon in Lang Maoshan District, Ms. Li found that two pounds of watermelon, seven or eight cents a week ago, has risen to 1.4 yuan / Jin this week. And the reporter visited the seven Libao vegetable wholesale market, found that four or five wholesalers of Jingxin watermelon sales reached about 1.2 yuan / Jin, more than half of the wholesale price of half a month ago. "It is the season of watermelon listing, how can we raise the price?" many people call it, in previous years, the price of "close to the people" watermelon can not afford to eat.
[price to rocket] last year, the wholesale price of two three Mao, this year, up two or three times
it is understood that now most of the watermelon on the market is from Zhangqiu, Yucheng and other places of Jingxin watermelon. On the afternoon of 27, the reporter visited a number of farmers' markets in Huayuan Road, industrial South Road and other places. The retail price of Jingxin watermelon is generally 1.5 yuan per Jin, and there are some traders selling to 1.8 yuan / Jin. "I didn't expect retail prices to be double that of the same period last year." The traders at the door of a residential district in Chong Hua Road said.
in addition to the public and peddlers, it is unthinkable that it is the melon farmers.
"an acre can harvest more than 8000 Jin watermelons," said the old money of the watermelon planting base in the Yellow River, Zhangqiu. The watermelon pulled out directly from the land last week was three or four cents a Jin. This week, it rose to seven or eight hair. "The watermelon wholesale last year was two or three cents." The old money calculated a detailed account, the base contained more than 5000 acres of watermelon, according to the price of 70 Fen catties, an acre of watermelon can sell for 5600 yuan. "More than 70% of the watermelons have been sold out." The old money said that about 20% of the watermelon left was not harvested. The price of
also lets the open-air watermelon growers who are ready to be listed in Jiyang County Ren Feng town Xu Jia Village heart unceasingly. "Watermelon has been planted for more than 20 years. I have never seen such a good price." Villagers Xu Chuanxiao lamented that, compared with last year, the price of the open watermelon this year is just like sitting on a rocket, soaring and even catching a big arch watermelon. He really hates that his own 5 acres of open watermelons can be matured.
"normally, an acre of land can yield 5000 catties of watermelon. According to the purchase price of 8 cents per catty, the villagers can earn 4000 yuan per mu. This purchase price is at least 2000 yuan more than that of last year. Xu Zengbing, a branch secretary of Xu Jia village, said that the watermelon in the village could be listed in a week, some of them would have to wait half a month later, or even 1 months later.
[supply not enough] last year this year for melon base hurt farmers less, also to the south part of this year's watermelon
"this year, the watermelon planting area has decreased significantly compared with the previous years, which is also one of the reasons for the increase in watermelon prices." Jia Guangcai said.
50 year old Lao Li planted watermelon for more than 20 years. He told reporters that last year the wholesale price of catty watermelon was only two and three cents. "Last year, the farmers were miserably lost, a lot of people were replanting other crops, watermelon planting area reduced, this year, the hot market demand, and the hail caused watermelon to reduce production, so the price like" rocket "like a crazy long.
, in addition, Mr. Dong, who is engaged in the wholesale of fruit, told reporters that because of the rain and disaster in the south this year, a considerable portion of the melon in Yucheng and other places had been transported to the south, and the supply of the Ji'nan market was also affected. The old money also indicated that only a part of the watermelon base of the Yellow River sold to Ji'nan, and most of them were transported to the field.
What time is the price of watermelon falling back? A reporter visited many fruit wholesalers to understand that watermelons in Yucheng are also going to go to the city. In a period of time, watermelons in Northeast and Xinjiang will pour into the Shandong market, and the supply is sufficient and the price may be reduced.