VEGETABLE PRICES DROP AFTER REPLANTING AND HARVEST|災後復耕產量大增 農民憂菜價崩盤

Continuous typhoons and persistent rainfall have caused vegetable prices to soar this year. However, there has been a decline in vegetable prices after the harvest season of a new crop cycle arrived. For example, a cabbage costs NT $11 per Taiwanese catty in its place of origin and the retail price only goes up to $15 to $20 NTD, which is four times cheaper than before. Vegetable farmers are worried about a crash in vegetable prices. Vegetables are now much cheaper than a few months ago. ==CONSUMER== Vegetables like water spinach and cabbage are cheaper than before. Last week, a cabbage is about NT$40 per Taiwanese catty. But now it is only half the price, NT$20 per Taiwanese catty. Consumers are happy to see a decrease in vegetable prices. Leaf vegetables dropped from NT$60 to NT$20, and scallion dropped from NT$140 to NT$70 per Taiwanese catty. Cabbage, which is often used as Taiwan's vegetable price index, dropped from NT$80 to NT$20 per Taiwanese catty. Vegetable prices plunging over 50 percent has made it hard for vegetable sellers to earn money. ==VEGETABLE SELLER== (How is your business?) It has been difficult recently. (How come?) Nobody comes to buy vegetables now. ==VEGETABLE SELLER== The price of agricultural products varies a great deal. It rises and falls all the time. Only rootstock vegetables, such as carrot, remains rather high in prices. Vegetable prices reached a peak during the typhoon season a few months ago. However, there has been a sharp drop in vegetable prices recently. A Chinese cabbage now costs less than NT$10. ==VEGETABLE TRADER== A lot of vegetables are already in season. Vegetable prices have become stable. Large-scale replanting and stable weather have helped vegetables grow well. Worrying that the vegetable price will collapse, a lot of farmers are now harvesting their vegetables. However, an increase in supply may even worsen the situation. Therefore, they hope that the government can limit supply through volume controls because falling vegetable prices will have a negative impact on their livelihoods. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 民眾上市場買菜，感覺菜價比之前真的降了不少。 ==民眾== 像空心菜啦 高麗菜 高麗菜差最多了 上星期還(每台斤)40多元吧 現在20元 差一半呀 民眾樂得開心，直說降價有感，因為將較之前菜價飆天價，現在真的便宜好幾倍，像是葉菜類一把從60降到20元，青蔥從每台斤140塊降到70塊，便宜近一半；而被當成菜價指標的高麗菜，市價一台斤從80元降到20元上下，利潤變薄，攤商說實在生意難做。 ==攤商== (現在菜好賣嗎)好難賣喔 (怎麼說)都沒人來買呀 ==攤商== 農產品喔 就是菜金菜土啦 有漲有跌 你聽懂嘛(起伏很大) 現在就剩紅蘿蔔(根莖類) 比較居高不下 之前受到風災影響，菜價飆到最高點，讓民眾大呼吃不消，不過最近價格大跌，不但高麗菜暴跌，連大白菜甚至跌到10塊以下。 ==菜商== 現在產地已經盛產了 現在就是 全部的葉菜類 全部的青菜 全部都是已經平穩了 因為大規模復耕加上氣候穩定，以及農民擔心菜價崩跌大規模採收，造成供貨量大增，菜農希望政府研議調節措施，避免大規模上市，反倒價格大跌影響生計。 記者 林健生 賴世杰 台中報導