The planting area of vegetables decreased slightly at the end of July and the supply was guaranteed in August.

According to the monitoring of the vegetable production Information Network of the Ministry of Agriculture, vegetable supply decreased in July compared with the same period last year and month-on-month, while wholesale prices rose year-on-year and remained flat. In August, vegetable supply is expected to be guaranteed on the whole, and wholesale prices are steadily rising.

In July, vegetable supply entered the "summer light" period, and the supply decreased compared with the same period last year and month-on-month. The output of vegetables at the information monitoring sites in 580 key vegetable counties was 1.01 million tons, down 1.9% from the same period last year and 19.0% from the previous month. From a regional point of view, it shows the characteristics of "three increases and three decreases". The output of summer and autumn vegetables in northern high latitudes, Loess Plateau and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau increased by 6.5%, 5.8% and 3.7% respectively compared with the same period last year; the output of winter and spring vegetables in South China and southwest hot areas, winter and spring vegetables in the Yangtze River Basin, Huang-Huaihai and Bohai Rim facilities decreased by 13.3%, 5.2% and 3.2%, respectively. Among them, in the dominant areas of winter and spring vegetables in South China and Southwest China, the planting of sugarcane in some of the main producing areas in Guangdong led to a reduction in yield; in the dominant areas of winter and spring vegetables in the Yangtze River Basin, some main producing areas in Hunan and Jiangsu were affected by typhoons. In terms of categories, among the 20 types of vegetables, the output of zucchini, celery, cowpea and common cabbage increased by more than 3% compared with the same period last year; the output of carrots, green onions, lettuce, wax gourd, cabbage, tomato, cauliflower and eggplant decreased by more than 3% compared with the same period last year, and the output of other kinds of vegetables was basically stable.

Wholesale prices of vegetables in July were unchanged from the previous month, rising year-on-year. In July, the average wholesale price of vegetables at the information monitoring sites in 580 key vegetable counties was 2.77 yuan / kg, up 9.9% from the same period last year. The average prices in the upper, middle and lower thirties are 2.79 yuan / kg, 2.75 yuan / kg and 2.78 yuan / kg respectively. In terms of varieties, five kinds of vegetables, such as cucumber, colored pepper, zucchini, cucumber and purple garlic, increased by more than 10% month-on-month; round eggplant, red pepper, green skin wax gourd, cowpea, green pepper, white skin wax gourd, long eggplant, baby vegetables and other vegetables dropped more than 10% month-on-month, and the prices of other varieties were basically stable.

Vegetable supply is expected to fluctuate slightly in August. According to statistics, the area of vegetables in the field at the information monitoring sites of 580 key vegetable counties at the end of July was 1.3 million mu, down 1.8% from the same period last year and 8.7% from the previous year. Among them, the field area of three kinds of vegetables, such as zucchini, cauliflower and kidney beans, increased by more than 3% at the end of the month compared with the same period last year. According to expert analysis, with the centralized change of stubble in the main vegetable producing areas in August, the production and supply will fluctuate slightly, but if there is no major disastrous weather, the vegetable supply will be guaranteed as a whole, and the wholesale price of the land will show a steady and moderate upward trend.