There is a two-level differentiation between the price of fresh potato and stock potato in many places.

It's time to put potatoes on the market again. In recent years, every time in this period, China's potato market shows a diversified pattern, not only from Yunnan, Guizhou and other southern producing areas, but also from Gansu, Inner Mongolia and other northern producing areas.

The price rivalry between new and old potatoes has become a highlight. According to analysts, the price of new potatoes this year is higher than in previous years, what is the reason? What is the impact on the sales of stock potatoes?

This is the season when potatoes are on the market in large quantities all over the country. According to the reporter's understanding, in Qinglin Village, Tuanjie Township, Guizhou Province, villagers harvested precocious potatoes last month, nearly a month earlier than in other areas, making growers Xiong Peifang very happy.

Villager Xiong Peifang: the yams we just planted in November last year are all ripe. People are still growing yams. We can sell them. Now the market price is quite good, and we are precocious. You see, it's so big, it's pretty good.

Xiong Peifang is a poor household in the village. Last year, under the guidance of the local government, he planted three mu of potatoes and sold them for more than 9000 yuan. Due to the early listing this year, it is not only a bestseller, but also the price has risen from one yuan to three yuan, which is more expensive than ordinary potatoes. This year, he planted more than four mu of land, and his net income is expected to reach 15000 yuan.

Villager Xiong Peifang: their Sichuan vendors can use carts and carts with three tons, five tons, ten tons and eight tons (to tow away), so small farmers should also buy some from us to taste fresh. Economic benefits are also OK. We wholesale them at a reasonable price between two yuan and two yuan and fifty cents. For small peasant households that weigh 10 jin and 8 jin, we can reach a range of 3 yuan and 4 yuan. As for the question of sales, we have no worries at all.

Like Guizhou, the potato also experienced an early upsurge in the Lanxiang vegetable market in Jinghe County, Xinjiang. However, with the concentrated listing of a large number of goods, the recent market is not as hot as before.

Dealer Shang Yanli: now the new potatoes have dropped a little bit. The wholesale price is 3.51 yuan per kilogram, and the retail price is five yuan per kilogram. Some time ago, all the new potatoes were worth four yuan and four yuan and twenty-one kilos wholesale.

Shandong has also ushered in a period of concentrated listing of potatoes. Due to two low temperatures in April, the time to market of potatoes in Shandong was delayed by 7-10 days, which led to a rise in prices from the end of April to early May. But in mid-to-late May, potato prices began to decline.

He Tan, an analyst at Zhuochuang Information: with the gradual increase in listing volume, the seasonal decline in potato prices is still inevitable. At present, the price of potato is 0.8-0.90 yuan per jin of net land, which is in the middle of nearly five years, higher than in 2014 and 2017, but lower than in 2015 and 2016.

According to Hetan's analysis, there is a serious price gap between new and old potatoes this year. Around March, the potato market supply areas in China showed a diversified pattern, including 2018 season fresh potatoes from southern producing areas such as Yunnan and Guizhou, and 2017 seasonal stock potatoes from northern producing areas such as Gansu and Inner Mongolia. On the one hand, the price of new potatoes hit a new high, while on the other hand, the price of inventory potatoes hit a five-year low. And the main reason behind it is the weather.

Hertan: from March to April, the price of old potatoes hit a five-year low, and the opening price of new potatoes hit a new low in nearly three years around April 10. However, with the two low-temperature weather transit in April, the price of potato rose instead of falling, and the price of new potato once reached a high level in the same period of nearly five years. It can be said that the arrival of two cold air has created a watershed in the potato market, which is a fuse for potato prices from falling to rising.

With the warmer weather, the supply of vegetables is becoming more and more abundant, the price of vegetables decreases seasonally, and the consumption substitution for potatoes appears, and the demand side may reduce the consumption demand for potatoes. In addition, due to the relatively concentrated supply due to the delay in listing, Hertan expects potato prices to continue to decline in the next 10 days.

He Tan: although the listing time of Shandong second film potato has been postponed this year, the actual output has not decreased significantly, and the supply is still relatively sufficient. Considering the current poor wholesale market and even upside-down prices in producing areas, potato prices will still decline in the next 10 days, and the role of potato storage in supporting the market is limited. Considering the delay in the launch of plastic film goods, prices may rebound slightly after entering June.