The price of meat pigeon is "flying".

The reporter then learned from some farmers' markets that with the climate change, the price of meat pigeons has risen all the way, up 20% from the beginning of November.

Shaoxing folk has a saying that "one pigeon tops nine chickens". Squab meat is tender and delicious, which is the first choice for poultry food. it integrates food and medicine, and has been in short supply. An operator who is selling meat pigeons in the market told reporters that recently, there has been a surge in sales in the meat pigeon market, and the price is on the rise. Now the price of each meat pigeon is 30 yuan (meat pigeons are generally based on the price only). At the beginning of November, it is generally about 25 yuan each, while the price for the same period last year was 20 yuan each, up 50% compared with the same period last year. The main reason for the price rise is that consumption continues to increase as the weather turns colder. After entering the winter, more and more people buy supplementary food, meat pigeon, as a high-end nutritional tonic, has also entered the peak sales season; in addition, every winter, the major hotels, hotels, hot pot restaurants, etc., the demand for squab is also increasing; and visiting patients, pregnant women and other generally take meat pigeon as the preferred gift.

Industry insiders believe that due to Shaoxing residents' increasing recognition of edible meat pigeons, the supply of pigeons will become more and more tense, and this gap is increasing year by year, which is difficult to alleviate in the short term, so the price of meat pigeons has increased year by year in recent years. It is understood that the market demand for meat pigeons this year has increased by 15% compared with the same period last year. In the meat pigeon market, the wholesale price of meat pigeons weighing more than 600 grams has risen from 15 yuan to 20 yuan, and the market retail price has risen from 25 yuan to 30 yuan. It is expected that the future price of meat pigeon market from this year to 2008 will have more room to rise on the basis of about 25 yuan.