Red Longguo Prayer 01 "should be saved or fall back to fundamentals?" The output of red dragon fruit is increasing, and the income is halfway down.

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The output of red dragon fruit increases year after year, exceeding the appetite of the domestic market, and is about to enter the peak summer season. Farmers are trembling and secretly say, "this year is very dangerous!" Last year, the government offered to subsidize the acquisition, but it only delayed the outbreak of the problem. Many experts and farmers believe that red dragon fruit should be allowed to return to the market mechanism for natural elimination, and long-term pain is better than short-term pain.

At the moment, it is the flowering period of red dragon fruit, and there are still very few fruits on the market. Inquiring about the wholesale prices of agricultural products over the years, the average price of red dragon fruit sold at auction in the Taipei market in early May is still more than 100 yuan per kilogram, but this year it is less than 70 yuan. Hidden worries have emerged. "now that the quantity is so small, the price is already so low!" Farmers are worried that prices will be even less optimistic after mass production begins in late May.

Over the past five years, Honglongguo has been on the brink of collapse and is often named "the next collapsing fruit". This year, the agricultural administration unit strongly called on farmers to strengthen flower thinning to ensure quality, but some farmers are worried about the bad price and would rather leave more fruit and want to keep their capital on impulse. As a result, it is likely to turn the consequences into causes, making the crash prediction come true.

Red dragon fruit is like an unexploded bomb year after year, how to deal with the possible unsalable crisis? Flower thinning, delivery adjustment, export and processing are the four directions of removing fuze. Please see the industry analysis in the following two articles.

Lighting can adjust the delivery date, but increase the cost of electricity, and the selection of light bulbs is also a knowledge (Photography / Cai Jiashan)

Chen Mengsong points out the key to the regulation of lighting production date: "the premise is that if the branches of fruit trees want to be full and full, they must greatly reduce the number of summer fruits, and can only produce less than 50% of their original production." For example, 12 batches of fruit can be produced in normal summer, of which there are large and small batches, and a large number of about six batches should be reduced to only two or three batches, so that fruit trees can retain sufficient nutrients.

However, this practice is that farmers have to be more thorough in summer, relatively labor-intensive, and have to contend with the mentality of "reluctance". Chen Mengsong points out that the average price of a light adjustment fruit is about NT $100, while the current average annual price is about NT $30. It depends on whether the farmers themselves measure whether it is cost-effective after taking into account electricity and labor costs.

The price gap between quality and inferiority is gradually widening, and farmers suggest that the market should naturally eliminate the latter shift.

Consumers often feel that there is a big difference in the taste of red dragon fruit on the market, some of which are extremely sweet, while others have little taste. Jiang Yilu said, "it is easy to plant red dragon fruit until it has a yield, but it is not easy to take care of its delicacy."

Therefore, farmers who emphasize quality usually have their own access and take the route of housing and high-quality products, while the average farmer's harvest is mixed with the good and the bad. when the smaller, poorer fruits flood the market, they pull down the average price of red dragon fruit.

Fruit grower Chen Hongjun analyzes that in the past, when the price was good, small fruits could sell well, and farmers would want to "win by quantity." Now the price difference between the size of the fruit has been opened, "the first class has its own access, the price is relatively stable, the latter class, the market will naturally be eliminated." Therefore, he believes that the government does not need to intervene, farmers will find their own way out.

"the more you subsidize, you will linger." Fruit grower Hong Zhaoyi also believes that we should return to the commercial mechanism. "if you don't make money, farmers will cut it." (this article is to be continued, please continue to read)

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