When it comes to agricultural products that have attracted more attention recently, potatoes must be counted as one. Due to the soaring price of 20 16 potato, growers in many areas of China have expanded their production, and the planting area has also started to rise. However, as April passed, many people found that the price of potatoes was quietly falling in May, when the new season potatoes were about to be listed. "5.0 yuan/Jin, the price is very suitable, and potatoes are easy to put." At Xinyuan Farmers Market in Chaoyang District, Beijing, a stall owner is selling potatoes to consumers. Indeed, as the stall owner said, the price of potatoes now is much lower than that of the same period last year. "Now the price of potatoes has dropped by 50 cents this week, and the sales are not fast. After half a month, new potatoes came up again, and the price was lower. " The stall owner admits that the current potato sales are not good, not because of poor quality, but because there are too many potatoes on the market, and some of them are in oversupply.

According to the data provided by Zhuo Chuang Information, the price of potatoes in the new season this year has dropped significantly compared with previous years, and the open-scale price is only 3.6-3.8 yuan/kg, while in the same period last year, the open-scale price of potatoes in greenhouses in Shandong Province mostly hovered at 5.6-6.0 yuan/kg, with the spread as high as 2 yuan/kg.

Zhang Hongrui, an analyst of Zhuo Chuang Information Market, analyzed that from the current potato market trend, due to the relatively slow potato digestion process in the sales area, the operating pressure of wholesalers increased, the purchasing enthusiasm declined, and the market was not optimistic. Zhang Hongrui said that during the listing of new potatoes this year, the surplus of potatoes stored by the state is still large, and the supply of low-priced vegetables has increased significantly recently, continuing to compress the potato sales market; The price difference between old and new potatoes is obvious, and the old potatoes are too large in the market. The supply in Yunnan still has a certain degree of market favor. The price of new potatoes in Shandong is high, and the consumer's acceptance ability is limited, so it is difficult to open the market. Prices in producing areas have fallen, merchants in selling areas are more cautious in purchasing, and the transaction volume continues to be less, which is a vicious circle.

It is understood that driven by the high price of 20 16, there are not a few areas where 20 17 potato planting has expanded. According to Zhuo Chuang's statistics, the potato planting area in Shandong increased slightly this year compared with last year. This year, the overall growth of potatoes in Shandong is good. Although the germination rate of plastic film products in a few producing areas is low, due to the late climate, it is expected that the yield per mu will not change significantly compared with last year. Due to the expansion of the area, the total output is expected to be slightly higher than last year. This is also one of the reasons why new potatoes were left out when they went on the market this year. In mid-May and mid-June, a large number of land potatoes will be listed. Zhang Hongrui suggested that growers should pay attention to the timely market dynamics and adjust the time to market.