Last year, one pound of egg money could buy three or four pounds of green onions; this year, a pound of scallion money can buy nearly two pounds of eggs. In recent days, talked about the "onion" price, the public clamored. Yesterday, the reporter went to Hefei, the largest onion planting base in Hefei, Liu Town, the largest agricultural product wholesale market, Zhougudui, and onion sales terminal markets and supermarkets. It tracked the onion trade links throughout the entire process and looked at this year's green onion prices for such a price.

>>Cultivation land: more than 2 yuan/catty wholesale price is ten times of last year

At noon yesterday, the reporter rushed to Hefei City onion concentrated production area - Gaoxi Town, Feixi County pollution-free green onion cultivation base.

"The price here is the original price of onions. This year's onion price is 10 times that of last year." The senior onion farmer told the reporter that there are 2,560 rural households in Gao Liuzhen engaged in welsh onion cultivation, and the sales are under the unified responsibility of the company. Hongdian Village has the largest concentration of welsh onions. It is understood that most of the planting areas are rented out by farmers to growers at a price of 500 yuan per mu per year.

"What is the wholesale price of your green onions?" The reporter asked a vegetable farmer. “A pound of two bucks or so, a few days ago still sell two pieces of eight, the highest when it was more than three pieces, recently fell a little.” Hefei Ming Chuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. Chairman Xia Lunqin responsible for the acquisition and sale of green onions, she He is also an onion farmer, she said. Now that the onion is in short supply, prices may rise a bit further.

Although this year's onion price is high, the onion farmers have not made any money. "I scallion planted since last year because half of the drought has died. You said how much money we can make." When it comes to the prospects, several onion farmers are very worried. "The cost of growing onions is increasing, but the price of onion is very unstable." One year at a time, sometimes in the sky, and sometimes in the ground. Earn more when you catch up with the good market, and take a few years of harvest when you are poor."

>>Wholesale Market: 2.6 yuan/kg

Yesterday at 3:20 pm, reporters rushed to Hefei Zhougudui Wholesale Market. During this time, the market was busy. Onions, garlic yellow and other vegetables are placed on trucks and vendors are bargaining.

The reporter has learned that there are only three onion wholesalers in Zhougudui, one is a main onion from Fujian, one is mainly local onions in Hefei, and the other is mainly Shandong green onions. Since Shandong leeks have not yet reached the peak of listing, the onion of the whole market now relies mainly on Fujian green onions and Hefei local onions.

"How much is left? How is the price now?" The reporter asked, pointing to a warehouse full of green onions, No. 58, Zhougudui District. "There are four or five kilograms, two blocks will be able to sell." Mr. Ho told reporters that stall owners, these green onions mainly from Feixi, mainly sold to Hefei, Lu'an, Chaohu traders. These Welsh onions also have to earn 2.4 yuan a pound, they can earn two cents per catty.

“Actually, prices rose or rose from farmers to dealers at this stage.” Zhougudui Market, a green onion wholesaler, told reporters, “This season, the green onions of Hefei are mainly Feixi, and Feixi’s green onions are mainly from several sources. The company, whose planting area adds up to nearly 10,000 mu, has a certain degree of power to influence prices."

The reporter learned from the traders at Fujian Scallions that the prices of scallions in Fujian are at 4.6 yuan per kilogram, and they increase the price by about 56 cents per kilogram. The owner told reporters that the planting of scallions in Fujian is also a contracting model. Some first-tier dealers who have planted thousands of acres of land are “get rich”. “We have earned more than we have.”

>> Supermarkets, Food Courts: 3.6 yuan/kg per catty plus one yuan
The citizen Ding said on Weibo: "I bought a green onion in the supermarket, three five, why are you so expensive?" There are netizens saying, "In the past, the owner of the pancake stalls could magnify the green onion vigorously; now, the boss You can put the eggs on your way.” Because the eggs are only 2.75 yuan/kg, a green onion can almost buy more than a pound of eggs.

"A pound of green onions to 4 yuan, which is to sell onions ah?" Yesterday afternoon, who lives in Hefei Huilin Pavilion district of Ms. Zhou complained. The reporter came to the Huilinge farmers' market. The retail price of the onion in the market was about 7.2 yuan per kilogram, and the bigger one had to sell three pieces.

Hefei City, a large supermarket procurement staff told reporters that the price of scallion, many people follow the "root" to buy onion, and some people simply do not buy green onions, only use ginger, garlic, spices. “Of an occasional supermarket activity, there are many people who buy onions when there are less than three pounds of leeks.” The person in charge said that those who live at home have seen the food basket “very tight”.

>> Price trend: "onion" price will also have to rush for a while

Xia Lunqin is also the president of the Feixi County Welsh Onion Association. She told reporters that the reasons for price increases are: First, the low onion price in 2010 led to a significant reduction in planting area, when the onion's wholesale price was only about 0.2 yuan per catty; Second, when the spring 2011 when the green onion encountered drought, leading to large onion The area is in good harvest. Third, the growing cost of welsh onions, seeds, fertilizers, labor, and fuel are all rising. The original cost of 1,500 yuan per mu was increased to about 2,100 yuan today.

In the eyes of the business, the high price of green onions is difficult to continue for a long time. Mr. Liu, a vegetable trader in the Zhougudui market, said: “Scallions in Shandong will soon land in Hefei and the market supply will be guaranteed.”

“It is estimated that around mid-April, the temperature will pick up and the onion supply will increase. The price of welsh onion will be appropriately lower.” Li Tao of the Zhougudui Agricultural Products Wholesale Market Information Center said that at the moment, Fujian and local welsh onions are coming down, while Shandong scallions are down. When it is not yet on the market, the "green onion price" will remain strong for a while.