Beinong closed for 6 days within 12 days, vegetables and fruits flooded the market and prices fell, farmers' hearts ache

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This year's Spring Festival was only a short five days, but just three days after the holiday ended, starting from February 24, the Taipei fruit and vegetable auction market was closed again for three consecutive days. On the first auction day after the closure (February 27), the total number of arriving lots reached more than 150,000, hitting a record high, and the total trading volume of vegetables and fruits also surged to more than 3,000 metric tons! The flood of agricultural products caused auction prices to fall steadily, dealing a severe blow to production areas. Especially for continuously harvested crops, if there is no storage equipment, they can only be left on the plants to age, creating the ironic scene of another kind of "ripening on the plant."

What is even more worrying is still to come, because once the Lantern Festival arrives, the Taipei fruit and vegetable auction market will again be closed for three consecutive days. This means that within these twelve days from February 24 to March 7, Taiwan's largest fruit and vegetable distribution hub will be closed for a total of six days. Beinong General Manager Wu Yinning said that this year's closure days were decided at a meeting by the Taipei City Government last year. At that time, she delegated the business department manager to attend the meeting on behalf of the agricultural products company and expressed opposition to consecutive market closures, but the meeting conclusion still decided on a three-day closure. However, she did not realize at the time that the situation would be so serious. Wu Yinning stressed: "What we can do now is do our utmost to promote and sell!"

Farmers' association staff said, "People can take holidays and rest, but crops grow every day. Once snap beans enter the harvest period, they must be harvested every day. The people making these decisions do not understand, thinking one day makes no difference, but really even one day makes a big difference!"

Beinong mini encyclopedia:

Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Beinong), established in October of the 63rd year of the Republic of China, currently operates the "First Wholesale Market" and the "Second Wholesale Market," collectively known as the "Taipei Fruit and Vegetable Auction Market." It is the largest auction market in Taiwan, supplying vegetables and fruits daily to more than seven million people in greater Taipei and surrounding counties and cities.

Beinong's total capital is 200 million yuan. It is a privately operated public utility with a board of directors that can operate independently. Private shares (farmers' associations at all levels) account for 54.48%, and public shares account for 45.52%. Among them, the Taipei City Government, the Council of Agriculture, and farmers' associations at all levels hold 22.76%, 22.76%, and 24.79% respectively, making it a situation of "three-way division of power."

Because the Council of Agriculture and the Taipei City Government hold the same proportion of official shares, the past convention has been that the chairman of Beinong is mostly appointed by the city government and the general manager by the Council of Agriculture. In addition, because Beinong is Taiwan's largest distribution center for vegetable and fruit throughput and greatly affects people's daily lives, the operation of Beinong always feels strongly political.

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