{"id":41954,"date":"2019-09-02T10:50:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T01:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=41954"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:49:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:49:53","slug":"blueberry-prices-fall-farmers-hoard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/blueberry-prices-fall-farmers-hoard\/","title":{"rendered":"Government prices for blueberries fall, leading farmers to hoard"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41955\" style=\"width: 686px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\ub4e4\ucb49\uc218\ud655-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"686\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\ub4e4\ucb49\uc218\ud655-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\ub4e4\ucb49\uc218\ud655-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\ub4e4\ucb49\uc218\ud655-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\ub4e4\ucb49\uc218\ud655.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmers at the Paekdusan Youth Blueberry Farm in Ryanggang Province harvesting blueberries. \/ Image: Image capture from the DPRK Today website.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parts of Ryanggang Province are at the height of the blueberry picking season, but farmers are voicing concerns because blueberry prices have fallen dramatically following a significant increase in supply, a source in the region told Daily NK recently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFarmers are saying that this has been the best season for blueberries in recent years,\u201d the source said on August 29. \u201cThe blueberry picking areas are busy, but many farmers are avoiding selling their harvest to the government because the prices are so low.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government purchasing price for one kilogram of blueberries in 2015 was 22,000 won, which rose to 25,000 won in 2016. In 2017 and 2018, prices spiked even further to 35,000 won. This year, however, the prices have fallen to around 20,000 won and even reached a low point of 15,000 won earlier in the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many farmers are reportedly trying to avoid selling their blueberries at such low prices, storing their produce at home in the hope that prices will rise again soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, trading companies, which are keen to increase their foreign currency earnings, have sent representatives to blueberry picking areas to harvest the fruit themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTrading companies are completely focused on acquiring products they can trade with farmers for the blueberries,\u201d said another source in Ryanggang Province. \u201cThe companies are putting a lot of effort into finding out what farmers want in exchange for the blueberries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farmers are welcoming the increase in production because blueberry picking doesn\u2019t require capital and hardworking farmers can earn significant profits. As North Korea\u2019s economic stagnation continues, many North Korean business people are turning to blueberry picking to earn a living.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are market merchants who are shutting down their businesses and heading into the mountains to pick blueberries,\u201d said the source. \u201cBlueberries are used in different kinds of processed foods, and food factories need a lot of blueberries for their products. An increasing number of merchants understand this dynamic.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople living in the blueberry growing regions are working from early morning to late in the evenings to pick them,\u201d the source added. \u201cFarmers are constructing temporary dwellings in places where the most plants are.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On August 21, Rodong Sinmun reported that blueberry picking was at its height in Ryanggang Province and that workers from government agencies and factories, together with housewives, had joined together to pick the ripened fruit. The newspaper also noted that blueberries harvested from Taehongdan and Paekam counties were being sent to local factories for processing. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parts of Ryanggang Province are at the height of the blueberry picking season, but farmers are voicing concerns because blueberry prices have fallen dramatically following a significant increase in supply, a source in the region told Daily NK recently.\u00a0 \u201cFarmers are saying that this has been the best season for blueberries in recent years,\u201d the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":41955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[271],"class_list":["post-41954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-ryanggang-province"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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