Fruit and Veg Prices Skyrocket After Heat Wave and Floods
Traveling By Lee Mi-ji, Lee Tae-dong Vegetables and fruit costs are rising after a serious heat wave followed by downpours harmed huge swathes of farmland, putting more pressure on the wallets of Koreans currently diminished by inflation and increasing energy charges. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 33,004 hectares of farmland and 52 hectares of greenhouses were harmed in current flooding. An authorities at the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation stated, "Even after it stops drizzling and the ground dries, bacterial soft rot spreads, making it tough to raise brand-new crops." Some 797,000 animals were eliminated in the floods, which will likewise increase meat rates. Watermelons are harmed after heavy rains in Iksan, North Jeolla Province on Tuesd...