White said: “For the most part, vegetable growers are an extremely resilient bunch. However, some vegetable crops are more susceptible to damage due to the influence of weather extremes such as a cold snap or high humidity. Consumers should be very pleased to see that vegetable prices are now shifting back to more affordable levels.”
White said that the perception that vegetables were priced highly compared to other food products was just not the reality: “We are of the view that vegetable prices, while susceptible to normal peaks and troughs due to weather conditions, will continue to normalise in the short- to medium-term.”
Source: Ausveg
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