First published on Sous Without Pudding – 7 September at 07:07 ·
Vegetables farmers are crying out about low prices? Wunna cannot blame any government for not achieving any decent economies of scale while inputs are increasing.
A package of squash seeds cost over $300.
A quality package of watermelon seeds cost as much as $400.
Labor starts from $100 to $150 a day
Water can be $200 or more depending on acreage and crops planted.
Fertilizers gone through the roof since the war in Ukraine.
Drip irrigation that cost around $600 in 2024 now cost over $800 or more due to CIF into Barbados.
How does the average farmer finance their operations?
Why do most farmers die poor?
No farmer can survive with or compete against imported subsidized farm produce. Supermarkets, could care less about the survivability of local farmers for if they cared they would would work with farmers to build capacity and assist with market intelligence driven farming. @highlight
In 2025 farmers are still buying supplies from every capitalist other than themselves, what could be more flipping ignorant that allowing others to control your inputs? Farming needs not only a bush bath but a complete purging.
We often talk about the free enterprise economy but the vagaries farmers face are many and some self inflicted. Perhaps, poor organizational skills and crab in barrel mentality are but two things holding back farmers. David King Can you please publish to your blog.
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