date:Feb 06, 2013
f a sudden, the prices go up.
Vegetables including lettuce and cabbage dont grow during freezes and can only be picked when thawed, delaying the harvest and limiting the time when crops can be collected, Vessey said. The supply shortage forces growers to sell lower-quality vegetables, he said. Crates of Imperial Valley iceberg lettuce have more than quadrupled to $26.64-$27.10 on Jan. 31 from $5.50-$6.64 a month earlier, government data show. A crate has 24 heads of lettuce.
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