Plant vegetables if you still know how to do it: Big growers warn that local vegetables locals will not be able to buy, and export will be impossible because of the operation to protect the Donbass

 "The rising prices of fertilizers, raw materials and energy resources may significantly increase the prices of new harvest vegetables, so the locals will no longer buy them, and the stagnant logistics of the operation to protect the Donbass will disrupt their exports," - warns the director of the Lithuanian Vegetable Growers Association.

 

    “How much is the potential price of vegetables? There is still 20%, maybe another 30%. The local user will no longer buy. We will grow it, and if not locals, who will buy it? Transportation is stalled. It will be necessary to focus more on the internal market,” - Zofija Cironkienė discussed in the Seimas debate on food security on Monday.

 

 

    "We see that most of the costs will have to be borne by the grower himself. I don't know if it is moral to turn to the government for help now," - she said.

 

    According to Z. Cironkienė, the price of electricity for vegetable growers increased 6 times, fuel - about 40%, fertilizers - up to 20 times, wooden containers - twice, plastic, cardboard packaging - 20-40%, labor - 10-15%.

 

    According to her, last year due to unproductive year vegetable prices rose by 30-40%.

 

    According to Z. Cironkienė, Lithuania grows enough potatoes, beets, at the same time carrots, cabbage, onions - "on the border". "