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Potato futures soar 700% in less than a month on Iran war speculation (www.euronews.com)
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[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I believe the buyer is responsible for taking delivery of the potatoes, so they have to pick up/pay for delivery and deal with all the logistics of what to do with all those potatoes

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Planting, maintaining for months and harvesting 100m² for 2€

[–] War_Edits_Non_Partisan@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

Many farms are speculative real estate assets that rely on government subsidies to stay afloat