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Potato futures soar 700% in less than a month on Iran war speculation (www.euronews.com)
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[–] The_Walkening@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

So is this a big change in the actual cost to get a potato in your hand or is this just a change in the futures contracts? You can sell the futures contracts on to someone else for more money so if it's just a change in the value of the contract, it doesn't have as strong relation to the actual price of getting some mash in the mouth.