• daniyeg@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    storage costs money. if no one is buying anything and your storage is getting filled the fastest way to get rid of it is to just dump it in the wild.

    • Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 months ago

      So they consider the resources they spent to cultivate and harvest the fruit to be sunk cost?

      • Infamousblt [any]
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        5 months ago

        Also fruit doesn't last forever it's not very shelf stable. So you have to harvest it when you can and if it doesn't sell in time you have to trash it. Nothing anyone can do with rotting tangerines. Make room for the new harvest by trashing the old harvest so you can at least try to sell something fresh rather than old fruit. There isn't really another option. Sure you could try to compost it or something but I'm sure these farms already are setup to compost a normal amount of waste, nothing useful to do with tons of extra fruit.

        • Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org
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          5 months ago

          Aah. Would they not try to convert it into juice or so?

          Or do these farmers have govt financial support?

          • Infamousblt [any]
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            5 months ago

            How are you gonna just make it into juice? What are you gonna put the juice in? How you gonna sterilize the juice? How you gonna store and transport the juice? It's not that simple

            • Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org
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              5 months ago

              Not simple, yes, but wouldn't they check for methods to recoup their investment?

              Or do they have govt aid for bad harvest and stuff?

              Or are they major farmers who can afford the loss, as they can adjust the prices and still be in a profit?