Prices then collapsed to only NT $ 10 a kilo the next month, leaving farmers unable to recover their costs. Taiwanese fruit and vegetable prices swing wildly every year. As the saying goes, farmers sow with sweat, reap in tears, and plow their crops under. Is there no way to improve their lot?
菜金菜土，農產價格猶如洗三溫暖、暴起暴落的戲碼年年上演，農民「揮汗耕種、含淚收割、就地耕鋤（廢棄）」的宿命永遠無法改善嗎？