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I heard the potato harvest was generally good in Germany. This particular company is rumored to transition to organic farming in the next season.

I think it is great to ensure the product gets used but I also heard that it puts many other potato farmers under price pressure in the area.

Interestingly, some other products are also cheaper today than few months ago:

Basmati rice: -25% (2.5 Euro/Kg)

Pork: -25% (7-8 Euro/Kg)

Butter: -33% (4 Euro/Kg)

Coffee beans: -25% (10-12 Euro/Kg)

Chocolate: -15% (20-30 Euro/Kg)

And then I went to the supermarket today and they wanted like €1.50 for a cucumber. A cucumber! That is essentially crispy water.

To be fair it is January, so your crispy water has to be grown in a heated greenhouse.

Smack in the middle of the coldest winter in years. It's not the tomato or cucumber season, obviously.