There is garlic and then there is everything else.
Let’s take a quick look at some market charts of major produce commodities, both leading up to the coronavirus COVID019 lockdown and after.
Below follows a collection of several price/movement graphs from USDA data.
Before we look at those, however, we lead with a chart on garlic prices at U.S. wholesale markets in recent weeks compared with year-ago levels. Take note of the fact that prices are continuing to climb.
An earlier blog post about garlic and the coronavirus received massive traffic; in particular, take note of the comments that follow the post, Garlic can’t prevent coronavirus but market running hot.
Garlic’s ever-rising market is the exception rather than the rule, post COVID-19.
