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What drives the price of dates?
Fresh Date
Israel
By Jinwoo Cheon
Updated Oct 20, 2021
The price of dates is driven by yield quantity, weed control, and handling, shipping, labor, and refrigerated storage costs.
- Handling cost
- Refrigerated storage cost
- Shipping cost
- Labor cost and packing materials
- Input costs: labor, mechanization, fertilizer, insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, fuel, and electricity costs
- Yield quantity is affected by Weather (wind, rains, and temperature) and soil type, and moisture
- Weed control
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