“There is no such thing as a little garlic.” -Arthur Baer BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF GARLIC Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species in the onion genus,Allium. Numerous cuneiform records show that garlic has been cultivated in Mesopotamia for at least 4,000 years. The Shi-Ching (Book of Odes), a Chinese classic compiled by Confucius (551–…
According to the latest statistics from September to October 2018, the harvested area of garlic in China is about 8~8.5 million mu, which is about 35% higher than that of 2017. The number of Shandong Province is about 3.5 million mu, and Jinxiang is about 2.5 million mu. At present, the processing output of garlic…
Since the beginning of June 2017, the garlic storage quantity in statistical data shows around 1 million tons covering over all origins. Affected by the speculation, the garlic price went up to CN￥4/kg level after a short time, which came to the top at this time of year. Because the garlic investors earned plenty of…
May 11th, the National Bureau of Statistics released information,which shows that in April CPI rose 2.3%, while pork prices rose 28.4%, fresh vegetables prices rose more, or 35.8%. Individual market price of garlic up to ￥10 per pound. Garlic price keep high this year mainly due to 4 reasons: 1. High inventory of garlic remaining…