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title: "Why Can Farm-Gate Tomato Prices Fall While Retail Prices Stay High?"  
description: "Why Can Farm-Gate Tomato Prices Fall While Retail Prices Stay High?"  
author: "Maryam Ansari"  
published: 2026-10-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/118073/why-can-farm-gate-tomato-prices-fall-while-retail-prices-stay-high  
category: "Mix Category"  
tags: ["agriculture", "Vegetables", "Food markets"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why Can Farm-Gate Tomato Prices Fall While Retail Prices Stay High?

When tomato prices drop sharply at the farm, the price in a nearby shop sometimes seems to change much more slowly. I’m wondering how much of that gap comes from transport, storage, spoilage, commissions, or the time it takes for older stock to move through the supply chain.

Does the gap tend to widen during a sudden glut, when tomatoes are highly perishable? I’d like to understand which parts of the **tomato supply chain** affect the price consumers see, and whether the pattern differs between local markets and larger cities.


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