Market Prices Soar as Farmers Struggle | Jamaica News

Spanish Town Market’s prices are skyrocketing—sweet peppers at $500/lb, ginger at $600, Scotch bonnets at $400, and onions at $300. Bananas too, from $400 to $600 a hand. Farmers like Samuel King blame erratic weather and soaring fertilizer costs, while shoppers feel the squeeze with less cash to spend. Host Carlysia Ramdeen visited farms firsthand, revealing the painful gap between what growers earn and what consumers pay—making this a crisis for everyone from field to table. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/fa23a14094e8fdfa