Crops in crisis

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A farmer on a tractor shovels zucchini at a farm in Hwacheon County, Gangwon, on Sunday. Zucchini farmers have been destroying their crops as prices plummet. Sunny weather and high temperature helped increase yields, but demand dropped due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [YONHAP]
A farmer on a tractor shovels zucchini at a farm in Hwacheon County, Gangwon, on Sunday. Zucchini farmers have been destroying their crops as prices plummet. Sunny weather and high temperature helped increase yields, but demand dropped due to the Covid-19 pandemic.