Napa cabbage was piled high at Garak Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on Thursday morning, as a bumper fall harvest sent wholesale prices of cabbage and radish tumbling 37 percent and 31 percent, respectively, below normal levels. Some farmers have begun abandoning harvests as cabbage prices continue to slide. To support struggling growers and spur consumption, the government said it would expand its kimchi-making season discount budget by 14 billion won ($10.4 million) from last year to 64 billion won, while encouraging households to make an extra head of kimchi.
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