Assertion (A): Distress sales lower farmers' incomes.
Reason (R): Farmers who cannot store or wait must sell when prices are lowest, just after harvest.

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Selling at the seasonal low cuts the price received.
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Assertion (A): Distress sales lower farmers' incomes.Reason (R): Farmers who cannot store or wait must sell when prices are lowest, just after harvest.

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Assertion (A): Distress sales lower farmers' incomes.
Reason (R): Farmers who cannot store or wait must sell when prices are lowest, just after harvest.