Due to unfavorable weather conditions and a shift by several major tomato farmers to more lucrative avocado farming, global tomato production has been significantly lower than the demand for the past two years. Consequently, tomatoes are in short supply, and their prices have surged, now matching those of avocados. Some analysts have concluded that the increase in tomato prices indicates that the farmers who switched to avocados are no better off than if they had continued growing tomatoes; however, this conclusion is flawed because it can be inferred that(A) those farmers could not have predicted the extent of the price increase for tomatoes(B) the transition costs from tomatoes to avocados are considerable(C) the current low supply of tomatoes would not exist if those farmers had not made the switch(D) avocado crops are equally vulnerable to adverse weather as tomato crops(E) as more farmers begin cultivating avocados, the supply of avocados will rise and their prices will drop sharply.

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