I would personally have supported both applying the ban, and then subsequently removing it. It made sense at the time. The price variances since the ban suggest it's time has passed.<p>ie, it's not wrong to try, and then change your mind.
Planet Money by NPR made an episode [0] on this a few years ago. I highly recommend listening to it if you're curious to know more.<p>>Vince Kosuga was an onion farmer back in the 1930s. A pretty successful one. But farming wasn't enough for him. He also liked to make bets on wheat and other crops. Then he had an idea: Why not try his luck with the crop he knew best?<p>[0] <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/10/14/448718171/episode-657-the-tale-of-the-onion-king" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/10/14/448718171/epis...</a>