Melons

Summer temperatures have finally arrived and the demand for thirst-quenching products has also gone into fourth gear. At the Rimini Food Centre, for example, sales - and demand - for watermelons and melons, summer fruits par excellence, exploded. read more

During the open day in the field organised by the SOILLESS research project (SOstenibilità ambientale, Innovazioni di processo e di prodotto per la competitività deLLE coltivazioni Senza Suolo in Puglia, click here to read more), the experimental trial that
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Summer has been a long time coming, but now it is also starting to make itself felt in the fruit and vegetable department, which is teeming with watermelons and melons and where, shortly, Solinda, the Peviani mini watermelon, will also make its entrance. This year the product arrives on the market a few weeks late due to
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Benihort (Benicarlo/Castellón) expects to market 10 million kg of striped low-seeded watermelons in this year's campaign - provided the weather plays along. The 2023 campaign is expected to start at the end of June. The importance of this fruit for the cooperative is underlined by the
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In Metaponto, the weather is hampering agronomic operations and making open-field transplanting of the yellow melon impossible. Angelo Condoluci, owner of the company Unifruit, specialised in the cultivation of the yellow melon, describes the situation to IFN. "We are operating
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Since the end of April, fresh watermelons from Moroccan production have been available from the Stuttgart-based company Fresh Maximum GmbH, as junior managing director Enes Cakmak tells us. "We receive five to seven truck deliveries per week, which corresponds to about 150 tons. In addition to
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This week, Aldi Belgium started again carrying Tomeco's mini watermelons, Tomélon. "We partnered with Tomeco, part of Coöperatie Hoogstraten, last year to sell these mini watermelons. That actually went almost too well, doubling this year's available supply," begins Kilian De Geyter, Aldi
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This edition of Enza Zaden's Melon House Fair will focus on taste, consistency, supply throughout the year, and resistance. Along with these issues, the seed house also seeks to respond to the challenges of the sector such as sustainability, productive efficiency, and the reduction of labor costs. read more

FarmsFyffes Suragroh and Soleado, in Honduras, received the certification as a result of the transformation conducted by local management over the past two years. The purpose ofGLOBALG.A.P is to recognise the effort made by the companies to produce healthy food and, at the same time
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The universe of melons and watermelons is constantly evolving and, every year, researchers and seed companies try to improve the references both from an agronomic and organoleptic point of view. In recent years, there has been a strong focus on resistances and product morphology with
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Last week, a Pomodayp was held at the Meloni farm in Uta (CA), a familiar but important event for the stakeholders of the fresh tomato chain in Sardinia. More than 100 guests, including the main operators in the sector including nurserymen,
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Back in 2021, Fyffes began the transformation of its Honduran and Guatemalan melon businesses with the goal to become GlobalG.A.P. certified. New management was appointed, including the General Manager of Melon Operations Genivaldo Pereira. Under new leadership, a Transformation and culture
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Ireland-based fruit importer Fyffes has attained GlobalGAP certification for its Honduran melon farm Suragroh, something which it says builds on a two-year transformation of the operation by local management. read more

Ireland-based fruit importer Fyffes has attained GlobalGAP certification for its Honduran melon farm Suragroh, something which it says builds on a two-year transformation of the operation by local management. read more

The loss of the Kahovka reservoir has become not only the largest man-made disaster for Ukrainians but also a tragedy on a national scale. The agricultural industry in the south of the country has practically been destroyed. read more

Fyffes is aware of its responsibility to continuously improve social and labour standards and to promote sustainable labour practices. The entire team around Genivaldo Pereira, General Manager Melon Operations, is all the more pleased that the transformation of the
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The National Watermelon Promotion Board (NWPB) is making in-roads with consumer and retailer promotions of U.S. watermelons in Japan and Canada. They also aim to expand into the foodservice sector in Canada while hoping to reach potential new export markets. read more

The melon campaign started two to three weeks earlier in the Region of Murcia as a result of the high temperatures recorded in March and April. However, the abundant rains in May will cause a significant drop in the production during the first part of the season. read more

Watermelon cultivation is constantly evolving, and for the past few seasons there has been talk of growing watermelons and mini watermelons above ground. But in the collective imagination they remain heavy fruits that can hardly defy gravity by dangling from the plant. But the
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The Spanish supply of sugar melons, i.e. Galia, Cantaloupe and honeydew melons, from early cultivation is high this season. Due to a lack of demand in Germany caused by the weather, the quantities piled up on the market and pushed the prices down. For weeks, sales have been
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