Melons

Seedless watermelons, melons and premium range tomatoes are the target of variety research by the Ragusa-based company MedHermes, developed through the Best Melon and Tomato Cult projects. read more

According to the study carried out by ASAJA-Almeria, the reduction in the area under watermelon cultivation, whose first fruits from the province are already reaching the market, is widespread in all growing areas. read more

Barbera International bets on the quality ripe melon. In the group's objectives it will become one of the strong references, together with oranges, table grapes and prickly pears. Alessandro Barbera, the general manager, tells us about the product that has just hit the shelves and future strategies.
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To come across a melon retailed at EUR 0.99/kilo is, barring special situations, in itself something deplorable as it debases the product, to see it at the beginning of April is absolutely inconceivable. read more

As already anticipated by the Government of Andalusia in its analysis of protected vegetable prices and markets of week 12, the growth in the horticultural supply in Central Europe has led to price drops for the vegetables from Almeria, although by the end of week 14 there are very significant
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Also at wholesale level, Easter is approaching and wholesalers are hoping to increase sales by changing the tone from the unsatisfactory winter months. But so far the festive air has not had any desired effect and sales are languishing. Even products such as:
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The new watermelon season in Greece is coming up, and Nasos Zafirakis, director of Zafirakis Fruits, hopes it’ll be a less difficult season than the last one: “The previous watermelon season was very complicated. During the entire season the production was very good, both in terms of quality
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A little later than usual, the first watermelons from Senegal were shipped at the end of February. "We have been offering Senegalese watermelons in two varieties for many years. The black striped watermelon is low in seeds and somewhat smaller compared to the seeded Dumara, which weighs up to
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Summer fruits -such as watermelon- are starting to take center stage as temperatures rise. The market is currently facing low product availability, which, together with high production costs, has triggered sales prices. read more

Supplies of watermelon are good but both supplies and demand are expected to grow as temperatures warm up across the U.S. “Melons have been in production from Mexico, and Florida has been increasing last week and this week, so availability is a little better now than it has been in
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Non-governmental organization Global Labor Justice – International Labor Rights Forum (GLJ – ILRF) says that hundreds of Honduran melon workers have protested unsafe working conditions. In a press release, the organization mentioned that seasonal workers marched on the multinational fruit
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The African melons are making their way into the Italian markets, indeed they have taken the stage and are enjoying their moment, which, as the impressions of the operators show, is more than positive.The temperatures that, for a few days, have given us a taste of full spring are urging
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It is still an uncertain campaign for melons. While last year ended on an optimistic note due to the quotations obtained and the high temperatures that favoured consumption, this year the scenario that emerges is that of a slight drop in areas, according to the
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German health authorities notified the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) that they detected the presence of chlorothalonil, a fungicide that is considered carcinogenic, in melons imported from Costa Rica via the Netherlands. read more

The spring season has started in Almería. The Agroponiente group has been working with the producers for weeks on the overall production strategy. The harvest forecasts are well advanced and initial conclusions can already be drawn about the general course of the season.
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The US offshore season for melons kicked off early November. “We started with bringing in melons from the Zacapa Valley in Guatemala,” says Mark Cassius, President of Sol Group Marketing, a division of Fyffes. The Zacapa Valley is one of the main melon production regions in Guatemala. It’s
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Melon sales are good this week, says Bertus Schipper of Zoutewelle in the Netherlands. "Melons were in very short supply at the start of the season, and prices had never been as high. Those have since fallen slightly but are still very decent." read more

Morocco has reached a new milestone in exporting water-intensive watermelon: the country has overtaken Italy to become the second largest supplier of watermelon in the European Union, second only to Spain. Spain’s watermelon supplies to the EU have been sliding over the past four years.
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