Melons

Over the past week, the average wholesale price for watermelons in Uzbekistan has decreased by a third and current wholesale prices are 20% lower than at the same of 2022, EastFruit reports. read more

According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Tajikistan, the early crop of vegetables and melons exceeded 400,000 tons. It now is amounting to 10% of the planned agricultural production. This includes approximately 270,000 tons of onions, more than 38,000 tons of carrots, 26,000 tons of
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"The melon sales trend started improving in early June with increasing consumption. The organoleptic qualities of the product are good, however volumes remain far below those of June 2022, meaning they do not meet demand," reports Pietro Paolo Ciardiello (at the center of the photo), director of
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On Friday, June 30, Normec’s produce specialists will host a free online symposium on melon quality. The melon world is continuously developing in order to have year round supply with tasty product and good quality. As melons are an important summer product for the consumer, quality is an
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Over the past week, the average wholesale price for watermelons in Uzbekistan has decreased by a third and current wholesale prices are 20% lower than at the same of 2022, EastFruit reports. read more

"Due to the bad weather in Spain destroying many mini-watermelon crops, demand from the foreign and domestic retail channel has shifted to Italy. Quotations have increased, but the produce is not enough to meet demand," reports Alberto Nocera, president of Agrieuropa in Terracina (Latina). read more

"In the Emilia-Romagna region, many fields are under water, which has caused the loss of some crops such as melons and stone fruit. In Sicily, peaches and nectarines are also produced, and the flowering has been equally affected by the weather. Accordingly, there will be less produce," says
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The Sicilian melon campaign has been particularly painful this year. In the Agrigento area, in fact, we have seen producers cross their arms and refuse to harvest the product in order to sell it for only 10 cents per kilogram (click here to read the article). But, as we
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The bad weather put a spoke in the wheels of the melon and watermelon campaign, leading to several diseases in the field and reducing the fruit set of the earliest transplants to a minimum. read more

Perla Nera has become a case for Mediaset to use in a commercial key to highlight the potential of advertising and, for the whole fruit and vegetable sector, an example of how to make a brand even in a sector, such as watermelons, dominated until yesterday by the
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The Dolce Passione black-skinned watermelon, the fruit of a new generation of all-Italian genetics, is in production nationwide (from May to September). Selected in Italy and cultivated for the domestic market and Northern Europe, the Dolce Passione watermelon is represented
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Italian apricots are on the market, with a high price range due to lower product availability, also due to the flooding in Emilia-Romagna. Quality and demand are pushing up the prices of melons. For watermelons and aubergines, the product is not only Sicilian but
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In the middle of their store in Neuville-les-Dieppe (Normandy), a 4-masted ship sails on an ocean of melons and tomatoes. The Pomona Terreazur Group organized this theatrical display in the run-up to the Armada event. “We arrange a lot of promotional actions in the Rouen region. In Normandy,
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Exports of Uzbek watermelons to foreign markets began in the first ten days of May 2023. This is nearly one week earlier than usual due to very hot weather in the country. The mass exports begun in mid-May and since then Uzbekistan has already exported more than 30 thousand tons of watermelons,
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"The development of traditional Galia melon crops was optimal up until mid-May. The temperature was good and conditions were favorable for flowering, fruit set, and fruit development. However, in the past two weeks, the weather has been unstable and it has rained heavily in the southeast of
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Regulator Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) says several outbreaks of foodborne illness across the three sectors in the past decade highlighted the need for the new regulations, which it describes as a positive for the industry. However, small-scale growers across Australia are
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Exports of Uzbek watermelons to foreign markets began in the first ten days of May 2023. This is nearly one week earlier than usual due to very hot weather in the country. The mass exports begun in mid-May and since then Uzbekistan has already exported more than 30 thousand tons of watermelons,
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Since its first edition, Melon House Fair is an inspiring space and an opportunity to connect the melon and watermelon experts of Enza Zaden and all the professionals of the value chain. An opportunity to discover the company's novelties and learn more about its products and services.
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In this way, Don Gregorio closes the melon cycle with the same Sakata genetics throughout the 12 months of the year. Joaquin Navarro, the company's Development Manager, affirms that "we are sure that it will be a very successful variety because, in addition, it has the capacity to
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Bayer and its Seminis brand are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Melon & Watermelon Week this year. A special date that will be celebrated with a party that will kick off this edition, prior to the field days, and whose common thread will be the evolution of these 10 years.
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