Melons

The area devoted to watermelon cultivation in Spain decreased by about 20% over the previous season, a decrease that has been offset by higher yields than usual in Almeria's greenhouses. However, the production has found an unusually low demand in European markets due to bad weather. read more

Peak industry body Melons Australia will target opening access to emerging markets in South-East Asia as part of its strategy to grow its export share from 8 to 20 per cent over the next five years. read more

As Hungary’s watermelon season is expected to return to normal levels, after a challenging few years, buyers in the rest of Europe have already started placing orders in winter to secure supply. It is estimated the industry will see a 10% increase in area planted, which signals a return to
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The pepper with the 4-pointed base is sweeter than the one with 3, and the watermelon with the opaque skin is the most sugary. Word ofFlavio Flavetta, with 30 years of experience in the fruit and vegetable sector behind him, which over time has become a real reason for living. You can tell
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Almeria's watermelon season has quickly entered a cycle of price declines, despite it still being in its early stages. "There is a lot of supply and little demand; the opposite of last year, when the volumes available were much smaller due to the weather. Yields have reached 9 kilos per meter,
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The wave of bad weather conditions and slows down production, affecting price changes. Courgette prices are rising sharply; peaches and nectarines are falling, while demand for them is struggling, as is the case for melons, with prices falling. The campaign for
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The Greek watermelon season began early at the Dutch company GrecFresh.  "We're satisfied with the harvest, but the volumes are lower than expected. That's because the weather in Greece, like many other places in Europe, is still a bit disappointing," says Thanos Motsiopoulos. read more

In Licata it is melon drama. The typical product of the Agrigento area is going through a complicated phase due to selling prices that barely reach 0.30-0.40 €/kg, when - the seedling alone - has a price of around 1-1.20, as producers point out. A pittance that
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The return of autumn temperatures is making itself felt on production and prices. This week the situation will only get worse. The melon market is already in dire straits, while for stone fruit prices are still high because supply is limited. We can already see
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According to estimates, this season's melon and watermelon production has decreased by more than 20% due to drought, high production costs, and the delay of the end of the winter campaigns. The COAG doesn't rule out that this year both fruits reach the high prices they achieved in supermarkets
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According to EastFruit experts from Uzbekistan, the first wholesale batches of new crop watermelons are being shipped to export destinations from the southern regions of the country. This is about 10 days earlier than usual. Shipments are made from Surkhandarya and Kashkadarya regions
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Watermelons and melons, the symbolic fruits of the summer season, are popping up in the general markets and on the shelves of Italian supermarkets. "It will be a year of increased production," says Luciana Botticelli, president and sales manager of Cooperativa Botticelli in
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A special decree-law to tackle, quickly and with exceptional instruments, the extraordinarily difficult situation in Emilia-Romagna after the terrible floods at the beginning of May. This is the request-appeal contained in a letter to Prime Minister Giorgia
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"It's an excellent year for Consorzio Mundial Group melons. Demand is high and we are very pleased with both production and commercialization," explains President Domenico Raneri. read more

According to EastFruit experts from Uzbekistan, the first wholesale batches of new crop watermelons are being shipped to export destinations from the southern regions of the country. This is about 10 days earlier than usual. Shipments are made from Surkhandarya and Kashkadarya regions of Uzbekistan. read more

This has been demonstrated in a new study by the University of Castilla-La Mancha in which the Valencian company Vicente Peris is participating by donating seeds. The study has worked with Manchego lamb hamburgers and the results, which could be extrapolated

to the whole of Spain

the Spanish company Vicente Peris

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In the Chapada do Apodi, a plateau that stretches across Rio Grande do Norte and neighbouring Ceará state, things began to change with the arrival of large melon producers in the late 1990s. read more

The Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers' Organisations of Almeria, COEXPHAL, has today presented the campaign La Primera Sandía Europea es de España, es nuestra (The First European Watermelon is from Spain, it is ours) in Almeria. The Association's stand at the International Trade Fair for Intensive Production and Industry
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In Spain it is speculation alert. The watermelon campaign has just begun, but producers are already struggling with collapsing prices, well below current production costs and among the lowest ever recorded. Denouncing the situation is Coag (Coordination of the
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EastFruit continues a series of articles on the horticultural market in Morocco. The country is confidently increasing exports of several categories of high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables, including Moroccan watermelons. read more