Melons

Spalding-based supplier Melon&Co has won the award for Best Corporate Adopter at the inaugural ICC C4DTI Digital Trade Awards. read more

The citrus season is slowly but surely drawing to a close and is now giving way to the summer fruits - even if the sun's rays are still holding back a little. Nevertheless, the season for Spanish honeydew melons as well as for other melon varieties will start at Grundhöfer GmbH at the Frankfurt
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"The first consignments of mini-anguras from Sicily have sold like hot cakes, despite the fact that the temperatures in Milan are not particularly mild. This is howUmberto Musso, co-owner of Italfrutta distribuzioni - a company active at the Milan fruit market - comments to IFN on the debut of one of the
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According to a survey carried out by the agricultural organisation Asaja-Almería, the decline in the Almerian area under watermelons, which are now coming onto the markets, is evident in all production areas. read more

Placido Perez Chuecos, the president of COAG in Lorca, stated that the lack of rain was making producers rethink the summer campaign, which focuses mainly on watermelon and melon, and that this lack of water could affect the caliber of the fruit. “We started the summer campaign but the dry
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After the first removals of the earliest product at the end of March (click here to read the article), last week in Licata the campaign of Red Falcon melons also started for Master Fruit, which markets them under the unmistakable brands The Original and The Bomb, a guarantee of
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Positive signs of revival are coming from the Verona market, especially with seasonal fruit. read more

Asaja Almería has conducted a study that reveals a reduction of 2,500 hectares in watermelon cultivation areas, about 20 per cent in greenhouse cultivation and 25 per cent in open field. According to the association, 8,100 hectares in the greenhouse and 1,400 hectares in the open field are expected in 2023.
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Asaja Almería has carried out a study that concludes that there has been a reduction of 2,500 hectares in the area of watermelon cultivation. Greenhouse plantations decreased by 20% and open-field crops decreased by 25%. read more

Due to restrictions on watermelon production in the Moroccan region of Zagora, imposed by the local government, watermelon volumes from this region will decline significantly this season. read more

The Natural Fruit Company (TNFC), an agribusiness specialising in the production and marketing of citrus, melons and watermelons, continues its commitment to sustainable actions that implement the goals set out in its social responsibility strategy. read more

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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