Melons

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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As the watermelon season approaches, producers in several North and West African countries are competing with simultaneous calendars to supply the European market. Mehdi Barbouchi, CEO of Freshe Inn Morocco, issues the challenge: "Whatever the quality and the market price, we will be even more
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According to the latest State of the Crops report of the Junta de Andalucía, corresponding to the week of March 6 to 12, cultivation tasks in the pepper greenhouses of the Poniente Almeriense were scarce at that time of the campaign, as producers only carried out cleaning and collection
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With the arrival of the first Mauritanian watermelons and Spanish strawberries, the spring campaign is ready to get underway at Herner Gastro Service Ltd. "Due to the rainy weather, demand for early watermelons is currently still restrained. We therefore hope that the weather will now become a
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Despite the Moroccan government's limitation of the areas where watermelons can be grown, which excluded for example the Zagoura region, a large watermelon region that is experiencing acute hydric stress, this season's watermelon volumes are expected to exceed the levels reached in 2022,
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"Sicily is ready to tackle one of the most anticipated campaigns of the season, which is that of the retato melon," said Carmelo Stagnitto, production manager of Eco Farm in Riesi. The PO, based in the Sicilian hinterland, boasts production facilities in a good part of the island, and therefore
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Supplies of melons from Mexico and Central America continue to be slim. “There’s a bit more available than what had been out there on the market but it’s still a tight market. It’s across the board on all varieties and it’s been like this this whole winter season, starting in
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The Spanish firm Grupo Fruta de Autor has reached an agreement with the company Al Bakrawe, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to distribute oranges in the domestic market and re-export them to other Persian Gulf countries. read more

At some of the most exclusive restaurants around the world, a once-humble ingredient is stepping into the spotlight. Take, for example, the Japanese Crown Musk Melon, which can cost as much as $200 each. Meticulously cultivated for over 100 years in Japan’s Enshu Region (the westernmost part
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