Llega la X Melon & Watermelon Week

Francescon: few melons until mid-July
Della Casa - As we have already observed in recent weeks (read the full article), the start of this melon campaign is among the most bizarre and indecipherable we can remember. We try to take

“We want to offer tastier and more resistant melon varieties”
Gautier Semences offers a complete range of melon varieties, particularly adapted to the three main production basins in the southwest, center-west and southeast of France. All of these varieties

Top Melon, excellent start for Umbrian melons
The harvest of Umbrian melons cultivated under tunnels at Top Melon's Pantalla (Perugia) site has started these days. The first fruits present a high quality level, even if the volumes are not the

Melon, the value goes through the set-up of the department
Along with watermelons, the melon is the undisputed king of the fruit and vegetable department in summer. Its presence is always noticeable, but this is often not enough to boost sales. What is

"May had very ordinary melon prices"
On the European melon market, May was nothing to write home about. "That applies to not only the overseas season's tail end," says Leon van den Hombergh. "But also the Spanish season's start."

Meloni in Veneto, bad start to the season
The season for melons in Veneto is off to a bad start, strongly affected by the rainy and cool May weather. The harvest, which began about ten days ago, has so far been unrewarding for producers,

Vellsam achieves 35% more weight in cantaloupe melon Maverick
Vellsam Materias Bioactivas continues to help improve the production and quality of crops and with one of its latest biotechnological solutions developed by its R&D&I department has managed to

Gavina pauses, campaign kicks off early
There is no shortage of novelties at CasaAgricola Campidanese. This year, the campaign for the main summer reference products from L'Orto di Eleonora, namely the Eleonora and Gavina mini

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 29 May
The apricot campaign has started with the Pricia variety for Italian production. The Sicilian and Latium watermelon campaign is also underway. Demand for cherries and melons penalised by the

Melon Mundial, record-breaking Brix campaign
"For more than 15 years, the Mundial melon has been on the national and international market as the first European product, healthy from a phytosanitary point of view and guaranteed by the

Black Pearl, a Watermelon of Champions
Perla Nerahas launched its 2023 marketing campaign, which will continue until the end of September. Important marketing and promotion activities will be carried out, touching on the main sporting

Melon crisis: oversupply or lack of demand?
In May, assortments and spaces dedicated to summer fruit - and among these the earliest category is melon - begin to grow on supermarket counters, but every year supply and demand clash. In the

Ursula von der Leyen visits flooded areas
"Thank you to the president who wanted to come to Emilia to see the situation that the region and the entire nation is facing". Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this in Bologna, after flying

Black Pearl made in Italy, commercial campaign starts
Perla Nera, the dark-skinned midi watermelon with few seeds, particularly sweet and crunchy, produced exclusively by O.P. Francescon, Peviani S.p.A. and O.P. La Mongolfiera, has just started its

'At 10 cents melons stay in the field'
In the Agrigento area, the drama continues for melons, which are the cornerstone product of the horticulture of entire municipalities, such as Licata and Palma di Montechiaro. Last week we

Sicilian Cantaloupe melons 0.10 to 0.20 cents per kg
"The Sicilian season of the Cantaloupe melon seems to be turning into an absolute disaster for the growers. They are being offered barely 0.20 cents per kilo for their product," said Alessandro

"There will be a greater watermelon supply than last year, but lower than we expected"
The rains and lack of sunlight persist throughout the Spanish Levante, casting some doubts as to their possible impact on the supply of upcoming crops, such as watermelon, in the Region of Murcia.

Pair of Hokkaido melons fetch $25,000 at Japanese auction
A pair of premium melons in Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido fetched 3.5 million yen ($25,000) at the year's first auction. This is the event's second highest bid on record. The bid for

Summer fruits, the Italiafruit analysis
The heat is starting to make itself felt and summer fruit is pawing the market in Bologna. The supply of melons, however, is still surplus to demand. Apricots are also already present in

Moroccan watermelon will be in big volumes this season
More volumes of Moroccan watermelons this season? less? statements contradict each other and uncertainty still reigns after the first harvests. However, according to several professional sources,

ALDI increases purchases of domestic melons and watermelons by 10%.
Between April and September, the company will purchase more than 6,400 tonnes of produce (there were 5,800 tonnes in 2022), thus reinforcing its commitment to local and seasonal produce, thanks to

Would you pay 40,000 euro for this melon?
The world's most expensive melon, which was produced in Japan, but consumed in Madrid, has starred in a Tiktok video. @beaggil has published a video in which she tried one of these melons that

Bad weather, 175 million allocated for agricultural enterprises
"The Ministry of Agriculture has earmarked 100 million euro for compensation for agricultural enterprises and a further 75 million from the innovation fund for the purchase of machinery for

US lettuce production shifts regionally as seasons progress
In 2022, lettuce accounted for nearly one-fifth of the $21.8 billion that US growers received in cash receipts from sales of vegetables and melons. Romaine lettuce sales totaled $1.54 billion,