• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • NEWS
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Science
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech

Watermelons & melons – market at the antipodes

July 7, 2021

AMA news in Korean

June 30, 2022

A variety of cucumbers with a yield of more than 20 tons per hectare was developed in Pridnestrovie

June 30, 2022

Canning factories in Kabardino-Balkaria processed almost 9.5 thousand tons of green peas

June 30, 2022

The importance of automating irrigation during periods of drought

June 30, 2022

MultiGrow Grashoek & MultiFresa get complete food processing line

June 30, 2022

We’ll produce blueberries so early and with such good yields that imports from the southern hemisphere could decrease drastically

June 30, 2022

New potato season about to begin with many uncertainties

June 30, 2022

World’s first climate-neutral transshipment company to be re-certified

June 30, 2022

Top 5: The busiest container ports in the Mediterranean

June 30, 2022

Sicilian grapes are having an excellent harvest

June 30, 2022

The first crop of cabbage was harvested in the Sakhalin region

June 30, 2022

The Moscow region ranks first in the Central Federal District in terms of production of open ground vegetables

June 29, 2022
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Friday, July 1, 2022
  • Login
Vegetables News
  • Home
  • AGROTECHNOLOGY
  • NEWS
  • Vegetables
  • Market
No Result
View All Result
Vegetables News
Home Market

Watermelons & melons – market at the antipodes

by Demin Alexey
July 7, 2021
in Market
353
491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
The demand is strong, the price is there, but the availability of watermelons – especially of good quality – in this period is unable to meet the requests, particularly strong both in Italy and in Europe.

This is the picture drawn by Claudio Filosa, president of the Latina Ortaggi cooperative and promoter of the Pontino Watermelon enhancement project “The campaign had started badly, but from 20 June onwards there was a deadly rise in prices and a boom in demand: it is hot throughout the continent and watermelons are not enough. The quality is good and in the Latina area we are in production with mini, medium striated, the classic long Charlestone type watermelon … Also good exports to the East, in markets that require products of 4-8 kilos, with a lower price, but even here the demand is higher than offer”

While the heat has given the watermelon campaign a positive spin, it has created some confusion for melons. “Double the expected product is maturing, the market is saturated – highlights Filosa – While for watermelons the scenario is different: the greenhouses are finished around June 20, the open field is a bit late … This is determining the current situation, but between 8 and 10 July we expect to return to normal volumes “.

ADVERTISEMENT

“For the melon we have been saying for some time now that July would be the most abundant month of the year, as a lot of June production is now ripening”, confirms Bruno Francescon , president of the Mantuan producer organization of the same name, point of reference for melons in Italy.

And on the commercial front, a different situation emerges from the Milan Ortomercato between high quality and mass watermelons. Salvatore Musso explains it, sales manager of Masterfruit: “Of superior quality niche watermelons, such as those of Mantua or cultivated by farms that have continued to invest by focusing on new varieties capable of enhancing color and above all flavor, as well as compactness of the pulp, there is no there are many. Also because these fruits are aimed at demanding customers, willing to pay around one euro per kilo. The so-called mass product is certainly not lacking: there is plenty of it and is priced between 0.30 and 0.40 euro per kilo “.

Reed also: “Watermelons, Gavina and Eleonora with the wind in their sails”

Angurie e meloni, mercato agli antipodi

/market/

Tags: ItalymarketmelonpriceWatermelon
Share196Tweet123Share49

Demin Alexey

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest

Produce grower-shipper Tanimura & Antle surpasses 4,000 employee vaccinations

March 28, 2021

Situation with potato seeds in Russia is catastrophic

February 19, 2022

Tomato Days Turkey

February 1, 2022

Produce grower-shipper Tanimura & Antle surpasses 4,000 employee vaccinations

16602

Trabotyx receives 460.000 euro in funding to bring its farming robot to market

8012

Hazera. Growing solutions for you

4846

AMA news in Korean

June 30, 2022

A variety of cucumbers with a yield of more than 20 tons per hectare was developed in Pridnestrovie

June 30, 2022

Canning factories in Kabardino-Balkaria processed almost 9.5 thousand tons of green peas

June 30, 2022

Copyright © 20122 Vegetables News

Navigate Site

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • AGROTECHNOLOGY
  • NEWS
  • Vegetables
  • Market
  • Login

Copyright © 20122 Vegetables News

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In