Ukraine: Watermelon producers from the Kherson region have suffered thousands of losses

In the Kherson region, abnormally cold and rainy May-early June, the watermelon harvest was postponed for several weeks. Therefore, melons gathered different varieties almost simultaneously, which oversaturated the market. The result is extremely low product prices and thousands of losses for farmers. Reports Public. At the end of August, the watermelon market was in a situation where the wholesale price dropped to 50 kopecks / kg. And even so, there was no demand for watermelons. Therefore, farmers began to leave watermelons in the fields, because it was unprofitable for them to even harvest them. "We also had a commercial watermelon, but there was almost no sale. We sold very little commercial watermelon and almost all of it remained. He is now lying on the field freezing, "said farmer Ivan Yalansky. The watermelon barge, which was sent to Kyiv for the fifth time this year, did not save the farmers. 300 tons of melons were shipped to the capital on August 13. Sales were also ...