Tomato and cucumber add two months of favorable prices. The reduced competition from European productions together with the contained Andalusian supply lead to an increase in their prices at origin for another week. According to the Prices and Markets Observatory of the Junta de Andalucía, a significant reduction in the melon acreage is expected in Almería in the coming spring campaign, according to experts in the sector. Galia and Cantaloup types will be the most affected.
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Watermelon will slightly decrease the number of cultivated hectares, especially those harvested in April and the first fortnight of May, while zucchini and cucumber will increase their area compared to last spring campaign. Pepper The price of peppers is higher than last season in week 6 for all the types analyzed, with the exception of the green Lamuyo and the green California, and is approaching the final stretch of autumn production with a yield of 9-10kg/m² , in the California pepper. The weather conditions in Almería have not been severe during the winter, so the fruit reaches the final stretch of its production cycle without particularly relevant incidents in its quality. Daytime temperatures are registering adequate values for the development and maturation of the fruit and the humidity records in the greenhouses are not excessively high, favoring that the number of fruits affected by fungal diseases and microcraking are not significant. Tomatoes The tomato is carrying out ...
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