The melon harvest is almost ready in La Laguna, Spain
Fresh Melon (Muskmelon)
Spain
Published Mar 16, 2022
Tridge summary
MIGUEL SOLIS. THE SUN OF THE LAGOON. The so-called 'early melon' will be ready by the end of March. LAGOON REGION. It will be at the end of March or beginning of April of this year when the first melon harvest will be ready in the lagoon region, known as 'early melon', in the case of around 400 hectares that have been planted since last December in the municipalities of Matamoros and Viesca, with the producers confident that it will be a good year to market their product.
Original content
According to information from the Regional Coordination of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development of Coahuila, there are three melon harvests that are carried out annually in the Comarca Lagunera, the first of the 'early melon' by producers from Matamoros and Viesca. then comes the intermediate one from the municipalities of Tlahualilo and San Pedro mainly, which is being put up for sale from May-June, closing with the late one, which takes place in Matamoros and Viesca and is marketed in September. Last year the 'early melons' were selling from 8 to 12 pesos on average, the lagoon producers expecting that in 2022, in order to have an acceptable profit, they must go from 10 pesos per kilo upwards, especially because many of the inputs they use have been increasing their price, as is the case of the seed, with a cost in 2021 of 8 thousand pesos per pound, rising to 10 thousand pesos at present, while others such as ammonium sulfate in in 2021 the ton cost 12,000 pesos ...
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