EU: This and next week it is still distributed on the melon market, after that it can just go the other way

Tholen - "The European melon growers have no reason to complain this year. The productions were a lot lower, but a decent price has been paid this year," says Leon van den Hombergh of Frankort&Koning. "It is a matter of distributing in a very empty market and we have to go back a long time for that. You now also see that people can easily switch from melon due to the shortages, and the Piel de Sapo and yellow melons are also better absorbed in Northwestern countries." Europe." "There are few melons available on the free market. Murcia was ready quite quickly and La Mancha also has relatively little product, while the sale is very easy in this warm European market. From La Mancha, mainly Piel de Sapo melons are watermelons. and a little bit of yellow melons. Murcia can continue with yellow for a while, the volume of Galia is now drying up quickly," says Leon. "We have to move to Italy and France for Cantaloupe, but the growers there are also struggling with their volumes and there ...