Latest News From Melons Marketing

Expanded melon output is expected this summer from Los Angeles-based Pacific Trellis Fruit/Dulcinea Farms, according to Josh Leichter, CEO.

Shoppers want what they can’t have.

It’s time to go back to basics, y’all.

The National Watermelon Promotion Board is adapting to a new, digital climate for its education program for children because of the pandemic.

The 2020 Georgia watermelon crop is starting in early June.

Cantaloupes and honeydews may not rank as high on the popularity list as watermelons, but they are consumer favorites, and grower-shippers say there should be plenty of them available this spring and summer.

The 2020 domestic watermelon harvest was expected to be underway by the second week of April, according to the Winter Springs, Fla.-based National Watermelon Promotion Board.

Texas cantaloupe is having something of a resurgence in 2019. While competition from the offshore melon deal has shrunk Texas cantaloupe acreage in recent years, Dixondale Farms Inc. in Carrizo Springs and Frontera Produce Ltd. in Edinburg have added cantaloupe volume this year.

Melon grower-shippers provide updates on the latest developments in their operations.

The emphasis on flavorful fruit continues for melon marketers.

Growers around the country expect melon production to get started by mid-May as the import deal subsides.

Business updates on companies featured in The Packer's Melons Marketing section.