Early watermelon crops in the two largest U.S. production states have coincided with Mexican volumes tailing off sooner than normal this year and a sluggish start to the California deal.
Figures provided by the National Watermelon Promotion Board show volumes from Florida over the last month were 22 million pounds higher than the five-year average, representing a 7% rise. Meanwhile, Texas production is up a whopping 85 million pounds, or 130%.
Despite Mexico’s volumes being 6% up to date in 2017, over the last month and week they have been down 16% and 27% respectively.
In addition, the California deal is currently a significant 71% down year-to-date. Read More: FreshFruitPortal.com
