Mixed picture for North American watermelon supply in 2017

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