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This is how the average price of watermelons changed in Hungary between 2000 and 2021
Between April, May and June 2020, the data collection was paused during the closures due to covid, regardless of this, the change in the price of the popular fruit in...
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This year’s melon season promises to be good
The 2022 melon season officially starts this week. Although domestically grown cantaloupe can be found on the shelves for a month now, the picking of wild cantaloupe and cantaloupe really...
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Watermelon will become very expensive
Instead of last year’s 3,500 hectares, growers have planted watermelons on only about 2,800-3,000 hectares this year. Due to the jump in production, transport and labor costs, we cannot expect...
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Syngenta: almost 100,000 tons of Hungarian melon at domestic markets this year
60 percent of the 150-160 thousand tons of watermelon and 12.5 thousand tons of melon produced in Hungary can go to the domestic markets, Syngenta told MTI. The pesticide and...
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Chamber of Agriculture: Hungarian watermelon will be of high quality
The watermelon harvest will begin in the southern regions of the country at the end of this week, and due to the favorable weather in recent weeks, producers expect excellent...
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Domestic watermelon about to start at Lidl!
Lidl’Hungary warehouses will take over high-quality seed watermelons from Hungarian suppliers only from today, which will kick off the hungarian melon season. The aim of the supermarket chain is to...
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According to a new study, watermelons come from Northeast Africa
Examining the DNA of watermelon species and hundreds of varieties of greenhouse-grown plants, researchers have discovered that watermelons are most likely derived from ancient plants that lived in the wild...
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Lidl arrives at the Hungarian watermelon
From Saturday, Lidl Hungary will receive seeded watermelons from exclusively Hungarian suppliers in its warehouses, with which the real melon season will start in stores. By giving preference to domestic...
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Watermelon: regular talks between the Chamber and Auchan
During the whole watermelon season, the National Chamber of Agriculture, the Association of Hungarian Melon Producers and the Auchan are in constant consultation. During the exchange of information, the store...
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How to choose the ideal watermelon at the time of purchase?
The NÉBIH collected what you should pay attention to when buying a watermelon – origo wrote. Finding the maturity of watermelon though requires some expertise, but not during the purchase,...
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Fresh domestic watermelon to arrive
Domestic, high-quality, fresh watermelons will be available all over the country from the beginning of next week – the National Agricultural Chamber’s (NAK) panorama reveals. The Hungarian melon growers have...
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20,000 melon and 200,000 tons of watermelon yields are expected
Around 20,000 tons of Hungarian melons are expected to be harvested in about 500 hectares of production area in the days of harvesting – was said on a press conference...
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FruitVeB: up to 10-15 percent less watermelon may grown this year
The President of the FruitVeB Hungarian Vegetable and Fruit Intergovernmental Organization and Product Board expects 10-15 percent less, 160-180 thousand tons of watermelon production. Ledó Ferenc told MTI that due...
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Domestic watermelons will be on the market by the end of June
The spring warmth resulted in the beginning of each product’s ripening two weeks earlier, so the domestic watermelons will be on the market by the end of June. The expected...
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AMC launched a campaign promoting domestic melons
A campaign to promote the consumption of domestic melons was launched on Monday by the Ministry of Agriculture (AM), the Agrármarketing Centrum (AMC) and the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK)....
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Hungarian melons are already available at most chain of stores
Domestically produced melons are available at most of the Hungarian chain of stores, according to market participants. Lidl Magyarország in its communication sent to MTI stated that from last Thursday...
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The watermelon harvest begins early July
The watermelon harvest is expected to begin in the first week of July, five to ten days earlier than last year, if the weather remains favorable – the Hungarian Vegetables...
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Watermelon oversupply in Europe
This year’s watermelon season was characterised by low purchasing prices and oversupply, not only in Hungary but in the whole of Europe. This year Spanish and Italian watermelon was still...
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Watermelon floods Europe
The purchase price of watermelon is low not only in Hungary, but all over Europe. There is an oversupply on the markets – the National Association of Agricultural Economics (NAK)...
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FM: melon-growing area increased significantly
The National Watermelon Program (launched in 2011) is very effective. The melon-growing area of Hungary, has increased significantly since then, now it is around about 6 thousand hectares – Nagy...
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Eight million kilograms of domestic watermelon in the Tescos
Tesco buys exclusively watermelons from Hungarian suppliers from July 18 to again. In addition to the 8 million kilograms of domestic watermelon, this year, the chain will export the same...
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Fazekas: the Hungarian watermelon is popular abroad
The Hungarian watermelon and seedless watermelon is also popular on the export markets. Hungary mainly transports them to Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and to the Nordic countries –...
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FruitVeB: this year more watermelon will be harvested than last year
This year 235-240 thousand tons of watermelon is expected to be produced in Hungary, which is 25-30 thousand tons more than last year – the President of the Hungarian Fruit...
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Domestic watermelon is very popular abroad
The melon yield can reach up to 240 thousand tons this year – Magyar Hírlap Online wrote. Half of this amount goes for export, mainly to Germany. The melon growers...
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Hungarian melon consumption increased by twenty percent during the campaign
Melon consumption in Hungary increased by twenty percent during the four-week campaign aimed at the promotion of melon – the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture told on...
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Only Hungarian watermelons are available in the domestic Tesco stores
The Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. as the committed partner of the Hungarian suppliers only buys watermelon from domestic producers. Thanks to the long-term agreements, the chain pays a competitive price to...
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SPAR: the Hungarian melon is more popular than ever
SPAR Hungary has long been devoted to the cultivation of Hungarian melon and as the season has launched, the company will do everything to popularize the fruit again this year....
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The sales of mineral water significantly increased in the Auchan stores
During the summer heat of the recent days, more than 200,000 bottles, ie about 300,000 liters of mineral water was consumed in the domestic Auchan stores every day. The mineral...
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More than a hundred tons melons of unknown origin were seized by the NAV
More than one hundred tons of watermelons were found in a warehouse in Budapest by the inspectors of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) – the tax authorities told...
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FruitVeB: a part of this year's watermelon crop will be exported
This year's watermelon crop will be around 220-240 thousand tons. A part of it will be exported – Ledó Ferenc told M1 news channel on Sunday. Ledó Ferenc president of...
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