Presentation:

A Graphical Overview of the U.S. and World Situation:

- The U.S. and World Situation: Melons (October 2005)
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- The U.S. and World Situation: Melons (April 2004)
             (.PDF | requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Circular:

There are no scheduled circular articles for melons.  To view the schedule for available articles click here - Schedule for 2005

FAS Attaché Reports - Search through the country reports prepared by FAS attaches covering nearly 130 countries. Search by keyword, including country and commodity. 

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Offers information on imports/exports from countries around the world, not necessarily to/from the US.

US Trade Data - Offers historical U.S. trade data for 67 commodities. All trade files include five years of historical data as well as year-to-date trade data. These files can be viewed or saved in .pdf or Lotus format.

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FAS does not carry price information. However, the Food Auction of wholesale prices are available under Market News Reports - Fruit and Vegetable, through USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) .

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Vegetables, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). This file contains preliminary and annual summaries of acreage, yield, production, use, price and value by states.

Vegetables and Melons Outlook, Economic Research Service (ERS). This file provides current intelligence and historical data that covers production, consumption, shipments and prices received.

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Agricultural Marketing Service - http://www.ams.usda.gov/
California Department of Agriculture - http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/
Economic Research Service - http://www.ers.usda.gov/
National Watermelon Promotion Board - http://www.watermelon.org/ - 

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