Title: Watermelon | Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
Headings: Watermelon
Watermelon
Introduction
Marketing
Production
Prices
Financials
Sources and References
Nutritive Value of Foods (USDA ARS, 2002)
Fruit and Tree Nut Yearbook Tables. (USDA, ERS, 2016)
Watermelon
Farmers Found
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Content: Watermelon | Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
Watermelon
Revised, September 2018
Introduction
Watermelons (Citrullus lanatus) obviously gets its name because of its extremely high water content, approximately 92 percent. Besides water, it is full of nutrients; 1 cup of diced, fresh watermelon provides 21percent of the daily value (DV) for vitamin C, 18 percent of the VD for vitamin A, and significant levels of vitamin B6, lycopene, antioxidants, and amino acids. Watermelon consumption and production in the United States has been on the rise in the last few decades. U.S. annual per capita consumption of watermelon is now at approximately 16.1 pounds per person in 2017. Marketing
Watermelon are grown for the fresh market. Large-scale producers (more than 20 acres) generally use brokers who provide the marketing services to the producers. Watermelon are grown for the fresh market. Large-scale producers (more than 20 acres) generally use brokers who provide the marketing services to the producers. Production
According to the USDA Economic Research Service, over 113,000 acres of watermelons were grown in the US in 2017, producing 40.01 million pounds.