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: 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. While watermelons are grown across the U.S., most production occurs in the top four states (Texas, Florida, Georgia and California), producing approximately 69 percent of all grown in the U.S. The average watermelon yield per acre in the U.S in 2014 was 31,800 pounds. In terms of production, watermelon is one of the three top crops produced in the US, along with onions and head lettuce. All but about 24 percent of domestic consumption of watermelons comes from U.S. growers; the rest comes primarily from Mexico or Central American countries. Seedless varieties are in increasing demand, and the share of seedless watermelon in total watermelon shipments in the United States increased from 51 percent in 2003 to nearly 85 percent in 2014.