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Sonoran melon acreage is down this fall, according to Miky Suarez, sales manager and partner in MAS Melons & Grapes.

Sustainability, a top-of-mind topic for U.S. growers, shippers and retailers, is a priority south of the border as well.

By April 9, 2021 “Right now, the only thing for sure is there is a lot of uncertainty,” Miguel (Miky) Suarez said at the end of March, about two months before the managing partner and sales manager of Nogales’ MAS Melons & Grapes LLC expected Sonora table grape growers to begin shipping promotable volumes of grapes. His input from Sonoran growers brought mixed signals, but one consistent message is that it won’t be a full crop of Sonoran grapes this spring. Miguel (Miky) Suarez He added, “that every year the estimates for total production are calculated lower than they actually are ...

By February 9, 2021 MAS Melons & Grapes LLC, because of expanding programs “we are having one of our busiest seasons,” said Miky Suarez, the Nogales firm’s managing partner. “Normally in the winter, we only handle honeydew, watermelon and mini-watermelon from Colima and Nayarit. But now we have soft squashes and cucumbers from Angostura, Sinaloa.”  Angostura is located about halfway between Sinaloa’s growing districts of Las Mochis and Culiacan. This began in mid-December and run to early spring. Miky Suarez stands outside the Rio Rico, AZ, headquarters of his firm, MAS Melons & ...