watermelon - watch ur melon

as briefly touched in previous post, watermelon (WM) has been a money spinner to farmers this year. one of the obvious reasons has been the relentless heat right from Jan 2016 onwards, keeping the demand high through this year's 3 odd months. it is also a fact that WM has not been this big a hit since 2011.  so it could just be an one-in-five year blip. WM growing and economics - circa 2009 -

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