In an Agreste publication from the Minister of Agriculture it is indicated that on the 1st August melon production in 2014 was estimated at 257,200 tons.
The first productions under low shelters benefited from a 300 ha increase in acreage and higher yield thanks to the weather in the spring. Productivity benefited and harvest in mid-June was double that of the year before.
Open air fields that have now reached maturity have less to harvest due to rain and cold temperatures. Hail notably damaged melon fields in the South-West.
Melons are also effected by increasing pests. This plus the bad weather will lead to an increases in field loss.

This decrease in yield in July led to a decrease in availability and melon prices increased to the level of prices in 2013.