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Celebrating Mother's Day during the pandemic: What will the effects be on sales?

It will be a Mother's Day like no other. In many countries, it will be celebrated on May 10 this year, and in every country, the run-up to this Mother's Day has been or still…

DFG

Airflo joins Dutch Flower Group

DSV Panalpina, currently owning the majority share of Panalpina Airflo logistics companies, intends to sell their activities on perishables in both Kenya and the Netherlands…

April 13-15, Kyiv

Flower Expo Ukraine 2020 postponed

The organizers of Flower Expo Ukraine have decided to postpone Flower Expo Ukraine to 13-15 April 2021 due to the Coronavirus situation. The decision comes as the Cabinet of…

Jan Willem Bakhuijzen:

"Integrated Pest Management gives me peace of mind"

Dutch skimmia grower Jan Willem Bakhuijzen first got acquainted with IPM (Integrated Pest Management) in the 1990s. Now he uses Anderline Bugline and Anderline Gemini sachets.…

Fytagora

€10 million aid package approved for Greek floriculture sector

The European Commission has approved a €10 million Greek State aid scheme to support the floriculture primary production sector in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The…

Recap of PMA's May 6 Virtual Town Hall

US: "Supermarkets need to encourage floral impulse buys"

The supermarkets in the US are adapting to the new shopping patterns, but the need to encourage impulse buys is high. Over the last 5-8 years, impulse sales…

Dümmen Orange's virtual CAST 2020 display

Even though California Spring Trials (CAST) 2020 has been cancelled, still many participants are showcasing their products, but then virtually. Also Dümmen Orange who were…

Pioneer Flower Farms

Canadian flower farm invests in large bulb storage

Pioneer Flower Farms was founded in 1971 in St Catherines, Ontario, Canada. Being a son of a Dutch flower bulb grower, Henk Sikking Jr decided to try his luck elsewhere. And…

Flowers Canada Ontario

Ontario government further eases restrictions on garden centres and nurseries

Premier Doug Ford and the Ontario Government's decision to ease restrictions on garden centres is applauded by FCO and its membership. "I'm encouraged by the decision to open…

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McQueens

Richard Eagleton, McQueens Flowers:

"A large part of my job has been to bring the team together in a virtual world"

In an interview with Flowerona, McQueens Flowers CEO Richard Eagleton shares his thoughts about the impact of the coronavirus on McQueens Flowers. "The first parts of our…

Royal FloraHolland focuses on crisis recovery

On May 6, the total turnover (clock and direct) at Royal FloraHolland amounted to 24.16 million euros. That is 11.1% less compared to the same day last year…

Suntory

Brindabella Purple Prince wins sustainable landscape performance award

Brindabella Purple Prince has earned a 2021 Local Artist award, bestowed by American Rose Trials for Sustainability (A.R.T.S.). The organization identifies the hardiest and…

Moleaer

New nanobubble generator Neo offers optimal oxygen monitoring and control

Moleaer is launching the Neo, its fifth nanobubble generator in its product portfolio designed to improve water quality and enhance food production in greenhouses and fish…

NL Embajada Colombia

Effects of COVID-19 on agribusiness in Colombia

Colombia has extended its mandatory preventive isolation, which would initially last 19 days since the measure was instated on March 25, to May 25. The president of the…

Takii Seed

New product from Takii

Digitalis Panther available now for retail

Digitalis Panther is a new product from Takii and is being launched in conjunction with four selected distributors: Florensis, Ball, Graines Voltz and Rudy Raes. The garden…
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Despite a big bloom of flowers, Indian growers reap misery

Over three thousand floriculture farmers in the tri-State junction of Kuppam are staring at a bleak future, with business coming to a halt across Andhra…

USDA PACA complaints and reparations update

As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S.…

Hivos

Covid-19 ravages women’s jobs on horticulture farms

Casual workers have suffered the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as most farm owners have shut the door for non-resident workers despite them constituting the majority workers…

CAN (ON): Controlling Japanese beetles

It will soon be that time of year again, when Japanese beetle adults begin to fly. However, the cooler spring means pupation may take longer. So what does that mean for timing…

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HTA and NFU collaborate on behalf of UK growers

When crises such as the one currently impacting our sector hit, it is crucial to build support and collaboration with others to help us all ‘weather the storm’. by James…

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Corona to cut Kenya's farm exports by 1.4 billion USD

Kenyan farmers are set to lose up to Sh51 billion [482million USD] from the decline in exports in four months of Corona restrictions, experts have predicted, worsening…

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Buy your (grand)mother a plant; the best gift for Mother's Day, especially this year! #epla #eplabowl #colouryourstory pic.twitter.com/gn0yKSN7m1 — Desch Plantpak…

Nature Research

Single-molecule long-read sequencing of the full-length transcriptome of Rhododendron lapponicum L

Rhododendron lapponicum L. is a familiar ornamental plant worldwide with important ornamental and economic value. However, a full-length R. lapponicum transcriptome is still…

MDPI

The effect of soil volume availability on Opuntia ficus-indica canopy and root growth

A new study investigated the effect of soil volume restriction on the below- and above-ground growth of Opuntia ficus-indica through understanding the limit imposed by root…

R. Norton

"Watch for broad mites"

Broad mites (Polyphagotarsonemus latus) have been encountered regularly in spring greenhouse crops over the last few years. The broad mite is a tropical species and does not…

US (MA): Impatiens downy mildew fungicide program

As noted in the May 4 update, impatiens downy mildew has been observed recently in some Massachusetts greenhouses, particularly on double impatiens. Double impatiens have…

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