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Monday, February 22, 2021

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Warja Abrosimova, Dekker Chrysanten

Russian wholesalers worried about Women's Day shipments

International Women's Day is widely celebrated with flowers in Russia on March 8. However, this year the transport is delayed and there is even a shortage of flowers. The…

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Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

2.2 ha of new greenhouses, 7000 m2 of industrial halls

NL: HilverdaFlorist starts construction of new greenhouses

HilverdaFlorist continues with the development and construction of their greenhouse complex at their main location at the Dwarsweg in De Kwakel, the Netherlands. The…

Jürgen Brokelman, HortiPro

Getting rid of moths with delta traps

HortiPro develops natural and biological agents as an alternative to chemical agents. In the case of the Duponchelia fovealis moth, which is typically fumigated, a test was…

Rabo Horticultural Barometer decreased slightly

NL: Uncertainty in horticulture for 2021

For the time being, corona remains the most important item in horticulture. The financial results in 2020 were on average better than expected. Still, we should be careful.…

"to make this year’s bracket competition more exciting than ever"

US: Shrub Madness partners with Corona Tools

It’s year eight for Shrub Madness, the contest that pits shrub-against-shrub in a fierce single-elimination tournament. Based on the March college basketball playoffs, 64…

Potato Virus Y infecting Calibrachoa hybrida for the first time in Argentina

Calibrachoa is a genus of the Solanaceae family endemic to South America that is used as an ornamental plant. Calibrachoa grows vigorously and has flowers of different colors…

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UK flower growers hit by post-Brexit labour shortages

UK growers of flowers and ornamental plants have warned that millions of blooms will go unharvested this year after the multibillion pound sector was not included in a scheme…

New generation of optical sensors ready for introduction

Optical sensor manufacturer Sendot started in 2015. Not long after, the first sensors that were developed in-house were introduced to growers. The time has now come for a new…

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Credit: Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

Training artificial intelligence to track greenhouses in Antarctica and Mars

Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering (CDISE) and the Skoltech Digital Agriculture Laboratory and their…

NL: Stolze focuses awarded HortiQ quality label

"By obtaining the HortiQ certificate, we have taken another step towards the further professionalisation and standardisation of processes in our organisation. This enables us…

Here are the 2021 TPIE Cool Products Awards winners

Last month, the online edition of the TPIE took place. During the TPIE, among the many activities, one could also cast their vote on TPIE Cool Products Awards. The results are…

NL: The all-in-one package from Alfapro next

Effective software allows information from all departments to be brought together. Cash & Carries who are switching to AlfaPro Next (in increasing numbers) are already…


"We can produce nineteen different varieties under the same roof" Hydroponic crop production is coming to South Bend, Indiana, as Pure Green Farms nears the completion of its year-long construction. Spanning four acres and using a fully automated system from Green Automation, Pure Green Farms will have nineteen “growing lines”. As Johnathan McCullar, head grower at Pure Green Farms, explains,…

US: Midlands Growing Nursery let by Quinton Edwards

Midlands growing nursery is delighted to confirm the letting of the nursery at Oak Lane, Coventry, where Quinton Edwards acted for the landlords. There was considerable interest in…

PMA comments on FSMA traceability rule

The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) submitted comments on the proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule ‘Requirements for Additional…

UK: HTA statement on First Minister for Wales review

Reacting to news that the Welsh government will consider non-essential retail in a review on 11 March, James Barnes, Chairman of the HTA, said: "With the…

Brexit forces world’s largest daffodil farm to let flowers rot in fields

The world’s largest daffodil grower, which is based in Cornwall, is having to let hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of flowers rot following Brexit. Varfell Farms, at Long…

Market for edible flowers blossoms in Tunisia

A Tunisian entrepreneur growing edible flowers says she is surprised by the appetite for her homegrown product in the North African country and hopes to see a "new culinary…

Today on social media

Gedney Bulb Company

Look at this great photo one of our delivery drivers managed to snap yesterday whilst out delivering some of our amazing potted bulbs in Yorkshire. pic.twitter.com/agl55JDobc…

Home food gardening: U.S. market trends & opportunities

Many consumers have a food garden and engage in food gardening because they enjoy gardening, like the outdoors, and think it is satisfying to care for plants and see their…

Maersk

Seven years ahead of schedule

A.P. Moller - Maersk will operate the world’s first carbon neutral liner vessel by 2023

Fast-tracked by advances in technology and increasing customer demand for sustainable supply chains, A.P. Moller - Maersk accelerates the efforts to…

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Kenyan horticulturalists back plans to turn Eldoret Airport into export hub

The Kenyan Fresh Produce Consortium (FCO) has backed plans to make Eldoret International Airport a key export hub to regional and international markets.…

Kashmir floriculturists pin hope on government for revival of business

In 2015 DilshadaBano, 45 from Batwina, Ganderbal decided to grow flowers on a commercial scale and convinced her husband's relatives to convert six canals of paddy land into…

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