Sun Valley’s Snowberry program reaches full potential

US (CA): “Berry Up! Snowberry season is here”

You likely know that Sun Valley grows their own proprietary varieties of Ilex and Rose Hips, but do you know they also grow Snowberries? They just…

The Plant Company:

From fixed diffused glass to a movable screen greenhouse

Sometimes you have to be willing to make a move. That might be Frank Paul's motto. He's been willing to move as a young intern from one continent to…

Used horticultural machinery, why not?

In the current context, there is no doubt that reusing, recycling, and therefore buying second-hand are popular. "This also applies to specific tools…

Aralux from Agriplast: a high-performance greenhouse cover film

A plastic film with maximum brightness, thermal efficiency and diffusion

Plastic films play a key role in filtering solar radiation, changing the climatic conditions inside the greenhouse. There are various ways of filtering…

New field-based tool for detection of multiple thrips transmitted plant viruses

Agdia has added a new product to their ImmunoComb® line to help growers detect and combat plant viruses that cause similar symptoms in addition to…

Automatic transplants for labor savings and quality improvement

At location G. of Beekenkamp Plants in 's-Gravenzande, young plants (fruiting vegetables) are grown under glass on 10 hectares. We spoke to Erno…

500K grant for Albotherm

UK growers partner to scale smart shade coating for commercial greenhouses

A coating that is transparent in cold weather and automatically converts to opaque in hot weather to provide on-demand shade. With that idea, the…

UK: HTA announces speakers for Horticulture, The Conference: Growing a Greener Future

The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and Labour’s Shadow Defra Minister…

Bromelia Specialist: "Very quick and easy to create bundled offers for customers"

Recently, a new feature became available in Floriday: the bundled offers. Bromelia Specialist started working with it. Sandra Roos, order desk & sales…

Impello Biosciences adds two new biostimulants

Impello Biosciences has added two new products to its lineup of biostimulants, Continuμm™ and Dune™. Continuμm is a plant biostimulant designed…

Colombia: Floriculture phytosanitary meeting successfully held its first Conference

On August 3, the first day of the III phytosanitary meeting of the flower sector was successfully held. This space emphasizing phytosanitary issues has…

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Validates Water Savings Potential of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) in USDA-Sponsored CEA Energy and Water Benchmarking Report

Resource Innovation Institute releases CEA Energy & Water Benchmarking report

Resource Innovation Institute (RII) has released the Controlled Environment Agriculture Energy & Water Benchmarking Report: Establishing Preliminary…

Heatons Nursery received two awards with Dümmen Orange Anthurium Varieties at Green Expo 2023

Heatons Nursery concluded Green Expo in style, where it received two awards - "Best of Expo" and "Best New Product" for two of its Dümmen Orange…

Stephanie van der Walt – International Fresh Produce Association:

Annual IFPA Conference: Every session aims to be a dialogue

From August 1 to 3, leaders from every segment of the produce supply chain will convene at Cape Town's Century City conference center for the…

Henk Boers gets book on horticultural life

Henk Boers, born in Naaldwijk (73), has been active in horticulture all his life, mainly abroad in recent years. In a book to be published this month,…

Natural gas CHPs use shifts more toward regulation and emergency power

The Dutch greenhouse horticultural sector produces considerable amounts of electricity via combined heat and power units (CHPs). These small 1-5 MW power…

Florismartdirect and Webshopflowers.nl join forces

Florismartdirect and Webshopflowers.nl by Teeuwen Flowers are joining forces. Both brands will continue to operate independently but will cooperate in…

Drewry

Reefer shipping remains resilient despite 2022 trade contraction

Reefer container freight rates continue to outperform the dry cargo trade, despite an unprecedented contraction in reefer seaborne trade last year, and…