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20 ha of greenhouses damaged

Colombian rose farm hit by a hail storm

Last Tuesday, Jaroma Roses, now part of Sunshine Bouquet, was hit by a hail storm, which is very rare in Colombia. The hail damaged 20 ha of their greenhouses, that are…

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Diversity in Vietnamese horticulture shown at HortEx

Walking around at the HortEx show that is organised in Ho Chi Minh City this week, it becomes clear that the Vietnamese industry is diverse. Whereas for some growers starting…

A look in the greenhouse of Middenweg Flowers

Sky is the limit for this Dutch iris grower

"Can you make a living with irises? We cannot speak for others of course, but we are doing very well. We are growing in numbers every year and the customer is happy to pay a…

25 percent of American adults bought V-Day flowers or plants

A Valentine’s Day consumer poll commissioned by the Society of American Florists indicates a slight drop in the number of consumers who purchased holiday flowers and plants…

Record number of projects for Agrikol

Serbian greenhouse constructor spans the globe

From the singeing sun in Abu Dhabi to the harsh circumstances in Volzhsky, Russia and from a Japanese F-clean project to a glass greenhouse in Australia. There’s greenhouses…

Growing flowers in Kenya

Reducing carbon footprint and stimulating development of local communities

The world of Customs Compliance is a necessary but often overlooked component of importing and exporting goods, especially when it comes to perishables like flowers, due to…

Garden Centre Association:

"2019 was the year of the houseplant"

The category with the biggest increase in sales during last year (2019) at garden centres across the UK has been announced by the Garden Centre Association (GCA) as part of…

Hivos to present first Producer of the Year Award at IFTEX

Hivos in collaboration with flower sector stakeholders will convene the first ever “Producer of the Year Award” (POYA) as a platform to demonstrate the role of…

Special Trade Shows 2020

US (PA): Flower Show taking extra steps as coronavirus lingers

The Philadelphia Flower Show is ramping up "precautions that can be taken to reduce the spread of germs" as cases of the coronavirus continue to sprout up in the United States…

Gerben Messelink appointed as special professor of Entomology

The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research has appointed Gerben Messelink as a Special Professor Biological Pest Control in greenhouse production systems. The…

New AFE Intern of the Year recognition honors Dr. Paul Thomas

The American Floral Endowment (AFE) has announced the Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year award. Designed to recognize an outstanding…
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HRI Mugget scholar aims to improve sustainable solutions and greenhouse management practices

Annika Kohler, a first-year graduate student at Michigan State University, has been selected as the recipient of the 2019-2020 Mugget Scholarship, presented by the…

New crop protection options for Canadian growers

Nealta Miticide (cyflumetofen) has been approved for use on greenhouse and outdoor ornamental crops in Canada. Nealta is an acaricide that is labelled for spruce spider mite,…

New Starbucks in Tokyo to open in a greenhouse

Even on gloomy days, flower fanciers don’t have to forego their favourite activity as an interactive Starbucks outlet in western Tokyo provides blossom viewing opportunities…

US (CA): Carlsbad using flowers to hook more tourists into springtime stays

Every year, Carlsbad hosts more than 4 million visitors, thanks, in part, to its Legoland California theme park, its golf courses and resorts, its seven miles of beaches and…

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Allensmore Nurseries

At last the sun was shining and the roof was off today on our tunnel containing our crop of Doronicum #doronicum #sunshine #britishgrown pic.twitter.com/h2bNVSH95u —…

BioSafe Systems hires Great Lakes sales representative

BioSafe Systems has hired Jon Konya as a Technical Sales Representative in the Great Lakes region. Jon currently lives in Southwest Michigan but has done quite a bit of…

UK: NFU elects officeholder team

Minette Batters has been re-elected as President of the NFU to represent the interests of more than 46,000 farmers and growers across England and Wales. Mrs Batters, a beef…

Norbert Winkeljohann to succeed Werner Wenning as Chairman of Bayer’s Supervisory Board

Prof. Dr. Norbert Winkeljohann, 62, is to become Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bayer. As decided at the Supervisory Board meeting, Winkeljohann will succeed Werner…

Kuehne + Nagel improves result in 2019

The Kuehne + Nagel Group once again reports a considerable improvement to its results in the 2019 business year. Net turnover increased by 1.5% to CHF 21.1 billion and gross…

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