If you cannot read this newsletter, click here to view it in your browser.

Hortidaily.com

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Any News?

If you want to share your company news with the entire floriculture industry, please send us a press release or contact our editorial staff. We will publish your news free of charge.

Elita
Elita Vellekoop
Email

Annet
Annet Breure
Email

Eddy
Eddy Huijsmans
Email

Geert
Geert Peeters
Email

Jan Jacob Mekes
Email

Job Offers

Farm Manager - Queensland Plants & Flowers, Australia

Teeltspecialist (Proeftuin & Veredeling) - Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands

Farm Manager - Riana, Tasmania, Australia

Industry Development Manager - Rocklea, Australia

Commercial Manager | Huelva, Spain | Soft Fruits

Farm manager / Senior grower seeking for his next role

Fruit Export Junior Sales Manager (Europe Division)

Crop Team Manager Hydroponics - USA

Plant Production Scientist - Brooklyn (New York) USA

Horticultural Sales Manager - Fruit Industy, Europe

FlowerTrials 2020 cancelled

The situation in regard to the COVID-19 virus develops daily, if not hourly. The industry and the whole world is constantly being faced with a new and changing reality, one…

Update of Dutch Ministry of Agriculture shared by Royal FloraHolland

Impact COVID-19 per exporting country

The impact of COVID-19 on the flower industry is serious. Flower exports from Colombia and Ecuador decreased by 80% and are expected to be 100% in the coming week. The U.S.,…

Great challenges ahead for Colombia’s flower growing sector

The president of the Colombian Association of Flower Exporters, Asocolflores, Augusto Solano, announced that as a result of the pandemic that the world is currently facing,…

Groot & Groot offers employees work and housing year round

Groot & Groot is intending to, in cooperation with two production companies in the vicinity, offer a group of employees work and housing year round. For this purpose, a new…

It differs per country

Floral Industry, considered as essential or non-essential?

First it was the panic buying of toilet rolls, then staples like rice, pasta and meat — now it's spread to the nursery industry as demand for edible plants and…

DVFlora temporarily closes down temporarily

DVFlora has decided to temporarily shut down due to the measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the US. Jack Chidester, President and CEO of DVFG,…

NL: Qualily buys greenhouse from chrysanthemum grower Laurens van der Lans

Qualily, the company of Ruud van der Hoeven and Raymond Vijverberg, had already for some time the ambition to centralize further and to grow more. After visiting various…

Plantarium aims for business recovery after the coronavirus crisis

Promoting trade in ornamental plant products is Plantarium's most important mission. This is more important now than ever, as many companies are in dire straits due to the…

Special Climate

Demonstration trial reduced CO2 dosing

CO2 supply in a greenhouse promotes crop growth. In the future the supply of CO2 has to be reduced considerably because the availability of CO2 from industry will be reduced…

COVID-19 resources for the floral industry

Due to the unprecedented disruptions facing the mass-market floral industry because of COVID-19, PMA is postponing all currently scheduled in-person floral…

Upcoming book highlights orchids in the Netherlands

Most books on Orchids give an overview of which species are present in specific geographical range, but lack information on their ecology or further biological context. The…

Survey reveals the true horror of coronavirus pandemic to the ornamental horticulture industry

Sales for ornamentals growers are expected to be down around 50% this year with some expecting a far greater fall in sales. 96% of countries responding predict…

Kenya approves roll out of Google Loon 4G to mitigate coronavirus work disruptions

President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the approval of Google Loon Services in Kenya to enable universal 4G data coverage in the country. He said the approval was in line with…

"Flower disinfectant also kills coronavirus"

Cut flower handling facilities can accumulate decaying plant materials that can act as breeding grounds for microbes (bacteria and fungi). These microbes can…

Veiling Rhein-Maas: Auction will be held until further notice

In the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus, the Federal and State Governments have agreed on uniform rules for all of Germany. From Monday, 23 March 2020, a…

SBM Life Science appoints Scott Lazarczyk as president of North America region

As SBM Life Science continues its North American growth strategy, the company entrusts the leadership of its North America Region to Mr. Scott Lazarczyk. Scott…

the coronavirus and the glasshouse industry

"We can build on hygiene procedures, now focussing on staff health"

In the new world of Covid-19, one thing is for sure, the safety of employees comes first. Infecting them through fellow employees endangers their health and…


'Blueberry used to be an extensive crop, but is becoming more and more intensive" “The blueberry cultivation is growing rapidly around the world, and together with it the demand for coco substrate”, Wim Roosen from Dutch Plantin says. Blueberry used to be an open field crop, but most of the new projects are using hydroponic growing techniques, offering new opportunities and of course new challenges. Hectares…

BFA shares information for florists on COVID-19

The British Florist Association has published updated information on Covid-19 and your business. Read the points below that apply to you but please note that…

The effect of salinity on the growth of lavender species

Long term degradation of water quality from natural resources has led to the use of alternative water resources for irrigation that are saline. Saline water irrigation in…

Wageningen University & Research again ranked best agricultural university in the world

Wageningen University & Research has been pronounced the world's best agricultural university for the fourth consecutive year. WUR outranks American university UC Davis and…

The ‘inseparable bond’ between Hawaiian culture and native plants

The 17 goals agreed by the global community to reduce poverty and create a sustainable planet are the responsibility of all people, wherever they are in the world, according…

Today on social media

@FibrexNurseries

Fibrex Nurseries

Even the MD has to work sometimes.. 😂Here’s Richard clearing off old fronds in the fern collection. This will be looking fab soon, with all the new young fronds about to…

Annual report American Floral Endowment

The American Floral Endowment released its annual report, in which research projects, education and travel grants and scholarships are named, and new projects are announced. Read…

US (NC): A flower farmer innovates; a farmers market opens with caution

This is the time of tulips. This is the time of coronavirus, and Emily Copus, the grower behind Carolina Flowers, has a crop of about 8,000 tulips she needs to sell. Tulips are…

Funny

Unsubscribe

Copyright (C) 2020 Floraldaily.