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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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Auctioneer Amerik de Best, Royal FloraHolland

Alstroemerias a cut above at the auction clock

It was one of the first product groups for which the Royal FloraHolland supply regulation stopped, and so far this group is performing well on the clock. The product in…

9-12 June 2020

NL: Danziger organizes Open House Event at Imperial Plants

2021 is a big year for Danziger. The company will be featuring new series, innovative novelties and progressive programs, all with one goal: to provide solutions for growers,…

Bridge Greenhouses

"Adopting biomass heating will allow your business big savings and a healthy income"

The prospect of big savings and generating a healthy income paired, with environmental legislation and net-zero emissions targets have spawned many biomass installations…

Hort Americas

Video Mastering ornamentals in a controlled environment

A new Hort Americas video takes a look at growing ornamentals in a controlled environment such as a greenhouse. Orchids and other ornamentals can all be grown in greenhouses…

What makes a fertilizer high-grade?

Quality is highly important to Prayon, a fertilizer producer. More fertilizers have been sold than in recent years, so it is important to keep stock and…

Kenya: How PJ Dave Group is adapting to the new situation

Flowers are God's most beautiful creations and the multi-billion dollar industry is hit hard during the COVID-19 crisis. Shabistan Khan has conducted a series of interviews with…

CEO Yolande van den Boom leaves MPS after four years

These are incredibly challenging times for the horticulture sector. The corona crisis has hit many companies hard, and we are all making a concerted effort to get our sector…

Buwatec helping clients digitally:

Downloading water tanks from across the world

“Several months ago we received an order from Qatar, for large water tanks,” tells Pieter Versluis with Buwatec. The Dutch water storage system manufacturer normally works…

Special Starting Material

Experience FlowerTrials from home

PanAmerican Seed organizes FlowerSTREAM

PanAmerican Seed announces a virtual way to explore its top new product introductions from FlowerTrials through FlowerSTREAM – a one-hour webinar experience with PanAmerican…

Royal Van Zanten

Royal Van Zanten on the impact of COVID-19

The coronavirus is having a huge global impact. Unfortunately, it has claimed many victims and is spreading to every continent. The health of everyone is a top priority, and…

Symphonie des Roses

Canadian eternity roses company donates flowers to elderly COVID victims

Symphonie des Roses has donated over $10,000 worth of roses to the residents and staff of the Lynn Valley Care Centre in Vancouver, Canada. For almost 60 years, the Lynn…

Interflora Australia

Australia: Demand for local flowers grows during COVID-19

Before COVID-19 struck, almost half the flowers sold in Australia were flown in from countries such as Kenya and Colombia, but lockdowns have effectively grounded air…

Dart Group sells Fowler Welch division for £98 million

Dart Group Plc, a holding company based in Leeds, England, has completed the sale of its distribution and logistics business Fowler Welch to Culina Group for gross cash of £98…

e-GRO puts spotlight on nutritional monitoring

In their latest alert, e-GRO is highlighting bougainvillea, coleus, crossandra, delphinium, ipomoea, mini-pot rose, and pentas production. Seven new nutrient…

Doing business in Tanzania: updates regarding COVID-19

The outbreak of COVID-19 has consequences for entrepreneurs doing business in or with Tanzania. The Dutch government provides an overview of useful information…


TomaTech and Plantfactory present new tomato varieties "In order to be commercially interesting, varieties need to suit growers' wishes as well" Eight years ago, TomaTech's specialties were already popular among trade and retail companies, and their Sugar Drop tomato has been on British supermarket shelves for almost the same period. When expanding their portfolio - this year there are more than 190 varieties grown in the TomaTech demo greenhouse - the breeding company…

China: This park in Chongming will provide more than 100 kinds of flowers for the Flower Expo

What can be produced on the mechanical assembly line in the industrial workshop? Furniture, toys, daily necessities, electronic products... regardless of product form, these…

Delta operating Asia cargo flights from three U.S. gateways

Delta has updated its Asia-U.S. cargo-only flights schedule. In June, the airline will fly daily from Seoul-Incheon to Detroit, four-times weekly from Incheon to Los Angeles…

Turkish Cut Flowers Association Chairman requests 4 measures to keep flower growers in business during Covid19 outbreak

Speaking on TV, Cut Flowers Association Chairman Ismail Yilmaz requested 4 measures to keep the sector alive in the country. Ismail Yilmaz: “The cut flower and ornamental…

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India: Flower business in Karnataka wilts

COVID-19 has literally nipped flowers in the bud. More than 2,000 floriculturists in Bengaluru Rural have suffered huge losses — estimated to be Rs 360 crore [50 million USD]…

April 2020: again a great weight loss for worldwide air cargo

Back in February, the world looked reasonably normal. Today, we wonder whether ‘normal’ will ever return, as air cargo markets have been uprooted like never before. Market…

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Grainger’s Antique Rose ...... Gorgeous 😊 pic.twitter.com/dYKt3yKVoG — Fibrex Nurseries (@FibrexNurseries) June 3, 2020

Turkish cut flower exporters set their eyes on Spain and Italy

Turkish cut flower exporters had set the target for 2020 as 125 million USD after surpassing the 100 million USD threshold for the first time in its history. However, the…

Bank of Uganda

Uganda sees flower exports go down

Both exports and imports declined for the second month running, according to data from Bank of Uganda. This, according to the Central Bank, resulted from the global economic…

First steps to using viruses for gene editing in plants

Bestowing crops with pest-resistant and climate-resistant traits is a driving force to protect humanity’s precious food resources. Despite evidence that demonstrates…

Turkey: Rose growers in Adana complain that their profit margins are too small

Rose growers in Adana complain that their profit margins are too small and that there is a big gap between their sale price and the retail price at the florists. The growers…

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