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Friday, April 24, 2020

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at Edward Baarda, tomatoes grow on aerated nutrient solution

No substrates at all in commercial UK tomato greenhouse

The Phytoponics' Deep Water Culture solutions are configured around grow modules which enable fully controlled soilless growing conditions without the need for additional…

doing business internationally during the coronavirus

"It’s essential for our men to be present at the projects"

Companies that have been deemed essential, have more privileges than others. Especially companies that contribute to the fresh food production, are allowed more to be able to…

Erdem Varer, Plant Factory:

TR: “If the seeds are our only problem, we're on the right track”

“It’s true to say that we are not just an agricultural company, but an engineering company and we wanted to make a strong statement on the development side. All of our growing…

A decade of LED research: the power of the spectrum

Ten years ago, the world of horticultural lighting was a different place. LEDs were new, exotic and unproven but the potential was there. A handful of LED companies with…

BC kicks off production of organic greenhouse grown peppers and TOVs

Production of organic bell peppers and organic tomatoes-on-the-vine has just started at OriginO’s greenhouses in Delta, British Columbia. “The growing season started in…

Johannes Dick on the situation of producers in the Corona crisis:

"Some marketing personnel lack all consideration and knowledge of the situation"

Four weeks ago there was still a certain amount of concern about the producers, but now they are often pilloried," says Johannes Dick from the herb cultivation company of the…

Artemis celebrates 5th birthday

This week we’re celebrating our 5th birthday! I could not be more proud of our team for leading us through this incredible journey. While this year certainly feels very different than in the past, it’s more clear than ever that agriculture is going digital…

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Expo AgroAlimentaria set to be held as planned

With events being canceled all over the world, the organizers of the Expo AgroAlimentaria want to let their visitors and exhibitors know that the show will continue as…

"Nutrients and plant resilience? A very simple mechanism"

Growers are slowly beginning to realize just how important the right nutrients are to the resilience and health of crops. It demands a shift in thinking, from curative to…

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ec2ce offers integral solution

Artificial intelligence for predictive supply chain management

Supply chains have experienced enormous changes over the past decades, and integrating decisions have been made in different departments like production, packaging, logistics…

Shaun McLean - Les Turriff

From zero to 1200 home deliveries in just a few weeks

Life has changed quite drastically in the last month for Les Turriff, a Dundee based company who have been supplying fresh produce to the east of Scotland for more than 30…


Jason Talmage “Feminized seeds run the risk of catastrophic failure” Back in the 1980s, the landscape of cannabis growing was inevitably changed by the discovery of how to make feminized seeds. As every cannabis grower knows, only female cannabis plants produce flowers, while male plants are just used to make the pollen necessary for female plants to produce flowers with seeds. This…

Today's important COVID-19 news in the fresh produce sector

Corona update: Organic food stuffs get coronavirus boost

In the last update article of this week, we look at the US, where Arizona growers are worried about their future, which would put fruit and vegetables in short supply locally.…

Optimal combination of propagation medium and fogging duration enhances strawberry daughter plants

Runner propagation is an important process in strawberry cultivation, which influences plant survival and fruit yield during the commercial production. In South Korea, this…

Short-term effects of changing soil management practices in greenhouses

The short-term responses of soil quality indicators are important for assessing the effects of new management practices and addressing threats to crop yields in greenhouses.…

USA (PA): Woman feeds neighbourhood using her own backyard

It looks like a typical home on a residential block in West Oak Lane, until you see the backyard. A woman in Philadelphia plans to feed her whole neighbourhood using her own…

US (GA): Student community farm continues to provide produce to those in need

At UGArden, the University of Georgia’s student community farm, plots of lettuce, kale, beets, carrots and greens planted during the winter wait to be harvested. Despite the…

Finland tackles seasonal worker shortage

The coronavirus crisis is making it difficult to find employees for rural areas in Finland. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and…

Vertical farms see surge in demand for greens grown indoors

Indoor, urban vertical farms, which grow produce in warehouses with tightly controlled climate and light conditions, are seeing a surge in demand that could signal a lasting…

BelOrta celebrates 70th birthday of its clock auction

Today, clock sales are an integral part of horticultural auctions. 70 years ago, the very first clock sale took place at the then Mechelen Horticultural Auction in…

Shade nets improve the antioxidant levels of organic tomatoes

Researchers from the University of Almería headed by Ignacio Fernández de las Nieves have studied the impact of shade nets on the nutritional value of organic…

From Boer creative with pesto

It was a painful scream for help, in March: "We're stuck with 15,000 heads of lettuce per day". Eighty per cent of the sales of From Boer, the lettuce growing company of Arjan…

EU Commission announces exceptional measures to support the agri-food sector

The Commission is taking swift action and proposes additional exceptional measures to further support agricultural and food markets most affected. The EU…

Kenya & the Netherlands agree to two flights weekly

In a statement released by the Dutch embassy in Nairobi, dated April 20, 2020, the European nation expressed its desire to maintain strong trade links with…

Retail produce report week ending April 12

US vegetable sales growth almost 20% higher than fruit growth

Produce sales at retail remained highly elevated during the week ending April 12, while the demand from foodservice continued to be far below normal levels. 210 Analytics, IRI…

Pantries are padded with produce as North Americans prepare for COVID-19 long haul

Much like the sentiment felt among European consumers, many North Americans expect the impact of the coronavirus to last for quite some time. That means the inordinate rise of…

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More than 90% of vegetables grown in central region Dominican Republic are rotting

More than 90% of the open field vegetables grown in Constanza are being lost. Growers are concerned with the “slowness” with which the government has been…

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