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Fog system allows for effortless disinfection of packing stations and processing areas

Usually, there is no activity in the warehouse of Belgium tomato grower VW Maxburg during the night. Or at least you won't find any people or tomatoes in the processing hall.…

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Australia: Costa's Guyra greenhouse expansion gets 800 kilowatt microturbine

The Guyra greenhouse facility of the Australian Costa Group will be equipped with an 800 kilowatt (kW) Signature Series microturbine. Capstone Turbine Corporation announced…

The Green House Sussex next step for UK grower Eric Wall Ltd

In 1977 Eric Wall and Hugh Stevenson began growing tomatoes at the Pollards Nursery in Barnham near Chichester, West Sussex on an area of 2.5 acres. Eric Wall Ltd was born.  Since…

Phase 4 development continues with Agroetik acquisition

Fibredust subsidiary FD Berries expands with acquisition

FibreDust LLC, producers of high-quality coir products, is excited to announce Phase 4 development of the FD Berries operation in Jalisco Mexico. Further expansion of their…

Deep propagation trays added to AIRtray assortment

AIRtray Technology by Blackmore announces the release of deep propagation AIRtrays in the sizes 144ct 1 1/5” Deep, 128ct 2” Deep, 72ct 2 5/8” Deep, 50ct 3 3/5” Deep, and 32ct…

BASF

BASF introduces ToBRFV intermediate resistant tomato variety in Mexico

For the new season in Mexico, BASF are introducing their first tomato variety with intermediate resistance against Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV). The new hybrid is…

Timo Spruijt 30MHz’s new Chief Commercial Officer

Timo Spruijt is 30MHz’s new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Together with 30MHz, Timo wants to take big steps in innovating agriculture and simplify digitalization in the…

Tomato could get genetic reboot from wild ancestor

Thousands of years ago, people in the region now known as South America began domesticating Solanum pimpinellifolium, a weedy plant with small, intensely flavored fruit. Over…

Growing blackberries more energy-efficient with LED lighting

Woody small fruit (such as blackberry and raspberry) is increasingly being grown in a tunnel or a greenhouse. This makes it easier to control the crop. Moreover, heavy rain…

Profile Products acquires sphagnum peat moss producer Sunterra Horticulture

Profile® Products, the manufacturer of HydraFiber® horticulture substrates and other leading soil and vegetation management solutions, today announced the…

Netherlands: New office villa for Axia

Axia Vegetable Seeds is getting a new office. The plan for the building has been on the shelf for almost ten years, but up until the end of last year, the company didn't get…

Special Year Overview 2020

March: COVID, COVID, COVID

In March we published what would be the last photo report of the year: the HortEx Vietnam. Following that event, more and more countries went in lockdown and due to the…

Italo's Farmer

Sicilian vegetables mainly sent to the Netherlands

"We focus on nursery gardening and the production of vegetables in a protected environment. Thanks to Italo's Farmer, a start-up created in 2016, our activities are more…

Staying on track when the path keeps zigzagging

A Second Chances Farms blog by Ajit Mathew George Sir Richard Branson is often credited with the saying, “If dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.” As the year 2020…

Luisgea

Lawmakers to debate farm law in effort to defuse blockade

Peruvian farm workers block major road, demanding better wages

Hundreds of workers from agricultural export companies in southern Peru have blocked a key highway in the country's south, stranding dozens of tractor-trailers…
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Johnny's Selected Seeds

Johnny’s Selected Seeds welcomes new VP of R&D, Kevin L Cook, PhD

Johnny’s Selected Seeds announces the promotion of Kevin L. Cook, PhD to the position of Vice President of Research & Development. In his new role, Dr. Cook will be leading…

Record number of sales for US greenhouse grower

The greenhouse growing company Edible Garden announces a record number of sales during the month of November 2020 at nearly $1 million.  "Not only was this Thanksgiving the best…

New research provides insight into interaction of CCYV and CYSDV in cucumber

Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV) and cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV) are two closely related criniviruses that often coinfect cucurbits…

Northwest Florida State College in Niceville opens culinary greenhouse

Northwest Florida State College on Thursday celebrated the grand opening of the Kay Litke Culinary Arts Greenhouse — a space where students will learn farm-to-table culinary…

US: Decades-old greenhouse renovated for high-school

Northside Learning Center High School has been busy with upgrades and additions to better serve students when they return. The school, which serves students ages 14 to 22 with…

NWF State College

Northwest Florida State College celebrates grand opening of culinary arts greenhouse

Northwest Florida State College on Thursday celebrated the grand opening of the Kay Litke Culinary Arts Greenhouse — a space where students will learn farm-to-table culinary…

Bell pepper nursery Personal Vision joins Growers United

Starting next season, Dutch bell pepper nursery Personal Vision will be a member of the Growers United cooperative. Personal Vision joins the production group bell pepper, and…

CO2 emissions per container visualized with HelloContainer

The Dutch shipping industry causes more CO2 emissions than all of the cars in the country combined. One container ship emits about the same amount of CO2 a year as 28,000…

Recording gas, water, and electricity consumption in Pylot

With 'Resources', data platform Pylot has a new functionality. Growers who use the platform can now also record and analyze the consumption of gas, water, and electricity.…

Early bird discount for fruit farmers

Fonkels Fruity line further expanded

Last season, Fonkels introduced various eco-friendly fruit trays. These apple trays and strawberry, cherry, and soft fruit punnets form part of the Fonkels Fruity line. This…

Ppy2010ha

White strawberry one of two new UF/IFAS varieties ready for harvest season

Just in time for the west-central Florida strawberry harvesting season, which runs from now until the end of March, UF/IFAS is releasing not one, but two new…

Expected to launch in 2022

Biological pesticides with better efficacy and higher consistency

BioConsortia, Inc. was started in 2014 and has been working on the development of microbial solutions for natural plant trait enhancement and yield improvement since then. “It…

The salinization of irrigation water in Almería could reduce the diversity of cultivable fruits and vegetables

The progressive salinization of the irrigation water available in Almería could jeopardize the diversity of the province's horticultural production, since it…

Turkey exports $280 million worth of tomatoes to 60 countries

In the first 11 months of 2020, Turkey's tomato exports increased by 7.5% compared with the same period last year to reach $280 million. This produce has been…

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