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Kurt Becker, Dramm Corporation

"Poor water quality is responsible for higher labor, product shrink, chemical costs and missed ship dates"

It started back in the early 1940s in a basement with a florist and a gift for invention, developing a horticultural solution called the 400 Water Breaker. Nowadays, it is one…

Vacancies:

"Even light intensity at every spot in the greenhouse"

Climalux from Hoek van Holland has further developed its CLX-V1000 full-LED grow light system, which now makes it possible to illuminate certain parts of the greenhouse…

Sival comes to an end

The Sival show in Angers concluded yesterday, Thursday, January 19. The French trade show focused on innovation and the agriculture of tomorrow, which is why many…

New name and new direction: Viscon Plant Technology

Visser Horti Systems (automation for young plants), ViVi (breeding & tissue culture laboratories), and Viscon Aimfresh (industrial product development) join forces. The…

US (NY): New tomato bred to naturally resist pests and curb disease

A Cornell researcher has completed a decades-long program to develop new varieties of tomatoes that naturally resist pests and limit the transfer of viral disease by insects.…

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A Veea, Trilogy Networks, and Hurst Farms & Greenery partenership

New agriculture infrastructure platform for data-driven farming launched

Veea Inc., a provider of integrated smart edge connectivity, computing and security technologies for edge and cloud, and Trilogy Networks, a provider of an Edge Delivery…

New spray gives plants the power to self-heal

A partnership between McMaster Engineering and Suncor is working to revolutionize the agriculture industry with the invention of a new spray that gives plants the power to…

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USDA publishes strengthening organic enforcement final rule

The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) recently previewed the Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) final rule. This update to the USDA organic regulations strengthens…

Marc Lodewijks, Pack11:

"High demand from the fruit and vegetable sector for our film that top seals cardboard punnets"

In recent years, top-sealed cardboard packaging has become increasingly popular in the fruit and vegetable sector. That meant Pack11 had another hectic year. Whether it was…

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Strongest frosts in 10 years damages harvest in south Kazakhstan

Greenhouse owners complain massively about the lack of coal and its poor quality in Shymkent and Turkestan region of Kazakhstan. Coal does not provide the necessary heat to…

Special Trade Shows

Peat substitutes and fermentation residues on display at IPM

The Julius Kühn Institute will show five ongoing projects on peat substitutes in horticulture at IPM 2023 in Essen. Among the exhibits awaiting visitors are stinging nettles.…

Palestinian farmer grows strawberries under water scarcity

A Palestinian farmer is growing food in what’s known as Area C of the occupied West Bank, an area under complete Israeli control. Here, the water supply is scarce and…

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Why is lettuce getting more expensive?

If you've noticed that lettuce prices have skyrocketed recently, you're not alone. "Food prices normally fluctuate throughout the seasons or with inflation," says Nick…

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Strawberry bud weevil: Changing thresholds?

The strawberry bud weevil, Anthonomus signatus Say (also known simply as clipper), has long been considered one of the most important direct pests of strawberries in the…

New gene-editing company comes out of Calyxt and Cibus merger

Calyxt and Cibus have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The combined company will be active in two key areas of gene editing in agriculture: Productivity…

Widespread lettuce ice forming in Arizona

The Arizona and California desert region experienced strong winds early in the week, resulting in current morning temperatures dipping into the low-to mid-30°Fs, causing…
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USAID and Bayer partner to supply seeds to Ukrainian farmers in advance of the planting season

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Bayer announced a new donation of high-quality vegetable seeds to Ukrainian farmers to help address the crisis…

Dogs sniff out destructive voles to help farmers with control

In 2021, Erik Larsen, owner of a cut flower farm in the Willamette Valley, saw his crop decimated by voles. So did many farmers and ranchers in western Oregon. Voles are…

US (FL): Sun Capital affiliate completes acquisition of Fresh Origins

Sun Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Fresh Origins (or the "Company"), a market-leading grower and shipper of Microgreens and Edible Flowers…

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Update:Plants and production in soon all stages👍very very busy days ! The tomato plants come the hole today after all most two weeks of being build up under tight control.…

Succession discussion at Kwekerij van der Vleuten

"When my father retires in a few years, I would like to be able to take over the business," Joost van der Vleuten tells us. He has been working at Kwekerij van…

Duijvestijn Tomaten doubles biodiversity strip next to greenhouses

Duijvestijn Tomatoes has doubled the biodiversity strip next to its greenhouses, so they can collect even more data. The aim of the pilot is to see how the growers can ensure…

'Technical failure' or water as a result

More Dutch geothermal drilling ended by 2022

The development of geothermal heat in the Netherlands is in full swing. More and more projects are being realized, despite sometimes financial or subsidy…

Jouke Dukel about Perfect Pack Logistic

"Trusted business with a new name"

Not many people in the fruit and vegetable world are familiar with the name Perfect Pack Logistic (PPL). This Dutch company was only founded on January 1, 2022, but has a long…

Driscoll's new Sweetest Batch Strawberries is named the Zara strawberry

Driscoll's new Sweetest Batch Strawberries, named the Zara strawberry, are bright and said to be a tremendous new variety. Tasmanian-grown, the Zara variety…

"Spain is the only EU Member State that has this tax on non-reusable plastic packaging"

The new Spanish tax on non-reusable plastic packaging, included in Law 7/2022 of April 8 on Waste, Contaminated Land, and Circular Economy, which entered into…

Jan Reymers, managing director of Gemüsehandel Reymers, offers iceberg lettuce from Spain

"For a long time, iceberg lettuce was much too cheap"

Both in summer and winter, iceberg lettuce is the mainstay of Gemüsehandel Reymers Ltd at the Hamburg wholesale market. "For a long time, iceberg lettuce was much too cheap.…

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