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French launch of the strawberry season

"It is a nice product, tasty and quite feminine, both delicate and fragile"

The strawberry season has started for Delphine Diot, strawberry grower in the French town of Chavagne. For Delphine, her team and the Solarenn cooperative (Saint-Armel), the…

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Using intra eco shield to protect your crops

Intrahorti, a department of Intracare, is making way in the horticultural sector. In addition to Intra Hydro pure, which growers can use for cleaning and disinfection to…

First large-scale greenhouse LED installation for Signify in Poland

Poland: Pink lights used to grow pink tomatoes

Signify has installed Philips GreenPower LED toplighting and Philips GreenPower LED interlighting in another greenhouse in Poland, this time to help grow pink tomatoes. The…

Robot Sprayer with adjustable sprayer boom launched

Based on the experience of plant protection in protected soil, as well because of close cooperation with agronomists of greenhouse complexes, the team with Walzmatic has…

Different sales channels for Biotesoro

"I used to design cars for Alfa Romeo, now I produce organic fruit and vegetables"

Salvatore Palmieri is a young entrepreneur from Policoro (Matera), Italy, with a degree in architecture and design. He is the owner of Biotesoro, a company that disposes of 10…

Cees van der Waal is self-employed grower after losing his greenhouse

"I never considered an office job"

Eight years ago, Cees van der Waal's greenhouse in Ridderkerk had to make way for buildings. "What to do now?', is what the then 47-year-old Cees asked himself. He decided not…

Soft and stone fruit demo in Serbia takes shape

Increase the harvest of soft and stone fruit 5x and increase the price that growers receive for their product by 3x. This is the aim of a Dutch soft and stone fruit demo…

2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement: Inspections, PACA, and compliance tips

In the second instalment of their webinar on the 2019 Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, the US Department of Commerce and the International Trade…

UK: "Home grown packaging to address supply chain headaches"

With the growing season underway and potential supply chain issues from importing goods from the continent, Macpac is reminding all growers to switch to them. By using Macpac as…

Government of Canada announces funding to enhance cyber security in agriculture

Canadians are more connected now than ever. The reliance on technology and systems for essential services, including the agriculture sector, require the…

Ecoation introduces Voice of the grower

Ecoation officially launched their new podcast - Voice of the Grower! The Introduction (Ep. 0) and first full length episode featuring Mucci Farms are…

AeroFarms

AeroFarms to become publicly traded with an estimated equity value of approx. $1.2 billion

AeroFarms announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company. Upon closing of the…

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Fieldwork Robotics raises £675,000 to accelerate development of harvesting robots

Portfolio company Fieldwork Robotics has raised £675,000 through an equity fundraising from existing and new investors.The proceeds will be used to support…

Canadian Valley Growers brings improved production year-round with switch to LED lights

"Crop life has been knocked down by 30%"

Canadian Valley Growers partnered with Signify to install more than 1,500 Philips brand LED toplighting grow lights over their leafy green propagation and finished production…


AeroFarms to become publicly traded with an estimated equity value of approx. $1.2 billion AeroFarms announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company. Upon closing of the transaction, AeroFarms will become publicly traded on Nasdaq, with an estimated equity value of approximately $1.2 billion, under the new ticker symbol…

WayBeyond creates five global partnerships

"Partnerships allows us to present everywhere"

Following the launch of the business on 1 February, WayBeyond is announcing the first five global partnerships as part of a push to create AgTech collaborations and accelerate…

Comparative study of tomato hybrids and inbred lines for fruit quality traits

Tomato is one of the most consumed fruit vegetables globally and is a high dietary source of minerals, fiber, carotenoids, and vitamin C. The tomato is also…

Canada exempts gene-edited plants from regulatory review

Gene-edited plants differ from traditional GMOs because the method used to modify their genetic codes differs, and they often don’t contain DNA from another…

Kochi firm develops technology to use genome editing in crops with genetic modification

A group of scientists at AgriGenome Labs in Kerala’s Kochi city has used the popular genome editing technology - CRISPR Cas9 - to change the colour of tomato…

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UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement comes into force

The UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Kenya, Theo Clarke and Cabinet Secretary for Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development, Betty Maina, today exchanged…

"Remote advice is direct and future proof"

The single greatest benefit from crop consultancy at a distance? Leo van Uffelen has no doubt: It’s the speed. The crop consultant believes that remote advice is the future in…

Produce grower-shipper surpasses 4,000 employee vaccinations

More committed than ever to ensuring a safe work environment for its employee-owners, Tanimura & Antle is proud to share that by April, more than 4,000 employees will have…

Basil continues to increase in popularity

Supplies of basil could become slimmer as the Easter holiday approaches. Camilo Penalosa of Infinite Herbs in Miami, FL says basil volume at this time of the year typically…

Study: boiler combustion optimization of vegetal crop residues from greenhouses

This work presents an alternative for adding value to greenhouse crop residues, used for (1) heating and (2) as a CO2 source. Both options are focused on…

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US: Blackout screens resolves light complaints

An issue with excessive lighting at the Toigo Organic Farms site in Middlesex Township should be resolved, according to the township, after blackout curtains were installed at…

Grow and learn: Gatewood school has a new greenhouse

Students in Gatewood’s Kids and Company, a before- and after-school child care program, planted seeds growing in the window of the greenhouse. The University of Minnesota’s…

Maine greenhouse project gives back to community

A University of Maine at Presque Isle professor and his students are working to fill the plates of others in need. Kathy McCarty has more in this week’s County Ag Report. It…

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Meanwhile in our other 2.5ha glasshouse the #Qukes are growing well despite the 10 days of torrential rain and hardly any radiation. It’s amazing to see the sun today! We…

Ugandan team develops eco-friendly packaging

A new, eco-friendly packaging developed by a Ugandan team, in collaboration with a university from the UK, could boost the incomes of Ugandan farmers and create much-needed…

UK imports of Moroccan fruit and vegetables have increased since Brexit

Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on December 31, 2020, Moroccan exports of fruit and vegetables to that nation have grown exponentially. Ever since…

But shortage expected to be short-lived

South Africa: Tomatoes suddenly in scarce supply and expensive

Quality tomatoes have been tough to find in South Africa in recent weeks, as heavy rains at the start of the year in the Limpopo valley negatively affected the…

NL: Tomato and bell pepper seed import checks begin on 1 April

As of 1 April, inspection services in the Netherlands must sample imported tomato and bell pepper seeds. That's per instruction from the Dutch Food and…

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Harvest to Home Covid-19 trends

Fresh produce annual wrap-up of 2020

As part of the Hort Innovation-funded Harvest to Home project, global information and measurement company Nielsen has produced a comprehensive wrap-up of the trends on the…

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