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The building of indoor farm Planet Farms is in progress:

"Indoor farming requires less cultivation expertise than greenhouse growing"

Along the road from Milan to Venice, a large building is being built. It's an indoor farm. According to Roel Janssen with Signify, this is going to be the most beautiful…

Vacancies:

Europe's vegetable garden buckles under virus pressure

No less than 150,000 people have to go to work every day in the Spanish greenhouse vegetable region of Almeria - but since March 14th, cars can be only occupied by two people…

"Prevention is better than cure"

An apple a day, keeps the doctor away, goes the popular proverb. The wisdom behind prevention is better than cure has been around for a long time and suggests that we need to…

Greenhouse baby bells build in volume

Supplies of baby bell peppers are coming on strong now. “Supplies were tight before. But more growing regions are coming on and supply is plentiful for all of our…

"Peat moss and growing media are essential goods"

As the entire world is battling against the propagation of the coronavirus (COVID-19), and as borders are being closed, the Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss…

7 hectares of greenhouse area not to be built at this time

Politicians rejects mega-greenhouse in Middle Franconia

It would have been an agricultural project the likes of which Fürth has hardly seen before: A Nuremberg company would like to build greenhouses on seven…

Mastering the use of substrates in hydroponics

Substrates are a key element in hydroponic systems. As growers, we must learn the needs of the hydroponic system and crop. Crops and hydroponic systems demand particular…

Whitepaper: Biological control of aphids

Aphids present growers with an increasing number of problems and Koppert is continuously working to find sustainable solutions to control a wide range of these small bugs…

CAN (ON): Seacliff Park amphitheatre to be named Sunset Stadium

Mastronardi Produce and the Municipality of Leamington have announced that the recently built amphitheatre located in Seacliff Park will be named Sunset…

Canada: Federal carbon charge increasing April 1

Effective April 1, 2020, the federal carbon charge for natural gas in Canada will increase from 3.91 ¢/m³ to 5.87 ¢/m³. The federal carbon charge rates are established in the…

Russia: Measures to avoid shortage of fresh vegetables during epidemic

The Greenhouses of Russia Association has developed recommendations for retail chains and greenhouse enterprises in order to avoid a shortage of fresh…

Ontario enabling financial relief for businesses

The Ontario Government is enabling $1.9 billion in relief for employers to reduce the financial strain on business brought on by COVID-19. The measure, which…

Special Climate

Shading screens characterization by means of wind tunnel experiments and CFD modeling

The use of shading screens in the protected cultivation sector is widespread, due to the fact they allow both to reduce the heat load and thus to control temperature, and to…

Robotic farming paving the way?

Is fully automated farming the future? It is, in fact, part of the future says Mike Zelkind, chief executive officer of 80 Acres Farms, a vertical farming company based in…

Britain-based workers needed to support UK growers

HOPS is looking for a UK workforce to help farms harvest crops that will feed the nation following the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on seasonal labour travelling from…
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UK: Preparing for SECR - tips from the experts at NFU Energy

Phase 2 of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is now complete, with the next deadline not due until 2023. However, businesses are now preparing to report under the…

Mycorrhizal Applications hires new Midwest Sales Account Manager

The team at Mycorrhizal Applications (MA) has recently gained a new Midwest Sales Account Manager, Melissa Flora. Melissa will support the continued growth and development of…

California rains impact cauliflower volumes

Cauliflower is grown in California year-round, and the market has been good recently. Mark Clogston of EpicVeg Inc. says: “There isn’t much demand for the cauliflower, but the…

Why vegetables are so expensive in Australia at the moment

$11.50 for a kilogram of broccoli. $8 a bunch for fresh celery. The price of some vegetables in Australia has gone up considerably recently. These price increases have led…

Rovensa expands its biocontrol business unit by acquiring Grupo Agrotecnología

Idai Nature, the biocontrol business unit of Rovensa, announces the acquisition of Grupo Agrotecnología. Based in Orihuela, Spain, Grupo Agrotecnología is…

Ireland: Keelings announces first Irish strawberry harvest of 2020

Irish supplier and producer of fresh fruit Keelings has announced the arrival of the first Irish strawberry harvest of 2020, with punnets now available across…

US: Western Growers expect minimal disruption to the flow of guest workers

In response to the steps taken by the State Department to increase processing of H-2A visa holders through consulates around the world – in particular, the expansion of…

LSU AgCenter posters show safe produce handling for producers, consumers

Hand-washing, social distancing and avoiding touching any part of the face are among the most prescribed recommendations across the globe for preventing the spread of…

Website and social media to redirect Western Australian students to horticulture

"Our aim is to ensure there is enough labour in the right location at the right time"

VegetablesWA has teamed up with DPIRD and several other industry bodies to tackle the ongoing issues of labour in state caused by the current travel…

Largest union in UK demands agricultural migrant workers' rights to be respected

Unite is Britain and Ireland’s largest union, with members working across all sectors of the economy. On Tuesday, it made a statement saying the rights of…

UK Government preparing to launch Land Army-style 'pick for Britain' campaign

The UK Government is preparing to launch a Land Army-style “Pick for Britain” campaign to prevent crops rotting in fields, The Telegraph understands, after ministers were…

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New platform launched to fight UK food waste

In the UK, a new platform has been launched to fight food waste. The platform, called FruPro, provides users with a free, fast and easy way to buy or sell produce with its…

Feedback provided by some operators in Southern Italy

Strawberry is early in production but slow in sales

The 2020 campaign for Italian strawberries began early, both in terms of production and quantity, given the favorable weather conditions. "Unfortunately, while household purchases…

Maraldi Sementi confirms commitment to innovative baby leaf varieties

After the field days at the beginning of December in the Piana del Sele at Valcalcer company, Maraldi Sementi presented his range of materials for Spanish and international…

Bid on fruit and vegetables processing lines and machinery

At the end of this month Industrial Auctions will organize an online auction with food machinery, but with a focus on fruit and vegetables processing machines. For example an…

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