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Major developments in Mexican tomato and berry production

Since the birth of NAFTA in 1994, agriculture production in Mexico has more than doubled and the country continues experiencing tremendous production growth, now under the…

final day of Horti China:

"Chinese consumer demand for high-quality, delicious tomatoes also grows"

Today is the final day of the Horti China show, which takes place in Qingdao. Exhibitors at the show explain how the rising living standards ensure a high interest in the…

Elita gives birth to daughter

A new flower is blooming!

Today we have the best news to share with you all. Yesterday, FloralDaily editor Elita Vellekoop gave birth to her beautiful daughter Lua Nicole Daemen. The brand new family is…

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UK grower harvests 839 tomatoes from a single stem

By harvesting 839 tomatoes from one single stem, a UK grower goes for a Guinness World Record attempt. The current world record is 488, says UK grower Douglas Smith, who is…

"Without container steaming, year-round strawberry cultivation would not be possible"

If you want to cultivate strawberries year-round, you must regularly steam your containers. They do this every two months at Kwekerij Loos in the Netherlands. Wymo Venlo steams…

Healthy Hydroponics analyzes microbiomes from vegetable, fruit, and cannabis growers

"Helpful microbes, happy plants"

A large-scale microbiome project across 12 commercial hydroponic farms in Canada has been ongoing since September 2020. The project, Healthy Hydroponics, is led by Metagenom…

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"I was a hydroponic expert, but I could not ignore the aquaculture side"

The waterwise and environmentally-friendly aquaponics farming method used at FinLeaf Farm maximizes productivity on a small two-hectare piece of land and could be the answer…

Grow and eat your own vaccines?

The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm. UC Riverside scientists are studying whether they can turn edible plants like lettuce…

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Remy 108 Ltd:

Customer support from fixture selection to growing

“In industrial lighting installation, the excitement is in the planning and installation. But in agronomic lighting, the most exciting part is post-installation,” says Elad…

packaging activities united and certificated

Dutch tomato growers switch to cucumber crop

After completion of the new Growers United Maasdijk packaging site, the packaging activities of Prominent Maasland, Green Diamonds Packing, DC Sweetpoint and Purple Pride were…

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Japan: Genome-edited tomato goes on shelves

A start-up launched at the University of Tsukuba has started selling a tomato variety developed with genome editing technology, the first food product of this kind ever to be…

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Boosting the development of disinfection solutions for flower and vegetable seeds

PETKUS-Selecta, a company for total solutions in fine seeds, and VitalFluid, active in plasma applications, have joint forces last summer with signing a key-partner agreement.…

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Using a CRISPR/Cas9 system in vegetatively propagated berry crops

Fruit and berry crops, as well as grapes, are important parts of the human diet and, at the same time, significant objects of genetic, breeding, biochemical and nutritional…

New line of organic fresh herbs unveiled

Duncan Family Farms, a fourth-generation multi-regional certified organic farm and grower of baby leaf items, is proud to announce the launch of its organic fresh herb line.…

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Vietnam and Belgium boost agricultural trade

Within the framework of the working visit to the European Union (EU) and Belgium by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, on…

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Vacant lot in South Dallas food desert transformed into urban farm for new growers

A vacant lot near a Dallas Area Rapid Transit station in South Dallas will soon come to life as an urban farm. And that is just planting a seed for more. Restorative Farms, a…

US Department of Labor announces $7 mln funding to combat child and forced labor abuses in Mexico

The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the availability of $7 million in grant funding to combat child and forced labor abuses in Mexico’s chilli pepper…

Agtech company lands 116m funding to scale microbial platform

AgBiome, an agricultural technology firm that harnesses plant microbiomes to develop novel crop protection products, has landed $116 million in funding. The…

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Oregon farmers who grow 60% of world’s carrot seed stay without water for weeks

Phil Fine stands in a parched field and watches a harvester gnaw through his carrot seed crop, spitting clouds of dust in its wake. Cracked dirt lines, empty irrigation…

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New study shows how Colorado greenhouses benefit from solar energy

"Profitable, clean, and efficient farming starts with renewable energy sources"

Energy is essential to agriculture, from fuel needed to operate machinery to the electricity necessary to heat or cool livestock and greenhouses. Most of this…

Stronger lettuce stems are a key part of disease resistance

Lettuce drop is a lettuce disease that results in browning or wilting of leaves, plant collapse, and death. The disease has not been well-researched, but a new study shows…

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Athena continues exclusive partnership with Way To Grow

"We’re excited to continue expanding our brands together in offering premium products"

Athena, a vertically integrated formulator, manufacturer of liquid and dry fertilizer blends designed for commercial cultivators, announces their continued partnership with…

US company provides high-tech growers with plant-based packaging

The North American provider of earth-friendly plant-based products, good Natured Products,  continues to grow its market traction with food producers who are taking a fresh approach…
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Vertically cultivated mushrooms are blossoming in Brussels’ cellars

“Once the summer break is over, our 10 growing rooms, consisting of 1000m2 in total, will be fully occupied and deliver 1000kg of mushrooms a month in total for 4000kg coffee…

European Union to allocate €5 bln for countries & companies affected by Brexit

The European Union is set to allocate €5 billion until 2025 to all countries and companies that have been affected by the UK’s withdrawal agreement. In an…

Belgian company develops sustainable packaging

New fruit and vegetable punnet

Smart Packaging Solutions has introduced a new fruit and vegetable punnet. The solid cardboard packaging is strong, circular, and easy to handle. It is a sustainable,…

Henri Schockman (Levarht) about exciting Dutch greenhouse vegetable season finale:

"Good prices for tomatoes, collapsed bell pepper market, flat cucumber season"

Last year, the weather was hot at the beginning of August. That disrupted Dutch greenhouse vegetable supplies. This year's summer was, however, rather flat and stable. That…

More absenteeism and 55+ year olds, fewer young people in greenhouse horticulture

The proportion of workers aged 55 and over continues to increase, also in greenhouse horticulture. This has been revealed by the fact sheets on safe, healthy, and vital work…

Mythronics

Start-up develops robot doctor and dreams of harvesting robot

"If a disease breaks out somewhere in a greenhouse and you react quickly, you can still save a large part of the harvest." Growers know this, but so do Soheil Jananshahi and…

Growing Queensland’s online agri-food sales capability

The Palaszczuk Government is helping Ipswich and Toowoomba business to upskill producers and suppliers in e-commerce and support agriculture jobs. Member for…

Agricultural biotechnology center being built in Almeria

Kimitec, a company dedicated to researching, developing, and commercializing biopesticides, prebiotic biostimulants, and probiotics, has invested 50 million…

German industry unites at DOGK 2021

At the 11th German Fruit and Vegetable Congress, which took place in Düsseldorf from September 13 to 14, many different representatives of the entire industry again met. At…

UTA to use tiny sensors to track bugs and combat infestations

The University of Texas at Arlington is helping develop tiny sensors that attach to insects, tracking their movements and life cycles in an effort to combat…

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