CEA seed development program is vastly different from open field

The start of Sakata Seed’s Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) department a few years ago wasn’t intentional at the beginning. “We received a lot…

1,5 ha tea greenhouse nears completion in Shangdong

China is the largest tea-growing country in the world, and in Shangdong, growing tea is a tradition. However, export is low due to residues of chemical…

Petra Molenaar, Vreugdenhil Young Plants:

"Our own vegetable plant brand stands strong"

Every nursery is different, but few nurseries have as much to see as at Burgemeester Crezeelaan 12 in De Lier, Netherlands, around the start of spring.…

'Fit for 55' climate package

"Greenhouses to leave Europe due to stricter CO2 rules"

The European Parliament agreed on Tuesday, April 18, to a strengthened EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and CO2 levy on imports (CBAM). In doing so, after two…

Zentralverband Gartenbau criticizes new legislation

"Energy efficiency law fuels structural change"

The German Horticultural Association (Zentralverband Gartenbau - ZVG) takes an extremely critical view of the law to increase energy efficiency in Germany…

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Morocco ranked third in global tomato exports

Tomatoes are the main export category for Morocco, and the country has been steadily increasing the volume of tomato exports for several years,…

India: Nutrifresh carries out sustainable initiatives in hydroponic farming

Pune-based Agritech startup Nutrifresh is focused on reducing the carbon footprint and promoting sustainability. Environmental sustainability is…

Spain: tomato acreage in Extremadura will increase by 3,000 hectares this year

The producers of the Community of Irrigators of Orellana, which received support irrigation last week, will have three more days of irrigation, from April 24…

Timely release of predatory mites against thrips in strawberry

Thrips have the potential to cause major yield and quality issues in protected strawberry crops. For many years growers already rely on the predatory…

Village Farms's stock price too low, receives notification of non-compliance from Nasdaq

Village Farms received notification from The Nasdaq Stock Market that it is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement as the bid price for the…

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How to calculate fertilizer rates?

Did you know just as with pH, each type of plant has a preferred Electrical conductivity (EC) range within which it can thrive? In general, though, if…

Grow-tec:

Israeli company promises over 10 times higher yield compared to greenhouse grown tomatoes and cucumbers

Indoor vertical vegetable farming that offers yields of between 10-20 times more than existing alternatives is not the future but a current reality in…

US neonicotinoid regulation update

The proposed neonicitinoids (neonic) regulations have been reviewed by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and were completed on April 12, 2023. The…

Pickle cucumbers making inroads into fresh market

“We’re the third largest grower-packer of pickles in North America, and it’s something we’re proud of,” says Carmen Bartucci with CanAm Fresh. While…

Supply chain troubles are costing UK businesses £12 billion every year

Supply chain issues have cost the UK and eurozone around a year’s worth of GDP growth. New data indicates that the UK currently forfeits more than £12 billion…

Costa Group overseas berry acreage now larger than Australian fields

When Australian fresh produce grower-marketer Costa Group was listed on the stock market in 2015, the company had the ambition to strengthen its global…

Via new management systems like hydroponics

International companies to strengthen the Mexican blueberry industry

Numerous companies related to the new management systems in blueberry cultivation will participate in the XXVI International Blueberry Seminar that will take…

Sale of fruits and vegetables exceeds R$ 60 billion in main Brazilian supply centers

The movement of fruits and vegetables during the last year in the wholesale markets was stable in relation to that registered in 2021, reaching 17.5 million…

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UK: Hectares of polytunnels planned for farm between Chichester and Bognor Regis

The application was given the nod during a meeting of the planning committee on Wednesday (April 19). With members split equally for and against the…

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US (CO): Chili pepper fossil discovery may upend evolutionary timeline

Fossilized plants can provide much information about plant diversification and the planet’s geography and evolution. Researchers have discovered an…

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How sewage could provide the answer to the UK's salad supply shortages

A British company believes sewage could provide the solution to the UK's salad supply shortages as a huge rise in wholesale gas prices has impacted…

UK horticulture sector warns House of Lords of market failure

Market failure is an issue for fruit and vegetables, with disparities between what the shopper is paying and farmgate prices, Ali Capper told a House of Lords…

Organic grower plants again after finding clavibacter in tomato greenhouse

Organic grower BioVerbeek has planted tomatoes again in recent days. After planting 5 hectares in January, clavibacter was found four weeks later. After…

President Erdoğan refutes rising cost of living problem in Türkiye

During a rally that was held yesterday in Denizli province, Turkish president Erdoğan has denied there is an ‘expensive onion, potato or cucumber problem’ in…

Reviving Ghana’s fresh chili pepper export industry

A commercial trial production of chili in net houses by GIRSAL

GIRSAL, USAID Ghana Trade and Investment Activity, VegPro Kenya, and other partners have initiated a pilot project to grow and export chili pepper…

Gloucestershire farmer in desperate need of pickers for the season

Martin Haines said that post-Brexit, he lost more than half of his permanent staff at Castle Gardens in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. Also, according to…

In cooperation with ZON:

Dutch cucumbers also offered via weekly mediation from Monday, April 24

Kompany, in collaboration with ZON, has decided to offer cucumbers via weekly mediation from next Monday, April 24. "With this, we are making weekly sales…

Varend Corso participation

More geothermal heath for Westland, Netherlands

Last year, the joint members of Coöperatie Aardwarmtebeheer Nederland and Coöperatie InfraCo in the Westland region again supplied more heat to…

Status of Almeria's greenhouse crops in mid-April:

Producers in the West of Almeria continue to uproot the already depleted pepper plantations

The Agricultural and Fisheries Information Service of the Junta de Andalucía has made a new update on the status of Almeria's greenhouse crops, corresponding…

Macfrut 2023: historical edition for the Consorzio di Tutela del Pomodoro di Pachino Igp

The Sicilian Pachino tomato sector is looking ahead to more foreign markets

Over the past 20 years, the Pachino PGI Consortium has focused on promoting and enhancing the product mainly on the domestic market, with great efforts…