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Record-breaking year for Canadian greenhouse builder

The year held many firsts for South Essex Fabricating, a premier greenhouse builder based in Leamington, Ontario. Established in 1994 and initially specializing in the…

Vacancies:

Dutch cucumber grower expands with lighted cultivation

Cucumber grower Reijm en Zn. BV, which consists of Piet, Jaap, and Jan Reijm, expands with the acquisition of a tomato farm from brothers Wilfred and Vincent van Winden in…

Transition to a plastic free crop clip system: now or later?

Many horticultural businesses are in the middle of the crop change or it has already been done. This also means that the used crop gets shredded and removed. These crop…

Improved Macrolophus-System packaging delivers host of grower benefits

As part of its continuous product improvement programme, Biobest has redesigned the packaging for its popular Macrolophus-System, which is widely deployed against a number of…

100% of the shares

Horticoop acquires Smartcoat

Horticoop B.V. will take over Finoxa’s shareholding in Smartcoat B.V. (20%) by the end of 2020. The producer of shading agents will be wholly owned by Horticoop B.V. Smartcoat,…

COAG denounces irregularities in the payment of tariffs on Moroccan agricultural products

"Spanish and French ports are an uncontrolled gateway for fruit and vegetables from third countries"

The Coordinator of Agricultural Producer and Livestock Organizations (COAG) has submitted a formal complaint to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), claiming to have…

CEA growers might miss out on UV light benefits

“CEA agriculture has increased in importance in 2020, with restraints on traveling, shipping and transportation,” says Triston Hooks, Research Associate at Texas A&M AgriLife.…

UK farmers turn to robots to plug labour shortages

The Financial Times reports that, as Christmas approaches at the Melrow nursery in Merseyside, north-west England, one worker wants no holiday, has no concerns about catching…

CAN (NS): Carbon-neutral greenhouse facility coming to Cape Breton University

Cape Breton University (CBU) and ViaTalenta Group Ltd (VTG), with its Americas headquarters in Canada, are delighted to announce their collaboration to foster economic growth…

Scarab Solutions

Five simple control methods to ensure effective Mealybug management

"Early intervention is key to avoid a costly infestation"

Mealybugs pose a serious threat to growers in warmer climates as they can significantly reduce the productivity and yield of greenhouse crops. But…

The EC forecasts Spanish tomato production will decrease by 20% between 2020 and 2030

According to data from the EU's Agricultural Outlook Report for 2020-2030, which was recently published by the European Commission, Europe's apple production…

Carnegie Mellon University

The salad days of AI

Nidhi Jain has never had much luck growing plants. "I've tried to work with plants, but they didn't want to work with me," said the senior computer science major from…

Special Year Overview 2020

October 16-30th

Automation top of mind in October

In October the GreenTech was set to take place and this did happen, yet not in person but digitally. Fortunately the horticultural industry as a whole is becoming more and…

€1.8 mln investment at Flynn's Irish Tomatoes

MF Nurseries, trading as Flynn's Irish Tomatoes, is to spend €1.8 mln on a major expansion of its tomato growing facility at Balheary, Swords in County Dublin.…

Cleverson Matiolli

Plants have a body clock as well research shows

This research highlights a single letter change in their DNA code can potentially decide whether a plant is a lark or a night owl. The findings may help farmers and crop…
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All things must come to an end

But honestly, still looking good after three weeks? Wow. Source: youtube.com  

Hydrologic Purification Systems

The practice of maintaining a water filter

Let’s be honest, 2020 was weird but, the practice of maintaining a water filter is not. There are a couple of things about water filtering during the “winter downtime,” if…

and how technology can help changing this

How climate change can threaten food production in Singapore

While some cheer the cool weather when storms hit Singapore, 40-year-old farmer Chai Nian Kun says to himself: “Jialat” – an expression of concern over what is to come. Heavy…

Greenhouses offer tools to fight foodborne illnesses

A government report found about 9 million people get sick and more than 1,300 people die every year from eating contaminated food. The report gathered data from the Food and…

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We finished planting the second half of the greenhouse this week the first half we planted a couple weeks ago are really starting to grow pic.twitter.com/eepLLt1N6j — George…

Leen van der Zwan, R. Van der Zwan Transport

"Getting to the other side in an hour and 15 minutes no longer an option for now"

It is busy at the moment on the road to the United Kingdom. Many companies seem to want to quickly transfer their products to the other side before Brexit. “It is especially busy…

IFAPA considers chayote a good alternative for Almeria's greenhouses

Chayote, also known as Chilean squash, is a superfood that is becoming increasingly available in Spanish supermarkets. This South American fruit has a high…

Jan-Willem Passer, Karpack:

Construction starts on new building for Karpack in Roosendaal

  On Wednesday, the first pile for the new Karpack Verpakkingen building went into the ground at Roosendaal on the Borchwerf. Director Jan-Willem Passer symbolically drove the first pole…

Agriculture accounts for disproportionate share of investigations and violations

70 percent of US farm labor investigations record violations

According to data analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, between 2000 and 2019, the federal Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour…

Pakistan tomato imports add to growers’ losses amid cold wave forecast

Pakistani growers are staging protest demonstrations against the government’s decision to import tomatoes from neighbor Iran at a time when local crop is…

Scottish growers used more land for fruit and vegetables in 2020

The results from this year’s June agricultural census show a 13% increase in the amount of land used to grow vegetables for human consumption to just under…

US retail sales report

November produce sales continue to track ahead

November sales are dominated by the all important Thanksgiving holiday — one of the largest retail opportunities in produce and many other retail departments. This makes it a…

Limited supply leads to skyrocketing prices for Russian greenhouse tomatoes

Greenhouse companies in the Russian Federation continue to increase prices for tomatoes. Their decision is based on a noticeable reduction in the supply of…

The technique allows increasing productivity and profitability by 30 to 50%

Hydroponics gains ground in Argentina

Soil degradation as a consequence of unsustainable management and inappropriate practices have positioned hydroponics and substrate cultivation as alternative…

Jan Strijbos, Prins Verpakkingstechniek:

"The packaging configurator makes finding the right packaging a lot easier"

A new packaging configurator can be found on the Prins Packaging Technology website. “We notice that when customers request a packaging machine, they sometimes do not really…

US total fresh-market vegetable shipments and prices, 2000-20

According to recent US total fresh-market vegetable shipments and price data, the 2020 price index stands at roughly 140 percent of 2011, with shipments coming in at about 540…

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