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Pushing year-round strawberry production in the UK with seed-grown hybrid varieties

“The UK market for strawberries is massive. At Elsoms, all of our strawberry varieties are hybridized, grown from seed and trialed in the UK,” says Claire Taylor, technical…

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Richard Smits, manager at De Kruidenaer:

"We wouldn’t have made it without LED"

De Kruidenaer has been growing basil in a hybrid setup with water-cooled LED lighting from Oreon since 2016 (and was one of the first in the Netherlands to do so). Grower…

US: Purdue Uni approve $20 million greenhouse expansion

The Purdue University Board of Trustees approved a $20 million allocation toward a phenotyping greenhouse facility. A component of Plant Sciences 2.0, one of the five…

Can artificial intelligence grow a lettuce crop completely autonomously?

Growing lettuce with artificial intelligence (AI) in autonomous greenhouses, by algorithms developed in different parts of the world: today the young lettuce plants of the…

Dutch growers can't escape natural gas due to 'twists and turns' in subsidy system

Frontrunners in the Dutch greenhouse horticulture who have switched to sustainable heat are being forced by high energy prices to switch back to burning natural gas in CHPs.…

Austrian San Group builds green biotech plant

Green hydrogen and green veggies from new Emirates facility

The Austrian SAN Group has chosen Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) as the platform for its green hydrogen and farming subsidiary SAN Enertech in Ras Al Khaimah, United…

Is continuous disinfection of water healthy for your plants?

From the field, misunderstandings and questions about the negative effect of making water sterile with continuous dosages of disinfection agents are often heard. When…

Israeli organic bell peppers want to go west

In December, FruitPro traded the first organic bell peppers from Israel. That was because this Dutch company is now a Galilee Export subsidiary. Galilee Export is a well-known…

Philippines: Greenhouses enable farmers to produce crops year-round

For a country frequently visited by typhoons, Filipino farmers could be better off by adopting greenhouse technologies that would enable them to protect and raise crops all…

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US (RI): Schartner Farms mall-sized greenhouse project headed for court

The company building the mall-size greenhouse on a landmark farm in Exeter says it’s headed to court in the hopes of getting construction of the 25-acre building moving again.…

Doug Hubble joins Precision Laboratories as Canadian business manager

Doug Hubble has joined the Precision Laboratories Team as the Business Manager in Canada. In this position, Hubble will be accountable for customer relationships and…

Webinar: What's the right light for strawberry production?

What's the right light for strawberry production? The Fluence team of scientists, together with global research partners including Delphy Improvement Center and Wageningen…

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Growers can reduce lighting costs through government grants available

"Indoor growers can act now to reduce rising energy costs impact"

The CEA sector will suffer the full impact of the steep rise in energy costs forecasted this year but there are energy-efficient solutions available to help combat it, says…

Spanish labor market generated 58,000 jobs in agriculture sector in 2021

The Spanish labor market generated 58.000 jobs in agriculture during 2021, reaching 810.400 employed, in the year with the highest overall job creation in the…

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Effective pollination of greenhouse Galia melon by stingless bee species

Increasing demand for pollination services highlights the need for research on alternative pollinators for greenhouse and open field food crops. Researchers compared the…

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US (PA): Another boxwood threat

Nature seems to be conspiring against that widely used landscape evergreen, the boxwood. Long plagued by several bugs and most recently by a deadly new boxwood blight disease,…

Safeguarding seed health protects Texas agriculture

Protecting seed health is essential for reducing plant disease threats that can endanger the food and fiber system on a global scale. The World Seed Federation reports that…

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Ireland: Horticulture growers give unanimous mandate for protest action

At a meeting last week, Irish horticulture growers gave a unanimous mandate for direct action if retailers don’t give a fair price increase. The meeting was attended by over…

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Western flower thrips infest chilli crops in thousands of acres in Nalgonda

Chilli farmers are facing huge losses in Nalgonda and Suryapet districts due to infesting of western flower thrips to the horticulture crop in thousands of acres of land. The…

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Uzbekistan: Cherry tomatoes halved in price over past two months

There is a steady downward trend in wholesale prices for cherry tomatoes in Uzbekistan. From December 3, 2021 to February 4, 2022, their average wholesale prices decreased…

International on-line course on Postharvest & Fresh-cut Technologies takes place on 15th of February

The ‘7th International on-line Course on Postharvest & Fresh-cut Technologies’ will be offered by the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena in Spain, starting…

The Fragaria strawberry was awarded the Flavor of the Year Award for the second consecutive year

Vivero El Pinar has shared Fragaria's latest success on its LinkedIn account. "The Fragaria strawberry of our Splendor variety was awarded the Flavor of the…

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Aurora Borealis? No it's actually a greenhouse

Early yesterday morning, Dutch police came across a weird 'natural phenomenon' in the outskirts of the little town of Zundert. Could it have been the northern lights? This far…


By Eric Dargent, Mycelium The past, present and future potential of vertical farming “There’s still a lot of growth to be gained with the current set of crops that the industry can grow. Both in terms of crop variety and quality. Maybe in a few years, we might be able to see mainstream crops grown with a much higher concentration of beneficial active ingredients. Somewhere between conventional and superfood,”…

Italian grower breeds zucchini that can be eaten raw

Italy is the European country with the most interesting market when it comes to the cultivated areas and consumption related to zucchini. The varietal offer is also growing. Carmelo…

Frischkeim Naturkost Ltd might close down

Germany: Organic sprout producer from the Rhineland ceases operations

According to a company statement, Frischkeim Naturkost Ltd has had to cease operations at the end of the year. This means that the organic sprout producer…

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