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Video Focus on crop temperature brings victory to Koala in Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge

The American team Koala has been declared winner of the third edition of the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in Bleiswijk. In this…

Anthony Langlais, General Manager, Kultive:

Hail: "More than 27 hectares impacted with 2,500 glass plates per hectare"

"Some of our producers have had zero production since the hail went down on their greenhouses, last week Sunday," says Anthony Langlais, General Manager of Kultive.…

Keeping your climate stable: HVAC and vertical farms

“We provide one of the best-controlled environments possible for plants, whether it’s in a greenhouse, indoor facility, urban farm, or rooftop. Anywhere that is growing…

US: Green Life Farms added packaging equipment to Babcock Farm

Green Life Farms added packaging equipment to its production area at the company’s Babcock Farm for its packaged herb products. Green Life Farms sells packaged herbs under a…

Seasonal outlook more uncertain than usual

South Africa: Class 1 tomato prices fall sharply as volumes double

The tomato season has been an interesting one, traders say: tomato prices were at unusually high levels early in June due to weather conditions; prices are now moving…

US: Expanding uses of edible flowers help fuel strong demand

Edible flower demand has come back strong as the world continues to make its way out of the pandemic. "Demand is significantly stronger than last year at this time," says…

Peruvian designers create an intelligent robotic arm to control the quality and growth of seedlings for the agro-industry

The Antenor Orrego University and the CITEagroindustrial Chavimochic of the Technological Institute of Production (ITP), a body attached to the Ministry of Production…

New Zealand Gourmet

Tomato grower tries innovative workaround after CO2 shortage cut production 20%

One of the nation’s largest fruit and vegetable growers, New Zealand Gourmet, hopes it has found a workaround after a nationwide shortage of commercial carbon…

Sjraar Hulsman, Frankort&Koning:

"With Dutch strawberries we can compete well in the German market"

After working at The Greenery for over fifteen years, Sjraar Hulsman started six months ago as a Business Development Manager at Frankort&Koning in his 'hometown' of Limburg.…

Aris Horticulture announces changes within Sales Team

Tim Gartrell, Aris Director of Sales, has announced his retirement after 19 years with Aris Horticulture. Tim has been an outstanding member of the team and will be missed.…

Plant Empowerment introduces Plant Empowerment Academy

Plant Empowerment is an integrated approach to the cultivation process based on plants' natural sustainability, efficiency, and resilience and uses physiological and physical…

Wimbledon organizers: Price of strawberries & cream proves event is not elitist

The price of strawberries and cream at Wimbledon proves the Championships is not elitist, the tournament’s organizers have stated. The All England Club has…

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Special Greenhouse Construction

In the coming weeks, greenhouse construction takes center stage in the special of FloralDaily, HortiDaily, and our Dutch newsletters GroetenNieuws and BPnieuws. For one month,…

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Labor shortfall leading to food waste, UK farmers warn

Labor shortages have resulted in “catastrophic” food waste and placed huge quantities of further crops at risk, British farmers have warned as they enter peak season for…

Azerbaijan tomato exports reached $91 million in 5M2022

According to the June export review of the Center for Economic Reforms Analysis and Communication of Azerbaijan, the nation increased its non-oil exports by…

Light Science Technologies

Expansion of nurturGROW offering with new vertical farm range

Light Science Technologies has expanded its nurturGROW lighting product portfolio with the launch of its ‘slimline’ Vertical Farm range, featuring its sustainable design.…

'European Green Deal could see food become a luxury'

Is food set to be a luxury of the wealthy? This is the question that resounds from reviewing the agricultural policies that Europe seeks to adopt - policies…

Dynamic lighting for business adaptation and plant growth

In their white paper series, Sollum has covered the definition of truly dynamic lighting and explored how implementing dynamic LED lighting can reduce greenhouse energy…

NL: New recruitment agency Your Link launched

"After many enjoyable years of working together within Lutgo HR, we, Goos Bartels and Jos Bouhuijzen, came to the amicable decision to go our separate ways as of 1 July 2022,"…

New soilless substrate calibration for TDR310W sensor

Growlink announces a new soilless substrate calibration, providing even more accurate VWC and EC data. At Growlink, the accuracy and reliability of the…

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Event to explore making plants fit for the future

Ensuring plant breeding contributes to a more sustainable future for UK agriculture and how the industry can collaborate to address this challenge will be explored at a…

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Video How can we manipulate plants better?

How can we manipulate our plants to do better? Barry likes to tease them and manipulate them mentally. For the rest of the normal growers, we chat about how to physically…
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Produce donation program improves health and nutrition at food pantries

Food pantries provide much-needed relief for individuals and families that have to deal with food insecurity. But pantries often rely on donations of canned and packaged foods…

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UK: Pandemic helped local plant grower to flourish

Over the last five years, Da Barn has become one of Shetland’s premier suppliers of local plants after opening in 2017.One of Hillswick’s hidden gems, the company operates a…

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This week was the big sales push for Father's Day. Flyers featured all of dad's favorites, including steaks, ribs, deli salads, snack trays, and bakery items. Watermelons,…

Chili prices skyrocket after Guntur market reopens

Business is brisk in the largest chili market in Asia, in Guntur. It reopened on June 13. The yard has been receiving 50,000-70,000 bags of chilies daily for…

Jakob Bebe, AgroIntelli; "triple-digit growth in sales of robotic system"

Danish robots make up for labour shortages on farms across Europe and further afield

The autonomous robotic system called Robotti from Danish company AgroIntelli is helping farmers across Europe, the UK, Australia, and further afield to make up for the acute…

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Australian-first Reemoon Fruscan 7 blemish grading technology already achieving improved quality

The installation of Reemoon's brand new four-lane blemish grading machine has led to improved productivity for an Australian citrus producer in a year where fruit damage has…

Biimore is a renewable biostimulant from Tradecorp

“Sizes increased by 25% and the quality rose significantly”

Biostimulants have been receiving a lot more attention recently, says Jorge Aguilar, Marketing Director of Tradecorp International: “Ever since the war in Ukraine started,…

MSC controls 44% of the total fleet capacity deployed on the route between Europe and North America

On June 1, Alphaliner counted 205 container ships deployed between Europe (including northern Europe and the Mediterranean) and North America (Canada, USEC,…

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