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Phytoponics

"Deep Water Culture continues to give encouraging results"

Phytoponics deep water culture trials are continuing to provide exciting and encouraging results from the extended trial programmes for standard round and cherry tomatoes,…

Ledgnd and B-mex start collaborating:

"Our LED advice is given on the basis of scientific knowledge"

Making cultivation results measurable with the aim of creating certainty of results when switching to LED. That is the starting point of the new collaboration between Ledgnd…

Jack Mooney new part of Roelands team

"It's wonderful to be a part of this dynamic team"

Adrian and Jodi Roelands, owners of Roelands Plant Farm Inc., have beefed up their ranks with the addition of Australian grafting specialist, Jack Mooney. Following the opportunity…

Hishtil shares best practices with focus on potted herbs, organic herbs and ornamental crops

Extending the shelf life of the more delicate types of plants

Hishtil has made it its goal to provide economic and environmentally friendly horticultural solutions that improve the quality of produce. "A key facet of our research is to…

Yara and Ørsted will collaborate in Zeeland, the Netherlands

"Green ammonia can be essential to enable sustainable food production"

Ørsted, offshore wind developer, and Yara, fertilizer company, have joined forces in developing a pioneering project aiming at replacing fossil hydrogen with…

DR0607TC grown in France and beyond

DR0607TC is one of De Ruiter’s round red cherry tomatoes commercialized in 2014, in various European countries. It presents advantages at two levels, on the one hand, the…

Prominent continues with Moroccan snack tomato grower QualiPrim

After a successful start last year, DOOR/Prominent has again been selling snack tomatoes from QualiPrim nursery, one of the best tomato growers in Morocco, since early…

Queensland government backs agriculture projects to bring over 600 jobs

More than 600 jobs will be created in regional Queensland after the Palaszczuk Government allocated more $3.14 million in Rural Economic Development grants to…

Virginia Artero, of Nationwide Produce: "Prices are high due to the gap left by the Netherlands and Poland"

"The European chains did not expect the tomatoes from Almería to arrive so soon"

Almeria's tomato campaign has started more than a month earlier than usual. Growers are seeking to produce earlier and earlier in order to avoid the stiff competition from…

Increasing number of vegetables harvested in Russia

As of September 15, about 3 million tons of vegetables were harvested in Russia. Of these, 965.4 thousand tons of vegetables were grown in winter greenhouses.…

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Leamington Business Excellence Awards

Paul Mastronardi receives the Alf Bennie Award

Giving back to the community has always been at the core of Paul Mastronardi’s values, and this has held especially true during a time when the strength of…

Turkey: 3,000 hectares of greenhouse tomatoes are grown in Kumluca, Antalya

The growers in the Kumluca region of Antalya (Turkey) are preparing for the tomato production in 2020 – 2021 season. The growers have started planting 3,000 hectares of tomato…

Blooming Health Farms on Facebook

US (CO): Nonprofit aquaponic startup lost its facility

Nonprofit startup in Greeley Blooming Health Farms has lost its recently acquired facility as a result of an inability to come to agreeable terms with the landlord. The loss…

Opportunities for circular economy in intensive Almería agriculture

The use of intensive high-yield agricultural systems has proved to be a feasible alternative to traditional systems as they able to meet the objective of…

Collaborative research and tech development will transform modern agriculture

The James Hutton Institute and farming technology company Liberty Produce have been awarded UKRI funding to address the challenges of climate change and the…

New Crop Science Centre in Cambridge

A new Centre in Cambridge, designed to fast-track technologies to sustainably improve farmers’ yields worldwide, has been launched on the 1st October. The Crop Science Centre…
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US (LA): Rebuilding begins at LSU AgCenter research station

The process of rebuilding and repairing storm-damaged facilities at the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center is underway. A tornado on April 22 caused much of…

Yowzers!

New hot red chili pepper released

Mastronardi Produce has announced the release of a new pepper flavor set to hit store shelves in early 2021. Yowzers!, a red chili pepper that is tipping the…

Van Iperen International celebrates its 10th anniversary

October 1, 2020, marks the 10th anniversary for Van Iperen International, Dutch producer of Specialty Fertilizer solutions for fertigation and foliar application. Being part…

Save energy in the fall

Changing seasons means it's time to reassess your lighting and watering goals for the Fall. As you know, greenhouse energy costs account for a significant share of a grow operation…

Optimising plant growth in vertical farms

In the video below, Lisanne Meulendijks, Researcher at Delphy Improvement Centre, Mike Zelkind, Cofounder and CEO of 80 Acres Farms and Mariska Dreschler discuss the latest…

Flagship and leading international events secured for Q3/Q4 next year

VNU announces new schedule for 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, travel restrictions, and ongoing worldwide uncertainty, VNU Group modifies its show calendar to secure successful inter-regional…

Electrochemical weeding in agriculture

The SEWIA project (selective electrochemical weeding in agriculture) will develop new tools, enabling farmers to use modern methods for selective weeding in…

Plant growth-promotors and their effects on tomato seedlings

Plant biostimulants are of interest as they can stimulate plant growth and increase resource utilization. There is still no information on the use of plant growth-promoters…

Australian town took in backpackers amidst pandemic

In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, very strict border restrictions were put in place in Western Australia. This meant that the region was cut off from…

CAN (ON): Governments announce over $180,000 for agricultural equipment education

The governments of Canada and Ontario today announced they are investing in several projects that will support labour and training needs in the farming sector,…

Chicago area gardeners face uneven landscape when it comes to rules on using hoop houses

Yvonne Agnello-Adams loves her Chicago backyard garden where she grows zucchini, beans, lettuce, herbs, cucumbers and tomatoes. But every October she’s forced to harvest a…

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Chinese "fruit and vegetable" sports competition opens with festive ceremony

The No. 1 Primary School of Wuning in Dongyang City organized a festive ceremony in the school yard in the morning of September 28, 2020. The festive ceremony…

New addition to Simply Fresh Salads launched at Costco

FiveStar Gourmet Foods has announced their latest extension to their Family Size line of Simply Fresh Salads® with their new Fig & Walnut Salad. As fall approaches, figs and…

500 companies from 24 countries taking part

Fruit Attraction 2020 has officially started through the LIVEConnect platform

Fruit Attraction 2020 has officially started on 1 October through the LIVEConnect platform, which will remain operational until October 31. The opening ceremony has been…

Nathalie Labbé, Syngenta:

Duelle: the latest addition to the red elongated tomato range of Syngenta

Henri Jourdain is a tomato producer for Rougeline in Pierrelatte, in the southeast of France. He cultivates tomatoes on a 12 ha area of eco-greenhouses and specializes in…

How much does it cost to grow bell peppers in Spain?

Growing one hectare of California bell pepper has resulted in costs of 37,000 euros this season. This is a conclusion drawn from the data published by the regional authorities…

AU: Government ‘calculating’ if fruit and vegetables are healthy

A review of the current Health Star Rating system for Australian food products has led the Commonwealth Department of Health to propose using a ‘calculator’ to…

Video Another 20 hectares of high-tech greenhouses for tomatoes

"We currently own 10 hectares of greenhouses, which will become 20 in 2021 and 30 in 2022. We are also focusing on widening our tomato range," explains Alessio Orlandi, sales…

Increasing demand for recycled plastic

Fabio Zoboli, sales manager at Infia, discusses the lockdown, the bad weather and the increasing demand for eco-friendly products from operators all over the world. The…

Cadiz, Spain

The Algae-Copack project will use the invasive algae from the Strait of Gibraltar to make packaging for fruit and vegetables

The Algae-Copack project aims to convert the Asian brown alga, an invasive species that appeared on the shores of the Strait of Gibraltar a few years ago and…

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