If you cannot read this newsletter, click here to view it in your browser.

Hortidaily.com

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Any News?

If you want to share your company news with the entire horticulture industry, please send us a press release or contact our editorial staff. We will publish your news free of charge.

Arlette
Arlette Sijmonsma
Email

Annet
Annet Breure
Email

Elita
Elita Vellekoop
Email

Jan Jacob Mekes
Email

Job Offers

Sales Representative North America

Senior Commercial Manager | Murcia, Spain | Fruit

Country Manager | France

Avocados Sales/Marketing Professional - Europe

Looking for an opportunity in India

Procurement & Sales Manager, Potato Division - Lobinstown, Co. Meath, Ireland

European regional agent and new sales manager

Head Grower - Owatonna (Minnesota) USA

Teeltspecialist (Proeftuin & Veredeling) - Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands

Farm Manager - Riana, Tasmania, Australia

Aquaponic Association debates controversial publication

"No evidence to prove greater risk on E.coli in hydroponic and aquaponic systems"

In a recent study published by the Purdue Agriculture News, the researchers stated that the risk of E. coli in hydroponic and aquaponic systems may be greater…

tips & tricks on maintenance

Ensuring optimal performance of your lighting system

The commercial greenhouse industry has seen significant innovation over the past few years. The greenhouse of today looks remarkably different to those that were considered to…

Justin Geertsema, Greenhill Produce on COVID outbreak:

"No one will lose their jobs, all workers will continue to be paid"

"During this stressful period we want to be clear that no one will lose their jobs and all workers will continue to be paid, and we continue to pay for and…

Tomatoes and cucumbers in a vertical farm without daylight

Signify and RIAT, a farming enterprise located in Russia, have together pioneered the growing of tomatoes and cucumbers in a vertical farm without daylight. During the…

Dutch growing and irrigation systems in China

Meteor Systems is establishing a location in China as well as the Netherlands, Canada, etc. Since two weeks ago the company has an office in Shanghai, and they are currently…

French substrate company is maintaining deliveries under sanitary restriction

"Strict and secure forecast model to adapt our sales to the availability of raw material"

The present situation is a great challenge for everyone involved in each step of the food supply chain, but it’s also showing the agility of teams and organisations. Working…

Jasper Veldt, WDD, the Netherlands: "Our prediction model is 90-95% reliable"

Predict fruit, vegetable, and flower demand based on data not gut feeling

Many traders still use their well-honed instincts to predict demand. These traders are in the fruit and vegetable and flower sectors. "I understand this approach," says Jasper…

Red Sea Farms

Red Sea Farms and Kirchner Group

Partnership to enable local production in fresh-water-constrained regions

Red Sea Farms and Kirchner Group announced an agricultural enterprise development collaboration that brings together decades of business creation and operational experience…

Special Service Supply

May 7th 2020, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM ET

Webinar about H-2A program in Pennsylvania

Penn State Cooperative Extension is hosting a free webinar to discuss the H-2A program in Pennsylvania. This may be helpful for NJ Farmers to listen in to find any updates or…

webinar, May 7

How COVID-19 accelerates change in safe and secure food systems

GreenTech will host a live webinar on Thursday 7 May, from 16:00 - 17:00 hrs (GMT+2). The webinar talk will focus on 'How COVID-19 accelerates change in safe and secure food…

Today's important COVID-19 news in the fresh produce sector

Corona-update: Italy considers permits for undocumented migrants

Today’s Corona-update is short and sweet. We open with the discussions going on in Italy around the possibility of giving permits to undocumented migrants, due to the lack of…

"Farmers bringing their field indoors"

BBC has a series called People fixing the world, in which one episode was called 'The farmers bringing their fields indoors'. In this episode about vertical farming, Guy…


CAN (QC): "We expect sales revenues to begin this year" Navaya, a Quebec, Canada based company, has secured its Health Canada cultivation licence. "We're set to start production shortly, and with customer commitments, we expect sales revenues to begin this year," says Mark Stermer, chief executive officer of Navaya. "Our investments and partnerships have resulted in this most recent…

Pollination project aims to optimise crops

The Costa Berry Category is supporting a Horticultural Innovation Australia project to develop new technologies and practices to improve pollination in protected cropping…

Certis Europe:

New Biorationals innovation team

A new Biorationals Innovation Team has been established in Certis Europe. The company has for many years worked to build a rich portfolio of biorational products in response…

Today on social media

Dr. Clive Stinson honored with 2019 ANBP Award of Excellence

Every year, ANBP recognizes an individual who has made, or is making, extraordinary contributions to the field of augmentation biological control and/or its use in integrated…

CA: Emergency wage subsidy calculator

For small business owners across the country the future is becoming more desperate as restrictions related to COVID-19 continue to wipe out lifetimes of dreams, sacrifice and…

How does the Corona crisis influence our buying behaviour?

As the world economy is spiralling toward a recession, consumer confidence plummets. Because of an uncertain future, consumers start saving more. On their daily groceries too.…

US (FL): Hydroponic farm joins forces with grocery store in job-saving move

At the beginning of the year, Kalera planted its seed and was hoping to see their lettuce and business grow. “We perfected mother nature indoors by using science and…

UAE: 122,550 tonnes of vegetables produced by Abu Dhabi in 2018/2019 season

According to the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, some 122,550 tonnes of vegetables crops were produced in both open field and greenhouse farms…

Richard Broch with BrochKlus Mechanisation:

"It was discovered early that I was handy"

It was just a recent LinkedIn update from Richard Broch: an automatic sprayer had run of the rail at a gerbera grower, due to a lack of maintenance so a quick repair was…

Target: Digital comparable sales surged more than 275% in April

Instacart plans to hire 250,000 more workers

US: Giant Co. hiring 3,000 more associatesThe Giant Co. will hire an additional 3,000 employees - almost 10% of its total workforce - to meet the skyrocketing demand for…

Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd

Japan's Nissin Foods to start fresh-cut vegetable production at Hong Kong facility

Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd., the Japanese food company that specializes in production and sale of convenience food and instant noodles, will make an initial…

USDA announces $9.5 million in grants for specialty crop industry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $9.5 million awarded to 11 collaborative, multi-state projects to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. specialty…

Juan Bravo, CEO of Agrobot:

"It is only a matter of time before we see our machines in Palos, Cartaya or Lepe"

COVID-19 has highlighted the dependence of Huelva's strawberry sector on labor, as its scarcity has had a significant impact on the current campaign. For Juan Bravo, CEO of…

Spain

24,000 hectares of tomatoes start being planted in Extremadura

The tomato campaign has already started in the Spanish region of Extremadura with the planting of 13,772 hectares by growers from cooperatives and Producer…

Airlines open Cargo Only Services as passenger demand has dropped

Basically, the bottom has just dropped out of passenger transport for the major air carriers, which are just getting used to turning their fleets over for freight only duties.…

An abundance of strawberries in California

Supplies of strawberries in California are ample—possibly more so than usual in some parts. “Supplies are very good right now,” says Steve Johnston of G.W. Palmer & Co. Inc.…

Funny

Unsubscribe

Copyright (C) 2020 Hortidaily.