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Large investment for automatic soil moisture sensor system developers SoilSense

"Every grower in the world should have access to insights about their irrigation"

SoilSense, a Scandinavian startup helping farmers with sensor-based precision insights, has just raised $230k in a seed round from leading Danish investors. SoilSense provides…

Unique logistics system for greenhouse propagation material

Recently, an advanced propagation system was commissioned by Bosman Van Zaal from the Netherlands at Roelands Plant Farms in Canada, a supplier of starting material for…

Houwelings rebrands as Longvine Growing Co.

Houweling US Holdings, Inc. is launching the Longvine Growing Co. as the company rebrands. The rebranding project was initiated in early 2020 as the Houweling…

Janet Rippy, BioDART:

"We can make your data work for you"

Growers are always interested in trying to produce their crops better, more efficiently, or quicker to market. "But before trying something different (a new fertilizer,…

US: Mastronardi Produce and AppHarvest announce partnership

"We have seen the demand for locally-grown produce skyrocket, particularly over the past 18 months"

Mastronardi Produce and AppHarvest have announced a new endeavor. The companies have signed a non-binding letter of intent to form FarmCo, a joint venture to develop a…

"There is more to a retrofit than simply changing some lights"

Fluence announced the first of two comprehensive retrofit guides specifically designed to assist cultivators and growers in determining what they need for a complete, seamless…

Combination of cultivating crops and generating solar energy with solar panels

Test set-up at Thwan van Gennip for double use of soil: sun and cultivation

In the Dutch towns of Someren and Lierop grower Thwan van Gennip, cultivation system supplier Green Meteor, the researchers of the KU Leuven and Engie, have accepted the…

Integrated pest management for indoor cultivation pt. 1

In this new article series sponsored by Hawthorne Gardening Company, we are going to explore the biggest enemies of growers: pests. With today’s article, we start…

Pippo Timperanza of the Italian Landolina company

Due to ToBRFV, certain tomato varieties have now become obsolete

"These days, it is not easy to maintain one's own entrepreneurial policy. We have worked for more than 60 years to harmoniously maintain the balance between tradition and…

GrowFlux

“We’ve built a controller that works with any horticultural lighting"

In July 2021, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) announced the five start-ups selected to participate in the initiative’s ninth cohort, with agtech company GrowFlux…

Hydroponic system proven beneficial for root development

According to an independent study carried out by the University of Turin, the technology offered by NGS, a manufacturer of hydroponics equipment in Europe, is an versatile SCS…

Special Energy 2021

Low CO2 and still good cucumber production in Winterlight Greenhouse

​The Winterlight Greenhouse is a new type of greenhouse. Compared to the Venlo greenhouse, the crop receives 10% more light in the winter months. As a result, less energy is…

"Our update empowers users to make impactful decisions regarding water quality"

Addressing global water management issues, KETOS, a water intelligence innovator, announced enhancements to its cloud-based KETOS Smart Water Intelligence…

Australian irradiated tomatoes must be labelled

Irradiated Australian tomatoes are on the shelves of fresh produce stores now, and TomatoesNZ is reminding retailers and the hospitality sector to ensure that…

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Could recycled wastewater offer the UK an alternative to imported fertilizers?

Research at Cranfield University, in collaboration with Severn Trent and Microvi Biotech, is utilizing the ability of bacteria to recover nutrients from wastewater. The…

28 September – 1 October

Syngenta Fields of Innovation open again in the Netherlands

Syngenta Vegetable Seeds announced today the dates for its Fields of Innovation event, taking place on 28 September – 1 October in the Netherlands. This year’s event will…
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Exeter Town Council considers turning farm into massive high-tech agricultural project

On Wednesday, the Exeter Town Council will hold a public hearing on a proposal for a zoning change that will allow for the development of a high-tech farm, with huge parking…

Science focus

Scientists working to turn poisonous plants into edible crops

Could we turn poisonous plants into edible crops? Well, we actually already eat several plants that are poisonous. Kidney beans, for example, contain the toxin…

Ontario invests in agri-food research to strengthen sector

The Ontario government is investing $7 million into agri-food research projects that will support greater environmentally friendly agricultural practices,…

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"Pacific Islands workers key to address immediate labor shortage"

Increasing the number of workers from the Pacific Islands and increasing Australia’s quarantine capacity are critical in ensuring Australia’s vegetable and potato growers have…

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"Pandemic highlights poor conditions for some of Canada’s farmworkers"

Leamington, Ontario, is known as the tomato capital of Canada. Dotted with greenhouses that grow everything from cucumbers to cannabis plants, Leamington is also home to a…

Russian Federation

Rosselkhoznadzor allows tomato imports from eight more Azerbaijani enterprises

Russian agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has lifted the ban on tomato imports from eight more Azerbaijani enterprises. The decision was made based on the…

Goa state, India

Netravali sees horticulture unit rejecting ‘oversized’ cucumbers

Farmers of Netravali and other nearby areas have found themselves in a difficult situation after the government procurement centre turned down their harvest of…

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NZ: government continues effort to control tomato disease

Authorities working to contain a tomato plant disease are hopeful exports can resume to some countries before the season starts in October. Last month the Ministry for Primary…

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Nigeria: "Quality of seed essential to improve yields"

The Association of Seed Scientists of Nigeria (ASSN), has urged the government and relevant organizations to encourage farmers to imbibe the use of high-quality seeds in…

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Partnership to promote adoption of biological crop protections

Crop Enhancement, a manufacturer of sustainable crop protection products, today announced a partnership with OHP, a company in technology-based plant protection solutions for…

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CRISPR sows seeds of change in agricultural biotechnology

Since its introduction in 2012, CRISPR-based genetic engineering technology has transformed biotechnology and opened new possibilities in biomedicine. Currently, CRISPR is…

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HiTech farm in Hyderabad grows 150 varieties of vegetables, herbs & plants

Sachin Darbarwar, a software engineer, was born and raised in Hyderabad. He spent nearly 18 years in New Zealand and Australia before returning to Hyderabad. It was the…

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German investor brings aquaponics vegetable farming to Southern Africa

A German investor, Desert Foods International, DFI has partnered with a South African Farmer to implement a historic climate-resilient agriculture vegetable and fish farming…

Bahamas: hydroponic and beekeeping graduates ready to make an impact

The One Eleuthera Foundation (OEF) recently hosted two Centre for Training and Innovation (CTI) graduations at its Rock Sound campus. Nineteen students in total celebrated the…

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Uzbekistan cucumber exports doubled in second quarter of 2021

Uzbekistan exported 5,600 tons of cucumbers worth $ 4.8 million in April-June 2021; twice as much in volume as it exported in January-March. In January-March 2021, cucumber…

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"Australians are spending more in their grocery stores than they were previously"

While consumers are making fewer trips to the retail store to buy fresh produce, there is an increased spend in the dollar amount each time they visit, according to global…

The Americas come together on the future of food production

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) stated that the countries of America had presented their united position towards the future…

Strawberry growers happy with Queensland worker surge at start of harvest

Queensland Strawberries $100,000 labor lottery initiative has seen more than 4,100 people sign up to work on farms since launching in April. The program is the…

Financial scheme to help Australian horticulture

Last year, the Palaszczuk government made an election commitment to discount irrigation water prices for the horticulture sector by 50 per cent. This…

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