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Thursday, December 10, 2020

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High-tech strawberry facility to be built in Panama

Ag Incotech, a developer and operator of large-scale agricultural projects, announced today their plans to construct the first high-tech Controlled Environment Agriculture…

WUR’s choice for safety: complete repair facility

Recently, a complete repair facility was installed by Glass Handling Technic on behalf of Bosman van Zaal. This time at the new greenhouse of WUR in Wageningen. The roof of the…

Creating and modifying custom horticulture spectral solutions with online horticultural calculator

Luminus Devices new horticulture calculator offers system engineers the opportunity to choose from over 30 of Luminus horticulture LEDs and create their own ‘recipe’ for…

Moving in the right direction at Kam’s Growers Supply Kingsville

In January 2017, Kam’s Growers Supply hung a shingle at 39 South Talbot Road, Cottam (Kingsville). Since that time, Kam’s has been growing, providing fertilizer, crop…

Malinowy Król, a perfect experience of B2C tomato promotion in Poland

Growers unite to popularize tasty pink tomatoes in Poland

The Malinowy Król Association is an organization of Polish producers who have been growing tomatoes for years. They were established in 2019 with the goal of popularizing…

Tomatoes offer affordable source of Parkinson’s disease drug

Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a new, affordable source of one of the world’s essential medicines. The…

California herb grower experiences surging sales

While COVID-19 continues to change the landscape of consumer behavior, including holiday traditions and family gatherings, data suggests the herb category is surging in sales…

IoT and nanobubble technology enable to monitor irrigation water quality

Moleaer, the leading nanobubble technology company, in collaboration with AMI Global, an industrial IoT technology provider, is launching new real-time water quality and…

Investment for producer of greenhouse coverings UbiGro

UbiQD today announced the close of a $7M Series A funding round. UbiQD will deploy the capital raised in this round to continue scaling the rollout of its first commercial…

Israeli conventional and organic peppers enter strong US market

The Israeli pepper season was off to a bit of a late start this year, due to high temperatures in the country during the summer. Despite the delay, the volumes are now…

Russia stops tomato imports from various countries

"Detection of Pepino Mosaic virus is due to vaccination of the seeds"

News has come out that Russia will not allow imports of tomatoes from Uzbekistan, Turkey, Armenia, Morocco and some other countries anymore due to detection of the pepino…

LESA’s Plant Science team:

"Engineered Solutions for horticulture help create food security for the future"

As rapid urban population, global warming, energy consumption, and water supply issues continue to mount, controlled environmental agriculture or CEA is becoming increasingly…

Special Year Overview 2020

but horticultural developments took place anyhow

Special year overview: No-shows in June

We've ended up in June with our special year overview and it might not come as a surprise but most events that month were cancelled due to the COVID outbreak. The effects of…

Virtual New York Produce Show kicks off with retailer perspective on 2020

The virtual edition of the New York Produce Show kicked off yesterday, December 9th, and will run through Friday December 11th. The show consists of general sessions in the…


"Medical cannabis cultivation requires products that offer an extra guarantee of quality, control at origin and detailed chemical analysis" The exponential growth of the medical cannabis industry hinders in many countries the need to establish legal regulations and standards for the commercialization and consumption of derivative products. For this reason, throughout the production and supply chain, there are many strict controls and standards that the professional…

Organic Grower Roundtable highlights bright spots and challenges

Leaders from three organic fresh produce companies agree that the outlook for the organic industry is positive heading into the new year, as they explored a…

PMA virtual town hall

How precision nutrition can drive produce marketing

This week’s virtual town hall focused on precision nutrition. “This is a customizable approach to dietary management by providing tailored nutritional advice,” explains Max…

Russian bans import of Armenian tomatoes, peppers over Pepino Mosaic Virus

The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) announced on Wednesday it would ban import of tomatoes and peppers…

Incotec wins India Seed Award 2020

Incotec is proud to announce that, after being shortlisted in the category Research, Innovation and Technology Development, Incotec India has been chosen as winner of the…

Dr Jorunn Bos awarded EU Consolidator Grant for crop protection research

Dr Jorunn Bos, a principal investigator in the Division of Plant Sciences of the University of Dundee at the James Hutton Institute, has been awarded a…

UF/IFAS-developed blueberry app to help growers battle diseases and pests

A new University of Florida app will help the state’s blueberry growers identify and manage disease and insect injuries commonly encountered in Florida before their crop is…

Australia: Construction begins on $1.9 million glasshouse at Cowra DPI

The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Cowra Agricultural Research and Advisory Station is set to welcome a new addition, with the construction of a $1.9 million…

'Spirulina and its unique nutritive value'

"Spirulina is a kind of microalgae growing in alkaline lakes. It contains many nutrients that people can take as a dietary supplement. In recent years, the pursuit of natural…

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Video Smart irrigation technique

Some crops need a lot of water to grow. There are different kinds of irrigation options, but we haven't seen this one before! Smart solution!

Rwanda exported 189,817Kg of horticulture products last week

Rwanda last week fetched a total of US$455,490 from horticulture products shipped out of the country weighing 189,817Kg. The consignment included; fruits,…

No subsidy for 'discouraging use of Dutch tomato'

This fall, questions were asked in the Dutch Parliament when people found out that Milieu Centraal (an environmental organisation), which receives government…

"Cold Water Peeling" labels from Contact save on energy and cleaning agents

"Washable labels make reusable systems even more sustainable"

In the fruit and vegetable trade, but also in many other areas of the food trade, reusable systems are indispensable. Anyone who uses them knows what problem they bring: there…

The Vege-Polisher™ improves appearance of fresh vegetables

More than 850 of Wyma’s Vege-Polisher™ have been sold since the mid 1990s, into 40+ countries. Rotary brush technology was invented by Wyma in the 1990s. "We…

Russia bans import of apples and tomatoes from Azerbaijan

The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has said it will ban the import of tomatoes and apples from…

UF/IFAS findings show less need for pesticide to control strawberry pest

It’s harvest season for Florida’s $300 million-per-year strawberry season, so those who grow this fruit need help to control pests such as the tiny (up to 2-millimeters long),…

Turkish exporters call for lifting of quotas on tomato sales to Russia

In a statement, the associations said it was “not possible” to understand the reason behind the quota on tomato imports from Turkey, as Moscow does not apply…

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