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Happy Holidays!

We can hardly believe it either but the year 2020 draws to a close. The year has been challenging in many ways and more than ever we're grateful for your continuous support and…

Vacancies:

Darryn Keiller & Henry Gordon Smith:

“The shift from the old way of farming is going to be a big feature in 2021”

In a normal year Henry Gordon Smith, CEO of consultancy firm Agritecture and Darryn Keiller, CEO of technology company Autogrow would have met up quite a few times and would…

Havecon introduces Havelettuce Projects:

Standardized turn-key lettuce greenhouses make entering greenhouse industry easier

Havecon has been known as a turnkey greenhouse supplier for many years now, but as of now they'll take turnkey to a new level under the name of “Havelettuce Projects”.…

New challenge for HortiDaily editor Jan Jacob Mekes

The last day publication day of 2020 also means saying goodbye to our colleague Jan Jacob Mekes. Following his work as a translator for our publications, Jan…

The Roofmaster: Innovations through the years

‘Never change a winning team’ is a popular saying. After all: ‘Why make adjustments to something that is already good? It often only makes things worse!’ However, if you are…

Organic grower unveils newly renovated greenhouses in Mexico

Wholesum, Fairtrade-certified grower and shipper of organic produce, inaugurated its newly renovated tomato greenhouses at Wholesum Farms Pacific. A ribbon cutting ceremony…

“Wine can solve many problems, but not at a global scale”

“Having worked in horticulture for over 13 years, made me wonder whether I’d wanted to pursue my career in the industry. Although Signify continued to expand, it became more…

Support to cucumber crop resistance possible?

Is crop resistance to powdery mildew possible? This question is what drove the Dutch research facility, Botany, to set up a trial. Cindro Agro Consultancy requested this…

Valoya

Valoya appoints a VP Sales North America

Valoya continues its growth trajectory with the addition of VP Sales North America, Mr. Wes Eaton. With extensive experience in horticulture and business development, Mr.…

Data platform PYLOT grows to 500 hectares worldwide in one and a half year

Since its introduction at Greentech 2019, the software platform PYLOT is now being used at almost 500 hectares of greenhouses. This milestone coincides with the commercial…

Liesbeth Hamil, Lyna

"As a cultivation country, Morocco's become a formidable Spanish and Turkish opponent"

In recent years, Morocco has invested massively in developing its agricultural and horticultural sectors. These small-scale farmers used to sell their products on the local…

The correct greenhouse tutoring system saves time and money

The correct tutoring of plants in greenhouses is synonymous with efficiency, optimal management, yields and helps save time and labor. The latter is something that all…

Grodan supports pepper grower’s sustainability ambitions

"We were keen to move away from bulk and focus more on the top segment"

Rob Moors is the second generation of his family to own Kwekerij Moors, an ambitious pepper-growing company with 19 hectares across two sites. Rob has been working together…

Premium Dutch strawberry ready for Christmas

This year, Dutch Berries built a four-hectare full LED-lit greenhouse. This allows this major Dutch strawberry farming to bring large volumes of a brand new crop to market…

Special Year Overview 2020

special year overview

Growing CEA market in the spotlight in December

This month we've seen many sources confirm what the industry has believed in for many years: there's growth potential for the CEA market and the world is ready to capitalise…

Bram Steiner Award 2020 for best publication on soilless culture presented to Chris Blok

The Bram Steiner Award 2020 for best scientific publication in the field of Soilless Culture has been presented to Chris Blok of Wageningen University &…

Tomatoes NZ on the New Zeeland market

"Growers have adapted their production and sales to keep providing essentials"

"To say that 2020 has been a year of unprecedented uncertainty and disruption feels like a huge understatement", the board with TomatoesNZ says. "However, I…
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42,000 square-foot

US (OKLA): New greenhouse facility to address food security disruption

On December 21st, Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear and other key tribal officials have formally cut the ribbon at the new (42,000 square-foot) greenhouse…

Ton van Mil, Royal Brinkman

"Opportunities for global greenhouse horticulture are further increasing"

2020: what a year! We have been struggling worldwide with Covid-19 for almost a year now. On behalf of Royal Brinkman, CEO Ton van Mil thanks everyone for their trust. "The…

Fresh wasabi, grown in England

As an exotics specialist, Bud Holland already boasts a wide assortment of unusual products. However, this Dutch company is always on the lookout for unique, new items to add…

Agronomy

Improving water use efficiency in cherry tomato cultivation

The spatial distribution of root systems in the soil has major impacts on soil water and nutrient uptake and ultimately crop yield. New research aimed to optimize the root…

CMGL

Curtis Mathes Grow Lights seeks DLC listing for its Harvester systems

Curtis Mathes Grow Lights is seeking testing and certification from the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) for its Harvester horticultural lighting systems. DLC is a non-profit…

Valentyn Natalenko | Dreamstime.com

Ukraine intends to join formation of European Green Deal policies

Ukraine has already decided to build a dialogue on the European Green Deal and to engage in the policies’ development. After all, the Green Deal has a cross-sectoral…

Vegetable grower-shipper honors veterans this holiday season

Leafy greens grower, processor and shipper WP Rawl, honored fallen military heroes by participating in Wreaths Across America Day earlier this month. WP Rawl’s dedicated truck…

Greenhouse vegetable growers working with Leamington community to mitigate nighttime light glow

Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) are eager to engage the local municipal councils of both Kingsville and Leamington on reasonable and enforceable lighting by-laws…

Maintain your crop balance during winter

Moving towards Christmas and New Year’s Eve is known that in most countries worldwide, radiation levels are decreasing which results in a drop of outside temperature and…

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'IKEA package' from the Netherlands for drinking water scarcity in developing countries

"Here in the Netherlands we may not realise it every day, but water is increasingly scarce around the world," says director Dick van Regteren with Genap. The…

NZ strawberries super cheap at the moment

Strawberries are super cheap at the moment and the industry is calling on people to buy up large, while they are at their best. The reason this is happening,…

Gaza: Flood waters damage strawberry crops

Palestinian growers in the Beit Lahia area have asked the Ministry of Agriculture and international organisations to help them weather the losses that were caused by three…

January-October 2020

Spanish fruit and vegetable exports fall by 4% in terms of volume, but value is up by 9%

Between January and October 2020, Spanish fresh fruit and vegetable exports stood at 10.3 million tons; 4% less than in the same period of 2019. However, their…

Video Off to 2021 with a smile and a Jerusalema dance

As a merry close of 2020, the Green Innovators Group did a Jerusalema Challange. At for instance Bosman Van Zaal in Aalsmeer (NL) and Kenia en Montera Techniek, they danced…

Jasper Slaghekke, Sismatec:

“More tomatoes being top sealed”

In the fruit and vegetable sector, top seal packaging is mostly used for soft fruit. However, lately, it's becoming increasingly common to package other types of fruit and…

Dammis vna der Staaij, Staay Food Group:

"Keep going and take your chance!"

The year 2020 is almost over. We asked Dammis van der Staaij of the Staay Food Group about the impact of the Corona year and the biggest challenges for the next five years. An…

The UK's growing fewer and fewer vegetables, while importing more and more

In December/January, the United Kingdom imported a third of its fresh fruit and vegetables from Spain. With seven percent, the Netherlands supplied the second most produce in…

Rick Briston, Redpack: "We are fully prepared for Brexit"

"We are happy that our machines could help providing front-line workers with safely packaged supplies"

“This year hasn’t been great but considering the circumstances, we were quite lucky”, says Rick Briston, business development manager for UK-based machinery manufacturer…

Since 2015, Spain's fruit and veg imports from Morocco have doubled

Between January and October, the Spanish import of fruits and vegetables from Morocco has totaled 450.04 million kilos; a figure that, according to data from…

Thomas Weber, ATS-Tanner Banding Systems:

"We are continuing to develop our packaging solutions in the new year with many new ideas and a great passion"

2020 was a year like no other - cancelled trade shows, customer projects halted or postponed, new clearance and hygiene rules, fewer customer visits, adjustments to…

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