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Germany’s Neurather aims to boost business growth with Tungsram LEDs

"We need to decrease our energy expenses wherever possible"

Setting up the right lighting system is a make or break factor in precision farming as inappropriate lighting is bound to translate into lower yields and higher costs. German…

“Onward development in Middle East proves possible despite travel restrictions.”

As contradictory as it sounds, a crisis also has positive outcomes. Delphy's Asia expert, Akshay van Klaveren supervises a high-tech greenhouse vegetable company in the Middle…

new breed of aubergine "

How vegetable breeding can help to meet consumer demands for sustainability

Nowadays, sustainability is increasingly incorporated into a company’s business operations. Consumers have high expectations in terms of organic produce, low pesticide levels…

-19℃

Low temperatures do not stop tomato harvest in Shandong, China

Last year in June a greenhouse project in in Rizhao, Shandong Province, in China was completed by Beijing Kingpeng Corporation. The greenhouse was transplanted at the end of…

Carlos Masiá: "The reduction in the acreage devoted to strawberries in Huelva is, unfortunately, a reality"

"We are pioneers in marketing 100% of our own varieties"

In January, there usually starts to be a significant supply of strawberries in Huelva, although this year has started with bad weather and the cold slowing down the…

The first Dutch cucumbers at Valstar

This Tuesday the first Dutch cucumbers of the season were harvested at Valstar. "This means that - from today - our first cucumbers from traditional cultivation will be…

New fully recyclable lidded tomato packaging

Packaging for fresh produce and in particular reducing the amount of plastic used has long been a hot topic, but there are many factors to consider when developing a new…

New video: five tips on running trials for growing media

Dr. Paul Fisher from the University of Florida IFAS Extension hosts Dr. Paul Karlovich of Sun Gro Horticulture in a new YouTube video. Dr. Karlovich explains how you can…

Bayer reaches $2 billion deal over future Roundup cancer claims

Bayer announced a formal agreement on a class plan designed to manage and resolve future Roundup™ cases. As part of the agreement, the company is committed to…

USMCA Seasonal Perishable Products - Update for 24-30 January, 2021

Lack of available skilled labor means some US ports are facing unloading backlogs of weeks or more

Shipping issues and weather conditions continue to impact arrivals and domestic harvest volumes. Lack of available skilled labor means some US ports are facing unloading…

NL: Sweet and Sunny strawberry's import season well underway

In the Netherlands, The Greenery has begun importing Sweet and Sunny strawberries. Slightly delayed by the cold weather in Spain, the volumes are now increasing rapidly.…

Special Climate

"We are receiving many orders from different areas of Italy after the first successful results"

New net cover for the vegetables grown in the summer season

The production of fresh-cut vegetables in greenhouses in summer usually encounters many difficulties during the sprouting phase, due to excessive light and high temperatures.…

California growers more than welcome the rain

“It’s half a year’s rain in three days.” So says James Shanley of Shanley Farms in Morro Bay, CA of the rain and storms that California saw in the latter half of last week.…

US greenhouse offers one future to farming

Mason City's new Bushel Boy greenhouse offers one future to farming. "This climate is so perfect for the tomato plant that fungi doesn’t have a chance," Ruigrok said. Once…

"Combining maximum light with optimal energy saving"

At the end of 2019, Kwekerij Moors in Asten took a new five-hectare greenhouse into use. To optimize the light penetration into his crop, pepper grower, Rob Moors opted for…
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Ag-tech company hires liver pathologist as chief scientific officer

Germin8 Ventures today announced the appointment of physician-scientist Dr. Ashlie L Burkart, MD as Chief Scientific Officer. As an clinical pathologist with…

$230mln crop protection research centre planned in China

Syngenta Group, the Swiss agrichemical giant owned by ChemChina, is to build a $230 million research and development centre in the Chinese city of Nanjing,…

Crop protection company goes AI

Syngenta Crop Protection is collaborating with artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning company Insilico Medicine to accelerate the invention and development of new,…

NASA awards good ideas to feed astronauts in space

NASA is prepared to pay $500,000 for a good idea to help feed astronauts on long-term space missions with something other than dried, packaged food from Earth. The space…

NBC New York

End of week-long strike

New York: Hunts Point market workers agree with negotiations

A strike that lasted a whole week at the nation’s largest wholesale produce market ended Saturday, after workers overwhelmingly approved an agreement that includes their…

Innovation and sustainability driven by top-sealed packaging solutions

The research for new packaging solutions, both to match the new trends in fresh produce consumption and to attract a wider range of customers, has been a quite established…

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Debets Schalke

Ready for cultivation! The 4 hectare tomato greenhouse in Sivas, Turkey is ready! We wish our customer a lot of success!#Tomato #greenhouse #Turkey #Growth @DebetsSchalke…

New Covent Garden Market

Gary Marshall - New Covent Garden Trader's Association

“Despite having a very tough time traders are supporting the NHS and hospitals with donations of fresh produce"

It has been a very tough year for fresh produce market traders almost 12 months of lockdowns or partial lockdowns, has meant that the biggest part of their market has been…

Pacific Coast Fruit Co. buys Northwest Specialty Produce

Pacific Coast Fruit Co., one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest independent produce distributors with warehouses in Kent and Portland, has acquired Seattle…

'Yuzu fruit, avant garde seasonal eating and medjoul dates'

New Covent Garden Market predicts fruit and vegetable trends for 2021

New Covent Garden Market, from which more than 100 wholesale traders supply fresh fruit and vegetables to London’s restaurants, has predicted that yuzu fruit,…

Peppers, tomatoes, lettuce and citrus fruits: the main Spanish exports in February

February is an important month for the Spanish export of fresh fruits and vegetables. Last year, 1.2 million tons of fresh products worth 1,446 million Euro…

Expanding internationally

Dutch insulated systems builder, Javeko, transfers hands, but stays in the family

Javeko specializes in building cooling cells for the food sector. On 1 January 2020, this Dutch family business was passed down within the family. Jan van Eekelen founded this…

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USDA - Economic Research Service

Legumes, dark greens and red and orange vegetables saw expanded shares of total vegetable availability

According to Food Availability Data from the USDA, Economic Research Service, legumes, dark greens, and red and orange vegetable have expanded their shares of total US…

Andersons Midlands LLP

NFU commissioned report:

'Fairer returns needed to offset increasing labour costs'

An independent report by Andersons, commissioned by the NFU, concludes that unless growers see more sustainable farmgate prices they may be unable to mitigate the impact of…

Kale continues with steady movement

Even with the recent week of significant rain in California, kale supplies out of the state continue to be very good. “The quality is outstanding right now and we look to have…

Microcosms and hi-tech plants - a new frontier for agriculture?

There is increasing talk of indoor crops, i.e. productions that are immediately available to consumers because they are grown inside supermarkets and can be harvested and…

The Netherlands produces 586% more cucumbers per square meter than Spain

According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) processed by Hortoinfo, the world's cucumber production in 2019 was…

SP Soluciones Agrícolas and Indesla offer different formats, from 125 grams to 1 kilo

New sustainable cardboard and R-PET packaging for berries and other crops

SP Soluciones Agricolas, a company from Huelva, and its partner Indesla have come together to solve one of the main problems that the cardboard packaging for berries have.…

Video A look at Growers United and their operator cockpit

Growers United’s new building on Honderdland in Maasdijk is operational. Enough reason for Tim Huijben of Viscon to show the viewers of his vlog around the operator cockpit…

NVWA

Four tomato growers still infected with ToBRFV even after replacing crops

A total of 5 tomato growers, worth over than 39 hectares of greenhouse production, have successfully combatted the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in the Netherlands.…

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