HortiDaily Newsletter | Thursday, July 10, 2025

Inside the new Luke mobile phenotyping platform

First mobile plant phenotyping system with flash-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

"This is a state-of-the-art mobile platform of its kind," says Tuomo Laine, Specialist and Doctoral Researcher at Luke. "There are similar integrated…

Frank Janssen, R&D Manager at Grodan

Research links specific Fusarium isolate to pepper wilting

Since 2022, a number of high-tech greenhouse pepper growers worldwide have faced a rapid and severe form of wilting that posed a threat to crop…

Red-green color palette in Konsman Vegetables’ newest greenhouse

“A resilient crop leads to high yields”

"It's heavy soil by Westland standards, but that has its advantages, especially in weather like this," says lettuce grower Robbin Konsman as he walks…

Strategic partnership to support mobile gully systems in North America

Hort Americas, a North American supplier of commercial greenhouse products and hydroponic solutions, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with…

Greeny PRO launched at Cultivate'25

Cleaning nursery tables using only water and patented brushes

"The future of horticulture cleaning is ecological, efficient, and accessible", says Dany Mestdag with Terrazza MC. With that in mind, the company…

The story behind IIVO shoes

Sebastiaan van Leeuwen is the man behind the trendy IIVO shoes in which Hoogendoorn's team was featured during GreenTech Amsterdam this year. On LinkedIn, he explains how it…

Niagara College earns third Technology Access Centre with federal funding investment

Canadian small- and medium-sized agricultural and environmental businesses will benefit from new research and innovation funding and supports at…

Greenhouse IPM strategies applied in open field cultivation

In Wouwse Plantage, white buckets have been placed in recently planted onion and leek fields. These containers are still visible in mid-June but will…

Jan Volwater 45 years with Zantingh

1980 was a year of many milestones for the Netherlands: the new municipality of Lelystad was established, Queen Juliana passed the crown to her…

Industry invited to priority setting kick-off event in Niagara Falls this fall

Ontario’s agri-food sector sets sights on future with Agri-Food 2050 initiative

Ontario's agri-food sector will come together this fall for the first-ever Agri‑Food 2050, a one-day industry event dedicated to envisioning the future of food…

Growcer acquires Freight Farms’ assets, pledges to support growers worldwide

Canadian vertical farming company Growcer has announced that it has won the bid to acquire the assets of Freight Farms, the U.S.-based container…

AVF Summit 2025 will address scale and sustainability in global food systems

“A pineapple grown in Brazil, packed in Indonesia, and shipped to Europe or the U.S. can travel over 10,000 km”

The vertical farming sector is entering a critical phase. Once considered a high-tech niche with limited scalability, it is now steadily evolving into…

BASF | Nunhems first day of technical exchanges and varietal discoveries around tomatoes

"A great opportunity to exchange ideas and present our new resistant tomato varieties"

For the first time, BASF | Nunhems brought together its tomato grower partners for a day of technical exchanges and varietal discoveries at the C.A.T.É…

Organic fertilizer triggers tomato root microRNAs to fight disease

A recent study reveals that organic fertilizer helps tomato plants combat bacterial wilt by activating a unique defense mechanism involving microRNAs.…

From freight to fresh: One grower’s journey to sustainable greens

Garuda Farms co-founder Sean Malone began his career in freight logistics, where he often handled shipments of lettuce, onions, and carrots. After observing…

Empowering female growers through horticulture training in Pargwal

The Department of Horticulture Jammu organized a one-day Capacity Building-cum-Training Programme in Pargwal, aimed at empowering local farmers, particularly…

Concerns mount over Employer Pays Principle in UK Horticulture

A recent feasibility study exploring the impact of shifting seasonal workers' visa and travel costs onto employers has sparked concern among UK growers,…

Tour of vertically integrated organic vegetable farm along California’s Central Coast

From an early age, Dick Peixoto spent every free minute learning how to farm. At the age of 17, he started farming conventional crops along…

Negative power prices set to increase as solar output rises to record high

The frequency of negative power prices is predicted to reach record levels across parts of Europe after solar output hit new highs in the second…

Standard Bank backs blueberry farming with N$40 million investment

Standard Bank Namibia has invested N$40 million into a large-scale blueberry farming initiative as part of its strategy to support sustainable…

Bruno Vuerinckx, BelOrta:

"Cucumber prices quadruple in one week"

Cucumber prices have surged over the past week, but in fact, all greenhouse vegetables are performing well thanks to the current fine weather. "The cucumber…

Ultrapak supplies trays for Dutch vegetable processor's new factory

Vegetable processor Hessing Supervers began using its brand-new production facility in the Netherlands in the spring of 2023. That went hand in hand…

Netafim marks 60 years in irrigation

Netafim, a pioneer in drip irrigation, is marking its 60th anniversary since its founding in 1965 on a kibbutz in Israel's Negev desert. Over the past six…

U.S. to impose 20.91% tariff on Mexican tomato imports

The price of tomatoes in the United States could rise as the federal government prepares to withdraw from a long-standing trade agreement with Mexico,…

Lidl is latest supermarket to trial AI cameras, nicknamed 'VAR' by public

Romania: Kaufland targets 250 hypermarkets in Romania and Moldova by 2030Kaufland Romania reported a turnover of €3.97 billion in the period between…