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Wholesum expanding its greenhouse acreage by fall 2021

“2020 was a year of adapting, but people certainly wanted to eat healthy and have access to organic foods,” says Joanna Jaramillo, marketing specialist at Wholesum. Wholesum…

Certhon expands further in North America

"We are working to realize a stable presence in the United States"

While celebrating its 125 years of existence this year, Certhon is far from done developing and expanding within the horticultural market. There have been a lot of…

Introducing "Plantlogic’s hi-grow system"

"New tabletop growing system requires much lower capital investment"

Plantlogic is focused on developing and producing containers and growing systems for substrate agriculture. "The benefits of tabletop strawberry production are well known –…

"Trianum successfully controls Fusarium in lettuce"

Guidizzolo in Northern Italy is an important location for the production of leafy crops. Almost 400ha are dedicated to the production of lettuce in open fields and tunnels.…

Re-Nuble and Ketos partner to provide on-site food waste recovery

Helping soilless growers become fully circular

Re-Nuble has announced a new strategic partnership with water innovator Ketos today, providing soilless farms across the United States with an on-site food…

Idroterm Serre

New irrigation boom for greenhouse irrigation

"Agriculture 4.0 definitely presents many advantages in terms of sustainability and economic and environmental efficiency. Even though it may seem difficult to apply for those…

Tasmania: Bringing back life to an old glasshouse

Organic farmer Rob Mather has managed to greatly improve the soil on a major part of the big glasshouse at Huonville. The former hydroponic tomato-growing glasshouse has not…

Antonio Luengo, Councilor of Murcia:

"We understand that electricity has to be accessible everywhere. Why isn't this the case for water?"

In the Scheme of Important Issues (ETI) of the new hydrological plan of the Tagus, still in the drafting phase, the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition…

"With 'hexagons', mounting can no longer go wrong"

“The JB Groep systems are used in many greenhouses at home and abroad. The company's high-pressure fog systems are very much in demand, but the on-site installation sometimes…

Lakeland Fresh Farms earns non-GMO verification

Lakeland Fresh Farms, a local producer of hydroponically grown greens, today announced that all of its products are now verified as non-GMO through The Non-GMO Project. The…

Webinar: automation and light control in the greenhouse

Automation for lighting control in greenhouses is key to regulate the photoperiod to control flowering or to increase growth to increase crop quality and yield… Light is an…

Special Breeding

Increasing output and availability

California Giant announces partnership to boost berry innovation

California Giant Berry Farms and OnePointOne announce their strategic partnership aimed at increasing berry output and availability through vertical farming and data-driven…

Leading the way discovering rugose virus resistance

Vineland’s greenhouse tomatoes on-the-vine (TOVs) breeding program – the only one of its kind in Canada – has focused since 2013 on developing high-yielding…

Medya Gazete

Retired entrepreneur in Turkey grows fruit saplings in his greenhouse

A retired academician in Isparta, Dr. Abdullah Kankaya produces soilless fruit saplings in pots by using coconut peat and pumice in his greenhouse. Kankaya stated that while…

Thailand: environmentally friendly packaging for tomatoes

'Take Me Home’ and their secondary brand ‘Tomato House’ are announcing their goals to help reduce the negative impact the food industry has on the environment. The target of…

Vietnam: Conference on promoting consumption of agricultural products

On the morning of June 3, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (MARD) held a conference on removing technical obstacles to promote agricultural product…

Intensified pest control in Eastern Africa

As part of a broad-based initiative to address the plant protection needs of the Eastern Africa nations, a practical training program on Pest Risk Analysis…

Fred Miller, UA System Division of Agriculture

Solving bottleneck in blackberry industry with soft-handed picking robots

Students from Arkansas have built a prototype robotic blackberry picker. It was displayed June 9 during the Summer Blackberry Tour at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment…
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Hearing of the European Parliament on artificial intelligence in agriculture

Monday 14 June two committees of the European Parliament organized an online hearing about the future of agriculture and food security in the digital age. The hearing was…

Growing strawberries in Iceland's climate

Near the small town of Reykholt in South Iceland, we find one of the very few local growers of strawberries: Kvistar. Mr. Steinar Jensen has been producing strawberries for…

Research Signify and Fragaria Innova into growing strawberries with LED bears fruits

Signify has worked together with Fragaria Innova to develop specific light recipes for strawberries, resulting in a steady production pattern with high yield, and good quality…

United Fresh announces return to in-person Washington conference

Members of the produce industry will join together at the 2021 Annual Washington Conference taking place September 20-22 in-person at the Grand Hyatt in…

Greenhouse gives watermelon plants a good start

Watermelon production is on track despite cool weather at planting. “I’ve been in our watermelon fields a good bit over the past several days,” Heath Steede, Mississippi State…

Study on thrips diversity and Frankliniella occidentalis trends on three melon cultivars

Globally, thrip pests of agro-ecosystems are well studied. Nevertheless, in Algeria, this insect group remains poorly known. The research was conducted to…

Sensei Ag

Inside Larry Ellison's futuristic indoor farming company on Hawai

Sensei Ag is an agriculture-tech firm bent on changing the way food is grown worldwide. The company's mission is to feed the world by making produce more nutrient-rich and…

Biotalys announces results of Evoca trials

"Our field trial has demonstrated value of our protein-based biofungicide product"

Biotalys announced the strong performance of its first protein-based biocontrol Evoca in its product testing program. Next to the confirmation of the product’s…

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IN: Karnataka to use Israeli technologies to boost horticulture

Under the Indo-Israel agriculture project, Karnataka would use Israeli technologies to increase horticulture production in the southern state, an official said on Wednesday.…

The effect of air pollution on tomato crop

The release of pollutant gases into the atmosphere as a result of anthropogenic activities exert an effect on biological systems at many levels. Combustion…

Strawberries better preserved thanks to a bioactive film

New biofilm for the preservation of strawberries

A major breakthrough in the field of packaging. Mrs. Monique Lacroix, professor at the French National Institute for Scientific Research (INRS), has developed,…

"Aquaponics offers solutions to foodborne illness outbreaks"

There are over 250 identified foodborne diseases that are caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites infecting humans throughout the world. Amongst the most common, and most…

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AppHarvest completes deal with Rabo AgriFinance to fuel expansion

AppHarvest today announced it has completed a deal with Rabo AgriFinance, a subsidiary of Rabobank, to secure $75 million to fuel the expansion of its rapidly growing network…

Study on hydroponic strawberry monitoring system based on nano AI-cloud and IoT-edge

The strawberry market in South Korea is actually the largest market among horticultural crops. Strawberry cultivation in South Korea changed from field…

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World Bank: Uganda can achieve inclusive growth by investing in climate-smart agriculture

In Central Uganda, school children in Kisubi are learning about fish farming and integrated aquaculture, which help to reduce pressure on dwindling water resources and…

China produces more Crispr-Cas publications than EU and US combined

Dutch companies are watching with suspicion how the genetic engineering technique Crispr-Cas9 is being used internationally, while in the Netherlands (and…

Long-awaited good news on the Ag Visa

AUSVEG, the peak industry body for Australia’s vegetable growers, has welcomed the announcement that the Federal Government will make a new agriculture work…

Indian tomato growers dump crops as lockdown hampers trade

In India's southern state of Karnataka, the district around Kolar sees tomatoes being cultivated on over 20,000 hectares. However, despite a bumper crop, this…

Researchers study how changing rainfall patterns could affect strawberries

University of Maine researchers are studying how changes in rainfall patterns caused by climate change could affect strawberries in the Northeast.  Principal investigator Rachel…

Dubai prison inmates develop green fingers on thriving organic farm

On a sprawling organic farm at Dubai Central Jail, inmates are not just growing fruit, flowers, and vegetables, they are also cultivating their hopes and dreams for a better…

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