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Thursday, June 18, 2020

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TEKNOSERA, highest high-tech greenhouse in Turkey, expands

"Lowering our cost price thanks to expansion"

With a height of almost 10 meters, the greenhouse that Richel built for Teknosera two years ago was the highest one in Turkey. It still is, and it will also be one of the…

Which AI algorithm will have the greenest thumbs?

On June 15 the kick-off of the Smart Agriculture Competition took place in Yunnan, China. Contestants of this high-tech showdown will have 3.5 months to remotely grow…

The DNA tricks that gave us 100 different kinds of tomatoes

HULK spelled backwards makes the plant smaller

An expansive new analysis of genetic variation among tomatoes has uncovered 230,000 previously hidden large-scale differences in DNA between varieties. As tomato plants…

Video Controlling growth with light: more in winter, diffuse in summer

For a grower, every ray of sunlight entering the greenhouse in winter is a bonus. Light is also welcome in summer, provided it is properly distributed throughout the crop.…

Maciej Kolasinski - Castleton Farm

"The yield from the Limalexia is good and I think it has good potential"

The strawberry harvest has been going since mid-March at Castleton Farm in the North East of Scotland. The first strawberries of the year come from the 5 hectares of…

KeyGene

KeyGene successfully applies selective DNA sequencing in plants

Scientists of research company KeyGene in Wageningen, the Netherlands, are the first to report the application of adaptive DNA sequencing in plants, applying the Read Until…

Bowery Farming

Sustaining the future of indoor vertical farming with microgrids

While indoor agriculture has steadily gained traction in recent years as the world seeks alternative ways to feed growing populations, the uncertainty of today’s global…

"Twenty years ago, quite a lot of tomatoes were imported, but that is no longer the case"

Havecon built the first phase of a new construction project for Intergrow, a grower of various types of tomatoes in New York, which was completed in the fall of 2018. The…

Light orders canceled due to fraud

Heliospectra AB, an intelligent lighting technology company for greenhouse and controlled plant growth environments, announced that two orders from Turner Construction, which…

Special webinars & online education

Wednesday June 24, 9 AM UTC

Webinar on growers preventing diseases etc. by using automatic retractable roof houses

Recognise the problems below, and wish to have clear strategies to reduce or prevent them from occurring? This upcoming Cravo webinar will be valuable to you if want: strategies to…

Intensity update on Overhead lights

Netled introduces intensity updates for two models of the Overhead series: a completely new model Overhead 550W and an updated version of the Overhead 240W. The…

From traditional to Data Driven Growing

Around the globe, companies and governments are heavily investing in both new and existing greenhouses as well as crop growing expertise. They aim to meet the increased demand…

CAN (ON): Government invests $15 million in agri-food workers' health and safety

The Government of Ontario is taking additional steps to better protect workers in the agri-food sector during the COVID-19 outbreak. The province is…

Life Water Garden

Hydroponic project starting to 'bear vegetables'

A project in the Norway House Cree Nation is starting to bear fruit. Or vegetables in this case. One year ago, the northern Manitoba First Nation began a hydroponic garden…


Part 1 5 hard knockouts for the successful start-up of a legal (medicinal) organization in the Netherlands The regulation of the production of (medicinal and) recreational cannabis requires enormous efforts from all parties that want to be involved, including the government. Eric Uleman is the managing director of CannNext, a company with a state-of-the-art facility in the Netherlands where they grow medical cannabis for research…

Urban farming in Malaysia

Urban farming is fast catching on in Malaysia with many young people taking it up to grow vegetables in city backyards. There are many types of urban farming but one that is…

"Horticulture in New Zealand can support the country post-COVID"

Horticulture New Zealand says the findings of a Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) survey of the horticulture sector confirm that horticulture can fully support New Zealand’s…

Open call for innovation experiments

CHAP would like to bring to your attention the agROBOfood Open Call for Innovation Experiments and is happy to discuss any potential collaborative R&D projects that may fit…

Vladislav Jirousek

Bosnia and Herzegovina sees increased exports in almost all sectors

Within the joint project of USAID and the Swedish government’s “Market Agriculture Development Project II” (FARMA II) and in cooperation with the Foreign Trade…

Jim Ochterski / NNYADP

US (NY): Farms collaborate to advance "superfoods" research

Three high-antioxidant, high-economic value "superfruits" - juneberry, honeyberry, and aronia berry - are the focus of research funded by the Northern New York Agricultural…

Robotics effort addressing agricultural labour gap

A large UK agri-food consortium has been formed to address agricultural labour shortages by accelerating the use of robotics and automation (R&A) for picking…

Bioinsecticide recognized with EPA green challenge chemistry award

Vestaron Corporation’s bioinsecticide SPEAR has earned recognition from the Environmental Protection Agency via its Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Program. Since…

The future of food

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue visited Pairwise to learn more about how the food tech company is working to solve health challenges through food. Secretary Perdue…

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KPU Farm School gives fresh produce to Indigenous and refugee families

The Institute for Sustainable Food Systems (ISFS) at Kwantlen Polytechnic University is giving food boxes during the COVID-19 pandemic to help two Metro…

UK and EU farmers united in call for free trade agreement

Farming organisations from across the EU have joined the NFU in its call for an urgent breakthrough in trade talks in order to establish a UK/EU free trade agreement. The call…

Expert insights on opportunities for indoor and vertical farming

The indoor and vertical farming industry has fast-tracked many opportunities to help feed consumers during a global pandemic. The virtual Indoor AgTech Innovation Summit will…

Expert Markus Tauber on the Agri-Tec 4.0 research project

'To make Vertical Farming industrially viable, you need artificial intelligence'

Existing vertical farming systems are automated, but still require manual intervention. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is needed to make them industrially…

In 2019, Dutch peppers were 55% more expensive than Spanish peppers

In 2019 the Netherlands exported its peppers at a price that was 55.23% more expensive than the price of the peppers that Spain exported, according to data from COMTRADE, the…

Grand opening general session

Produce industry is grateful to get together online

The United Fresh LIVE! virtual trade show kicked off yesterday, Monday June 15th, with the Grand Opening General Session. Tom Stenzel was joined by Michael Muzyk, President of…

New requirements for importing leafy greens from Arizona into Canada

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be implementing a new requirement for imports of leafy greens from Arizona, USA. Effective mid-August 2020, the…

Rijk Zwaan soft launched field station in Egypt

Despite the Coronavirus, business must go on. Rijk Zwaan hosted a soft launch of its field station and melon field days in a series of COVID-proof events. Since Egypt joined…

No more Iowa for Schnucks

Walmart: New partnership with Shopify

Canada: Alberta Safeway workers mulling strike over stalemate in union talksThe union representing Canada Safeway workers in Alberta says it is consulting with its members…

Kittipong Jirasukhanont

Robots might ease UK migrant worker shortage

Britain is troubled by a lack of labourers to pick up its ripe fruit in 2020. The Coronavirus and Brexit have caused an uproar among the United Kingdom’s fruit…

Smart plastic containers from Gamma-Wopla find their way into France

"Even delicate products such as tomatoes can always be transported safely"

In the fields and greenhouses in the south of France, smart plastic containers and pallets are being used in the current vegetable harvest to preserve the premium quality of…

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