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Didier Cadiou, Emeraude Plants:

“The production of organic vegetable plants went from 7% to 22% in 5 years”

In the past 5 years, the sale of organic vegetable young plants to professional growers has been booming. “Organic products are more and more popular. We have been producing…

Vacancies:

Colruyt grows basil in self-developed vertical farm

On Tuesday March the 3rd, Colruyt Group introduced home-grown basil from a vertical farm. The fresh basil from the private label Boni Selection can be purchased from today in…

Kees Havenaar (Frutas Luna) about spring-like winter:

"Dismal Spanish aubergine season, few cucumbers, TOV hobbled through, and pricey bell peppers expected"

During Kees Havenaar of the Spanish company, Frutas Luna's last contribution, everyone was nervously discussing Brexit. "For the time being, we have postponed that until the…

"You can only compare based on the number of units and kilos per square meter"

How many cucumbers can growers harvest in one year from one square meter in the greenhouse? This question keeps growers and breeding companies busy, as can be derived from the…

Plant responses to integrated light and CO2 control

Light is the driving force for photosynthesis in plants which is why managing daily light integral (DLI) is so important in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). However,…

US (VA): Researchers work to keep tuta absoluta out

Virginia Tech entomologist Muni Muniappan has warned of Tuta absoluta’s likely arrival into the United States since he began monitoring the pest’s spread throughout Africa in…

$300,000 each for Den Haan and Forest Glen

Canadian government invests in Nova Scotia greenhouse businesses

Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and Keith Colwell, Nova Scotia Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, announced $600,000 in investments for two…

Coronavirus, labor shortage and food safety

United Fresh discusses key issues for produce industry

This week, United Fresh is on the road in California to celebrate the return of its convention to San Diego, for the first time in seven years. A series of town hall meetings…

US (AZ): Bayer opens 300,000 sq. ft. corn breeding greenhouse

Bayer has opened a new smart, state-of-the-art, automated greenhouse facility in Marana, Ariz. The Marana Greenhouse facility is the first of its kind for the company and the…

Mexico hits peak strawberry production, good volumes enter the US market

The Mexican strawberry season is currently hitting peak production, and the volumes are slightly higher than they were last year. Naturipe Farms works with both Mexican and…

Special Climate

Jan Voshol takes a step back in the Netherlands, Wilco and Lennert at the helm

"I just keep getting myself involved in everything," says Jan Voshol with a wink. He just explained that last year he has transferred the shares of his company in the…

Grower in Mardin, Turkey dismantles and sells greenhouse due to unfair electricity billing

The growers in Mardin, a city located in southeastern Turkey, keep fighting through problems as the production costs such as chemicals and fertilizers keep increasing. In…

The Guardian visits Wageningen

"The question of how to feed the world is a political one"

The Netherlands is not a big place. You can drive across the whole country from the north to the south in under four hours. And yet it ranks consistently among the world’s top…

European Innovation Partnership project

Developing the sensor technology of the future

Heliospectra is leading an innovation project supported by EU funds; European Innovation Partnership (EIP). The overall purpose for the EIP-support is to create better…

Today on social media

Nature Fresh Farms

This week marks the end of construction & the start of the first season in our newest Leamington-based greenhouse facility! Stay tuned as we share photos of our new Tomato…

UK: NIAB EMR ten-year vision for ag science

NIAB EMR’s Managing Director, Professor Mario Caccamo, presented his vision of data-driven science providing practical solutions to many of the complex and interwoven…

US (NY): Teens for Food Justice latest farm to grow 10,000 pounds of produce this year

Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ), in partnership with Whole Kids Foundation, and the inventive and industrious students of Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus opened the…
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March 19-20, Bordentown

US (NJ): Two-day short course introduces beginners to greenhouse crop production

People consider starting a greenhouse for a variety of reasons, and greenhouse farming provides a way to grow year-round. However, managing the production…

UK: Building an agri-tech investment community

The KTN Agri-Tech Investment Showcase is a programme of activities that brings together early stage companies and investors, to boost investment in UK agri-tech. KTN and…

US: Dr. Eric Deeble joins National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition as Policy Director

Following a rigorous national search, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) announced the hiring of Dr. Eric Deeble to serve as the 30-year old…

Biotalys announces second closing of €45 million Series C financing round

Biotalys announces the second closing of its Series C financing round with €10 million, bringing the total amount of capital raised through its Series C to €45…

Verano365 launches first product at Biocontrols Conference

"Growers are seeing higher yields, shorter cycle times, lower unit costs and extended shelf-life"

Verano365, a startup horticultural technology company, announced its first product called Thrivedo at Biocontrols USA Conference held in Portland, Oregon. Thrivedo consists of…

provisional name 'Skye'

UK: Newly released primocane raspberry RBC16P4 shortly available for commercial use

Plants of the newly released primocane raspberry RBC16P4 (provisionally named Skye) from James Hutton Limited (commercial subsidiary of the renowned James Hutton Institute)…

US (DE): Loss leads aquaponics farmer to turn hobby into business

When Doug Wood's mother died of cancer in 2018, the Dover man decided to make a radical change. "I always realized that life is short, but I didn't want to be one of those…

Julius Kühn-Institut evaluates plant protection techniques for EU project

Smarter crop protection for Europe's vegetable cultivation

Plant protection is much more than just spreading chemicals over large areas with a spray-trailer behind a tractor. For a long time now, an innovative research…

A novel strain of Streptomyces for biocontrol of strawberry anthracnose

Anthracnose caused by Glomerella cingulata is one of the most devastating diseases of strawberries in Japan, particularly during its nursery period in the…

France will ban the sale of fruit and vegetables packaged in plastic or with stickers in 2022

From January 1, 2022, France will ban the sale of unprocessed fruits and vegetables packaged in plastic, as dictated by the French anti-waste law for a…

Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to battle COVID-19: US dollar drops

Since Tuesday, the US dollar fell across the board after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in an emergency move designed to shield the world’s largest economy from the…

Panama 2019 - lowest economic growth in a decade

Allegedly, Panama recorded a 3 percent rise in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019, the lowest growth rate since its slowdown began in 2011. A balance of…

Red and blue nets impact on physiological and morphological traits of tomato

Plants can detect the quality, quantity and direction of light and use it as a signal to adapt their morphogenesis and growth. Thus according to their light…

But 'remaining slow and incomprehensive'

Customs clearance of goods through many Vietnam-China border gates restored

The import and export of Vietnamese agricultural products to China has faced numerous difficulties with the sharp declines in both volume and value of goods amid the…

Post-Brexit US trade deal:

0.16% economic boost predicted

The government has estimated a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States would boost the UK economy by 0.16% over the next 15 years. The figure is included in a 180-page document…

Advertised prices for specialty crops at major retail supermarket outlets ending during period of 02/22 to 03/05

Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, avocados and grapes highly advertised

This week, grocery stores across the US leapt out of winter right into an early spring. Some retailers featured one day-long sales for Leap Year Day. Seafood ads were front…

Ukrainian Business Hub plans to export berries to the UAE

From the start of the next berry season, the Ukrainian Business Hub is going to export berries to the United Arab Emirates. This was announced by the founder…

Spain imported 198.2 million kilos of tomatoes in 2019

According to data from the Estacom statistical service (Icex-Tax Agency) prepared by Hortoinfo, Spain imported a total of 198.2 million kilos of tomatoes worth…

The Canary Islands' tomato production is in danger

The Canary Islands produce and export bananas, the world's most demanded fruit, and tomatoes, the most popular vegetable in Europe. However, despite the…

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INTA Mar de Plata markets its first hydroponic strawberries

The marketing of the first strawberries grown hydroponically in the framework of the Tierra Sana project of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology…

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