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"Moroccan growers are increasingly able to meet the wishes of traders and consumers in Europe"

The new Dutch snack tomato import season began recently. The first batches were already on the market in September. These were brought in by, among others, DOOR/Prominent. The…

Vacancies:

Ken Sharpe (New Century Glasshouses) passes away

After a short illness, we are sorry to announce the sad passing of Ken Sharpe. Some will remember him from his days at the Hull company Westdock, starting there in 1959…

Clifton Tomasini, Quest

"Dehumidifiers and air movers are used from seed storage to harvest"

“We started by selling our smaller standalone dehumidifiers. Now, we have our walk-in IQ series, with two units fitting on the back of a transport truck,” according to Quest…

International online business increases in French horticulture

"In the horticultural industry we tend to work together with a limited number of suppliers of choice with usually longtime relationships and why change if things run well?…

Screens: Leave the truss alone!

In relatively hot climates like most of Australia, using an automated Shade or Energy Screen is an indispensable tool, but it is also a compromise – it’s really good at…

Agdia

US: New ToBRFV ELISA test now available for evaluation

Agdia has announced availability of evaluation prototypes for their new Tomato brown rugose fruit virus ELISA, which is slated for full commercialization in December 2020. The…

US (AZ): BioSafe Systems expands with facility in Yuma

BioSafe Systems has partnered with Zafar Produce to sign a lease on a new production and warehouse facility in the city of Yuma, AZ. Zafar Fresh has been an…

Koppert Biological Systems

New edition Insect Pest Management

Originally written in 1991 and updated in 2000, the third edition of this valuable reference book will soon be released. Published by CABI and showing a Koppert photograph on…

All-in-one hydroponic and aquaponic event

Join 1000+ of World’s Brightest Minds in Hydroponics & Aquaponics to Learn, Share Secrets & Network Online.  For two days, Agritech Fest will stream speeches, social…

Murawska/Agroberichten Buitenland

Energy transition in greenhouses

The Dutch horticultural sector is already circular: more and more energy is renewable, there are many savings, rainwater is collected to be used for production purposes. Less…

Hortilux

PCF Greenhouse Technologies and Hortilux are expanding their cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic

"This year has been a test of strength for many manufacturers"

PCF Greenhouse Technologies - a Russian company for the design, construction and engineering support of greenhouse complexes - is implementing a number of greenhouse complex…

Special: A clean facility

Crop rotation at Westlandpeppers: 'Scrabble words' come to live

Crop rotation is in full swing at Westlandpeppers, grower of bell peppers, chili peppers, and nowadays also herbs. They have been busy clearing out the greenhouses in De Lier…

Toro

Aqua-Traxx Sweet Spot drip tape and Toro Fittings add new options for irrigation

Improving drip irrigation designs and efficiencies, new Toro Aqua-Traxx Sweet Spot drip tape is a 6/8” Interior Diameter (ID) drip tape that gives growers a one-of-a-kind…

Krishi Jagran

Scientific method of cultivation for green leafy vegetables

The main green leafy vegetables grown in India are fenugreek, spinach and chaulai. These are the sources of many mineral elements including protein, vitamins, iron, calcium,…

Sakata Vegetables

Field day in Uzbekistan, Betis F1 in the spotlight

Betis F1 was the guest of honour at this field day organized by Sakata Central Asia. Twenty visitors (dealers, growers and nurseries) travelled from the Andijan, Fergana and Namangan…

Torbjørn Tandberg

"Svalbard Global Seed Vault is more secure than ever"

Deep inside a mountain on an island in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, more than one million seeds of crops from around the world…
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Mila Naumova | Dreamstime.com

Can you solve the Japanese cucumber conundrum?

Consider this problem, derived from these Japanese phrases: boru niko (two balls), tsuna nihon (two ropes), uma nito (two horses), kami nimai (two sheets of paper), ashi gohon…

Himalaya2Home

The food crusaders preserving India’s heritage

A small army of botanical heritage enthusiasts is spearheading a movement in India for the revival and preservation of the country’s rapidly vanishing food biodiversity by…

Ognjen Stevanovic | Dreamstime.com

Tomato seed value chain analysis and seed conditioning among seed companies in Uganda

Tomatoes increase nutritional food security and income among Ugandan smallholder farmers who have limited access to high quality seed. The objective of a new study was to…

ACI Medellín

Colombia: With urban gardens, Antioquia benefits thousands of citizens in food security

At hand, in the patios of their own houses, kitchens or living rooms, Antioqueños who live in the Metropolitan Area of Medellín will be able to access vegetables, aromatic…

CCHRC

Fire-hazard trees could heat greenhouses to feed rural Alaska

Eva Dawn Burk is passionate about eating locally harvested foods, and she wants to use them to promote healing throughout her community. It started with building fish wheels…

Innovature

Innovature asks a scientist:

Is plant breeding safe?

The process of selecting superior performing plants for food, feed and fiber products dates back more than 10,000 years and has been substantially refined in the last century.…

Duncan Family Farms

Cultivating a career at Arizona lettuce farms

Stephanie Pharris never set out to be a FarmHer, but now that she’s here, she has found her calling. A background in food distribution led her to a role as the Equipment Fixed…

webinar, November 9

Biological control of hairy root disease on hydroponically grown tomatoes using Pseudomonas

Hairy root disease (HRD) caused by Agrobacterium rhizogenes is a problematic disease leading to substantial losses in marketable yield in hydroponically grown…

Kuensel

Greenhouse gives fresh vegetables in Bhutan settlement

In Merak, Trashigang (Bhutan), Tshenden is preparing lunch for her family. She makes a quick dash to her greenhouse. There is always something fresh, green and healthy to eat.…

Marjet Lubbers

Russia’s vegetable production has grown by 6%

According to the operational data of the regional governing bodies of the agro-industrial complex, as of October 27, 2020, about 5.3 million tons of vegetables…

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Rijk Zwaan

'Solutions for food retailers facing seismic shift in consumer habits and spend'

Global logistics company C.H. Robinson is bringing supply chain expertise and technology to the aid of grocery retailers facing unprecedented demand and…

Free Trade Advantage portal to help veggie exporters take advantage of Free Trade Agreements

AUSVEG, has welcomed the launch of Free Trade Advantage – Austrade’s new online tool designed to help Australian exporters take advantage of Australia’s free…

India: DMK party demands fixed floor price for vegetables

DMK president M.K. Stalin has urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami to take a cue from the Kerala government and fix the floor price for…

Fresh fruit picked by Israeli robots

Israeli Industry experts estimate that about 10 percent of the world’s fruit crops rots on the trees and goes to waste because there are not enough workers to pick it. That is…

San Antonio’s Fresh Texas acquires Austin Veggie Noodle Co. manufacturing plant

San Antonio’s Fresh From Texas LLC, which sells fruit and vegetable meal kits, announced it has acquired the Austin manufacturing plant of Veggie Noodle Co.…

Italy still behind when it comes to varietal innovation

When producers decide to cultivate a species, they must also decide which variety to focus on, usually the most suitable for their needs and crop conditions.…

Francesc Llonch, of Gavà Grup:

"This year, the drop in the tomato production is becoming more noticeable"

The acreage devoted to tomatoes in Almería has been reduced again, thereby continuing the downward trend of recent years. The increase in production costs, the impact of pests…

Spanish pepper exports have been record-breaking

Spanish pepper exports have reached unprecedented figures in the 2019/2020 campaign with the sale of 869.62 million kilos worth 1,199.02 million Euro, at an…

January-August 2020

The EU, Norway and Switzerland account for 96% of all Spanish fruit and vegetable exports

According to data from the General Directorate of Customs, between January and August of this year, 96% of all Spanish fresh fruit and vegetable exports went to the EU, Norway…

Bernd Bodiselitsch (Imprint LLC) on labelling fraud

"Price differences can make falsification of geographical origin profitable"

A few weeks ago there was a million-dollar fraud case in the Austrian fruit trade: 460 tons of apples of Czech origin were offered on the market as Austrian goods. Imprint…

Marsh Foods, Spain

Samphire from the marshes of Isla Cristina is taking over the market

Entrepreneurs Manuel Díaz and Demófilo Vitorique have launched an innovative project to grow marsh samphire in Isla Cristina, in the Spanish province of…

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