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Miguel Gonzalez, MG Fruit:

"Spanish tomato growers smell opportunity in the winter months as gas prices explode in the Netherlands"

The Spanish greenhouse vegetable season has restarted in Almeria. The high gas price that the Dutch growers are facing is an opportunity for the Spanish growers, according to…

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Modern horticultural company Schulz combines peppers and herbs cultivation

"Shared infrastructure and use of harvesting team ensures both farms do well"

Already working as 6th generation growers, brothers Stefan and Daniel are active in vegetable cultivation, together with their parents Friedrich and Rosemarie Schulz. Today,…

Agriplast

Recycled plastic films for greenhouse coverings

Agriplast is a company that produces plastic films for the Italian agricultural and horticultural industry. They are currently using 7 and 5 layer blown film systems and the…

The Beekenkamp Group celebrates 70th anniversary

Besides vegetable plants and a wide range of flowering plant material, packaging and chrysanthemum cuttings also belong to the product range of the Beekenkamp Group. With its…

UK: Is a CHP still feasible with higher gas prices?

Natural gas Combined Heat and Power (CHP) has long been an attractive option for sites with a combined heat, electricity, and CO2 demand. The systems combine the use of a heat…

Video Alabama research institute builds new research greenhouse

Research institute HudsonAlpha's is building a new 6,000 square foot greenhouse in Alabama for plant breeding research. They aim to carry out research on crop DNA to improve…

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Rhode Island: Exeter zoning inspector orders work stopped on greenhouse

Four months after Tim Schartner began building a 1 million-square-foot greenhouse on his family’s landmark farm the town’s zoning inspector, Hal Morgan issued a…

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German agtech investors focus on bioinformatics

"Our technology shortens the time-to-market for new crop variety"

BASF Venture Capital and Amathaon Capital, a venture capital company specializing in AgTech, are investing in the Tübingen-based bioinformatics company Computomics. Existing…

Greenhouse lettuce grower acquires East Coast operation

North AmericaPR greenhouse lettuce grower Revol Greens has acquired BJ’s Produce Inc., operating under the widely recognized Living Fresh brand, in Athens, GA. This…

TSRgrow

TSRgrow expands GROWHub monitoring platfrom

"Real time and historical data will keep you in peak performance"

TSRgrow has expanded its lighting, power, and environmental control and monitoring platform, GROWHub™. "GROWHub is a cultivator's autopilot solution that allows you to manage,…

Pinduoduo unveils agriculture initiative to support agricultural modernization and rural communities

Pinduoduo announced that it will launch a dedicated “10 Billion Agriculture Initiative” to face and address critical needs in the agricultural sector and rural areas. Profits…

Special Lighting and Technique

Fazle Quazi: "It's opening possibilities for many crops"

Sequentially moving periodic light beam with anti-microbial function too

Imagine having a light that does not only provide a more uniform light on the canopy, but also functions as anti-microbial. “We have been working on this light for quite a…

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New farming techniques in Cambodian greenhouse a success

Kratie’s farmers saw a great crop yield due to their application of greenhouse farming techniques. They successfully cultivated cauliflowers and cabbages in their greenhouses…

Georgian woman chosen as one of UN's Food Heroes

"There is nothing in agriculture that a man can do and a woman can't"

Irina Vasilyeva has been chosen as one of 17 Food Heroes by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO), as an example of how access to technical knowledge and technology can…

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NL: Sustainable food increasingly important for consumers

The latest Agrifood Monitor, which was presented today during the opening of Dutch Food Week, indicates that sustainability will be increasingly important for consumers. With…

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Urban farmers to use $200K to study Newburgh's food needs

Fighting hunger in Newburgh. That is what Newburgh Urban Farm and Food Initiative is designed to do, and a new $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be…

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Denmark announces 1 billion kroner for plant-based foods

The Danish government has announced over 1.25 billion kroner (€168 million) in funding to advance plant-based foods, as part of an unprecedented climate agreement for food and…

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Students in Brock (TX) excited to work in their greenhouse

Spring will be extra green in Brock (TX) next year, as students begin digging into their future inside a greenhouse planted on their high school campus. Senior Mya Alford, one…
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"Tighter EU import rules for Moroccan tomatoes won’t work miracles"

Morocco’s fresh tomato exports to the EU have steadily increased, leading the EU fresh tomato industry to repeatedly lobby for stricter import rules. Blocking Moroccan imports…

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UK: Production of tomatoes and cucumbers shut down due to rising energy prices and labor shortages

Soaring energy and labor costs threaten the UK’s food security, farmers have warned, as pressure on ministers grows to find an urgent resolution to a set of deepening crises…

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Greenhouses in Kunming preserve 2,500 rare plants

More than 2,500 rare plants are on display at greenhouses in southwest China's city of Kunming, Yunnan Province. Known as the kingdom of plants, the greenhouses are a vivid…

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"NZ grower has gains offset by rising costs"

It is fair to assume growers supplying greenhouse vegetables into the wholesale markets have achieved higher returns than may have been expected. Prices are usually already on…

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Time-efficient phenotype research to evaluate disease resistance in plants

To accelerate resistant variety development in plant breeding programs, precise, non-destructive, and quantitative methods to evaluate plant disease resistance or…

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The pros and cons of pheromones in crop protection

Certis Europe is a company that provides Biorationals, registered plant protection products generally derived from the natural environment. Among their products are…

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Distinghuishing various shapes of greenhouses

Greenhouses come in various shapes and sizes, are made from different materials, and may also have different glazing. When it comes to large commercial greenhouses, you are…

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Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research:

Strawberry research open for application

To advance controlled environment agriculture science, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research’s (FFAR) Precision Indoor Plants (PIP) consortium seeks research…

Horticultural growers protesting in Dublin

"Horticulture sector abandoned by government's inaction"

Horticultural growers, led by IFA President Tim Cullinan, were protesting outside Leinster House in Dublin on Wednesday, October 13. The protest highlighted the ongoing…

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Smaller California farms hamstrung by drought and water shortages

As the drought continues to worsen, many water-use limitations and regulations will be enforced upon all California residents and businesses. Several…

On an adventure with tomato grower Frank Dekker

Evidence report brings ultrasonic battle against algae and micro-organisms into focus

As every grower knows, algae, bacteria and fungi thrive in silos and basins. Algae and biofilm like to attach themselves to the basin and silo lining. Algae are responsible…

Jordan resumes exports of vegetables to Israel

Jordan has resumed vegetable exports to Israel after a five-month hiatus. In a statement, the Jordanian Ministry of Agriculture said that the nation's…

Organic growth of women working in agriculture sector seeds positive change

A team of inspiring female leaders at one of South Australia’s most reputable organic farms is setting the pace for gender equality in South Australia’s agriculture sector and…

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Container lines to make record profits at US $150 billion in 2021

Independent maritime research consultancy Drewry has revised its projections of profits by container lines. Profits are projected to reach an unheard-of high…

Dennis van Luijk: "Growth at Dutch retailers and exports to Europe, Scandinavia, the Middle East, and North America

A 15% increase in graffiti eggplants volumes in a single year

The Greenery Grower, Dennis van Luijk, farms on 3 hectares in the Netherlands, growing traditional purple and white eggplants, as well as mini, round flamed, long flamed,…

Pakistan vegetable exports see record increase of almost 83%

During the first two months of fiscal year 2021-2022, Pakistani vegetable exports grew by 82.88% percent compared to the exports of the same period last year.…

Fresh Produce Safety Centre

FPSC releases survey for Rapid Diagnostic Methods in fresh produce

The Fresh Produce Safety Centre (FPSC) invites members of the industry to complete its Rapid Diagnostic Methods in the Fresh Produce Industry Survey. The…

Nobel-winning gene-editing technology to make growing easier, safer, and more profitable

Israeli startup BetterSeeds is licensing the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology from Corteva Agriscience and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, which…

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