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Green Automation

How to make fresh, safe, sustainable and locally grown leafy greens the new normal

“At Green Automation, we are proud to be part of driving the transformation toward a sustainable and resilient supply of leafy greens,” says Juhana Kantola, Co-Founder and CTO…

IPM Essen 2021 cancelled

The IPM Essen, which was planned for January 26 to 29, 2021, is cancelled. Against the background of the increasingly dynamic situation and worldwide travel restrictions,…

Bom Group

Video The story behind the Low Carbon Farming project

The Low Carbon Farming project in the United Kingdom, is a 29 hectare project, designed by Bom Group, based on an idea that was started in the beginning of 2016. The Low…

Rijk Zwaan

8.5% net turnover growth for family-owned company

It seems like nothing can get breeding company Rijk Zwaan off track

Vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan has achieved a net turnover of €477 million in the 2019/2020 financial year. This represents 8.5% growth on the previous year. Rijk…

Webinar: Horticulture lighting application method and product demonstration

With the continuous development of the pandemic, not being able to go out for business activities has gradually become the norm now. But as described in Camus's novel The…

New tomato hook winding machine launched

After 18 months of being busy with the development of a new model of tomato hook winding machine, Steenks Service can finally announce that it is now available. They have…

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Urgent call for Dutch horticulture expertise in Saudi Arabia

A major Saudi company, with sufficient funds available is looking for a Dutch expertise in indoor farms and greenhouses. The Saudi Arabian company is looking for a Dutch…

Fighting poverty in China with greenhouses

Poverty is a challenge facing all countries and the international community as a whole. Promoting development, eliminating poverty and achieving common prosperity is an ideal…

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Video: Crop rotation in Russian greenhouse Teplichny

All associates of Teplichny have been agriculturally alert for three months now as tomato crop rotation is going on. Tomato seeds are being placed in holes made in cork,…

GGS

Is your greenhouse winter ready?

For areas that experience significantly colder weather and snow during the fall and winter seasons, it’s important to prepare your greenhouses so your crops are protected.…

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Mprise Agriware

Webinars about IT, data and horticulture

Mprise Agriware already hosted two webinars for seed companies in September. If you missed your chance, they have good news for you: they will organize two new webinars on the…

Planas: "It is an imperfect proposal, but a very good one"

EU countries reach an agreement on the reform of the CAP

After 42 hours of negotiations, the countries of the European Union (EU) have managed to close an agreement on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which will…

New Dubai café for avocado enthusiasts

Avocados are so popular around the world that in certain parts of South America, there are gangs dedicated to protecting them. The fruit has become an entity in itself, with…

Cleanfarms

CAN (PE): Cleanfarms is collecting unwanted agricultural pesticides this fall

This fall, farmers in Prince Edward Island (PEI) can safely dispose of unwanted agricultural pesticides and old, obsolete livestock and equine medications through a Cleanfarms…

PMA welcomes six industry leaders to PMA Board of Directors

Produce Marketing Association will welcome 6 new industry leaders to the PMA Board of Directors on Thursday, October 22 as the board meets for the first time. The newly…

Kalera contemplates private placement

Kalera has engaged ABG Sundal Collier ASA and Arctic Securities AS to advise on and effect a contemplated private placement of up to 31,000,000 new shares in…

CleanGreens

CombaGroup adds new products and rebrands

CombaGroup announced the company's complete rebranding and launch of its new website, along with new product announcements. With six years of R&D and technology breakthroughs…

MSU receives $2 million USDA grant to improve blueberry pollination

Michigan State University has received a four-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative to improve…
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Kerr Center

Cherry tomatoes in self-wicking containers

In 2020, the Kerr Center horticulture program trialed several varieties of cherry tomato from the Sun series, indoors in self-wicking containers. A PDF report contains the…

UF/IFAS

Tomato juice with UF/IFAS-bred Garden Gem pleases palates

Florida-grown tomatoes – particularly the UF/IFAS-bred Garden Gem – pack a tasty punch for tomato juice, new University of Florida research shows. By and large, the biggest…

EcoTech Capital

"Indoor farming is going mainstream"

Significant changes are underway in the indoor farming sector, none bigger than the recent AppHarvest public listing and the Plenty and Driscoll’s joint development agreement.…

Growing Media Europe elects new board members

During a General Assembly held on 29 September 2020, the members of Growing Media Europe (GME) unanimously elected Mr. Moritz Böcking, Mr. Sander van…

UK: AHDB CEO to step down

After almost six years as CEO at the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), Jane King has decided that the next 12 months will be her last in the role. Now that the…

Plant Health Centre

UK: CaLiber consortium secures £2.3M funding to continue research on ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’

A new consortium named “CaLiber” has assembled to research the bacterial plant pathogen ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’, its insect vectors, and its potential impact on…

Novagric

Greendomo Project brings local, sustainable agriculture to Spain

What was once a desert in Almería in southeast Spain is now a sea of greenhouses - and the orchard of Europe. The intensive agriculture of the greenhouses has brought…

Harvest London

"Bring on the post-Brexit vertical farming revolution"

As the UK and the EU stretch out yet another week of “will they or won’t they?” over a trade deal, like a painfully unromantic episode of Neighbours (no jokes about Australian…

VPK Group NV and Encase Ltd reach acquisition agreement

Yesterday, VPK Group came to an agreement with COPI Holding to buy Encase Ltd, manufacturer and designer of corrugated cardboard packaging. Encase Ltd operates two integrated…

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Grodan

New season of Egyptian strawberries is coming soon

The production of Egyptian open field strawberries has been underway for a while, and the produce is almost ready to be exported. It’ll be a challenging season, as the effects…

Mr. Akarca, Elite Foods

“Belgian tomato trade is quiet, due to Turkish, Moroccan, and Macedonian competition”

“A season of ups and downs - that's how to best describe the past summer," says Mr. Akarca of Elite Foods in Belgium. "It was generally a better year than last year. Low…

Kompany's autumn TOV season starts in week 48/49

"This year, Dutch cucumbers available year-round for the first time"

Kompany has wanted to supply cucumbers to its clients year-round for some time now. This year will be the first time it'll succeed in that. "We'll be starting new cultivation…

The demand for radicchio exceeds the supply

"Currently, the radicchio is doing pretty well. The harvest started in October The harvest with the types long broad-leaf and narrow, round, radicchio di Castelfranco and…

BLE market report week 42:

'Dutch and Belgian tomatoes constantly formed the basis of the range'

The basis of the tomato range was constantly formed by Dutch and Belgian offers, although their presence was limited overall. Meanwhile, the importance of Spanish, Turkish and…

EU ministers agree on 'starting point' for common agricultural policy

Agricultural ministers from EU member states agreed on a post-2020 common agricultural policy (CAP) early Wednesday morning. The intention is to further more environmentally…

Destructive plant pests detected at Philadelphia ports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists in Wilmington recently intercepted two destructive insect pests – an Ochrostomus sp., commonly known…

Namibia is exporting tons of blueberries for the first time ever

For the first time ever, Namibia’s is exporting tons of blueberries. This has become possible because the fruit, marketed under the Namib Blue brand name, is…

€39.6 million for Corona problems

Commission approves Greek scheme to support certain vegetable producers

The European Commission has approved a €39.6 million Greek scheme to support producers of certain vegetables who were troubled by the side effects of the…

Kisan Rail transports 42 tons of tomatoes to Nagpur

With the success of the previous two Kisan Rail projects from Anantapur to New Delhi and intensive marketing efforts of Guntakal division of South Central…

Organic fresh produce sales continue double digit growth in Q3

Total organic fresh produce sales and volume in the US continued to register double digit growth in the third quarter of 2020, with July-September sales increasing 16% and…

PMA virtual town hall on diversity and inclusion in the workplace

"There is no quick fix; the real fix has to be long-term"

The topic of diversity and inclusion has been previously addressed at PMA’s virtual town hall series and to emphasize the importance and gravity of the topic, PMA readdressed…

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