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NPM Capital acquires minority share in KUBO

Investment company NPM Capital has acquired a minority share in KUBO, developer of high-tech greenhouses for horticulture.  "A year and a half ago we realized that we could use…

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Market introduction for tomato leaf-cutting robot Kompano

Remember Kompano, the autonomous, fully automated leaf-cutting robot for tomato crops introduced by Priva a couple of years ago? Well, it's ready for it's market introduction.…

Horti China takes place in Qingdao, China

China: Rapidly developing greenhouse industry looks for more technical solutions

The Horti Asia is currently taking place in the Qingdao World Expo. The expo is smaller than in previous years because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. This year, there are…

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Valoya appoints Mr. Tuukka Parviainen as new CEO

"We provide LED-solutions to help customers consume fewer resources"

Valoya, the research-driven manufacturer of horticultural LED lighting solutions announces the appointment of Mr. Tuukka Parviainen as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr.…

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UK: Thanet Earth had to trash £320k of food produce due to lack of workers

A lack of pickers and drivers has led to Birchington-based Thanet Earth ‘trashing’ £320,000 worth of produce in just three weeks, North Thanet MP Sir Roger Gale told…

Mucci Farms expands West and starts exclusive marketing agreement

Mucci Farms is excited to announce it has entered into an exclusive marketing agreement with Casey Houweling to market all produce grown in the Camarillo, CA facility under…

SA Harvest: "Solving hunger at South Africa's scale boils down to logistics"

Food insecurity in South Africa: closing the gap between farm and fork

Twenty million South Africans face food insecurity, which prompted an organization to gear up its logistics network to place food where it’s most desperately needed. Right:…

European tomato goes mad in August

Could the European market become even more extreme than in June and July? Yes. The average prices in August were even higher than in the first two months of…

Village Farms rebrands

"Our branding represents an evolution to a plant-based, consumer products company"

Village Farms International, Inc. has unveiled new corporate branding and launched its new corporate website. The new branding embodies the company’s evolution…

Chinese scientists grow rice that yields twice faster in hydroponic experiment

Recently, scientists of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences cooperated with the Qianqian team of the China National Rice Research Institute to successfully achieve an…

Dongyang, China: scientists give instruction in modern tomato greenhouse

On September 3, Cao Chunxin, a scientist from Jinhua City, instructed staff on how to conduct soilless cultivation of seedlings in the fully automatic glass greenhouse of the…

Nanyang, China: Renewing the old wasteland into greenhouses

Years ago, Dengzhou City was the area where soil was dug out for the South-North water transfer project in China, channeling freshwater from the Yangtze River in southern…

New baby iceberg lettuce debuts

Braga Fresh will debut Josie’s Organics baby iceberg lettuce in a two-count retail bag at the 2021 Organic Produce Summit, Sept. 16 in Monterey in booth #204. The Josie’s…

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Labor shortage and covid threaten Australia's "record-size" harvest

Australia’s agricultural sector is set for a record $73bn year but labor shortages and border restrictions are threatening farmers’ ability to deliver on the promise of a…

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"Aloe Vera village" brings prosperity to Indian farmers

Tribal women in Jharkhand have turned to non-traditional cultivation of Aloe Vera, a kind of medicinal plant, which has brought them a substantial amount of profit.  Residents from…

"Uncontrolled growth of apps causes issues in food sector"

Apps are often very useful, provided they are compatible with other apps and the underlying larger information systems used by businesses. If this is not the case, the…
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Geothermal greenhouse for Canadian school

Staff and students of Rothesay Elementary School have big dreams for their new geothermal greenhouse – the first in the province at a school, according to community school…

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Cambodia: Successful yield of greenhouse crops in Tboung Khmum

Farmers in Tboung Khmum Province successfully cultivated and harvested greenhouse crops. This is a major achievement for farmers who were able to safely raise vegetables…

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US (OK): Osage Nation growing fresh produce for community with Harvest Land farm

Osage Nation is working to provide fresh and healthy foods to its community. The tribe opened their own meat processing facility and butcher shop earlier this year in Hominy.…

Students help create fertilizer app for Tanzanian farmers

Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa use fertilizer well below recommended rates for optimal productivity. One reason is lack of trust in the products available from local…

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Chickpea trial leads to Bayer Youth Ag Summit

A passion for sustainable food production led Sydney Ph.D. student Cara Jeffrey all the way to the top end of Western Australia to complete large-scale chickpea trials. Now…

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Zambia: Youth changing lives one plant at a time

Just like millions of teenagers around the world, Daniel has a dream: to help make the world a better place. Having just turned 16, he recognizes one of Zambia’s biggest…

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Pennsylvania opens $500,000 program to improve urban agriculture

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding today announced the opening of the 2021-22 PA Farm Bill's $500,000 Urban Agriculture Grant Program to grow agricultural…

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Space chiles are blooming marvellous

Over our heads, on the International Space Station, chilli peppers are blooming and being hand-pollinated by astronauts. There are four pepper plants growing in the Advanced…

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Texas growers lose millions following weather challenges

The Texas agriculture industry has been hit hard by the pandemic and the February freeze. Now, the recent summer storms haven't made their recovery easy. Southeast Texas…

British government to delay introducing post-Brexit checks

Checks on goods imported from EU delayed again

The British government is to delay introducing post-Brexit checks on food and farming imports to England, Scotland and Wales. The reasons given are Covid…

Important growth of the strawberry variety Victory

September marks the end of the strawberry plant nursery season, a key phase for its subsequent transplantation in the production areas of southern Europe and Mediterranean arc…

New compostable fruit and veg bags and plastic packaging trial

Lidl GB builds on plastic reduction and recycling programme

Lidl GB has today announced a series of new initiatives, as part of its REset Plastic strategy, to eliminate plastic waste and support the continued reduction and…

Organic Matters 2021:

The UK horticulture conference created by growers for growers is back!

The Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) is pleased to announce the second Organic Matters conference. It held the first Organic Matters in 2019 to facilitate the…

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The future of peach harvesting

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has developed an intelligent robot that is designed to handle the human-based tasks of thinning and pruning peach trees, which could…

Kurdistan Region bans tomato imports after local protests

The autonomous Kurdistan Region has temporarily banned the import of tomatoes in support of local growers in the district of Penjwin, Sulaimani province. The…

Fresh produce grower works with Mexican government to increase trade

Fortune Growers, a fresh produce company based in Elgin, Illinois, has partnered with the Mexican government in order to strengthen the growth of Mexican produce. The company…

Italian vegetable prices drop after peaking around 10 days ago

Lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini and eggplants: these are just a few of the products that reached high prices in early September due to the lack of quantities caused by the summer…

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