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Travel restrictions challenge Van Den Bosch Seeds

“April and May are the most important months of the year for us”

Everyone in the food supply chain is meeting new challenges due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, and seed distributors are no exception; Jacob Van Den Bosch of Van Den Bosch…

“As controversial as it might sound, we are quite anti-app and rather pragmatically innovative”

InstaGreen, a sustainable urban farm located in the heart of Barcelona has been limiting its services to local restaurants due to the COVID-19 but is finding other ways to…

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US (OH): No Cultivate in Columbus in 2020

With continuing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic, AmericanHort has made the decision to transform Cultivate, the annual trade show and conference, from an in-person…

"Smart glass greenhouses are the focus China's agricultural development"

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought a lot of challenges to vegetable and fruit growers, so what issues have they encountered in terms of cultivation and marketing? Recently,…

Growing in self-isolation

As we struggle to carry out day to day work due to emerging requirements such as ‘social distancing’, I suspect that every industry is going to change the way they operate…

Albert Pinto joins Ecoation & Viscon Group NA as North American Sales Director

Ecoation announced the appointment of Albert Pinto as its new North American Sales Director. Albert joins the Ecoation executive team following his role as a business advisor…

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Another merger in Dutch greenhouse industry

Kwekerij Rimato and Oussoren Trostomaten will continue together under the name Roots. The uniting of the two tomato nurseries results in a new company with a total acreage of…

Spain

Aragon expects to produce 2.25 million kilos of pink tomato this season

The pink tomato campaign will begin at the end of April in the Huesca region of Somontano de Barbastro and the harvest is expected to yield 2,250,000 kilos, stated Esteban…

Water Disinfection and bio-film control with ECA (Electrically Chemically Activated) Water

The first onsite disinfectant generator to be PMRA certified by Health Canada for agriculture applications is now available for the North  American market. "Our certified ECA -…

California Masterplant adopts SELDA Informatica's winTutor IRIS management software

California Masterplant is a Business Unit of The Morning Star Co. Group, a tomato processing company. With a transformation of over 3 million tons of raw material coming from…

Pieter Gabriëls, Bejo Samen GmbH:

"This is what growers are thinking about now: harvest helpers, harvest helpers, harvest helpers"

The mood among German asparagus producers is divided. Prices are generally good at the moment, especially at Easter the demand for this noble vegetable was satisfactory.…

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How to manage payroll in a crisis

The COVID-19 crisis has forced some companies to close their doors and others to see lucrative contracts cancelled, supply lines dry up and customer demand…

US: House passes third coronavirus relief bill

The House passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the third piece of legislation to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.                                            The legislation follows H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted on March 18, and H.R. 6074, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act enacted on March 6. “The American…

Eight ha greenhouse complex launched in Cherepovets

A contemporary greenhouse Novy has been launched in Cherepovets, Volgograd region. It will be producing almost 6 thousand tons of vegetables per year, delivering them to…
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Eurotec expands Lowpad Family with several models

Eurotec has welcomed several new models to the Lowpad Family. The release of the new models is in line with Eurotec’s goal to move all existing load carriers within any…

"Asia-Pacific seed trade reeling from Covid-19 lockdown"

Severe restrictions on the movements of people and goods imposed in recent weeks are having widespread negative effects on the seed industry in the Asia-Pacific region with…

Farm491 move AgriTech season online in response to Covid-19 restrictions

Farm491, the AgriTech incubator based at the Royal Agricultural University, has adapted its season of events exploring the future of British Farming to comply with the UK’s…

Protect your tomato crop against blossom end rot

In warm weather, the risk of blossom end rot rises. That is why Biobest recommends treating susceptible tomato varieties with Bluestim. Biobest advises to apply Bluestim at a…

AU: Fruit & Vegetable consortium launched

Australia’s leading health professionals and horticulture industry groups have teamed up to launch the Fruit & Vegetable Consortium, which brings together key organisations to…

How could AI improve controlled environment agriculture?

The use of artificial intelligence in the production of controlled environment crops has the potential to grow crops more quickly and efficiently. Most people are familiar…

Nanosensor can alert a smartphone when plants are stressed

MIT engineers have developed a way to closely track how plants respond to stresses such as injury, infection, and light damage, using sensors made of carbon nanotubes. These…

Australian garnish company diversifies to stave off coronavirus-driven sales drop

Before COVID-19 measures hit the restaurant industry, Bendigo farmer George Bobin, was sending about 30,000 pots of micro herbs across Australia and overseas. Now,…

With this predatory mite, tomato growers keep spider mite under control

The predatory mite Phytoseiulus-System is an effective control for spider mite (Tetranychus urticae). In tomato crops, as the pest is more persistent than ever, growers are…

CAN (ON): More than 50,000 MT of ag-waste recovered in ten years

Cleanfarms is a non-profit industry stewardship organization committed to environmental responsibility through the proper management of agricultural plastic packaging and…

'Aquaponics in a suitcase'

For the last six years Sitka Adventist School children have harvested carrots, peas, potatoes, rhubarb, rainbow chard and kale from the school's garden. "We would have…

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Isha Foundation

A tonne of warmth & compassion from #VelliangiriUzhavan FPO; farmers gave away these freshly harvested tomatoes to feed the community.Join us in our mission to protect…

UK crop scientists benefit from next-generation research computing platform

A High-Performance Computing (HPC) platform that will increase the pace of crop science and climate change research has been established by six UK research organisations. The…

Iranian annual vegetable production reaches 30 million tons

According to Hossein Asqari, considering the potentials of the country’s agricultural sector, it is possible to increase the capacity of vegetable production…

US: Colorado growers take risks to stay afloat

All across Colorado, farmers are raising concerns about the potential impact COVID-19 could have on their operations. John Harold has been growing “Olathe…

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