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"We can now capture the whole value chain, from young plants to the consumer"

AgriFORCE has been on an acquisition spree as of late. Recently, the company has announced two in-process acquisitions, namely AgTech consulting company Delphy, and Belgian…

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Video Dutch Berries: 20 hectares of high-tech strawberry cultivation

With 20 hectares, the strawberry greenhouse of Dutch Berries was already the largest in the Netherlands when it opened in 2018, and 2 years later, the company expanded by…

Bowery and Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station to develop disease-resistant spinach

Bowery Farming, the national vertical farming giant, has a new agreement with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture to support research for developing…

How to shift from optimal growth with LEDs to optimal energy usage

These are crazy times in horticulture. Growers are dealing with high energy prices and the impact on their lighting strategy. Last winter, many tomato growers in Western…

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Italy: New 2 hectare project makes products available all year round

How to complete your offer also in winter and transition months when local production diminishes and it is not easy to find produce? Fellini Patrizio from Italian growing…

CAN (OB): Ever Tru Farms launches 15-acre expansion

Ever Tru Farms is launching Phase Two of its expansion. The farm will expand an additional 15 acres (653,000 SF), bringing the farm to a total of 40 acres of…

US (ID): Syngenta debuts $15 million global vegetable seeds quality control lab

Syngenta welcomed 100 guests to its new Global Vegetable Seeds Quality Control Lab in Nampa, Idaho, on July 22, 2022. This lab represents a $15 million investment in global…

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Carbon footprint of importing food could be 7.5x higher than thought

A new study in Nature Food has found that food’s transport emissions, once thought to be a negligibly small proportion of food systems emissions, are much higher than…

University of Guelph field crop specialists:

"Drought will affect economy, not food supply"

Drought conditions currently affecting many parts of Canada could not have arrived at a worse time for farmers, say two University of Guelph field crop specialists.   Dr. Joshua Nasielski…

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UK: £15,000 vouchers available for horticultural, food and drink research

A voucher scheme offering food and drink businesses 75% funding towards projects worth up to £20,000 with leading research organizations has been launched by…

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Adjusting irrigation water: bicarbonates vs. pH

When it comes to irrigation water and water quality, you’ve probably heard the terms pH, alkalinity, and bicarbonates threw around. Many growers focus on pH targets when…

Mapping fruit characteristics faster with vision and AI

Breeders who have developed a new tomato variety must register it before it can be introduced onto the market. For such a registration, the national examination office has to…
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Italian Space Agency

GreenCube: the space micro-garden 6,000 km from Earth

The space garden begins its cultivation in orbit thanks to the GreenCube project coordinated by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), within which the Sapienza University of Rome,…

Unusual heat doubled tomato prices in Tajikistan

According to EastFruit experts from Tajikistan, there has been abnormally hot weather in the country for a long time creating important problems for fruit and…

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How Singapore is turning multi-story car parks into farms

And this is no small operation. It supplies nearby retailers with up to 400kg of vegetables a day, says Eyleen Goh, who runs a farm from the top deck of a car park in…

An Indoor Ag-Con and CEA Innovation Center collaboration

Introducing the CEA Summit East

Indoor Ag-Con and the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Innovation Center, a joint project of the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Virginia Tech and the Institute…

Soils take center stage as experts gather in Glasgow

There is growing public awareness of the vital role that our soils play in sustaining us through food production, maintaining ecosystems, and combating climate change, with a…

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France: ImmunRise Biocontrol raises 5 million euros to finalize the development of the first antifungal microalgae

ImmunRise Biocontrol has announced that it has raised 5 million euros [5.11 million USD] to accelerate the final development phases of its “amphidinium carterae” microalgae…

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"We are now coming into the final UK peak on strawberries and blueberries"

At the start of the UK soft fruit season, weather and growing degree hours have been relatively in line with the three-year average and much better than last year, where there…

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@ debowale farms when we say ‘I will show you pepper’; no cause for alarm,as we merely wants to show you one of the ingredients of salads; fried rice with greens or spicy pot…

Increase horticulturalist's role in energy market with energy storage systems

Hortipower.nl is a new initiative by KG Greenhouses and offers a number of innovative battery systems. Horticulture already plays an important role in the energy market, and…

AgroTwin, a 'digital twin' that is already being tested in a greenhouse on the UAL-Anecoop farm

The AonChip company, Almeria's Science and Technology Park (PITA), the University of Almería, and Smart City Cluster held an event in the technology park where…

South Korea: Oversupply of smart farming vegetables calls for more supply platforms

Contract farming has been offering smart farmers a secure consumer base, but the growing number of smart farms in recent years has insiders calling for efforts…

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Regulation of fleshy fruit ripening: From transcription factors to epigenetic modifications

Recently, Professor Chunxiang You from Shandong Agricultural University and her colleagues published a review article titled "Regulation of fleshy fruit ripening: from…

Acquiring contracting companies results in Veldhoven Loonwerk

The Veldhoven Group will be taking over Marel Loonwerk. These Dutch companies announced this on July 21. The acquisition enables the group, which includes Machinaal…

Foodservice conference 2022: the buyers’ perspectives

International Fresh Produce Association's Foodservice Conference is coming up on July 28-29 in Monterey, California. This year's event will see a record number…

Coöperatie Hoogstraten organizes 4th International Strawberry Congress

"The scientific and commercial strawberry worlds will converge in Belgium"

'Leadership in a digital, sustainable future.' That is the fourth edition of the International Strawberry Congress' slogan. It will be held in Antwerp, Belgium, from September…

Cost Share Organic Certification Fee application period still open

The National Organic Certification Cost Share Program is still open for 2022 applications, but only a few months remain to apply for funds. Through this…

Cualin Quality signs an agreement with Rijk Zwaan to produce Reddery RZ cherry tomatoes at its high-tech facilities

Cualin Quality and Rijk Zwaan will boost Reddery RZ together. Both companies have signed a collaboration agreement to produce the Reddery RZ variety at Cualin Quality's…

Canada again puts import requirements on US romaine lettuce

For the second year in a row, Canada has put import requirements on US romaine lettuce because of several E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to that product.…

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Uganda: Soilless farming highlights Kabale Farm Clinic

On July 30, the Seeds of Gold Farm Clinic returned with the first outreach at Kachwekano Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (KaZARDI) in the…

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