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Gonzalo Guerra of BlueDrop México

"Precision agriculture lets us have a better control of our crops"

The harvest season of berries in Jalisco begins in January, and runs through June. Gonzalo Guerra of BlueDrop shares: “We have just started the harvest but so far we have been…

Hortalizas Argaman:

"With this coating we reflect heat, but maintain the light"

Tomatoes can convert a lot of light into production but are also easily affected by heat. This is the reason why Hortalizas Argaman is using the heat reflecting ReduHeat…

Koat and Crux Agribotics invest in local sales and service organization in Ontario

"Ontario horticulture is at a forefront in automation and robotization"

Koat and Crux Agribotics are investing in a local sales and service organization in Canada to serve the horticulture and fresh produce market. For this expansion, the company…

Seed company appoints new vegetable seeds commercial manager

Syngenta has appointed Kris Goen as the company’s Vegetable Seeds Commercial Manager for the UK, Eire, and Nordics. Kris replaces James Gray, who has moved to the role of…

John van Lieshout, Valstar, the Netherlands:

"First cucumbers harvested from the new greenhouse"

The first greenhouse cucumbers of the season were harvested in the Netherlands yesterday. "We started with traditional cultivation three weeks ago already. But as of…

"Old-world goodness with a twist of modern world traits"

New breed of heirloom tomatoes

Vitalis Organic Seeds announces their newly developed breed of heirloom tomatoes in its Mixologist Collection, now available to growers in the United States. "Mixologist…

Collaboration between Weterings and Royal Brinkman extended

More crop rotation machines will be up and running in 2021

Royal Brinkman and Weterings will continue their international cooperation in 2021. The cooperation mainly revolves around machines that are used during the busy crop rotation…

Data-driven cultivation accelerates development of variety-specific cultivation formulas

The demand for healthy, attractive, and sustainably produced food such as fresh vegetables is growing worldwide. Growers align the growth factors as closely as possible to the…

New guide on soilless culture available

Soilless cultivation techniques (including hydroponic systems) have attracted growing attention as a way of growing horticultural crops more efficiently without taking up more…

New line of sustainable, organic greenhouse growing media

Gro-Bark, a custom soil and growing media blender, recently announced the launch of a new line of greenhouse growing media which emphasizes greater sustainability of…

Ultraviolet transparency of plastic films determines quality of lettuce in greenhouse

The quality of red lettuce is based on the content of anthocyanin pigments, and the content of these pigments increases when the plant receives ultraviolet…

New LED solution launched

Hydrofarm Holdings Group, an independent wholesaler and manufacturer of hydroponics equipment and commercial horticultural products, unveiled Photobio TX and Photobio T linear…

Special Climate

UK Clean Heat Grant: Now is the time to have your say

As part of ‘The future support for low carbon heat’ consultation, in April 2020, the UK government set out proposals for the Clean Heat Grant. This scheme will…

UK government urged to extend derogations on phytosanitary certifications for fresh produce

The impact of Brexit is a big challenge for businesses on both sides of the Channel with EU27 exports representing over 3 million tonnes of fresh fruit and…

Study uses CRISPR gene editing to study function of insect salivary enzyme

Like a scene from a horror movie, tomato fruitworm caterpillars silence their food plants' cries for help as they devour their leaves. That is the finding of a…
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February 22, 3:35 PM - 4:30 PM

Seminar: Genome-wide variation in plant viruses and viral determinants of symptom development in plants

Research in my laboratory is focused on the molecular mechanisms of plant-virus interactions. Particularly, we are interested in the mechanism of antiviral immunity in plants…

US farmers express solidarity with farmer protests in India

Today, 87 farmer organizations and allied agroecology, farm and food justice groups in the United States delivered a solidarity statement in support of Indian…

EU plant variety rights in the United Kingdom

According to the withdrawal agreement of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU), holders of a Community Plant Variety right which has been granted before the end…

The North Wind

Indoor Agriculture receives $100,000 grant from MDARD

NMU’s new indoor agriculture program recently received a $100,000 grant on Feb. 12 from Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to help offset the costs for…

Photo by Liz Clayman

Investors show more interest in indoor farms because of pandemic

Investors used to brush off Amin Jadavji’s pitch to buy Elevate Farms’ vertical growing technology and produce stacks of leafy greens indoors with artificial light. “They…

Norwegian tomato production increased last year

Norwegian tomato production increased last year by 660,000 kilos, which corresponds to an increase of just over 5 percent. Nearly 13,300 tonnes of tomatoes…

Edible flowers dinner during COVID and snow

Jeff Bednar and his wife, Lee, founded Profound Microfarms as a hydroponic and aquaponic farm in 2014, where they grew rare culinary herbs, edible flowers, and microgreens for…

Courtesy of St. Pete Youth Farm

Florida high school students collaborate on new urban hydroponic farm

Fresh and local will soon be more than a slogan thanks to an innovative project to bring an urban hydroponic farm to almost an acre of land behind the Enoch Davis Community…

Growertalks

Best practices for biocontrols

Let’s say you’ve figured out which biocontrol agents (BCAs) to use for the various insect and mite pests on your greenhouse crops, found a reputable supplier, ordered the…

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Albstadt wholesaler Lino Manduca (Italia Natur):

"I'm thinking of shutting down my business for a short while"

For many years now, Lino Manduca, a fresh produce supplier from Abstadt, has been firmly established in the (supra)regional fruit trade. The native Italian serves a wide range…

"rebels have destroyed everything"

Restoration of greenhouse project in Congo

Recently, Dutch Stichting de Zaaier was proud to announce that three water systems are being sent to Congo thanks to donations from partners. Now, there is also some bad news.…

Musical tribute to the Westland region now also on online streaming services

"On the banks of the Gantel, between Monster and De Lier, where a thousand flowers bloom, and beer flows abundantly." These are the first sentences of the song…

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UF/IFAS research

New study shows why strawberries must keep (their) cool

Right about now, if you eat a Florida strawberry, odds are it’s going to taste oh-so-good. That’s no accident. Strawberries are in season, and those you see at the grocery…

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Riverford Organic Farmers

'Fruit and veg packaging is now home compostable - saving 21 tonnes of plastic yearly'

Riverford founder Guy and packaging expert Robyn put out a clip on Youtube about his company's journey to home compostables. Photo source: Youtube.com  

523 million kilos for 799 million euro

Spain imported a record number of Moroccan fruits and vegetables in 2020

Spanish purchases of Moroccan fruit and vegetables have increased by 248.27% in the last ten years. According to data from Hortoinfo based on information from…

Belgian Bio-Planet now sells vertically-farmed coriander too

Just under a year ago, Bio-Planet first introduced its basil to the market. This came from this Belgian store's self-developed vertical farm. "This cultivation method differs…

New appreciation for Kyoto’s heirloom vegetables

Vegetables unique to the Kyoto area are often called Kyo-yasai. One factor that makes Kyo-yasai unique is their size. They are usually quite large. Many are…

Bio-Able Solutions

New 100% recyclable sustainable packaging breaks down within 24 months

Sev-Rend High-Performance Packaging has continuously made their mark in the packaging world over the past 26 years, especially in the produce industry.…

Spanish fruit and vegetable exports exceeded €14,500 million in 2020

In 2020, Spanish fresh fruit and vegetable exports increased by 7.7% over 2019, amounting to 14,594 million euro. The export volume decreased by 2.8% over the…

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