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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

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more and more sensors in the greenhouse

"Leaf and stem thickness will tell you the stress level of your plant"

"Each action you perform has a certain real time effect on the plant that we cannot perceive with our naked eyes, but with sensors we can see how the plant really reacts to…

Vacancies:

"Huge increase in tomato production in Saudi Arabia due to targeted watering"

Growing conditions in Saudi Arabia are very difficult. The climate is dry and warm. Nevertheless, the Greenhouse Horticulture Business Unit of Wageningen University & Research…

Italian growers show of hydroponic heritage with new brand

This year the Fri-El greenhouse in Ostellato, Ferrara will be expanded to 30 hectares - nowadays they still grow their hydroponic crops on 12 hectare. The company highly…

Revisiting the measurement of light

The energy source for plant photosynthesis is light. Plants are able to use the energy contained in the photons (light ‘particles’) they receive to drive chemical processes…

export greenhouse materials increasingly international

The Netherlands: Less but more expensive greenhouse vegetable export in 2019

In 2019, the Netherlands achieved the highest export value for vegetables ever. The value of the export of greenhouse and open field vegetables in 2019…

Greenhouse tomato box leads man to childhood memories

Randy Gulli was wandering through Orange Circle Antique in Old Towne Orange on New Year’s Eve when a box caught his eye. It looked so familiar, a lot like the cardboard tomato…

Russia: Acreage of Stavropol greenhouses to reach 294 ha by 2021

New investment projects on greenhouse construction will allow an increase of the greenhouse acreage in Stavropol region by 50% by 2021. It is planned that the greenhouse…

New floating farm facility in NYC designed to withstand storm surge

The indoor farming industry has been rapidly expanding. With that, we are seeing innovations in design, technology, and products. A principle of indoor farming is around how…

In memoriam Hennie Tesselaar

On January 12th Hennie Tesselaar passed away. Hennie was project manager at Proeftuin Zwaagdijk. The company commemorates his passing. "The message that our employee and colleague…

Challenge to tomato origin moves forward

A putative class action against Cento Fine Foods (Cento) challenging the packaging and labeling representations regarding its “Certified San Marzano” tomato products will move…

Cucumber virus threatens harvest

At least ten CABYV cases in Franconia, Germany

In Germany, a plant disease has been detected for the first time that mainly attacks cucurbits, zucchini and pumpkins. Franconia is also affected. If the…

Special Trade Shows 2020

New developments in AutoStix

With IPM 2020 coming up Visser introduces new developments in their repertoire of transplanting technologies. AutoStix comes with new innovations: new strips, trays and a…

UK: Soft fruit firm wins High Court planning battle over polytunnels

Withers Fruit Farm has successfully challenged a judicial review against Herefordshire Council, led by Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), seeking to overturn a planning…

"Trade deals to dictate success of new Agriculture Bill"

Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G), the largest certifier of UK organic land has reacted to the new Agriculture Bill introduced to Parliament on 16 January 2020. OF&G welcomes…


"A myth that just won't die," Glen Johnson Does defoliation really improve a cannabis crop? "Many cannabis growers are convinced that they can increase their crops by ripping all the leaves off the plant in the flower cycle," Glen Johnson, former lead cultivator with Happy Healing Farms, explains. "If you're a Scientist, it's called Abscission Stress. If a cow, deer, elk or grasshopper does it, it's called Grazing.…

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Interactive effects of CO2 enrichment and nitrogen supply on cucumber plants

The concentration changes of mineral elements in plants at different CO2 concentrations ([CO2]) and nitrogen (N) supplies and the mechanisms which control such changes are not…

Evapotranspiration models and determination of crop water requirement for tomato in a solar greenhouse

Studies on dual crop coefficient method in a greenhouse require accurate values of reference evapotranspiration (ET o ). A study was conducted in a solar greenhouse at the…

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Jordanian vegetable growers increase sustainable production

In Jordan vegetables are grown in plastic tunnel greenhouses. A cheap solution. But the production per square meter is low, certainly when water consumption is taken into…

Netafim delivers innovative agriculture tech solutions worldwide

From drip irrigation to digital farming

Trellised vines snake their way up to a literal glass ceiling inside one of several greenhouses, each constructed differently and yet all tricked out with the same…

US (OH): Aquaponics farm employs adults with disabilities

An unconventional farm is helping its’ westside community in a unique way. o2 Urban Farms uses aquaponics to grow fresh lettuce. It’s produce with a purpose. The farm employs…

Challenges of commercial aquaponics in Europe: Beyond the hype

In recent years, aquaponics has been receiving increased interest globally as a commercial food production technology and aquaponics start-up companies have been formed in…

Sensor to acquire EmersonGrow

Sensor has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with EmersonGrow. Pursuant to the terms of the LOI, Sensor will acquire all of the issued and outstanding securities of…

Foundation stone for Food & Energy in Uganda

On 7 December, Rt. Hon.Gen (Rtd) Moses Ali, First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda, solemnly laid the foundation for the first Food & Energy Training Center in Uganda. Before the…

Berlin Agriculture Ministers' Conference wants to strengthen rule-based free trade

Julia Klöckner, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, welcomed 71 colleagues from all over the world and representatives of twelve international organisations to Berlin –…

UK: Organic Research Centre starts 40th year at new headquarters

The Organic Research Centre (ORC) begins its 40th year at new premises. Committed to organic sector scientific excellence and knowledge exchange, the…

Geothermal pushing greenhouse development in Turkey

Simav, a town of Kütahya in Turkey with a high geothermal potential, has established 16 technological greenhouses, each consisting of 3,500 square meters, with…

Cultiv@te - Innovation for sustainable agriculture

The UNDP Global Centre for Innovation, Technology and Sustainable Development, in partnership with the government of Singapore – invites corporate partners to join the new…

Greenhouse horticulture can not (yet) do without co-generation

The general tendency is that everyone must abandon gas, also the horticulture sector. More sustainable, and preferably without the production of CO2 and…

Unica, CASI and Biosabor present the new Adora tasty tomato

Única Group, the Cooperativa Agrícola San Isidro (CASI) and Biosabor, three of the Spanish companies with the greatest presence in the fresh tomato segment,…

Michel Martinez, Saint Charles Primeurs:

“Good trend for Spanish vegetables”

“The situation on the market is very good for Spanish vegetables,” reports Michel Martinez, sales manager at Saint Charles Primeurs. “Right now, zucchinis, cucumbers and…

National Retail Report: apples and bell peppers at the top

This week's ads were enough to put shoppers in a good mood despite the cold. Florida strawberries appeared, and with them the first Valentines Day ads. Roses, tulips, and the…

Average size of a farm has grown and Israel still supplies most of its needs for fresh farm products

Number of Israeli farms dropped 61% over four decades

Israel is still supplying most of its own fresh produce, meat, chicken and milk, but the number of farms in the country plunged by 61% between 1981 and 2017, according to the…

Coline Laurent, Connecting Food

Blockchain technology is gaining importance in the fruit and vegetable sector

The French company “Connecting Food” developed a transparency platform based on blockchain technology. “By scanning the QR code on the packaging of the final product,…

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