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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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that's 42.000 hectare

100,000 feddans of greenhouses: Egypt's step to self-sufficiency and beyond

With the launch of the National Company for Protective Cultivations (NCPC) back in 2017, Egypt announced to invest in serious acreages of protected horticulture. They kept…

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Fruit Export Junior Sales Manager (Europe Division)

and the tomato man takes care of them in empty city New York

Video Guggenheim tomatoes are monitored from the Netherlands

Although the Guggenheim’s “Countryside” show was shuttered by the pandemic, its crop of cherry tomatoes is still growing, and feeding New Yorkers. In a video Infinite Acres…

Data platform Pylot continues expansion to eight countries

Within a year of its introduction, the KUBO Pylot data platform has been embraced by growers in eight countries, taking the number of greenhouses using Pylot to 61. KUBO’s…

Priva computer system can now control Cravo retractable roof greenhouses and cooling houses

Cravo’s retractable roof technology allows fruit and vegetable growers in hot climates to produce high quality product, especially during times of the year when it is…

Philip Van Overbeke, Aardbeien Van Overbeke:

"Strawberry sales 30% higher against all expectations"

Against all odds, the corona crisis has little negative impact on the current strawberry market. “We expected exports and sales to be hit by the crisis, but the opposite turns…

CambridgeHOK and Havecon celebrate 10 years of partnership:

"Dozens of hectares, 300,000 m2 of glass, and over a million kg of steel"

CambridgeHOK, a company working in design and development of automated vertical farming centres and commercial glasshouses, and Havecon, a Dutch greenhouse builder, are…

Wouter Willems (ZON) on quick start to Dutch pepper season:

"Good prices for orange peppers, red and green stable, yellow lagging behind a little"

The Dutch pepper season has had an excellent start this year, notes commercial manager Wouter Willems of ZON. "Despite the many kilos, the peppers have found their way to all…

Choosing between LED and HPS

The two most commonly used artificial lights in commercial greenhouse operations are HPS (high-pressure sodium) and LED (light-emitting diode). BackgroundHPS bulbs create light…

Bridge Farm Group

UK: Bridge Farm Group returning to independent ownership

Bridge Farm Group has executed a definitive agreement that will return the company to independent ownership as a newly formed entity controlled by David Ball, former CEO of…

PMA Virtual Town Hall

Consumer pandemic trends: Ecommerce, local produce, and health-focused foods

This week’s PMA Virtual Town Hall focused on consumer trends. What trends have emerged during the pandemic, how can producers, growers, and retailers use these trends to…

Digital image processing and analysis for plant phenotyping

LemnaTec, based in Aachen, Germany, has been developing hardware and software for plant phenotyping since 1998. These systems use digital image processing for applications in…

Special webinars & online education

webinar, May 26

How to fund your indoor farm

The May Indoor Science Cafe takes a look at how to fund your indoor farm. It's presented by Nicola Kerslake of Contain, and takes place Tuesday, May 26th, at 11:00AM EDT. Indoor Ag…

University of Florida

New English/Spanish videos on petiole sap nutrient testing

For several years, UF/IFAS Extension has offered online certification courses in greenhouse management, with over 650 growers taking these courses in 2019. Starting May 13,…

US: Horticultural Research Institute scholarships available

The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) is accepting scholarship applications for the 2020-2021 school year. These scholarships are made possible by seven…

Greenhouses in Tai'an

Farmers in Tai'an, in the Chinese region of Liaoning, are growing fruits and vegetables in greenhouses now. They are doing this to increase their income. Tai'an has been…


Travis Higginbotham, the Hemp Mine “The stability of genetics in such an industry is paramount” An argument about the future of the cannabis industry revolves around the prediction that the market segregation will result in companies specialized in specific parts of the supply chain. This means that vertical integration will become rarer, and an increasing number of companies will only focus, for instance, on cultivating…

Framework agreement signed by CIAO and IFOAM

The Inter-American Commission on Organic Agriculture (CIAO) and IFOAM – Organics International recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on projects…

Germany: Product submissions for organic Input list 2021 now possible

For the 16th year now, the FiBL (Research Institute for Organic Agriculture) calls for the submission of trade products, that are fit for use in organic…

University of Hertfordshire

Powdery mildew prediction tool gives real boost to UK strawberry industry

Experts at the University of Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Agri-tech Services, have created a web-based, real-time system for calculating when to use fungicides to…

Freezing East Coast temps affect vegetables

Some East Coast growers are feeling the effects—from mild to moderate—from last week’s freezing temperatures. In Bradford, Ontario, Quinton Woods of Gwillimdale Farms says the…

Mike Chapman, HortNZ:

"Growing our way out of COVID in the recovery's third wave – growing healthy food"

I am proposing that there is a third wave to New Zealand's COVID recovery plan. The first wave focused on the health of people. The second wave is focusing on…

Optimizing biological control agents for controlling nematodes of tomato in Egypt

Tomato is a major vegetable crop in Egypt and worldwide. Yet, many plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs), especially Meloidogyne spp. and Rotylenchulus reniformis are a devastating…

MTU Series 4000 gas engine output passes the 3000 mark

The Series 4000 natural gas engine has been part of Rolls-Royce's MTU-branded product portfolio since October 2004. The 3000th gas genset has now rolled off the production…

September 1, 2020

Virtual open house Bejo Seeds

Bejo is a leading company in breeding, production and sales of vegetable seeds serving both the conventional and organic markets. Together with their customers and partners…

WWF report examines environmental and economic viability of scaling indoor agriculture systems

The Markets Institute at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released an Innovation Analysis examining the environmental impact of various systems of indoor soilless farming. These…

Resource utilization efficiency in continuous lettuce production

New plant production systems with a low environmental impact (or a high resource utilization efficiency) are necessary for urban agriculture development. A recent study…

Plant biologists discover simple principle of plant responses to hormone

In a new study researchers from Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and colleagues in Japan and Spain have found a simple mechanism for control of plant…

Today on social media

In bloom!!!! pic.twitter.com/LsvnVkAO3k — Farmer Fel (@DownOnFelsFarm) May 19, 2020

Polish people's favourite fruits and vegetables

According to a survey of the National Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producer Groups, in 2019, the favorite fruits of Poles (based on consumption) were…

Wageningen University & Research

Claim ‘insufficiently substantiated’

Pepper grower can wave 500 thousand euro compensation from chrysanthemum neighbour goodbye

Facing a one hundred percent loss, half a year after the start of the pepper cultivation, due to the tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). This happened to a…

The Australian technology tracing fresh produce data from farm to retail shelf

Growing Australian supply chain tracking technology is constantly surprising fresh produce businesses with the level of transparency in the supply chain, according to its…

Van Doren Sales acquires Agjet

Van Doren Sales Inc. announced the acquisition of Agjet LLC. Van Doren Sales is a peripheral manufacturer and turn key integrator of fresh produce sorting and packaging equipment.…

Underpinning fresh produce traceability by adding an extra layer of scientific validation

A New Zealand based scientific traceability company says businesses need to be aware of the risks of counterfeiting and fraud in fresh produce, as agricultural exports…

Valencian agricultural producers voluntarily disinfecting the streets

The symbolic image of tractors disinfecting the streets against COVID-19 in Valencian towns is gradually becoming rarer as the de-escalation process continues. The Valencian…

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