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Twin Creeks greenhouse packing 7 T peppers per hour

“We take a lot of pride in our operations. For our packing line, we had other companies price out systems but the features of the Greefa system made the difference for us,”…

Efficiency LED fixtures more important than ever due to high energy prices

Franky Hens and Kirsten Audenaert of the Belgian company Slamotra, who have a 3.3 hectare greenhouse in Kruibeke, put the third and final phase of LED lighting into operation…

Video Lenzeel leaf picking robot ready for sales in early 2022

In August this year, Lenzeel gave a small glimpse of their Diplo cucumber leaf picking robot. Some tests and tweaks followed, and now, this mechanical leaf picker is ready to…

From student project to successful start-up

What began as a student project has now developed into a successful start-up. In 2015, co-founders William Simmonds (CEO) and Lucien Fesselet (CTO) started experimenting with…

Tropical cultivation project in Maldives in the starting blocks: Who else is investing?

"In the past year and a half, many things have come to a halt, but precisely because of that, a lot has happened for us." That might sound contradictory, but in the case of…

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Quebec greenhouses eye native blue-green bee for increasing food production

A small native bee could help make Quebec's north less dependent on fruit and vegetables flown in at a high cost. Researchers at the Boreal Forest Experimentation and…

Video "Easy to clean Snapeg drip pin deserves more fame"

To provide growers with new drip tubes when they change crops or set up a new greenhouse, the machines at Power Plastics in Rijnsburg are running at full speed to…

Belgium: new lit cucumber season well underway

Due to the Belgian demand for locally-grown, high-quality products, BelOrta is counting on lit cucumber cultivation for the fourth consecutive winter. By now, that cultivation…

LaManna Premier Group CEO Anthony Di Pietro

"When you see your glasshouse washing down the main street of Mildura, then you know you’ve got a problem"

LaManna Premier Group CEO Anthony Di Pietro has been featured in the AgJournal of the Australian publication Weekly Times, which visited the company's Lancaster Farms…

Saffron R&D project turns out fruitful

Vertical farming is not quite like ordinary farming, just like saffron is not quite like ordinary crops. The Association of Vertical Farming saw this too and decided to…

Special: A fresh start

Preventing disease via water: "Water circulation will become the norm"

It is becoming more and more important: preventing disease via the water. Agrozone, too, notices this, says Roy Imming. It does not surprise him, as technology is creating…

UK: New project to unlock next generation of low-carbon growing

The development of a novel low-carbon production system for controlled environment agriculture is now underway, following the launch of the new RIPEHouse project, the team…

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India: Ladakhi greenhouse lets farmers grow tomatoes in frost

In Ladakh, the availability of locally grown fresh vegetables is usually restricted to summer months, given how the region is characterized by extreme variations in…

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Ukraine imports greenhouse cucumbers from Russia for the first time

According to EastFruit, a very resonant event took place on the Ukrainian market this week: for the first time, Ukraine started importing fresh cucumbers from a country that…

Scientists solve 50-year-old mystery behind plant growth

A team of researchers led by UC Riverside has demonstrated a way that a small molecule turns a single cell into something as large as a tree for the first time. For half a…

An Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit panel

Financing resilient food systems

"There’s a lot of interest out there from investors: they're just waiting for an improved business model of vertical farms. In return, they can employ larger amounts of funds,…

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Canada: student group bridges gap between food banks and greenhouses

When the pandemic struck, Cindy Zhang, a grad student from Calgary, wanted to do something to help those less fortunate. “I thought it would be great to connect farms to food…


Roadblocks challenge to cannabis and food industry CAN (BC): Greenhouses working hard around the clock to come back after floodings "There is and will be much work to be done to get the BC Farming industry back on its feet," the team with Prins Greenhouses shares. Last week, during the floods in British Colombia, their company was damaged severely, and they are working hard to get back on their feet. Prins Greenhouses has an office in Ontario and in BC. Last…

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US: University celebrates sharing bountiful harvests this Thanksgiving

It is the season of harvest and giving, and there has been no lack of generosity from the University of Nevada, Reno’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural…

PMA’s Virtual Town Hall Series scores awards

The Produce Marketing Association’s Virtual Town Hall Series, which began in March 2020 and has continued as a weekly broadcast into 2021, has won recognition…

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Industry welcomes improved Pacific Australia Labor Mobility scheme

The industry has welcomed Ministers Payne and Seselja’s announcement of further reforms to the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme. Reforms include the…

Why monitoring CO2 levels in your grow is critical

Mild temperatures, light, water, and nutrients, are part of plants' requirements for photosynthesis, but people often forget the crucial role of CO2. Let's examine this often…

Video "Building more greenhouses would mitigate Canadian consumption needs"

The global supply-chain shortage has left many sectors struggling, including local supermarkets. Executive director and general manager of Ontario GreenHouse Vegetable…

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Naturipe launches greenhouse strawberries from Mexico

Naturipe announced the debut of its new greenhouse strawberries from Mexico. Naturipe Berry Growers, an owner of Naturipe Farms, has partnered in a strawberry greenhouse…

"Peat environmental footprint scores are similar to those of non-peat components"

After more than two years of intense work, Growing Media Europe (GME) announces the publication of the first sector-wide Growing Media Environmental Footprint…

India: Ladakh farmers to get 75% subsidy on greenhouse for winter production

Ladakh is a region with a cold and dry climate, with low average rainfall. This has restricted the growth of vegetables to just the summer months, which are generally just 4…

Polyhouse farming takes root in Kerala

Working in the construction industry for over eight years, Srijith Kumar, a resident of Sasthamangalam in India, is now set to try his hand at polyhouse…

SIPCO Innovations

SIPCO Innovations increases production capacity by 5 times

Sipco Innovations Inc., the manufacturer best known for its signature brand Hygrozyme Enzyme Formula, has announced the addition of a new filler line that will substantially…

Groen Agro Control appoints Business Development Director

On January 1, Jelger de Vriend will start as Business Development Director at Groen Agro Control. In this role, he will be responsible for developing markets…

US indoor grower closes business combination

Local Bounti Corporation announced the successful closing of its approximately $1.1 billion business combination with Leo Holdings III, a publicly traded…

Free download: fertilizer management and plant nutrition guide

Fertilizer management and plant nutrition are key aspects that need to be learned when working with hydroponic systems. In order to get the benefits from nutrient management,…

Spain sold nearly a billion kilos of vegetables to the United Kingdom in the 2020/2021 campaign

In the 2020/2021 campaign, the United Kingdom purchased 2,987.9 million kilos of vegetables from other countries for €3,546.66 million and an average price of…

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Mexican avocado crossings through Texas expected to remain about the same

Backlogs at major US ports are clearing up slowly thanks to various mitigation efforts and better coordination among dock workers, shipping lines, railroads, truckers, and…

Durable and recyclable net bags for fruit and vegetables

Reducing the use of plastic for fruits and vegetables is possible, and Sicily's M.T. Reti, which has been producing net bags for citrus fruits and vegetables for more than 20…

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Fewer distant exports of Dutch greenhouse vegetables

Dutch tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers are staying closer to home. Wilco van den Berg of GroentenFruit Huis shows this using figures. In 2021, 99 percent of the…

From grower to technical specialist

Dick Breugem and his father used to grow tomatoes in the Netherlands until the site was rezoned for housing development. Because their company is a customer of Van Iperen,…

Biocaptur offers an ecological and sustainable solution for the control of 'Tuta absoluta'

"Tuta absoluta progress becomes exponential without effective control at incipient stage"

The Tuta absoluta is considered one of the most devastating pests for tomato crops, and it has spread rapidly both in Mediterranean countries and the rest of continental…

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