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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
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MicroCool

Greenhouse climate control through fogging and misting systems

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Humidity control is a crucial element of protected agriculture, and one around which the discussion is consistently developing. Whereas relative humidity was previously the…

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Royal Brinkman

Plantalyzer crop estimate robots now ripe for duty

Berg Hortimotive Group, consisting of Berg Hortimotive and HortiKey, has transferred the first series of Plantalyzer crop estimate robots for tomatoes to Royal Brinkman. The…

Driscoll’s and Plenty agree to grow strawberries indoors

Driscoll’s and indoor vertical-farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. announced a joint development agreement to grow Driscoll’s proprietary flavorful…

GrowFlux and XtraLight partner on IoT controls for horticultural lighting

GrowFlux has recently partnered with Houston, TX based horticultural lighting manufacturer XtraLight to offer wireless IoT controls alongside XtraLight PowerGrove LED Grow…

Fruit Logistica goes for special edition from Tuesday 18 to Thursday 20 May 2021

The organization of Fruit Logistica has published its plans for Fruit Logistica 2021 today. With the current Corona-restrictions in place, the organization has…

Team Pellet

Five college students may transform sustainability in food production

A group of five college students from Ashesi University in Ghana, EARTH University in Costa Rica and the Trinity College in the United States have created a new way for rural…

Henk van Doorne, Van Doorne Imex:

"I used to sell millions of heads of lettuce a year; not anymore"

According to Henk van Doorne, lettuce sales are mediocre. He's from Van Doorne Imex in the Netherlands. "There's not even a large supply. But, there's also little demand. The…

ReduSystems

Transforming extra light incidence into better production

In the autumn, winter and early spring there is too little sunlight for optimal production. Every percentage point extra light will lead to increased photosynthesis and…

Light4Food

The lights are on in Switzerland

Light4Food's international activities continue, this time in Switzerland. They exchanged the existing son-t lighting installation with the Philips LED toplighting Compact.…

Steenks Service

"The most powerful sweeping machine"

Sweeping machines allow you to effectively and efficiently sweep up fine dust and dirt so that you are assured of clean greenhouses. Thanks to the powerful suction motor of…

Special Management

Hortilux

"Easily add LED fixtures to your HPS grow light system"

In the coming years, many growers will be adding LED grow light to their existing HPS grow light systems, creating hybrid grow light systems. There are a wide range of reasons…

NatureSweet

NatureSweet adds industry experience with two new board members

NatureSweet announces the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors. Kevin Murphy, former President and CEO for Driscoll’s, and Dan Burdett, former Head of…

Apple net that avoids weather influences and stimulates colouring

The Santa Giustina lake, and the lush Val di Non are the scenografic setting for Osvaldo Seppi’s netting installation in Sanzeno, Trento, Northern Italy. which you can see in…

FarmTech Society

Erasmus + ECVET project PONICS VET Launch

PONICS VET: Hydroponics Technician is an Erasmus + project, focusing mainly on agriculture communities and future growers from outside the industry, which are the main target…

Pakistan: Greenhouse farming getting popular in Chitral

Greenhouse farming is bringing about a change in the lives of farmers in the high altitude areas of the Chitral district (Pakistan), where normal growing…

Mastronardi Produce

New sweet-like-candy yellow tomato to be revealed at PMA Fresh Summit

For weeks, Mastronardi Produce has been hinting at the news of a flavorful new product launch and promising to reveal the next one at this year’s PMA Fresh…
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Transition time means slim supplies of eggplant

Supplies of eggplant are tight currently and likely will be for the next few weeks at least. “We’re actually down in supplies because we’re starting to head into transition,”…

Markon Cooperative

Fully recyclable cardboard clamshells for strawberries launched

To help move the produce industry away from plastic and increase recyclability, Markon Cooperative’s new cardboard, fully recyclable strawberry clamshell is now available to…

Virginia State University welcomes new associate administrator for programs in Cooperative Extension

Virginia State University (VSU) announces the appointment of Dr. Janine Parker Woods as its new associate administrator for Virginia Cooperative Extension…

"Questions remain over AHDB levy ballot"

UK growers have questioned why the official ballot on the horticulture levy of the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will not take place until next year and…

Catch up with CropKing in virtual Q&A sessions

CropKing is hosting a series of free virtual Q&A sessions on Fridays from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST throughout October and November. If you’re an experienced…

EFI hires Karla Cook as certification manager

On its continued path of growth, Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers,…

Certis USA

Certis USA expands experienced sales force with two key account managers

Certis USA announces the addition of two agriculture industry veterans to their commercial sales team in the USA. Sherm Hollins and Tim Riley bring with them decades of…

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Food & Business Knowledge Platform

November 4, The Hague

Dutch agriculture, European policies and global food system transitions

The symposium “Dutch Agriculture, European Policies and Global Food System Transitions” on November 4, 2020, is in honor of the retirement of Krijn Poppe and Ruerd Ruben from…

HortNZ

Video New HortNZ video shows RSE scheme’s role in the Pacific

Horticulture New Zealand has released another Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) video, this time explaining the scheme’s importance to the Pacific.  ‘The RSE scheme is immensely…

"Ty-2 and Ty-3a conferred resistance insufficient against TYLCKaV"

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), a monopartite begomovirus that originated in the eastern Mediterranean, has spread worldwide, becoming a serious threat…

John Innes Centre

New technology accelerates crop improvement with CRISPR

Researchers know how to make precise genetic changes within the genomes of crops, but the transformed cells often refuse to grow into plants – one international team has…

BioSafe Systems adds three team members

A new lab assistant to BioSafe Systems’ plant pathology team, Isabella Russo, will contribute skill, intellect and experienced support to the crop protection…

University of Guam

University of Guam keeps an eye out for deadly tomato pests

The University of Guam received another round of funding in September under the U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Protection Act for the surveying and monitoring of…

webinar, October 22

CEA Database and Benchmark tool

Technologies used in CEA facilities have been rapidly evolving, providing growers with energy efficient solutions to reduce energy consumption and maximize production profitability.…

Canada announces funding under Indigenous Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative

Canada's Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and Member of Parliament for Bay of Quinte, Neil Ellis, announced funding worth…

Vignasol sheets by Agriplast

Diffusion of sunlight in the vineyard protected by hollow glass microspheres

The harvest period encompasses the synthesis of all the care that goes into managing the vineyard and represents the apex of the campaign, which rewards all the work with its…

LIFE 4DOÑANA

The EU approves project aimed at optimizing the use of water in strawberry farms in Doñana

The European Union has approved its financial contribution to the LIFE 4DOÑANA project, an ambitious initiative with a budget of 2.2 million Euro and a duration of more than…

Almería's intensive open ground agriculture joins forces at Agrintal

Nine companies from the Levant of Almería specialized in intensive open ground agriculture have joined forces in Agrintal, a new association to defend their mutual interests.…

USDA - Agricultural Marketing Service

Tomato fax report Volume XXVII – Number 199

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service periodically creates a fax report on tomato imports. The movement information is current as of the date of the report. Information is…

'Crops for robots' instead of 'robots for crops'

Vegetables to be adapted to suit picking robots

In the future, vegetable varieties will be created with the specific intent that picking robots can harvest them more easily. Colinda de Beer predicts it will…

Australian strawberry grower remaining upbeat despite challenging 2020 winter season

An Australian fresh produce company admits its winter strawberry production in 2020 has been "a little different" due to a number of unique challenges to contend with.…

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