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Cord Nunez from HPNow:

"Products washed with peroxide have a longer shelf life"

It is pretty much established that hydrogen peroxide can greatly benefit cultivation. It is, however, relatively new in its use for post-harvest. Considering how crucial it is…

Combimetal Carrera

Installations of soilless strawberry crops to continue until mid-October

Combimetal Carrera, a company located in southern Italy specializing in the processing and manufacturing of steel structures, has recently installed a two-hectare soilless…

New research refines thrips colony management

Predatory insects are used to help manage a variety of greenhouse pests. Keeping these arthropods’ voracious appetites in check can be difficult, and their long-term survival…

NZ: Microgreen side hustle takes off as urban sprawl takes over

Microgreen growers are increasing in popularity as urban sprawl continues to swallow up prime horticultural land. Helena O'Neill with hortnz.co chats with a new microgreen…

Soil moisture impacts the speed of nematodes

Did you know one of the oldest life forms on Earth can be found in your backyard? Soil nematodes have been thriving in habitats around the world for at least 400 million…

Pere Meya, director de Saborum:

“We can proudly say that we have more demand than supply”

Although it was initially created to supply its supermarkets with its own production of optimally ripe vegetables all year round in Almería and Granada, the Saborum project,…

“Our biggest mission? Helping all greenhouse growers reach the next AI level”

Various developments in the sector highlight the importance of data and digitalization. Staff is becoming scarcer, and things like scaling up and chain integration call for a…

Chemical-free seed treatment with Plasma Activated Water

VitalFluid, together with Petkus Selecta, started this month with 11 well-established seed breeding companies on chemical-free seed treatments. Earlier tests showed the…

Crisis update: 'There is enough supply to bring gas prices down'

The TTF gas price dropped below €200/MWh (briefly) on Thursday, the 8th of September. In the end, the price still closed above that limit. It does not take away from the fact…
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University of Maine Extension

Mixing solar power and agriculture: a blueberry farm does a test run

Maine’s wild blueberries are a unique crop that can’t be planted from seed, explains lifelong blueberry farmer Paul Sweetland. They must be gently cultivated where the…

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Indoor farming startup chooses J-7 organic pellets

“I wanted to create a simple way for grocery stores to grow healthy and delicious produce as close to the consumer as possible,” says Eric Gaulin of InGrow Technology. “And…

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Webinar on September 15, 16:00-17:00 (GMT+2)

Innovations in strawberry farming

Together with Vivent SA, Urban Harvest will be organizing an interactive webinar next week with the theme of groundbreaking innovations in strawberry farming. Olivier Paulus,…

New Zealand food inflation highest in 13 years

New Zealand is facing the largest annual spike in food prices in 13 years. According to new figures from Stats NZ, food prices had grown by 8.3% in August.…

September 19-22

20th edition of China Greenhouse conference to be held in Kunming

From September 19th to 22nd, the "China Greenhouse 2022" annual conference will be held in Kunming, Yunnan Province. Greenhouse agriculture has been a rapidly developing…

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NZ: Experience of thrip control with predators

Thrips are present in numerous crops and can quickly increase in numbers. The main species of thrips in NZ are Western Flower Thrips and Onion Thrips. This insect develops…

Borneo hobby grower starts professional business

What started as a hobby to provide fresh organic vegetables for their family and friends has grown into a full-blown business for a group of friends in Penampang. After some…

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NZ: Lettuce shortage strikes again following bad weather

Extreme weather is to blame for supermarket salad shelves being empty around the country again, but one grower says the solution is not as easy as just taking lettuce-growing…

The careful business of harvesting celery root

Local celery root season is in full swing for Babé Farms. Harvesting out of the Santa Maria Valley in California, Babé’s Matt Hiltner says that harvesting the vegetable takes…

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India: Trellis growing method gains popularity amongst farmers in Tirupati

Several farmers in the Indian Tirupati district are showing interest in cultivating tomatoes by using the so-called Trellis method. Farmers have cultivated the crop using this…

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Faster avocado growing method developed by Israeli researchers

The MIGAL Galilee Research Institute in Israel has reported their research, hoping it will enable the more rapid production of avocado seedlings. "According to research led by…

Courgettes awarded at Fleuroselect and Royal Horticultural Society Trials

Fleuroselect members submitted no less than 70 varieties of Cucurbita pepo into the ‘Year of the Courgette’ trials in 2021. These were held last year at two Royal…

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Valeriy Yakovenko, co-founder and managing partner of Drone UA:

‘Drones are more cost-effective than seasonal workers’

Valeriy Yakovenko, co-founder and managing partner of Drone UA (Ukraine), recently gave his view on the dynamic between drones and human labor: “All robotic…

Grupo Foody's will produce fresh basil with roots 52 weeks a year

"We'll launch our live basil in the Spanish distribution in December, and in October 2023, we'll arrive in the United Kingdom"

Thanks to an innovative project, the 2.3-hectare greenhouse that produced Ikea's tropical plants for Spain and Portugal and that is located in Las Palas, Fuente Álamo…

MERULIN and Raiffeisen Gartenbau become LIMERA Gartenbauservice & Co.

Commercial horticulture alliance to start in the new year

The merger of MERULIN Gartenbauservice and RWZ subsidiary Raiffeisen Gartenbau has now been notarized. The entity will commence joint operations on January 1,…

The importance of choosing an optimal manual gearbox/gearmotor

The speed reducer is a mechanical device that is part of the power transmission (of a drive system, whether manual or motorized). Coupled with a motor, they form a gear motor.…

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