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UK Cucumber Growers Association addresses retail customers

“Challenges facing UK cucumber growers are more severe than ever before”

The UK Cucumber Growers Association (CGA) is sounding the alarm. The extreme rise in wholesale gas prices, combined with the lack of labor and transport available are only the…

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Good results in the glasshouse and strong take up from customers led to triple Tomberry production

Australian greenhouse grower Edison have just started to harvest their new summer crop of Tomberries. The Tomberry is billed as the world’s smallest ‘big’ tomato. Based in…

"Solar panels above raspberry crops benefit everyone"

For Dutch raspberry farmer Piet Albers, it all started in 2019. He and GroenLevenset up the first trial field. This is a company that develops solar energy, The darker the…

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TYLCV found in northeast Victoria, Australia

The Australian horticultural industry is encouraged to report any tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) symptoms in tomatoes following the detection of the virus in northeast…

"You don't need white light for crop inspection"

There are several myths surrounding the specific light spectra used for growing crops and, more specifically, the use of white, green, or broad-spectrum light. This article is…

Eco-designed, 100% cardboard and 100% recyclable

Prince de Bretagne: New recyclable tomato trays

Prince de Bretagne sells more than 80% of its production in bulk, but some products cannot go without packaging, whether it is for reasons of hygiene, quality or preservation.…

Bever Innovation introduces an improved 7-layer leaf carrier

"Technical optimizations offer even wider deployment and greater usability"

Bever Innovations introduces its updated 7-layer Leaf Carrier. "This grow cart incorporates a number of new and very interesting technical features, which make the cart even…

El Ejido: 13,100 hectares of greenhouses

Spanish growers looking to upgrade their greenhouses

Agriculture continues to be the cornerstone of the economy of Almeria's municipality of El Ejido, which leads the province in terms of the number of…

Video Research on genes in CSHL greenhouse

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Jacob Goldfield Greenhouse provides an enclosed, ideal environment for plant biologists to conduct their research. CSHL Professor and…

Project growing tomatoes in the Big Apple nominated for award

For a whole year, cherry tomatoes have been grown in a Dutch high-tech production unit in the heart of New York. The impressive initiative, in which various Dutch…

Eason Horticultural Resources hires new IT support specialist

Eason Horticultural Resources is pleased to announce the addition of Aidan Castori as IT Support Specialist. Prior to coming to EHR, Aidan spent 12 years in the Horticultural Industry,…

French EU president wants to eliminate chemical crop protection faster

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, announced during his speech at the Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which was…

Special GreenTech Live & Online

Highlights GreenTech: Food safety, sustainability, hydroponics

GreenTech Live & Online is in full preparation and ready to receive the horticulture industry at the RAI Amsterdam, from 28-30 September. More knowledge…

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Mersin municipality in Turkey distributes greenhouses nylon covers to the growers in the area

Mayor Secer attended the 'Greenhouse Nylon, Greenhouse Rope and Microbial Fertilizer Distribution Ceremony' held by Mersin Metropolitan Municipality in Kazanli District of…

Philippine agri chief wants growers’ groups to directly import and sell fertilizers

In a bid to help stem the skyrocketing prices of fertilizers due to tight global supply, the Department of Agriculture (DA) of the Philippines is encouraging farmers’…

Techno-economic feasibility of vegetable residue return in Chinese solar greenhouses

The tremendous scale of protected vegetable cultivation in China incidentally produces considerable vegetable residue (the remaining parts of plants after the…
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"Cheap sensors for smarter farmers" help farmers make better decisions

Many of the technologies showcased in this year's ARPA-E Summit were in the farming sector. Here are two that caught this writer's eyes. First up is a 3D-printed,…

Game-based learning in horticulture and entrepreneurship in Nigeria

A group of 22 staff members and lecturers of a Nigeria University is participating in the project: Game-based learning in horticulture and entrepreneurship. The group from the…

Spreading seeds for the CEA industry: digital seed event

The Digital SEED Project took place on 2021 September 8th in Ghent & 9th in Brussels. The Smart Entrepreneurial Education and training in Digital farming – SEED project…

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22-year-old student pioneers hydroponic farming in Rwanda

Many students go to university but few think about creating businesses that can even help them afford some basic needs at school.   Marie Aline Iraguha, a 22-year-old young female student…

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Dozens of growers compete in Spain’s ‘ugliest tomato’ contest

Spain's 'ugliest tomato' award, celebrated every year in northern Tudela, has had tomato growers scrambling to find the right product. Dozens of ugly tomatoes competed for the…

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"Intercropping increases food production"

"Food security has been a significant issue for the livelihood of smallholder family farms in highly populated regions and countries. Industrialized farming in more developed…

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Hydroponics Africa wins award for initiative to create employment opportunities

The Ministry of ICT, Innovation, and Youth Affairs and the World Bank have today awarded KSh 120 million to Afya Research Africa, Hydroponics Africa Limited, Life In…

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Dutch geothermal heat system passes maintenance well

Last week, Dutch company Wayland Energy did major maintenance work on its geothermal heat system in the Netherlands. Specialists from Veegeo supervised the work.  The ESP (well…

Belgian greenhouse lettuce prices shot up in July

In July 2021, Belgium's average agricultural and horticultural price index was 35,4% higher than in July 2020. That is according to Statistics Belgium,…

The average price of Andalusian aubergines increased to € 0.59/kg

In the most recent aubergine campaign, Spanish producers have been paid an average of € 0.59/ kg for their product, i.e. 7.27% more than the average of the…

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Dole Fresh Vegetables announces limited recall of curly leaf parsley

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of conventional Curly Leaf Parsley. The product being recalled is Dole® Curly Leaf Parsley, with…

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Open Call for developing quality tool kits for soft fruit

The EU-funded research project BreedingValue, focusing on genetic resources in berries, has launched Open Call #4 for proposals on the development of methodological tool kits…

Almeria demands more railway infrastructures for fruit and vegetable exports

In recent weeks there has been much talk about the backset of the 1,700 million euro investment in the Barcelona airport. However, there are also other great…

How many tomatoes does Peru produce?

According to information from the General Directorate of Agricultural Development of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, in 2020 Peru had…

Marco Di Maggio, Apimex Fruchthandel Ltd

"Good quality and stable prices for Hungarian pointed peppers"

Many European plants were affected by the cold spring weather. There were major delays in Hungary as well, due to the frost. Apimex Fruchthandel Ltd from Munich, as a…

Australian industry faces largest rise in food prices in more than a decade

Australians will most likely be paying more for groceries and other essential goods heading into Christmas as the pandemic wreaks havoc on retail supply…

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“Urban agriculture is the future of agriculture"

US Rep. Bobby Rush introduces legislation for urban agriculture

U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, announced the introduction of the Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security Act (H.R.…

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