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Corrada Padua:

“The climate in Sicily truly makes our tomatoes unique”

The biggest part of the agricultural sector in Italy is composed of small-mid-sized businesses, each of which is closely connected to their territory in how they operate. One…

Automation and control are the main focus of the International Propagation Seminar

Last week, Grodan organized the International Propagation Seminar for the 9th time. Plant breeders from home and abroad saw their expectations come true: current topics under…

Pleun van Malkenhorst, Rainbow UK Trading & Growing:

"Labor and energy, the biggest challenges for British greenhouse horticulture"

In March 2009, Thanet Earth harvested its first cucumbers, tomatoes, and bell peppers in the UK. That was done by Kaaij, A&A, and Rainbow Growers. We asked Pleun van…

CHP systems offer growers more flexibility

Extreme energy prices are a source of concern for many parties in the horticultural industry. However, Hans van den Heuvel with Gruppo AB stresses that a CHP system can offer…

Australian-based Provenance Propagation visits Boal Systems

While in the Netherlands earlier last week for the Propagate 22 event, Dr. Jack Mooney, CEO of Provenance Propagation, took the opportunity to visit BOAL Systems'…

RAYN software available for growers' computers to control crop illumination

RAYN Syrcadia software provides precise and intuitive control of variable spectrum horticultural research luminaires. Now, users can install this advanced lighting control…

From one crop to three, and 60 acres to 165

New 15-acre greenhouse in Kentucky the first of three to be opened by Q4 2022

“What we are doing with our new greenhouse is a sign of where the lettuce industry is going: towards completely automated, touchless production,” says Jonathan Webb, founder…

Bangkok, November 2-4

Join the knowledge hub at Asia Fruit Logistica 2022

The Asia Fruit Congress and the Asia Fruit Business Forum will take place together on the show floor at Asia’s premier trade show to deliver an unrivaled combination of…

Nufarm announces launch of Leopard Herbicide

Nufarm Americas introduces the Trunemco Top Grower Program. The program will award one qualifying soybean grower and one qualifying cotton grower $20,000 for…

China's first artificial intelligence 5G agricultural robot comes out

China's first artificial intelligence agricultural robot has officially started round-the-clock inspections in the smart vegetable and fruit greenhouse of the China-Israel…

Special Starting materials

Seed-X sells its GeNeeTM technology to organic seed producer

De Bolster, an organic seed breeding company, has purchased Seed-X's GeNeeTM technology. De Bolster aims to harness the power of GeNeeTM Technology to improve the usable plant…

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Multiplex gene editing creates tomato cultivars with fruit colors

A research group led by Prof. Li Chuanyou from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed a breeding…

Taiwan fact-finding mission on cold chain for horticulture

The fact-finding mission took place between the 26th of July and the 6th of August 2022. The mission was to identify and map opportunities in the cold chain sector for fruits…

18-21 October

Wageningen University organizes course on Postharvest Technology

Are you looking for an update on the latest technologies for storage, packaging, and handling of fruit, vegetables, flowers, and potted plants? Would you like to broaden and…

Costa Group CEO Sean Hallahan departs Australia fruit grower

Australia fruit-and-veg supplier Costa Group is looking for a new CEO as Sean Hallahan steps down. Hallahan has occupied the chief executive seat since March…

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Anne Dingstad, CEO Saga Robotics:

"Increasing adoption of ag robots as more growers ‘get it’"

According to Anne Dingstad, the brand-new CEO of Saga Robotics, the time for ag robots is now. “The technology delivers, the numbers stack up.”  In 2021, Saga Robotics launched…

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Video Diving deep into horticulture: optimizing CEA

Daniel Wells, Associate Professor in Auburn University’s Department of Horticulture, teaches and focuses his research on “improving controlled environment agriculture in the…

Video Crop in the ocean: Start-up harvests vegetables on floating farm

A start-up presented its newest prototype of a floating greenhouse, where vegetables can be grown on a plantation without soil, as the footage filmed in Almere shows.

Renting brings crate washing on scale within reach

As a member of a growers’ cooperative, you want the partnership with your colleagues to bear fruit. One of the ways to achieve that is through pooling crates and trays.…

New Zealand

Lettuce shortage returns after some bad weather

Extreme weather is to blame for salads being absent from supermarket shelves in New Zealand again. Recent rains hampered growing business Leaderbrand's ability…

Delayed Almeria vegetable harvest and the low supply in the Netherlands keep prices high

The harvest of the first greenhouse vegetables of the 2022/2023 season in Almeria is already underway, with high prices for all products due to the supply shortages of Spanish…

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National Retail Report - Specialty Crops (FVWRETAIL)

US retailers waste no time in steering shoppers towards fall favorites

Now that Autumn has officially begun, retailers wasted no time in steering shoppers towards even more fall favorites. Hard squashes, sweet potatoes, apples, and pumpkins were…

EU organic import volume went up 2.8% in 2021

A recent report by the European Commission maintains that organic imports will increase by 2.8% in 2021. Total imports of organic agri-food products into the…

Ghana-based agribusiness company Maphlix Trust

Farming business supplies KFC and exports to Europe

Ghana-based agribusiness company Maphlix Trust exports vegetables to markets such as the UK and Dubai and also supplies local companies like KFC and Shoprite.   Founder…

Emco Cal: "We'll launch the Florida Pearl brand at Fruit Attraction and present our partners"

"This year, the Florida Pearl premium strawberry will reach the markets in Europe and the Gulf region"

Florida Pearl is the brand name for the early short-day white strawberry variety adapted to different annual growing systems for winter and early spring production. It can…

Mercadona's Strategy 6.25

€140 million until 2025 to reduce the use of plastic and improve plastic waste management

Mercadona will invest 140 million euros in its Strategy 6.25 until 2025. The supermarket chain started this plan three years ago to reduce plastic and improve…

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