RED Horticulture opens PARC:

"We can develop even more efficient lighting strategies from our new research center"

"The opening of PARC marks a new chapter in RED's history," said Louis Golaz, CEO and co-founder of RED Horticulture, earlier this month while opening…

New cucumber container system at Kwekerij van der Waal

Kwekerij van der Waal in Zevenhuizen has recently implemented a new cucumber container system that has significantly improved the quality and…

Ruff-Häring GbR Gemüsebau

Ruff-Häring Gemüsebau GbR looks back on successful first marketing season

"Our winter red radishes have established themselves well in both food retail and wholesale"

At the Ruff-Häring family of gardeners in the heart of Nuremberg's garlic country, this year's radish and red radish harvest has been in full swing for…

Unlocking the potential of horticulture development in Northern Tanzania

Knowledge is the cornerstone of horticulture development in the Northern Circuit of Tanzania. With the right knowledge and skills taught in educational…

Tanja Dworschak offers herbs such as ice plant, jiaogulan, Jamaica thyme, among others

"We want to offer an honest organic-vegan product, which is why we do not use animal manure"

The Bioland Kräutergut Dworschak-Fleischmann offers some 240 different organic-vegan herb varieties. "I am not a vegan myself, but I want to offer an honest…

OP ABioMed: "Thanks to our sturdiness, we manage to strengthen our presence on the international markets"

Investing is impossible due to the cost of money

OP ABioMed from Ragusa (Sicily) boasts an increasingly-solid position as its number of producer partners has grown to 434 in the last year, covering…

Nigeria: Government moves to tackle devastating tuta absoluta affecting tomato growers

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) recently said it is desperately looking for funding to tackle the current outbreak of the…

Brisbane, July 17-20:

Protected Cropping Australia’s conference - PCA2023

Interested in protected cropping? Then Protected Cropping Australia’s Conference – PCA2023 is the place for you. Protected Cropping is one of the…

Syngenta

Syngenta and Byotalis partner up to develop biocontrol solutions

Syngenta Crop Protection and Biotalys have announced a collaboration to research, develop and commercialize new biocontrol solutions to manage key…

Punjab prices down, Kashmir and Pune prices skyrocket

Fruit and vegetable prices fluctuate heavily across India

The crashing of prices of various vegetables due to higher yield and lack of a proper market has caused heavy losses to Punjab growers. There is a big…

PM Pham Minh Chinh asks US to open market for Vietnamese goods

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spoke to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack in a meeting on April 19, 2023. Pham Minh Chinh asked the U.S. to open its…

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Arkansas University looking to put a greenhouse on Mars

Have you seen the movie The Martian with Matt Damon? It's about an astronaut that accidentally gets left behind on Mars and has to fend for himself…

Second and last day of Resilient Harvests Conference

Key features of ‘the indoor farm of the future’

“When speaking of the footprint of a vertical farm, two things come to mind,” says Morgan Welch, Senior Design Engineer at Bowery Farming. According to…

Indonesia: Breeders encouraged to use modern farming methods to increase yield

Farmers and breeders in Sebauh District should make the most of the opportunities to learn better modern farming methods in order to have better…

Matthieu Noel, Lallemand Plant Care on Lalguard M52

“A broad spectrum bioinsecticide for sustainable pest management”

Recently Lallemand Plant Care expanded their biological crop protection portfolio with two new biopesticides. In 2022, the company acquired the…

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Tajikistan: President of Tajikistan paid a visit to greenhouse coop in Bokhtar

On April 24, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Honorable Emomali Rahmon, in the city of Bokhtar, Khatlon Province, got acquainted with the…

EastFruit

Prices for tomatoes keep declining in Uzbekistan

EastFruit has recently written about the start of a downward trend in wholesale prices for fresh tomatoes in Uzbekistan. Over the past week, fresh…

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New machine learning framework for more accurate plant disease diagnosis

Plant disease recognition is of vital importance to monitor plant development and predicting crop production. However, due to data degradation caused…

Nigeria: New 300 ha eco-city in Lagos to include vertical farm

LandWey, a Nigerian real estate development company, has announced the Isimi Lagos eco-city and solar farm as part of its corporate plan to achieve…

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The Italian growers saving an ancient fruit with solar power

The citron of Calabria in southern Italy had almost died out due to extreme weather and lack of economic value. But growing the crop under a canopy of…

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US (VT): Bakersfield aquaponics grower grapples with technical and market hurdles

In July 2019, Holly Counter Beaver fell in love. She discovered the object of her affection online and began dreaming about a new life direction. The…

US (CA): Secretary Ross on climate and trade visit to Denmark and the Netherlands

Last week, CDFA Secretary Karen Ross visited farmers, ag tech companies, and academic researchers in Denmark and the Netherlands demonstrated the…

Number of U.S. farms continues to decline, but farm size grows slightly

After peaking at 6.8 million farms in 1935, the number of U.S. farms and ranches fell sharply through the early 1970s. Rapidly falling farm numbers in…

Webinar:

Drivers of microbial community composition in hydroponic leafy green production

Microorganisms colonize different habitats in agricultural ecosystems, including those under highly controlled environments (i.e., CEA, controlled environment…

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US (SD): Western Dakota Tech new geothermal greenhouse brings new opportunities for students and agriculture producers

Agriculture is the number one industry in South Dakota and is entirely dependent on the weather. A new addition to Western Dakota Technical College is…

CAN (SK): Couple grows wide range of greens for local supply in container

Jan and June Nel, owners of Let-Us Grow Hydroponics, have made a business in Hudson Bay that provides fresh produce year-round to local residents.“We…

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Agriculture 4.0, technology and digital transition - the future is here

Making relatively inexpensive investments in order to rationalize natural and energy resources and grow in line with food safety principles, as well as…

'Jica-DA Project for Market-Driven Enhancement of Vegetable Value Chain in the Philippines'

Value chain project to grow Filipino vegetable sector rolled out

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have started implementing a technical cooperation project intended to…

Tomato prices drop earlier and harder, but remain unusually high

After huge peaks in February, Dutch tomato prices were expected to fall in March. That drop was even harder than 'normal,' but the Netherlands still recorded…