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$7M capital raise for iUNU

New platform becomes eyes of the grower

Automation and AI are hot in horticulture and US company iUNU is another example why that is. With their cameras, sensors and AI software, the company’s LUNA platform can be…

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Gotham Greens

Gotham Greens raises $87M to open new greenhouses and launch new products

Gotham Greens has raised $87 million in new equity and debt capital, bringing the fast-growing company’s total financing to $130 million. The capital raise includes Gotham…

Greater supplies of assorted greenhouse tomatoes

Supplies of greenhouse tomatoes are up. “Overall, supply has been greater this year compared to last. Our production in Canada ran three to four weeks longer than the previous…

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U.S. horticulture operations report $13.8 billion in sales

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties report, the only source of detailed…

Moleaer

Moleaer launches IoT solutions for improving water

Moleaer, in collaboration with AMI Global, an industrial IoT technology provider, is launching new real-time water quality and equipment remote monitoring services. These new…

Netherlands: 9 meters for House of Representatives, 12 meters for Bosman Van Zaal

Who's got the tallest? That question is fitting for a 'competition' that Bosman Van Zaal and the Tweede Kamer (the Dutch House of Representatives) in The Hague are having. At…

Strawberry season starts at Frankort & Koning B.V.

"Retail immediately started promotions upon the arrival of the first Egyptian strawberries"

While in Northern Europe the first frosts have arrived, around the Mediterranean the strawberry season is already at full speed again, despite difficult weather conditions. Leon…

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)

Quickly detecting plant stress through portable device

Raman leaf-clip sensor would allow rapid diagnosis of nutrition deficiency in plants, enabling farmers to maximize crop yield in a sustainable way.  The portable Raman system was…

Mexican greenhouse tomato grower partners with IFCO for tomato packaging solutions

Agros Produce LLC, producer of tomatoes grown in high-tech greenhouses in Mexico, has partnered with IFCO Systems, provider of Reusable Plastic Containers…

'Greening the Islands' award for Alquimi Renewables

Alquimi Renewables and its operating entities Island AgTech and Island Growers Caribbean has recently been recognized by an international jury of experts and awarded the Best…

Special Year Overview 2020

Year Overview May 16-31

Finally, some good news

During the second half of May, despite all the COVID-19 mayhem, expansion plans kept going, with plenty of new projects to check out. Here's a trip down memory lane: Tomatoes and…

A good year for CEA

Approaching the end of a very shaky 2020 from a general business perspective, we went looking for horticultural market data that might show that sector to have overperformed…
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Verdant Technologies™ granted European patent

Verdant Technologies™, a recently launched technology company focused on product life extension for perishable products, announces that the European Patent Office had granted…

CalOx FT

Advanced liquid nutritional and crop enhancement product launched

BioSafe Systems is launching a new product, CalOx FT, an advanced liquid nutritional and crop enhancement product for a wide range of agricultural and…

Russia bans tomatoes and peppers from Turkey due to pepino mosaic virus

According to a statement made by Rosselhoznadzor, shipment of tomatoes and peppers from Antalya and Izmir was banned. As the justification for the decision, it…

Ti Gong

Shandong's 'Backyard garden' to supply agricultural products

East China's Shandong Province has inked a number of agreements in Shanghai as it released its Yinjiayu Rural Complex project to create a leisure tourism "backyard garden,"…

Bringing vertical farming to a higher level

Vertical Farming is one of the solutions to the problem of the growing demand for food. A multi-layer system uses less surface area, energy and water. And production takes…

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US (ND): $8.6 million loan approved for SEPA industrial park

The Jamestown City Council unanimously approved Monday awarding a loan of up to $8.6 million from the Bank of North Dakota through the city to the Spiritwood Energy Park…

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Australia: Costa Berries bus starts in Devonport

Costa Berries Tasmania is trialling a four-week bus service to support local workers travelling to its farms in the Devonport area. Cameron Folder, Costa Berries Regional…

India: Management of aphid and whitefly on capsicum under protected cultivation

The peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and silver leaf whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are the major pests of capsicum under protected…

The Nunhems® variety achieves good results in southern Spain

Azovian F1 plum tomato offers yield, uniformity and flavor in a large size

After a year since its introduction, the Azovian F1 large-caliber plum tomato from Nunhems®, a brand of BASF's horticultural seed business, has successfully managed to find…

Polish vegetable export is growing despite the pandemic

The value of Polish vegetable exports in January-July this year. amounted to EUR 657 million compared to EUR 701 million in the corresponding period of 2019.…

Spanish horticultural sector hit again by low profitability

The low prices at origin of fruits and vegetables are putting the profitability and future of the Spanish fruit and vegetable sector in jeopardy. A kilo of…

Popularity of vegetarian Christmas dinners causes increase in veg demand

SuperValu, expects to sell just under 1,900 tonnes of Irish vegetables over the festive period- amid surging demand for vegetarian and vegan Irish Christmas…

Israeli consumers prefer to buy locally produced produce

“We have asked chains to flag products made in Israel,” said Nachum Izkovitch, the director general of the Agriculture Ministry, which initiated a pilot…

California Giant raises $40,000 with digital fundraiser

California Giant Berry Farm’s 13-week digital fundraiser, Spreading Smiles, has culminated to $40,000 distributed to 13 non-profit organizations throughout the…

United Fresh releases Q3 2020 FreshFacts® on Retail Report

United Fresh Produce Association’s Q3 2020 issue of FreshFacts® on Retail reports is now available, sponsored by Mucci Farms. Mucci Farms is a greenhouse…

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