Do not reply to this email. Send your response to info@hortidaily.com.

If you cannot read this newsletter, click here to view it in your browser.

Hortidaily.com

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Any News?

If you want to share your company news with the entire horticulture industry, please send us a press release or contact our editorial staff. We will publish your news free of charge.

Arlette
Arlette Sijmonsma
Email

Annet
Annet Breure
Email

Elita
Elita Vellekoop
Email

Job Offers

Senior Growing (Horticulture) Technician - Australia

Lead Manager / Grower Mexico

Chief Executive Officer

Specialist Weefselkweek - Netherlands

Greenhouse grower / production manager

Assistant Professor of Protected Agricultural Systems Design (Tenure-Track) - USA

Grower Tomato Crops - Huron (Ohio) USA

(Junior) Grower - King George (VA) USA

Commercial Manager | Fresh Produce | Germany

Technical Manager - Fresno or Bakersfield (CA) USA

Agritecture offers answers regarding urban farming solutions

"The push for urban farming solutions has only intensified"

With significant population growth and urbanization both underway and projected across the globe, the push for urban farming solutions has only intensified. The search for…

TomaTech breeders

ToBRFV resistant varieties available for planting season

TomaTech announces the launch of its range of commercial Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) resistant varieties, available immediately for this coming season. High Tech leads…

US: First deployment of self-driving greenhouse tow-tractors

Cyberworks Robotics announces the initial sale of 18 autonomous (self-driving) tow-tractors to Fernlea greenhouse. This represents the first deployment of autonomous tractors…

Papaya cultivation appears to be promising for Dutch growers

Which tropical fruit is promising in the greenhouses of Dutch greenhouse horticulture entrepreneurs? With this question, the Business Unit Greenhouse Horticulture and Flower…

VIB acquires CropDesign site from BASF

VIB, a life sciences institute in Flanders, has signed an agreement with BASF to acquire its CropDesign site in Nevele, Belgium. VIB and CropDesign have had a close scientific…

Medicine to battle Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus now submitted

Canada: New anti-virus product moved into the registration phase

A&L Biological Inc., a subsidiary of A&L Canada Laboratories Inc., announced their first two products have now moved into the registration phase of development for the…

Canada wants rapid COVID-19 testing for international greenhouse workers

The Federal Conservatives are asking the government to bring in a rapid testing pilot project for international workers that are needed in Canadian greenhouses. Shadow…

UbiQD announces $7M in Series A funding

US (NM): Investment to scale deployment of quantum dot technology in agriculture and energy

UbiQD has closed a $7M Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Scout Ventures and Keiretsu Forum, with key participation from Sun Mountain Capital, Epic Ventures, Plug…

Interactive webinar to better manage multisite greenhouse operations

Ridder organizes the Ridder HortOS Interactive Webinar on the 20th of January 2021. This webinar will show you how actionable data can help you to better manage large scale…

Survey to provide insight on emerging indoor farming trends and challenges now live

Allison Kopf, CEO of Artemis said, "We’re looking forward to learning how growers are facing new challenges such as COVID-19. In the past, expansion was one of the prime goals…

Special Water 2021

Drinking water concept important aspect in future of film company

For Annemieke Aal and Martijn Riewald with Gauris, film is the common theme of their working life. Two years ago, the entrepreneurs switched to greenhouse horticulture.…

Four new ToBRFV-infections in the Netherlands

The number of farms in the Netherlands infected with the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) rose to 23. Four new infections were found, while five…

Theo transfers leadership to Tom at TK-Topboiler

Theo Kleijweg from TK-Topboiler will be taking a step back. Tom Reeven will take over and become the new General Manager. "Tom has proven to be a good successor," says Theo.…


2020’s indoor farm venture capital bonanza In the face of a dismal year, indoor agriculture saw record fundraising from venture capital and other private investors in 2020. "The industry raised US$565mm in 2020. This figure excludes several notable rounds where the amounts raised were not publicly disclosed," says Nicola Kerslake, CEO of Contain. "New Jersey-based vertical…

Cooperation Vlamings Agro Groep & Profytodsd

Vlamings Agro Groep and Profytodsd are pleased to announce that they will be working together more intensively from now on. The cooperation will take shape in a mutual…

Moroccan exporters speak of Russian protectionism

Morocco examines local exporters due to Russian tomato ban

Morocco’s National Food Safety Office (ONSSA) has stepped up the monitoring of Moroccan tomato exporters, attempting to overcome an ongoing Russian ban. Russia…

Artificial intelligence-driven platform for genome editing presented

Evogene Ltd. a computational biology company working on life-science product development across several market segments, provided today a year-end update for…

New showroom in Taiwan shows the importance of greenhouses

Chiayi County Commissioner Weng Chang-liang, third right, looks at vegetables grown at a greenhouse showroom operated by Jin Jhan Greenhouse Project Co in Chiayi County’s…

Today on social media

Like many, we're moving back to mostly remote working. The nature of our farms & controlled environment agriculture means we're still able to operate with minimal staff…

Liqueur, gin and low-gin from strawberries and raspberries

"Fill in your date of birth to gain access to the website." This is not a request you will get while looking up tasty strawberries and raspberries on the internet. You will…

Yuksel Catalog

New tomato, pepper, cucumber, and eggplant varieties

Yuksel Seeds presents new innovations to its extensive catalog of varieties, with a strong focus on pear tomatoes, a segment in which its Marcus F1 variety is well-known…

Murcia is Spain's leading lettuce exporter

Lettuce is the third most exported vegetable by Spain. In 2019, exports were worth 721 million Euro, while between January and October of last year their value…

In Belgium, loose tomato prices top those of TOV's

The average price for loose tomatoes was recently higher than that of TOV. That was in the last week of 2020 / very early 2021 at the Belgian auction house,…

New production line helps to reduce plastic waste

Dutch tomato specialist RedStar has succeeded in further reducing the amount of used plastic for packaging in the supermarket. By expanding a special production line, even…

Artichoke, leafy vegetables, zucchini, broccoli, and cauliflower affected

Frosts in Murcia will reduce the supply of vegetables in the coming weeks

2021 has started with a drastic drop in temperatures in much of Spain, which is expected to continue throughout the week. Since the early hours of Monday, frosts have been…

Lobello cherry plum tomato wins Flavor of the Year award in Spain for the third consecutive year

The Lobello plum cherry tomato, produced and marketed by Caparrós Nature, has received the Flavor of the Year award for the third consecutive year in 2021.…

Robbert Leisink, Maxim De Roeck, and Kevin Smedts start Fruitful BV: "Berries are in our DNA"

There's a new soft fruit player in Europe

Europe gained a new soft fruit specialist on 1 January: Fruitful BV. Robbert Leisink, Maxim De Roeck, and Kevin Smedts are young. But they've all worked in this sector for the…

Funny

Unsubscribe

Copyright (C) 2021 Hortidaily.