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Spiking gas prices frustrate Ontario greenhouse growers

With fuel prices continuing to rise in Ontario, closing in or even topping $2/litre in some cases, where will this leave the Ontario growers? “There’s an extreme frustration…

Australia: P’Petual Glasshouse set to spark circa $30million agribusiness deal

P'Petual Holdings is set to spark significant interest in the vicinity of $30million from large food and horticulture companies, institutions, and private equity investors…

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Greenhouse project in the UAE successfully completed:

BayWa sells climate greenhouse to Pure Harvest Smart Farms

BayWa successfully completes its flagship project in greenhouse production with the sale of its majority stake in the climate-controlled greenhouse in the United Arab Emirates…

Belgium: Hefty drop in Flanders' tomato cultivation

The number of tomato growers in Flanders has gone down precipitately. More and more family farms that cultivated the fruit are leaving the region. In fact,…

Gerard van der Hut joins Shockingly Fresh as COO

Gerard van der Hut has started a new position as Chief Operations Officer at Shockingly Fresh Limited. Gerard formerly worked at Rijk Zwaan UK as Managing Director but is now taking…

Fiberglass structures for soilless crops

Shelves, profiles, grids, supports - all elements at the basis of hydroponic and aeroponic cultivations. But what about the layout and materials? At the recent NovelFarm fair,…

Nicole Koetze, Praxas:

"You can prevent air freight soft fruit losses"

The global market for soft fruits like blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. In the Netherlands, soft fruit…

Pieter van Pelt, commercieel manager, The Greenery International:

"New structure has given sales to retail and trade clients extra impetus"

Two years ago, the Dutch company, The Greenery, decided to divide its activities. It split them into The Greenery Growers, The Greenery Logistics, and The Greenery…

US (NJ): Plainview Growers and Havecon to build a 250,088 ft2 greenhouse facility in Allamuchy

Plainview Growers, located in Allamuchy, New Jersey, announces that they have signed a contract with Havecon to build a 250,088 ft2 greenhouse facility at their main location…

Dutch contribution to Chechnya greenhouse horticulture project under scrutiny

Greenhouses can be found all over the world. Dutch people like to help build them, and they have done so as well in Chechnya, an autonomous republic of the…

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Israeli water technology company launches new water disinfection system

NUFiltration, an Israeli water technology company specializing in water filtration and disinfection systems, announced the launching of new NUF water disinfection systems…

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Impact of exogenous application of salicylic acid on the drought-stress tolerance in pepper

To investigate the effect of drought stress on the physiological and chemical properties of the sweet pepper and the impact of the foliar application of salicylic acid (SA) on…

Ros Harvey - The Yield

"We already achieve nearly 95% accuracy at fruit set in perennial crops at site and category level"

The Yield is an agricultural technology company that transforms food and farming practices with scalable digital technology. Using real-time data and AI to power their…


Full Nature farm proves that aquaponics can actually be profitable Hong Kong: Edible flowers sold for 50% less than imported ones Full Nature Farm, based out of Hong Kong, is proving to the Asian vertical farming industry that it is possible to be profitable with aquaponics. Ray Lok, founder of the company, and his team have developed a unique vertical system that would be more space-efficient than hydroponics. "DWC and NFT are common techniques in…

New and colorful vegetable varieties to behold at the upcoming Rijk Zwaan demos

Rijk Zwaan’s Hydroponics Leaf and Outdoor demos are on the agenda again in June, showcasing the vegetable breeding company’s new, colorful and high-tech vegetable varieties.…

Retractable roof solutions high on the agenda of Australia’s berry and cherry growers

From June 6 to 8, Hort Connections will be held in Brisbane, Australia. Cravo has been exhibiting at this event since 2016 and is looking forward to being present again. “It…

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India: Hydroponics-focused startup Nutrifresh raises $5 mn in pre-seed round

Nutrifresh Farm Tech India has raised $5 million in a pre-series seed funding round led by Theodore Cleary, Sandiip Bhammer, Sky Kurtz, and Mathew Cyriac, among other…

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Summer school insects as food & feed

The field of rearing insects for human food and animal feed is new and exciting. There are many challenges in bringing insects on the market. How can we rear insects in a…

Nathan Hall - Disruptive Packaging

Millions of boxes have been distributed throughout the Australian supply chain and export markets

Disruptive Packaging is doing something different in the packaging sector with Uniqcor®, a replacement for conventional wax-cardboard and polystyrene packaging that is made of…

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Combining old and new: aquaponics opens the door to indigenous food security

All across the United States, Indigenous peoples suffer higher mortality rates than other ethnic groups, mainly due to poorer diets and other colonial stressors that have…

NZ: What our industry can achieve

Zespri’s record-breaking result for last season shows just what our industry can achieve, with a long-term strategy, focus, and investment, as well as favorable growing and…

This man covered his 3-storey house In Uttar Pradesh with 10,000 plants

Sometimes, an event can change your entire life in an instant. It can be an awakening, and sometimes you'll acquire new knowledge. Ramveer Singh, a resident of Bareilly in…

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Food crisis as a result of the war: Ukraine's fruit and vegetable situation

The farm in the Kyiv region, which was destroyed after the occupation, continues to operate. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and tomatoes are grown there. This year in…

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Russian farmers have harvested 440 tons of strawberries

Since the beginning of 2022, the strawberry harvest in Krasnodar territory, which is located in the south of Russia, has amounted to 440 tons. According to the press service…

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James Parry - Freshlogic

"We can provide commercial insight into all supply chain stages and the markets they service"

Freshlogic is a specialist in fresh food research and an analytics firm with deep knowledge of fruit and vegetable market dynamics. The platform of their…

Proseal pioneers workable alternatives to plastic tray sealing

Proseal tray sealing technology is at the forefront of the race to find feasible alternatives to plastic trays and sealing film for the European soft fruit market. The company…

Peter van Dijk celebrates 25 years at CombiVliet

Last Friday, Peter van Dijk celebrated his anniversary at CombiVliet with a nice party with colleagues, children, and grandchildren. He had, of course, already received the…

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Fruit-picking robots might transform agriculture

It is still not easy for robots to do something as simple as picking an apple from a tree. Robotics researcher Joe Davidson: “It’s a simple thing” for humans.…

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Producer Ronja Haap on the cultivation and marketing potential of domestic sugar snap peas

"Demand for regional pulses will continue upward trend"

The first sugar snap peas of this year's season were harvested at the Haap vegetable farm just under two weeks ago. "This year, we have been able to start the sugar snap pea…

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French strawberries: stable surface areas and slightly higher national production

According to the first estimates on May 1st, 2022, the surface area used to grow strawberries in 2022 is stable compared to 2021, with 4,036 ha. The annual…

José Luis Bustamante, president of Naturberry and the National Association of Berry Exporters, Aneberries:

"In the first quarter, Mexican berry exports exceeded those of tequila, beer and avocado"

As of week 19, Mexico's strawberry exports were nearing 50 million boxes. "Baja California is still exporting, but the export season from central Mexico is over with the…

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