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Indoor Ag-Con: failing forward – lessons learned

With day two of Indoor Ag-Con in the books, we take time to look back at one of the keynote sessions from the first day, “Failing Forward – Lessons…

HortEx shows potential of Vietnamese horticulture

On the morning of March 1, the tradeshow HortEx 2023 opened its doors in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. "A great comeback," organizer Kuno Jacobs says,…

Greenhouse grown strawberry tomatoes make their debut

Although it is still winter in Ontario, Canada, greenhouse production of different varieties of tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, and…

UAE: New desert greenhouse near Abu Dhabi opens

RedSea, the innovative AgTech whose pioneering technology enables commercial farming in hot environments, announces the commissioning and start of…

“Environmental control is the biggest limiting factor at most cultivation facilities”

"Price compression is rendering inadequate cultivation facilities obsolete. Cultivation businesses can no longer operate profitably without tight…

Reichenau-Gemüse eG

Substantial part of vegetable production is marketed by mid-May

Harvest starts for greenhouse lettuces on the island of Reichenau

In the greenhouses on the island of Reichenau, the harvest of the first leaf lettuces is now starting successively. By mid-May, there will be more than…

AGROS project enters new phase: applying autonomous control in cucumbers

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) business unit Greenhouse Horticulture recently planted three cucumber crops as part of the AGROS project. The…

NL: Breeder to install underground water storage system

For its De Lier location, vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan has commissioned Certhon to install the latest underground SanAquastore (an Aquifer…

Julián Rodríguez, of CASI: "We still have 40% of the campaign left and our prospects are very good"

"The cold has only been temporary and we continued serving our customers"

The cold of recent weeks, which has been affecting the productivity of horticultural crops in Almeria since mid-January, has already been left behind,…

Miguel Gonzalez, MG Fruit:

"We've never had a Spanish strawberry shortage in late February before"

This winter has surprised even an experienced specialist like Miguel Gonzalez of the Dutch company MG Fruit. "These sky-high prices, and for such a…

Special labor and staff

This month's special: Labor and Staff

Robots aren't fully ready yet, and there's a widespread lack of human labor in many sectors. Wages, work conditions, but also skill level, are all…

Start of project that will substantiate 2030 goals for sustainable potting soil and substrates

In November 2022, a broad societal coalition* of government, sector, and NGO agreed that in 2050 the use of potting soil and substrates in the chain…

US (NJ): The continued effort to protect basil from blight

When a devastating disease wiped out New Jersey farmers' basil fields, growers turned to Rutgers scientists for help. Now the public will be able to…

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Ukraine: Greenhouse complexes started selling cucumbers

A number of greenhouse complexes in Ukraine have started selling cucumbers of a new turnover, analysts of the EastFruit project report. It should be…

Destatis press release on February 27, 2023

Vegetable yields down 12% in 2022 compared record year 2021

Roughly 6,100 agricultural holdings in Germany harvested a total of 3.8 million tonnes of vegetables in 2022. Yields were down 12% compared to 2021 and were 2%…

Jean-Paul Geelhoed joins Germains Seed Technology as European head of commercial horticulture

Jean-Paul Geelhoed has joined Germains Seed Technology as the European Head of Commercial Horticulture. Jean-Paul will manage the Commercial-,…

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Australian horticulture grown by $6.15B within a decade

New data released by Hort Innovation shows the production value of Australia's horticulture industry has grown by $6.15B since 2012/13. The new data…

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Good meeting at European Commission talking about how CEA can be an integral part of sustainable food system in Europe with André Van Wageningen Leo Marcelis Sylvia Xu Good…

First record of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in Slovakia

The NPPO of Slovakia recently informed the EPPO Secretariat of the first finding of the tomato brown rugose fruit virus (Tobamovirus, ToBRFV – EPPO A2 List) on…

President Museveni calls on the UK to import more fruits and vegetables from Uganda

President Yoweri Museveni has urged Britain to take advantage of Uganda’s rich agricultural potential and import more from Uganda, citing Uganda’s high-quality…

UV lights may help farmers vanquish deadly cantaloupe pathogen

Can’t get enough cantaloupe? The University of Florida scientists want to help farmers in Florida and across the globe grow the cucurbit to satisfy…

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Tomato compound can reduce COVID infectivity

A new peer-reviewed study from the Tokyo Institute of Technology has potentially found a natural cure for COVID-19. The study was published in the…

CAN (AB): Strawberry grower Freshbay appoints three new directors

Freshbay has appointed three new directors with extensive agriculture experience to the board of the corporation. Vic Reddy, Rob Smith, and Jeff…

Ecoation awarded patent in the U.S. for stereo-spatio-temporal crop condition measurements

On January 17, 2023, ecoation earned a patent for innovative technology surrounding a unique method for collecting crop condition measurements. The…

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Are your strawberries bland? Pesticides could be to blame

Have you ever bitten into a plump, red strawberry only to find it bland and watery? Certain pesticides might be responsible. A team reporting in ACS'…

CEA Industries Inc. announces cost-saving initiatives

CEA Industries has announced cost-saving initiatives that include various operating expense reductions and a reduction in force in response to continued…

Mauritius: PM Jugnauth launches hydroponics training farm in Mauritius Prison Service

The Prime Minister, Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, proceeded with the inauguration of a training farm in aquaponics and hydroponics as well as a solar…

LockDrives: forward thinking in the field of greenhouse motors in 2023 and beyond

China: "Growers start to have clear needs for product reliability and service life"

"Looking back at the past three years, 2023 will give people more hope and expectations. As far as the greenhouse industry is concerned, news of new…

Telangana state, India

Spectacular dragon fruit fields as LED is used for additional light

After tasting success with his dragon fruit cultivation initiative, Basvanthpur farmer Ramesh Reddy again drew attention to his farm by installing hundreds of…

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Peruvian blueberries through Philadelphia and New York City area ports expected to decrease

The California strawberry industry tallied up the storm damages caused by multiple atmospheric river storms from December 31, 2022, to January 25,…

Ample strawberries put pricing on promotable levels

An ample volume of strawberries is available right now. “Most of the volume we’d been expecting and waiting for came right before Valentine’s Day, with…

Morocco sold more tomatoes than Spain in the EU in 2022

According to a report from the Spanish news service Hortoinfo, in 2022, Morocco overtook Spain as a tomato supplier in the EU after surpassing the volume of…

How did California’s crops fare following the snow, rain, and cold?

California's weekend saw several weather events make their way through Southern California, from snow to rain to ice. How did things affect the ag…

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