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Rapidly growing CEA industry discusses strengths and challenges at Indoor Ag-Con

Over 800 visitors, approximately 100 exhibitors, hours and hours of conference and thousands of handshakes, boxes, elbows and contact details being exchanged. The last two…

High-flavor Sicilian tomatoes are back

"High quality doesn't mean sacrificing quantity, but they have a different meaning"

The campaign at the Italian greenhouse company Gioacchino Russo started a few weeks ago. This year, they focus entirely on high-flavor table tomatoes. Among their protagonists…

The new generation of Multifan Greenhouse Fans

Multifan Greenhouse fans have been known for years for their robust character, easy installation, and extremely long service life. The new generation also has low noise levels…

Dutch start-up Source gets $10 million to make greenhouses smarter

Agtech startup Source.ag announced a seed funding round of $10M, led by Acre Venture Partners with participation from MIT-affiliated E14 Fund, Astanor Ventures, and leading…

Allison Kopf, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Data Products at IUNU:

“This new brand represents the future of IUNU"

IUNU announced a brand refresh. IUNU recently completed acquisitions of Artemis and CropWalk, an independent, third-party integrated pest management (IPM)…

UK: RABI announces storm response fund for farmers

Following the impact of recent storms, RABI has announced the availability of emergency grants of £1,000 to provide financial support to those severely affected. Grants can be…

The use of peat in substrates

Within the entire horticultural industry, there's a lot of talk about the sustainability of plant and food production. This article, written by BVB Substrates, aims to help…

Grower saves energy with AC film next to fixed screen

At De Naulanden they use AC-film next to a fixed screen in their pepper cultivation. With this combination they managed to save 20% in only 5-6 weeks, and that during a mild…

BISC Global partners up with cropSeq bioinformatics

BISC Global, a Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, and ML/AI consulting company is partnering with cropSeq bioinformatics, a company specialized in AgriGenomics…

GE Current extends range with new top lighting

GE Current, a Daintree company has unveiled two new, high-efficiency and high-performance members of its Arize Element family. The latest L1000 model offers an…

Hortispare: solving the problem of missing spare parts

Growers are regularly confronted with downtime because of breakdowns and malfunctions. This is unpleasant for a grower, because any downtime can cause part of the cultivation…

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AgSafe supports B.C. farmers’ mental well-being

AgSafe is making the mental health and well-being of farmers, ranchers, and growers in British Columbia a top health and safety priority. AgSafe is the workplace health and…

Azerbaijan: Greenhouse tomato production increased by 19% in 2021

In Azerbaijan, in 2021, the volume of greenhouse tomatoes was of 343.106 tons, which is 18.9% higher than last year, reported the State Statistics Committee. In 2021, there…

Surna Cultivation Technologies

"This means fewer design conflicts, fewer revisions, and a faster time to market," Jon Kozlowski, Surna's VP of sales

US (CO): Surna wins complete design service contract

Surna Cultivation Technologies was awarded a contract for architectural design and MEP engineering services for a 15,000 square foot indoor cultivation facility in Michigan.…

University of Saskatchewan

New federal funding to enrich USask digital agriculture research

Data-driven processes and decisions are increasingly important in the agriculture sector. Although large amounts of farm and plant data are being collected by growers and…
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Hort Americas focus on community food production, people and jobs

In May 2020, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, greenhouse vegetable grower AppHarvest approached commercial horticultural distributor Hort Americas…

Emily McBride | The Lima News

Ottowa family farm's choice for hydroponics pays off

A gamble nearly 20 years ago by one local farmer has paid off in the form of one of the region’s premier hydroponic farms. Bryan Kaufman, 42, opened Kaufman’s Hydroponics on…

Celebrate national farmworker awareness week:

Download a free communication toolkit

WHAT:           National Farmworker Awareness Week        WHEN:           March 25-31, 2022 HOW CAN YOU HELP: Download your free communications toolkit, share key messages and graphics provided in EFI’s free Farmworker Awareness Week Communications Toolkit. These graphics can be customized or create content of your own. Amplify the message that…

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Modern banana farming technology! The future of farming will look like this! pic.twitter.com/9JM0Ss5M2C — The Future of Farming (@futurefarming12) February 28, 2022

New Zealand growers welcome increase in workers coming from the Pacific

New Zealand’s fruit, vegetable and winegrape growers have welcomed the news that the Government has increased the cap on workers from the Pacific under the…

Boomaroo Nurseries renews partnership with Ausveg

Ausveg announces that Boomaroo Nurseries has renewed its Strategic Partnership with Ausveg for another year, in a move that will benefit Australian growers. Boomaroo Nurseries…

This is how growers benefit from accurate coordination of cultivation processes

At Truly Green Farms you'll find over 90 acres of different tomato varieties. In addition, sustainability is high on the agenda; they use carbon dioxide and waste heat from an…

UK: Research reveals impact of horticulture peat use on climate

The campaign to stop peat extraction took off in the 1990s but only now are the UK and Welsh governments conducting a public consultation on ending the use of peat in the…

Nathan Jurgens joins Fall Creek as IT Director

Fall Creek Farm & Nursery has hired J. Nathan Jurgens as its information technology director. He is responsible for the development, planning, and implementation of worldwide…

US (FL): Green Life Farms expands sales to 5,000 new customers through partnership

Green Life Farms has partnered with Cheney Brothers, a family-owned and operated regional food distributor. Green Life Farms will be the exclusive Butterhead Lettuce supplier…

MG Marketing Charitable Trust launch new Education Fund

The MG Marketing Charitable Trust (MG Trust) has shared the details of its new grower education fund. The MG Trust was launched last year to contribute towards…

Endinava introduces organic figs in its portfolio: "We aim to reach France, Germany and the Netherlands with them"

"Sales of live lettuce in traditional greengrocers have grown in recent years"

Among the many advantages provided by hydroponics (with the main one being the optimization of all the resources used in agriculture, from the acreage needed for the crops to…

Restart of bankrupt organic farmer after finding buyer

A buyer has been found for bankrupt company Oirschot Organics. This allows the organic greenhouse vegetable company to make a new start. Trustee Geurt te…

First cucumbers of the season at organic grower

The first organic cucumbers of the season have been harvested at Harvest House. Grower Frank de Koning had the honor of harvesting the first ripe cucumbers. The first harvest…

Many visitors at Sismatic Inhouse Days 2022

From Wednesday the 16th until Saturday the 18th of February Sismatec organized her Inhouse Days in the completely new Experience Center in Almelo. During the Inhouse Days, the…

Biogrow: Technologies and products are the core

Win-win cooperation, green development

Soilless cultivation has developed rapidly in China in recent years. What are the changes in the market? On February 24, HortidailyChina had a conversation with Biogrow, a…

A green office in Sendling

Fresh lettuces and herbs, growing next to people's desks

Gray facades, gray laptops, gray faces: but in the middle of a Munich office complex, there is a splash of green that shines amid the everyday gray: On an area of just over…

Machine builder presents harvesting robot for broccoli

Machine builder Roboveg has developed a robot for harvesting broccoli. In the video below, the company takes you along as the RV1 operates with speed and…

Zimbabwe’s farmers told to scale up chilli growing

Zimbabwe’s farmers should scale up the growing of chilli peppers to help build local community resilience through this viable livelihood option in the wake of…

Queensland flooding triggers fruit and vegetable shortages in outback

Deluge hits northern NSW - Queenslanders wait for waters to recede

The flooding emergency continues in NSW and Queensland, with concerns for several people still missing in floodwaters and the risk of further wet weather in the days ahead.…

Bankruptcy of Levarht announced; talks with candidate for restart in full swing

After the Court of Amsterdam granted a moratorium on payments last week to J.M. Levarht & Zonen B.V. (Levarht) declared bankruptcy on 1 March 2022 for the…

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