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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

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Autogrow cracks the code with FarmRoad

"90 percent accuracy for new tomato yield prediction code"

“Accurately predicting harvest time and yield is the holy grail of agriculture. It allows clarity of availability to the entire food chain from the grower to the marketer and…

Viraj Puri: "Patient approach has allowed us to scale rapidly and sustainably"

Gotham Greens doubles their acreage within six months:

In the last six months, US greenhouse company Gotham Greens has more than doubled their footprint by opening four new greenhouses. Newest in their 'collection' is the one in…

Biobest launch

New Crop-Scanner app for efficient biological crop protection

The new app Crop-Scanner from Biobest unlocks fast and accurate scouting for growers to deliver improvements in overall IPM performance. Enabling growers and their Biobest…

Two new thermo-reflective screen nets against extreme heat

In recent years, growers had to deal with extremely hot summers, resulting in high temperatures and sunburn in tunnel greenhouses and under screen halls. A solution for this…

Innovative technologies in the NPEC greenhouse

NPEC is a joint initiative of Wageningen University & Research and Utrecht University. This integrated, national research facility is housed by Wageningen University &…

Vertical Field: one container in Poughkeepsie, one coming up in Monsey

Israeli vertical farms in New York

Vertical Field is a Ra'anana, Israel, based agro-tech provider of vertical farming and living green wall solutions for urban environments and smart cities. "Urban areas contain…

"Don't make containers and hydroponic production methods prohibited practices"

The Coalition for Sustainable Organics (CSO) says it's heartened by the initial response of the Department of Justice to defend organic growers’ rights to…

Intergrow Greenhouses

Intergrow Greenhouses partners with Natural Upcycling to reduce food waste

Consumers have high expectations when it comes to their food. Even in produce, they expect beautifully uniformed, well presenting fruit. But at the end of the day this is…

"In public facing environments, like garden centers, visors become even more imperative"

UK: Macpac adds plastic visors to assortment

Horticultural packaging manufacturer Macpac added a new product to their assortment recently, namely plastic visors. It might not be in line with their…

Special webinars & online education

webinar on May 28th, 16:00 CET (UTC+1)

"Better air results in better yield and quality"

Removing fungi, bacteria and viruses from the air entering your greenhouse and plants. That's what the GAHU (greenhouse air handling unit) that was recently launched, can do.…

Webinar on how COVID-19 accelerates change in food systems

The first webinar from Greentech took place on Thursday, May 7th, 16:00 - 17:00 UTC +2. In this webinar, Tom Freyberg interviewed four horticulture professionals about their…

iUNU joins 5G Open Innovation Lab to help drive early adoption and innovation of 5G technology

iUNU has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab, an ecosystem for developers, enterprises, carriers, and technology leaders, focused on helping start-ups utilize 5G to develop new…

New Zealand: Budget 2020’s support for the primary sector in the COVID-19 recovery

The horticulture in New Zealand has welcomed the 2020 Budget, acknowledging the Government’s support for the primary sector in the COVID-19 recovery. "It’s great to see the…


Grower's COVID pain points and strategies for after the crisis The Coronavirus pandemic has dealt a major blow to the global economy. The lockdowns and social distancing measures have forced a number of businesses to stop their operations. Even though certain sectors have been allowed to keep working, their processes had to be re-evaluated to accommodate social distancing. In those…

Domestic fruits and vegetables gaining ground in Hungary

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the import of fruits and vegetables were hindered this spring. Although the logistical issues have since been solved, the share of import produce…

Saving a tradition

A sweet cherry tomato planted the seed of Sheila Capistran’s specialty greenhouse business. During the 46 years since Capistran saved a seed from a Chadwick Cherry tomato…

Agriculture Director at McCain Foods Australia/New Zealand:

‘Take R&D to the next level to combat tomato potato psyllid’

Agriculture Director at McCain Foods Australia/New Zealand John Jackson has witnessed the destruction caused by the tomato potato psyllid (TPP) and the…

US (CA): Hardship assistance grants for organic producers

Throughout the United States, farmers are experiencing severe economic losses as the results of the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather patterns, an increase in duration and…

Polish Berry Cooperative

Polish producers attracting Poles to pick strawberries

The coronavirus closed the borders, compared to the solutions from the other EU member states the Polish government is not eager to facilitate the arrival of Ukrainians, and…

Yara moves to regional organizational structure

Yara will move from a segment structure to a regional organizational structure, effective 1 June 2020. Yara’s operations will comprise four profit centers, of which three are…

We will never know.

CubicFarms announces permanent Chief Financial Officer and new Head of People

In March, CubicFarms announced the appointment of Mr. Fernback as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Fernback now has transitioned into a permanent role with…

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Kenyan farmers sustain food supply amid pandemic and locust & flood threats

Kenyan farmers have shrugged off floods and locust threats to keep food supply steady in the nation, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenya is currently…

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Bangladesh: Army comes to the rescue by procuring vegetables

Vegetable growers in Kushtia were passing their days worried about not getting fair prices for their produce at wholesale markets before the Bangladesh army…

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Whereas restaurant suppliers face long recovery period

Australian vegetable growers supplying supermarkets enjoy high demand

Vegetable growers in southern Queensland are enjoying a surge in the demand and price for their homegrown produce during the coronavirus lockdown. It comes as…

Obituary Piet van der Klugt

Piet van der Klugt passed away on Friday May 8, 2020 at 93 years old. What started in 1953 as Plant Nursery A.J. van der Klugt & Zn., has now grown into a propagation company…

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Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu

Vegetables rot at Thirumazhisai market as traders have no storage space

Wholesale traders at Thirumazhisai market, which was opened a week ago and has since been getting a steady supply, are losing 15% of vegetables as wastage for…

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From Delhi to Chennai:

Indian wholesale vegetable markets are turning into COVID hotspots

Chennai’s COVID-19 numbers, which up until 1 April showed a rather linear rise, skyrocketed the following month, with the figure pegged at 4,882 cases on 12…

Harris Cutler of Race-West:

"We’ve rearranged our distribution patterns to help those in need during the pandemic”

Race-West is a grower shipper distributor focusing on four core commodities, potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, and carrots. These past few weeks, however, Harris Cutler, the…

May 20: World Bee Day

"75% of crops worldwide depend on pollinators"

On May 20, the world will celebrate bees, one of the insects that most actively contributes to the global population's food security and nutrition, as 75% of the world's crops…

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