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Cucumber grower Kees Hendriks:

"We noticed considerably lower Pythium pressure thanks to Trichoderma harzianum"

Cucumber grower Kees Hendriks (Qcumber) explains how his plant protection strategy has moved from integrated to 'almost' biological, using fewer and fewer chemicals. He has…

CEA compex opens at Ohio State University with industry support

When The Ohio State University opened its new Controlled Environment Agriculture Complex (CEARC) on Friday, September 30, it represented a culmination of efforts between the…

Boerenbond: Growers still using last vestige of 'cheap' gas, but half of all contracts end by the end of the year

As a net electricity producer, Flemish agriculture and horticulture, particularly greenhouse horticulture, play an important social role. Advocacy group…

New online Plant Empowerment course:

Tips and tricks for surviving the energy crisis

The Plant Empowerment principles have been proven to enable growers to cultivate crops in high-tech greenhouses more profitably and more sustainably, not least thanks to…

Fruit Attraction 2022

Italy's thoughts after the tomato Contact Group

A meeting held by the table tomato Contact Group during Fruit Attraction 2022 discussed the 2021/22 campaign, expectations for the next one, the relationships between…

BOAL Group & Flexibell China join forces in the Chinese market

BOAL Group and Flexibell China announce their cooperation. BOAL Group Flexibell (BGF) is a new joint entity that will become the supplier of choice supporting the growing…

UK: Defra supplies £12.5m in funding to boost high-tech farming

Defra has set out plans to boost home-grown fruit and vegetable production and improve the uptake of technology in the horticulture sector. To kickstart the…

Alexandre Picault, Kultive:

"We will double the mini-cucumber acreage for the 2023 season"

While the cucumber season started badly for Kultive, which was unfortunately impacted by hail that destroyed hectares of greenhouses, the campaign will finally end fairly…

Growing crops with ETFE as glass replacement

Growing protected crops in full spectrum daylight is now a reality for the British fruit industry, following the first commercial installation from ETFE experts, RIPE. ETFE…

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"Everything must line up for horticulture’s continued success"

September saw the government finally unveil its National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land. HortNZ, like other members of the horticulture industry, has cautiously…

Special Lighting and Greenhouse Technology

Fully customizable, component-agnostic LEDs to drive cost down

The horti LED space was initially much like the wild west, with companies trying to get a piece of the emerging indoor growing industry by making big claims on a technology…

"Feelings can't be expressed in numbers or algorithms, so our work remains human work"

Consultancy firm Vortus is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The official celebration was held recently and included the presentation of an anniversary magazine. One…

Agrotonomy

Tower Farms:

“Commercial hybrid farming is gaining momentum”

“We are excited about the growth and appreciation of the industry and the value it offers. Our towers are energetically efficient, can be installed anywhere, and greatly…

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Chye sim, mint, basil: Singapore vegetable farm wants more consumers for its greens

Hidden among the concrete facades of factories in the Woodlands East Industrial Estate is a tranquil rooftop space flourishing with homegrown chye sim, mint, and basil.   The rooftop farm…

US: With water in the West scarce, some tomato farmers look to hydroponics

On Scott Beylik’s 4-acre farm about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, rows of tomato vines climb wires strung from the beams of his greenhouses. There’s no soil, so the roots…

EcoDataCenter

EcoDataCenter to reuse heat in fish farms and greenhouses

Sweden's EcoDataCenter will be sharing its excess heat with a local circular industry player to enable food production. EcoDataCenter and Wa3rm will focus on large-scale…
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Revol Greens doubles romaine production capabilities

Revol Greens has announced it will double its romaine lettuce production throughout the remainder of 2022 and into 2023. The notable increase in production is supported by…

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Fiji national funds diversifies into hydroponic farming

Fiji’s national superannuation fund aims to diversify into agriculture after consultations with its seven resorts and hotels. Fiji National Provident Fund has called for…

urban-gro

urban-gro signs over $50 million in design-build contracts in Q3

urban-gro provided an update on its design-build division and reiterated its guidance for the third quarter of 2022.    After the acquisition of Emerald Construction Management in the…

Kaufland and Ultragreens inaugurate the first vertical greenhouse in Romania following 350,000 Euro investment

Kaufland and Ultragreens (formerly known as Microgreens Romania) are inaugurating the first vertical farming unit in Romania, whose production will be entirely directed to the…

Local Bounti launches grab-and-go salads with longer-lasting lettuce

Local Bounti Corporation announced the launch of its chef-inspired, grab-and-go salads utilizing its own sustainably and locally grown lettuces. Local Bounti…

USDA to double CEA research center footprint with AmplifiedAg labs

AmplifiedAg, an agricultural technology company focused on the CEA category, announces the awarding of a new contract by the USDA Agricultural Research Service to supply…

Portuguese agribusinesses deplete soil and water in Alentejo Region

Alentejo Region is one of the seven NUTS 2 regions of Portugal. In the 1960s, a dam was built there under the Estado Novo dictatorship, with promises that…

Fiji National Provident Fund invests in hydroponic farming

Fiji’s national superannuation fund aims to diversify agriculture after consultations with its seven resorts and hotels. Fiji National Provident Fund has…

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The 'PDO Tomates et concombres de France' calls on the government to support producers facing Moroccan competition

In the absence of appropriate regulatory measures, the French tomato industry is threatened by Moroccan competition. Following the publication of the report…

Agreste

Strawberries: stable production for the year 2022

"Based on end-of-season estimates, as of September 1, 2022, strawberry acreage for the 2021 season would be 4,000 ha, unchanged from a year earlier, along with…

Thomas Dickes, Früchte Rosenbaum Ltd:

"Owner-operated retail stores are usually very open to good drop-off suppliers, and we are jumping into this gap in the market"

Früchte Rosenbaum Ltd began more than twenty years ago as a classic trader at the Cologne wholesale market, selling to specialist stores, self-pick-up customers, and weekly…

Releases new salad variety featuring Sabra® guacamole

Fifth Season lets the fresh greens speak for themselves in bold new packaging design

Fifth Season – a food system pioneer and the first player in the vertical farming space to launch ready-to-eat salad kits with distribution in 12+ states in over 1,200…

USDA

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement seasonal perishable products - weekly update

Movement of avocado crossings from Mexico through Texas expected to remain about the same

Seasonal changes have led to a shift in the commodities of interest for this report. Asparagus has replaced blueberries, as the number of growing areas for shipping asparagus…

USDA restricts PACA violators in New Jersey and Texas from operating in industry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce…

Video Innovations at Fruit Attraction: New product concepts, sustainable packaging, and bio(dynamics) gaining ground

Despite the restrained innovation drive within the sector, there were several novelties at this year's Fruit Attraction in Madrid, Spain. In this photo report, we take a…

Dutch bell pepper grower gets new automated crate processing line

In the Netherlands, Bateq recently installed a new production line at C. Zwinkels Paprikakwekerij. This fully automated line lets this bell pepper grower depalletize, destack,…

Less early Flemish strawberries too

BE: Almost no local tomato crops in Flanders, but these growers hope to harvest in early December anyway

Tomato growers Leo Verdonck (64) and Marja Van Dessel (60) of greenhouse farm Den Boschkant have just replanted all their greenhouses with young tomato plants…

Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico

US innovators use the sun to roast state’s famous green chiles

Engineers from Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico recently gathered on top of a 200-foot solar testing facility to roast green chiles. One of them was…

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US (WI): Alverno College celebrates grand opening of their new greenhouse

Alverno College celebrated the grand opening of a new greenhouse Tuesday, October 11. The laboratory will be used to sustainably grow plants, vegetables, and even yellow…

Lockdrives: “escorting” lifting strawberry cultivation

Strawberries are native to South America and have been cultivated for more than 300 years. Because of its high nutritional value and economic value, it has become a widely…

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