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Reuse and optimize greenhouse water with dehumidifiers

There’s no doubt that the recent drought experienced across Europe is a massive cause for worry for growers. Water availability and pricing have a huge impact on the ability…

Van Vugt Kruiden tests new agrotechnology innovation

"Wouldn't it be great if we could compost our herb byproducts onsite?

Van Vugt Kruiden has already spent quite a lot of money on its premises in the Netherlands to improve its business operations sustainability. With financial support from the…

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RaboResearch: Specialty crops to test appetite for gene editing

Conflicting regulatory standing between the EU and the US has created a divided market for investment in gene-editing technologies in agriculture. Still, product development…

Healthy Hydroponics launches Pathogen Mini and Pathogen+

Healthy Hydroponics Innotech launches genomics-based pathogen monitoring services to hydroponic growers to enhance the prediction of crop diseases and assurance of food…

Rijk Zwaan partners up with Reijm & Zn for high-wire variety Skyview RZ

In its ‘The future is sky’ series, Rijk Zwaan demonstrates that shared entrepreneurship is in its genes. In this video, Marcel van Koppen, Crop Coordinator at Rijk Zwaan, and…

UK company named Best Green Start-up

In the National Start-up Awards series, Sheffield-based start-Up District Eating Limited was presented with the Best Green Start-up award. The award highlights the…

The regional public brand of strawberry is more popular in China, and the separate corporate brand is still in progress

With the economic development in China, there have been many elevated strawberries in recent years in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, as well as some second-tier…

ALDI UK signs long-term agreement with Euro Pool System on returnable packaging equipment

ALDI UK has signed a long-term agreement on returnable packaging equipment with Euro Pool System.Euro Pool System (EPS), a logistics company supplying reusable…

The bulk of Grufesa's partners already use the new material

A berry company from Huelva reduces the use of plastic on its greenhouses' roofs by almost 50%

"Grufesa, a firm in Moguer (Huelva) that produces and markets berries, has reduced the use of plastic on its greenhouses' roofs by almost 50% in recent years. With this…

Special Starting materials

Restoration of peatlands: Flooding is not the ideal solution

Intact peatlands are habitats for many rare animal and plant species and important sinks for greenhouse gases. Many peatlands that have been converted to agricultural land…

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European Commission approves €110 Million Austrian scheme to support agricultural producers

The European Commission has approved a €110 million Austrian scheme to support primary agricultural producers in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.…

Pathogen Profile: Podosphaera xanthii

Controlling powdery mildew in hydroponics

What is Podosphaera xanthii? Podosphaera xanthii is a pathogenic fungus which causes “powdery mildew” on plants, especially cucurbits. The naming of this fungus is not…

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The new team members have arrived 🦾🤖the UV light robots. It is amazing how quickly AG technology has progressed over the years. These two will reduce our use of fungicides…


‘Increasing demand for hybrid farms in Europe and the UAE ‘to maintain low-cost’’ "We have a project in Dubai where we set up a hybrid strawberry farm using Revoponics, as we call them, vertical growing towers. As the demand is growing in Europe and the UAE, there are a lot of exciting other projects coming up. It makes sense because Revoponics is such a good fit for the vertical farming market, due to its…

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NL: Investment growth in the horticulture cluster in the Greater Rotterdam – The Hague area

Both Dutch and foreign investors are increasingly investing in greenhouse horticulture in the Greater Rotterdam – The Hague area, and in particular, suppliers to the sector…

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Vegetable prices likely to go up in Malaysia due to heavy rain

Continuous heavy rainfall in Malaysia over the last few weeks has depleted the crop yield for vegetables across the country, said, farmers. The dip in the supply of vegetables…

Announcing the results of the TFF challenge 2022

Thought For Food (TFF), the world's non-profit leader in next-generation innovation for impact in food and agriculture, is thrilled to announce the 10 Finalist…

Changing abstraction licenses into permits – NFU response

In September 2021, the Environment Agency launched a consultation on moving into the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) regime. The consultation, which closed on 22…

Quebec and Latin American scientists collaborate to save strawberry fields from pest

A new insect has arrived in Canada, spreading a harmful plant disease among Quebec’s strawberry crops. Now, a group of Quebec and Latin American researchers…

Himachal Pradesh growers also see prices drop

Oversupply triggers crash in tomato price in Chennai market

Wholesale traders at Koyambedu say the prices of tomatoes fell to ₹10 to ₹13 a kg because of bumper harvests in Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh.…

Syngenta showcases crops, technology, and emerging opportunities

Fields of Innovation for vegetable growers to be held in Netherlands

Registration is open for the Syngenta Vegetable Seeds Fields of Innovation 2022, to be held on 27 – 29 September in Grootebroek, the Netherlands. The industry-pioneering event…

Data Bridge Market Research

Organic fruit extracts market to see highest growth with growing CAGR of 7.65% by 2028

While producing this organic fruit extracts market document, best-practice models and research methodologies have been employed for an absolute market analysis. It is a…

Red Sea Farms

Red Sea Farms launches back-to-school campaign in Saudi Arabia

Red Sea Farms is a Saudi Arabian agritech company whose unique technology enables commercial farming in harsh environments. It has now announced its sustainable, Saudi-grown…

More than 13,000 workers on Fair Farms

The Fair Farms program, funded by the Federal Government and in its third year, is celebrating a worker-focused milestone: more than 13,000 workers are covered…

South Africa: Pepper prices soared over 40% in one week

Prices for peppers in South Africa have soared to near record levels, going up by more than 40% in one week. According to Johnny van der Merwe, managing…

Robot strawberry picker kills fungus with UV technology

Two Perth-based engineers have developed a strawberry-picking robot that could assuage on-farm labor shortages. The robot was designed to be of a similar size…

Plant sap specialist try to find out

Is calcium-guzzling strawberry variety more sensitive to Phytophthora cactorum?

Could correct nutrition make strawberry plants less susceptible to Phytophthora cactorom? In the Netherlands, NovaCropControl researchers are investigating this using plant…

Norway: Growers warn of vegetable shortage if energy support isn’t expanded

Norwegian growers are calling on the government to raise the current cap for energy support in the agricultural sector. If this would not come to be, the…

New cherry tomato of "Gedera Syngenta Seeds" the finest tomato in Israel

The new variety, 605271 of the "Gedera-Syngenta Seeds" company, which doesn't even have a name yet, has been selected as the finest tomato in Israel. Chef Eyal Shani, known as…

Qatari farms to intensify vegetable production for World Cup

A number of Qatari farmers have stated they are set to intensify efforts to increase the production of various vegetables to cater to the expected higher…

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Interview with ENEA researcher Luca Nardi

How to feed the planet? The answer comes from space

GreenCube is based on closed-cycle hydroponics and is equipped with specific lighting, temperature, and humidity control systems to meet the restrictive requirements of…

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