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Why the North American lettuce market is booming

With 20,000 employees, Taylor Farms is one of the biggest players in the North American outdoor market. Last month, the company announced an investment in lettuce company Pure…

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KUBO is opening a new office in Canada

Boots on the ground

KUBO is opening an office in Canada. This office will serve the Eastern-Canadian market. For many years, KUBO has successfully completed projects in Canada. The opening of…

Belgian bell pepper grower resumes own sorting on upgraded farm

This spring, De Groentuin connected two of its greenhouses with a new sorting warehouse. De Groentuin is a Belgian bell pepper grower. The grading machines got to work in May.…

Aad van Dijk, The Greenery Growers:

"Retailers' move to year-round Dutch soft fruit is great news for our growers"

Aad van Dijk has years of experience in the greenhouse vegetable sector. Last year he took on the role of Fruit sales manager at The Greenery in the Netherlands. And his first…

UK: Company partnership to develop smart mobile phone application for monitoring insect pests

SMART Cymru supports Russell IPM Ltd in developing a Smart mobile phone application for monitoring important insect pests. The accurate monitoring of pests is…

Crop Enhancement partners with OHP, Inc.

US: “We are advancing biopesticides, as growers are in need of more biological solutions”

“After applying CropCoat, insects don’t recognize the treated plants as something they want to feed or reproduce on,” says Dr. Damian Hajduk, chief technology officer at Crop…

Wales wants to expand greenhouse industry

The new Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) prospectus aims to see growth in the number of businesses using technology to provide sustainable systems of growing food…

Up close and personal: getting closer to the horticultural sector on matters of sustainability

Whether it’s designing packaging for sustainability or keeping the growers, packers, and distributors aware of the fast-evolving packaging legislation, Stockport-based…

Globe Plant celebrates 60th anniversary - with a treat

On 15 September 1961 Albert Grootscholten started propagating vegetable plants. Initially this was planting material for cold crops (leafy plants such as lettuce, endive,…

Video Dutch Strawberry Demo Day 2021 photo report

Last Friday, a new edition of the Dutch Strawberry Demo Day took place in Horst on the grounds of the Limgroup breeding company. Last year, the day was cancelled due to Covid,…

Hishtil introduce their new UK representative

“Organic production and new genetics; we have much to achieve in the UK market”

“After more than two decades as our UK representative, Peter Collins will be succeeded by Bob Askew,” says Israeli propagator Hishtil. “Because of Peter’s wide knowledge and…

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Dutch greenhouse builder constructs insect greenhouse for university

The (PKb-I and PKM-II) research greenhouse, where research will be carried out into insects on plants, consists of a Venlo greenhouse with a total surface area of 792 m2 and…

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Sneak peek program GreenTech live & online

It is time to reconnect. The world of horticulture will gather at the RAI Amsterdam, 28-30 September. The common thread of the program will be ‘Happy Food Healthy Flowers’…

Video Video: Roelands Plant Farms new logistics system in operation

This summer, Bosman Van Zaal put an advanced propagation system into operation at Roelands Plant Farms in Canada, a supplier of starting material for peppers, tomatoes and…

Complex event processing methods for greenhouse control

In the greenhouse environment, the application of complex event processing (CEP) technology can effectively tackle the problem of recognition of the complex…

Spanish growers share experience with biotechnology

"We have greatly improved the life of tired soils and the vigor of the plant"

Edypro studies and develops biotechnological fertilizers. Since 1996, the Valencia-based company has been distributing their products in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy. In…
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Call for collaborators from Industry

CAV, Centro Attività Vivaistiche, is an Italian cooperative of commercial nurseries established in 1982 to assure production of healthy plant material of high…

AUS: Boosting agricultural innovation with mobile coverage

Farmers and residents in one of Victoria’s most productive horticultural regions will soon have better mobile coverage, allowing them to use new technology to…

Philippines: city plant nursery eyed as training hub for urban farming

The local government and the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas are preparing this city’s Uswag Plant Nursery in Barangay Tacas in Jaro…

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How are robots doing in greenhouse horticulture?

There is also a lot going on around this subject where greenhouse horticulture is concerned. Robots are being developed for picking tomatoes, various crop operations such as…

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“Our goals were to show different kinds of agriculture can work in this state"

The North Platte Natural Resource District’s Greener Garden Greenhouse is out to change the face of agriculture in the Panhandle.In the greenhouse, you will find bananas,…

Tozer Seeds joins Veg Power's membership program

"We are keen to help children increase vegetable consumption"

Veg Power, the not-for-profit aimed at increasing vegetable consumption in the UK, announced today that Tozer Seeds, the independent vegetable seed breeding…

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Caribbean countries commit to building agricultural resilience

On Monday Caribbean agriculture ministers committed themselves to build the resilience of their agrifood systems to tackle the challenges they are experiencing as a result of…

Thriving Lesotho farmers with international horticulture support

Lesotho’s economy relies on agriculture, with about 45% of employment in the country depending on it, and almost all rural households with access to land are involved in some…

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When it comes to choosing chili peppers, farmer James Weaver can do it without gloves, but some of his customers are more sensitive capsaicin, a chemical that can heat and…

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S. Abraham & Sons launches to-go salads

“Fresh and convenient are two words that we believe should go together"

S. Abraham & Sons, a convenience distributor to approximately 3,500 retailers in eight states throughout the Midwest, is switching its Fruit Ridge Farms brand salads to…

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Conceptual Martian greenhouse presented at conference

In 2019, a team of eight UC Davis undergraduate students developed a concept for the Martian Agriculture and Plant Science (MAPS) Greenhouse that was selected as a Top 5…

The Europa Florece campaign disseminates the benefits of aromatic plants in Spain and Germany

Aromatic plants offer a wide range of benefits for homes, gardens, urban gardens, and the environment. Sometimes these plants are overlooked because they are so present in the…

Modern Plant-Based Foods receives purchase order from Aldi supermarket chain

Modern Plant-Based Foods Inc., a well-known plant-based food company, is pleased to announce that it will be listing its plant-based snacks, Snacks from the…

Lorry driver strike threat increases supply chain problems

There has been the threat of a strike by lorry drivers at two UK firms supplying the construction industry as well as convenience stores. This threat has…

Nigerian prices of beans and pepper up 122% in twelve months

Nigerians are seeing prices of food items and other products soaring in the last year, under the guise of dollar shortages and naira depreciation. The price of…

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South America: Leveraging vast distribution networks to build larger facility

“We’re building relationships and distribution channels that will allow us to grow into other regions. Latin America, from Mexico to Chile, we all speak the same language and…

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