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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
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Local Inspiration Days

Floricultura Brazil puts a new appointment on growers’ and breeders’ calendars

Floricultura is one of the absolute superpowers when it comes to Phalaenopsis young plants. Since a few years ago the Dutch breeder boosts its own facilities in Brazil, while supplying…

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Semi-closed greenhouses equipped with night cooling system

Semi-closed greenhouses are no longer only for areas with a temperate climate. Also for more extreme climates there are also solutions - creative solutions. Three years ago in…

Turkey: Ornamental plants are the champion of overall exports

According to Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM), ornamental plants achieved the largest proportional increase in overall exports last year. The Netherlands has been the top…

New Oboya sales manager focuses on Scandinavia

"Urban cultivation increasingly popular in Scandinavian market"

Oboya has decided to invest in urban cultivation in the Scandinavian market. The measures mean that Oboya strengthens the sales organization with a new sales manager in…

Van Iperen International & LandLab Italy

European pilot project to create a new generation of biostimulants

LandLab Italy and Van Iperen International, the Dutch producer of specialty fertilizers, have joined forces in a new project, assisted by James Hutton Institute, University of…

Perry Wismans

Dümmen Orange welcomes new Director Business Development to the Executive Committee

Dümmen Orange announces that Perry Wismans is appointed as Director Business Development and joins the Dümmen Orange Executive Committee. Perry Wismans In his new role, Perry…

LED supplemental lighting providing red and blue radiation = purple leaves on some young plants

Don’t be alarmed if some of your crops turn purple under LED supplemental lighting providing red and blue radiation. by Roberto G. Lopez - rglopez@msu.edu From October to March,…

Svensson supports school for students with intellectual disabilities

Svensson supports local Charlotte, NC Webb Street School, helping to enrich their special needs developmental program, with the contribution of Harmony light diffusing screens…

Special Trade Shows 2020

Score real silver at Cindro at HortiContact:

"The effect of silver, that's golden"

For a number of years now, Cindro, producer of among other products the silver-stabilized hydrogen peroxide Oxyl-PRO®S, has been working hard to help growers prevent diseases…

Growers and customers working together with Floriday

Waterdrinker recently organised an information session for a number of their buyers and suppliers about Floriday. Waterdrinker held this workshop to highlight the importance…

International journal highlights myrtle rust resistance research

Grant Smith, Plant and Food Principal Scientist/Program Leader has had an article published in American Phytopathological Society (APS) journal (Jan 2020)…

Why do we gift flowers on International Women’s Day?

International Women’s Day is a beloved annual March 8 tradition, but did you know this long-celebrated day is not a made-up consumer driven holiday to ramp up flower sales…

HRI scholarship recipient to focus on ornamental plant research

The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), the AmericanHort foundation, in conjunction with the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association (ONLA) has named Ohio State University…

The HTA comments on post-Brexit trade barriers

The HTA is aware of Michael Gove's statement of Monday (10 February) warning businesses of “significant change” with “inevitable” border checks for “almost…

HRI celebrates the Gunter Mecking Memorial Scholarship Fund

Hans Gunter Mecking was one of those people in the green industry who, if you knew him, you knew he was salt of the earth. He knew the meaning of hard work and valued the…
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'Rule breaking' plants may be climate change survivors

Plants that break some ecological rules by adapting to new environments in unconventional ways could have a higher chance of surviving the impacts of climate change, according…

UK: NFU concerned about proposed immigration policy

NFU President Minette Batters has expressed serious concerns about the government’s failure to recognise British food and farming’s needs within its proposed…

Cleanfarms puts feet on the ground in Alberta with new Lethbridge office

Cleanfarms, a Canada-wide stewardship organization best known for its ag-plastics recycling programs for pesticide and fertilizer jugs and totes and grain bags has opened an…

March 23, Builth Wells

Welsh flower farmers’ PR workshop

Tyfu Cymru has organised a Welsh Flower Farmers’ PR workshop on Monday 23 March 2020. This course is 100% funded and will be held at Lantra Wales, Royal Welsh Showground,…

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New membership model in development at Royal FloraHolland

Members will work together with Royal FloraHolland on a new membership model next year. They discussed the reason for this, and the process, with Members' Council member…

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Our Herbaceous Perennials Technical Discussion Group meets on Tuesday (25/2/20) to discuss nutrient management in container crops, how to protect water sources and the…

Marginpar introduces Talinum 'Long John'

Talinum is a member of the purslane family. Some varieties have edible leaves, but Marginpar, who introduces this new variety called 'Long John', obviously prefers to see…

US (CA): The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch opens Sunday, March 1

The “flower heaven” of Southern California makes its debut in a few short weeks when The Flower Fields opens on Sunday, March 1 in Carlsbad Ranch. The recent rains and burst…

India: Sevanthige farmers want relief as warm winter delays yield

Growers of Hemmady’s famed sevanthige are demanding compensation from the government as a short winter this year delayed yield and now that the flowers are…

Industry joins together to discuss the challenge of preventing Modern Slavery

On Friday 31st January, over 250 colleagues from key stakeholders across the food industry came together to discuss the challenge of preventing Modern Slavery. The event was…

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