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Retail demand of greens picking up in the fall

Red greenhouse grown Batavia lettuce increasingly popular

Supplies of greenhouse greens from Canada are strong. Rindi Bristol, senior director of Lethbridge County, AB-based Whole Leaf notes that the company recently reevaluated its…

Australia’s largest biological control company Biological Services:

"50 years on, we're still growing strong"

"A collaborative pioneering spirit and unwavering commitment to product and service quality have underpinned our growth," says James Altmann, co-Director with the Australian…

GrowFlux targets energy efficient intelligent lighting control through Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator

"By coupling lighting control technology with sensors, we can define the best lighting strategy”

In July 2021, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) announced the five start-ups selected to participate in the initiative’s ninth cohort, with agtech company GrowFlux…

BASF presents experiences with a new cucumber variety

"UPstage is labor-friendly and vital from start to finish"

In 2020, BASF introduced a new variety for the high-wire spring crop without artificial lighting: UPstage. Now spring 2021 is over,  it's time to share experiences with UPstage.…

CHP and micro-grid provide off-grid solution for 100-acre Canadian greenhouse expansion

A new 100-acre greenhouse expansion in Ontario is to use a CHP installation. Capstone Green Energy Corporation announced that its North American distributor,…

New chief executive appointed at World Horti Center

Since 1 September 2021, Puck van Holsteijn has been chief executive of World Horti Center. As director of their partner HortiHeroes, Puck is familiar with the building and its…

Video 7.8 kilometres of cables in the ground at new Beekenkamp Plants site

Plant grower Beekenkamp Plants is to add 2.2 hectares of greenhouse in Maasdijk. Royal Brinkman shares images of the construction. A great deal of work has already been done,…

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Reducing temperature and increasing RH necessary for greenhouse growing in Taiwan

Tomato continues to be one of the most important crops worldwide, and protected cultivation is practiced to overcome the biotic and abiotic stresses to which the plant are…

Save the date for Hazera’s online international open days 2021 September 28-30

"Growing a new era"

From 28th until 30th of September Hazera is offering an inspiring, dynamic three-day online event where they will present the latest trends and insights, offer online crop sessions…

Cairo Scene

From seed to plate, Nabat farms introduces Cairo to new lettuce flavors

A hydroponic farm in Cairo farming lettuce and a range of leafy greens, Nabat Farm is the definition of farm-to-table, integrating all of their own locally-grown vegetables…

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How to create sufficient evaporation

"Always keep your plants active"

To grow strong resilient crops we need to empower the plants to bring the needed elements to support this building process. We can do this easily by making sure that there is…

Harnessing DLI: How an LED retrofit improves DLI strategy

The point of growing crops in a controlled environment is to establish predictability and stability. It can be difficult to achieve full control over every facet of a…

Russia: LED lighting improves the quality and appearance of lettuce at Teplichnyy

The Russian greenhouse growers op Teplichnyy equipped their greenhouses for growing lettuce with Philips GreenPower LED toplighting. As a result, the quality and appearance of…

Consistency strengthens the brand when it comes to table tomatoes

The promotional activities carried out by TSI Italia all over the national territory, and more precisely in the territories designated for greenhouse intensive crops,…

For this purpose, the Science module equipped with a space greenhouse will be delivered to ISS, with Pak Choi as the first experimental crop

Russian spacemen to grow greenery at the ISS on an industrial scale

The Vitacycle-T experiment, in which plants will be grown in outer space on an industrial scale, will be conducted at the International Space Station, reported Mr. Jury…

Agricultural trade between Russia and Vietnam has increased by 8%

Sergey Levin, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia, and Dang Minh Khoi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam…

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Agri robots for the fastest vegetables and the most fragile fruits: almost here?

2021 is already over halfway and the conquering of the market with horticultural robots has yet to begin. But, the year is not over yet and the plan remains unchanged, says…
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Microgreens in space with Christina Johnson

In this podcast of The Unconventional Gardener, Emma the Space Gardener talks with Dr. Christina Johnson, who works with microgreens at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. She…

Agrotechnica Asia & Horti Asia Regional Summit on 16 and 17 November, Thailand

Smart production for sustainable food systems

The Agritechnica Asia and Horti Asia Regional Summit, to be held as a hybrid online and in-person event on 16 and 17 November, offers farmers and farming specialists from…

US (NC): Plant Science Initiative hires executive director

Adrian Percy is set to become the first executive director of the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative (N.C. PSI): a research and innovation effort. On November 1, Percy…

Lettuce leaf program sees new addition

Fresh, wrapped jumbo Butter Leaf lettuce from California’s Coachella Valley will be on the shelves of grocery stores in November, thanks to the leaf program by Peter Rabbit…

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US Grant speeds development of enhanced crops

While gene editing technology has improved crop breeding and adaptation, the process of regrowing a plant from edited cells is costly, lengthy and unpredictable. Many popular…

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Kerala: Spice farmers get online help to fight plant disease

The Kochi-headquartered Spices Board’s research wing, the the Indian Cardamom Research Institute (ICRI) at Myladumpara is offering an online spice clinic facility to farmers.…

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Kenya seeks US market access for fresh oregano and parsley

Kenya has asked the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Aphis) to authorize the importation of fresh oregano and parsley to…

Two branches of plant immune response closely linked

Like animals, plants need to be on a constant lookout to recognize and respond to invasion by microbes. Plant immunity consists of two branches – the initial defense begins…

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Can "cobots" transform the agriculture industry?

Today, living in the era of robotic technologies and automation fosters a heightening interest in agri-tech. Cobots remain the fastest-growing segment of industrial…

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$25M tech grant lets researchers ‘talk’ to plants

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today an investment of $25 million to launch the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS).…

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Study on efficacy of hypochlorite as a disinfectant against fungal pathogens

Hypochlorite is often used as a disinfestant of fungal pathogens in a range of agricultural and horticultural settings. However, reports of its effectiveness are variable…

Effect of NaCl on basil crop yield and water use efficiency

Cascade hydroponics, the application of the circular economy concept in greenhouse hydroponic crops, may be considered as an alternative means to increase…

Staffing, harvest and haulage issues affecting Scottish growers

Scottish broccoli and cauliflower growers are facing costly headline problems around labour, haulage and packaging shortages – along with the year-on-year…

Sustainable packaging - a small gesture with a huge effect on the environment

"There is no us and them when it comes to the environmental challenges caused by pollution! We are all responsible, so we need to work together to raise awareness and preserve…

Elpitiya Plantations launches locally harvested ‘BerryMuch’ fresh berries

Fresh berries lovingly nurtured in Sri Lanka under the brand name, ‘BerryMuch’ will be launched in Sri Lanka. Harvested in the salubrious environs of Elpitiya Plantations PLC,…

Wholesaler turns 15: from bike deliveries in the Netherlands to truck deliveries from Spain

It was around 1980 when Thomas Bos first came into contact with the fruit and vegetable world. The local greengrocer was opposite his childhood home in the Dutch village of…

Better year for Egyptian packaging industry

“We noticed a need to develop innovative eco-friendly packaging”

Packaging in Egypt is going to have a lot less plastic if it’s up to one Egyptian packing manufacturer. The company has managed to remove about 85 per cent of the plastic in…

2020 locust and cyclone damages

Horn of Africa pays the cost of interlinked disasters

The large swarm of locusts which hit the Horn of Africa in the Spring of 2020, and cyclone Amphan, which struck the border region of India and Bangladesh in…

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