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Angel Rodriguez, Bioplants:

"We can produce up to 2.5 times more from the same acreage"

When Angel Rodriguez with Bioplants started to work on organic herb plants in degradable pots, people looked at him as if he was a Martian. Back in 2004, growing plastic-free…

31 January - 11 February

Demo for hydroponic lettuce varieties

As in previous years, Rijk Zwaan’s Hydro Demo in Fijnaart is on the agenda again, running from 31 January to 11 February 2022. This demo will showcase the company’s wide…

Frederick News Post

Seeing green: Frederick-based greenhouse lettuce grower prepares for expansion

Walking into District Farms, a massive greenhouse vegetable grower in Frederick, can be a surreal experience: stretching for hundreds of square feet, in all directions, is…

by Contain Ag

2021 Indoor agriculture funding review

Contain Inc. rang in the new year with a comprehensive briefing paper reviewing the landscape of funding within the indoor ag industry in 2021 and exploring what can be…

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Contaminated leafy greens turn purple

Some might say you look a little green when you are sick. Leafy greens actually turn purple — although not obvious to the human eye, it can be seen through advanced…

Source: Haberler

Floods damage 200 hectares of vegetable greenhouses in Kumluca, Antalya

Nearly 2,000 acres of greenhouses were damaged due to the floods in Antalya's greenhouse production center Kumluca district, where the 'code red' warning was given due to…

Bruno Cheval appointed as new CEO of CleanGrass

Bruno Cheval has been appointed as the new CEO of CleanGreens Solutions SA. He will succeed Serge Gander who is leaving for personal reasons after nearly five years the…

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Eco-kultura to invest 200 million in greenhouses in Voronezh region

Another greenhouse complex will appear in the Bobrov district of the Voronezh region, Russia. It is to become the fourth phase of the greenhouse complex Voronezhsky…

Aelius LED launches new LED series

The Canadian-based company, Aelius LED has developed a new 20 Watt LED series, providing growers with an easily interchangeable system that responds to the…

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"Green Deal will lead to lower agricultural yields"

By 2030, the European Commission wants to halve the use of pesticides in agriculture. The use of fertilizer should be reduced according to Europe’s plans. The measures are…

US (AZ): Agtech to take part in $25 million high-tech farming project

Green Planet Group's wholly-owned subsidiary Healing the Earth was awarded a contract to provide a food growing system as part of a $25 million high-tech…

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VitalFuid

2 million investment in developing technology to reduce chemical use

"Our plasma water has strong disinfecting properties"

The Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij and VDL Participaties, part of VDL Groep, are investing in VitalFluid together. This company, located on the High Tech Campus in…

As Canada requires drivers crossing into Canada to be vaccinated:

Fruit and vegetable shortages to worsen as trucker shortages increase

Although Canadian border agents only began refusing entry to unvaccinated American truckers several days ago, it’s already causing chaos. It is particularly…

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Making a more thermo-tolerant tomato

Plants respond to higher temperatures by the action of heat stress (HS) transcription factors (Hsfs), which control the onset, early response, and long-term acclimation to HS.…

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Strawberry growers welcome multiple benefits of new biocontrols applicator

Koppert’s new applicator for predatory beneficials in protected strawberry crops, Natutec Drive, has produced some excellent results in its first commercial season in the UK.…

US midwest greenhouse launches contest to win salad for a year

Pure Green Farms is running a 2-week long social media contest on Facebook and Instagram, where consumers can enter to win a year’s supply of lettuce. The…

3 tips for setting up a valuable PAR dashboard

It can be a challenge for a grower to get sufficient PAR light insights that are collected with the 30MHz sensors. This article describes a dashboard model where the PAR Light…
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ITC report

Mexican imports are needed to meet increased cucumber and squash demand

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recently issued reports summarizing its findings from its investigations on the U.S. cucumber and squash industries and the…

Sakata Seed America welcomes senior biotechnology manager

Sakata Seed America recently announced the addition of John Lindbo to the company’s expanding research department. As senior biotechnology manager, Lindbo is…

Highest annual NZ food price rise in a decade: cost of tomatoes doubled

Data from Stats NZ shows that tomato prices doubled in 2021, which drove the highest annual food price increase in a decade. A combination of Covid-related…

Macpac:

"Green shoots of Spring need green packaging options"

With Spring almost here the packaging manufacturer’s in-house design team are constantly developing new packaging formats and have added a variety of new packs to their…

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Strawberries help Philippine growers recover from pandemic

Larry and Pearly Mansog were married for 26 years and things were already steady with their farm delivering good produce in Barangay Nueva Vista, Don Victoriano Chongbian town…

Video How to control the temperature of a saffron farm?

The AVF recently finished its saffron R&D project. Saffron is a very labor-intensive crop, and, moreover, highly dependent on the weather, meaning there is no guarantee of a…

Australia-Cambodia visa scheme should benefit both sides, but appears to have stalled

Australian farmers are desperately searching out for workers, pushing food prices ever higher in the stores. Still, a plan to give visas to laborers from ASEAN…

Zimtrade turns to Dubai as gateway to Middle East

National trade development and promotion organization ZimTrade is targeting Dubai as a gateway to markets in the Middle East, anticipating the upcoming…

"We are attracting a lot of interest from abroad"

Seven years ago, B4Agro&Food-Systems developed a new cultivation concept, perfectly suitable for the tropics, in order to allow Surinamese growers to have stable year-round…

Pakistan: tomato price disparities expose supply chain flaws

Huge disparities in tomato prices have laid bare the mismanagement of the supply chain as well as distortion in rate fixation by the Pakistani authorities. The…

New UK season of forced rhubarb

Throughout the first two weeks of December, forced rhubarb was laid in the tunnels. Harvesting these has now been started in the UK. Forced rhubarb is pink in color with small yellow…

US and EU drop idea of removing Russia from Swift

SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is a community of global interbank financial telecommunications. SWIFT provides a secure…

Lidl gives green light to LEAF Mar­que on UK fresh produce

Lidl GB will be taking the environmental standards of its fresh produce suppliers to the next level of sustainability excellence through the LEAF Marque environmental…

Hydroponic farming boosts prospects of sustainable agriculture in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, which covers 80 percent of the peninsula, will use sustainable agricultural techniques, such as hydroponics, to cut water waste by 50 percent by 2030. In recent…

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