HortiDaily Newsletter | Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Mohammad Shayesteh, director of Agculture:

“We make both high light transmission and insulation available”

Last year, tomatoes were growing in a trial under Geysir glass. This year it's aubergines that are being grown in the WUR trial at Beliswijk. The…

Georg Kiening, managing director of Gemüsebau Kiening in Karlsfeld:

"Business with greenhouse cucumbers is currently disastrous"

"There are currently still 14 to 15 pallets standing around with us that we cannot sell. We had similar problems in the weeks before. While the…

Fully automated lettuce crop monitoring by greenhouse drones

In spring 2022, Corvus Drones introduced fully automated greenhouse drones for young plant producers and breeders. Operating greenhouse drones is easy…

Tal Netzer appointed as CEO of DryGair

DryGair has appointed Tal Netzer as CEO. Netzer takes over from co-founder Rona Orlicky, who will remain a part of the company as chairwoman. “I’m very…

Canadian farms site of 64 COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020, most tied to greenhouses

Officials confirmed 64 farm outbreaks associated with 2,202 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario during 2020, according to new data presented in a…

Nottinghamshire strawberry grower stops production due to labor troubles

Starkey's Fruit, near Southwell, in Nottinghamshire, has been producing soft fruits for 75 years. In recent years, it was growing about 800 tons of soft fruit…

Luis Maas, Senior Station/R&D Manager at Enza Zaden:

"As a team, we consistently focus on the right products for the right conditions"

Since 1938, Enza Zaden has been expanding the reach of its seed-breeding innovation to include countries all over the world. Eighty-five years later,…

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US (RI): 1M sq. ft. greenhouse in Exeter to resume construction after court fight

A huge greenhouse that has sat partially built for a couple of years now appears to be on track to be finished. It's at the well-known Schartner Farms…

Xue Lin, Caijin Smart Agriculture Industrial Park:

"The market needs more varieties specifically bred for Chinese consumers"

In the Caijin Smart Agriculture Industrial Park in Tianqu New District, Dezhou, Shandong, there are red, yellow, purple, green and other varieties of…

Not all fruits are visible to a fruit picking robot

Selective harvesting robots now mainly use camera sensors to determine where, for example, an apple or pear hangs. But cameras don't see everything:…

Juan Luis Jimenez Martinez, technical director of Originalius and CEO of Caliplant Group:

“We've strengthened our presence in the United States with our a la carte substrates for blueberry and greenhouse horticulture”

Originalius, a division of the Caliplant Group that designs, manufactures, and markets agricultural products and technology, together with its North…

Greenhouse cucumber harvest started in Tokat, Turkey

Greenhouse producers in Tokat started to harvest cucumbers. Cucumbers are sold for 0.4 USD per kg at wholesale and 0.75 USD per kg at retail. Greenhouse…

Belgian organic grower expands cautiously: "There was only slightly more, but it was hard to sell”

"There's always more demand for organic cucumbers than we can supply," organic grower Koen van Hauteghem of Vitaetom stated last fall. During a visit -…

How to 3D print a hydroponic tower garden

"One of my missions in life is to be as self-reliant as possible. I recently talked about a countertop hydroponic garden that has been giving us fresh produce…

Weather, competition, and unfair margins

A complicated start to the French tomato campaign

Many summer products are weather sensitive, including tomatoes, for which the demand was not particularly strong in May. "The last few weeks have been…

Protecting blueberry blooms from extreme heat injury using overhead irrigation

Michigan’s blueberry industry has been increasingly affected by climate change with spring heatwaves, long dry periods and heavy rains all causing a…

Niagara College signs MOU with International Zeolite

Partnership plants seed for new food growing system

A new agreement between Niagara College's Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC) and International Zeolite Corp. (IZ) aims to…

Germany: Incorporation of antimicrobial technology tested in growing towers

Heraeus Precious Metals and aponix have demonstrated the successful incorporation of AGXX antimicrobial technology into PA6 high-performance plastic…

New sprayable feed enhances the establishment of beneficial insects

Predafix+ is Bioline Agrosciences’ latest innovation for improving pest control in glasshouse crops. As the successful control of pests depends on the…

Modiform launches novelties:

"Four new packs, four new sustainable solutions"

“With the launch of the 7583, 1476, 7635, and 7553, Modiform presents four new sustainable products that respond to the demands of our customers and…

Christopher Higgins joins Boon Consulting's advisory board

Boon Greenhouse Consultancy sees the addition of industry veteran Christopher Higgins to their Advisory Board as a way to provide additional strategic…

People with disabilities grow in Turkish greenhouse

People with disabilities planted tomato and cucumber seedlings in the greenhouse established in the Erzurum Center for Accessible Life. Family and Social…

US (LA): Vegetable growers are facing southern bacterial wilt

Summer is the perfect time for gardening, but the fruits of your labor may be lost due to diseases on the rise in Louisiana vegetables. LSU AgCenter studies…

How will the hybrid potato change the international potato sector?

Is the hybrid potato the new weapon in the fight for greater food security? The hybrid version of this popular crop could make a huge difference,…

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CAN (ON): Growers appeal to consumers to buy local, especially now

As Ontario continues to deal with the effects of inflation, hotter and drier weather, and labor shortages, farmers say now is more important than ever…

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UK: Strawberry seasons in full swing at Kenyon Hall Farm

Kenyon Hall Farm is known for its beautiful strawberries, so much so that it is featured on live television. The farm, which is in Croft, was visited…

Greenhouse strawberry production becomes a prominent source of income in Ordu, Turkey

The greenhouse strawberry project, which was also financed by the Eastern Black Sea Project Regional Development Administration, was implemented by the…