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Chinese grower updates on situation

China: Fertiliser shortage due to virus outbreak

Growing with a limited amount of fertilisers, lacking packaging material and an unstable market demand: for the Chinese growing company Hortipolaris, it has been quite the…

Agrokultura Group

"Less disease and better quality under diffuse coating"

Agrokultura Group is finding it easier to find the balance between optimal use of sunlight and crop protection. In the video, Sergei Volkov explains how ReduSystems coatings…

EPPO provides update on ToBRFV in Europe

The Secretariat of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) has provided an update on ToBRFV infections through its Global Database. The ToBRFV…

first harvest of the year

Growing daikon radish in a greenhouse

The first daikon radishes of this year's season were harvested last Friday in Garlic Land. Similar to last year, the first fresh greenhouse products arrived at the regional…

CAN (QC): Premier Tech acquires Éconeau and AgroEnviroLab

Premier Tech ended its Fiscal Year by announcing the acquisition of two Québec companies. A first acquisition, that of the Québec company Éconeau, was concluded by PT’s business…

Polish greenhouse vegetable market: relatively unknown, growing, and full of potential

Poland is an important player in the field of greenhouse vegetables, which shouldn't come as a surprise, being a country with about 38 million people. Nonetheless, very few…

“We’re trying to grow 365 days a year”

In a nondescript former root beer plant, tucked behind the Curtain & Bath Outlet off Main Street in Millis, Massachusetts, FreshBox Farms is growing the future of food. The…

UK Ministers appoint Nicholas Saphir new Chair for Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

The UK Government has appointed Nicholas Saphir as the new Chair of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) with effect from 1 April 2020 for a three-year…

Codema appoints three new salespeople

On March 1, 2020, Codema welcomed two new Account managers and a new Commercial Representative APAC. Martijn Egberts is the new Account manager Software, Remco Meewisse is…

J. Ramón Sánchez, of El Dulze: "Great growth of our shipments to the Middle East"

"Having our own production is the key to survive and keep growing"

Representatives of the Global Development Committee (GDC) of the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) met from March 1 to 4 and visited some leading companies in the fruit and…

"Humic acid growth agent boosts strawberry yields by almost 50%"

Developed through extensive testing and chelation research, MPXA enhances growth in crops through stimulating oxygen uptake, increasing chlorophyll content and increasing the…

Special Climate

NL: Summer contracts cucumber have started, now just some more light is needed

Nick Rietveld, sales executive at The Greenery, helped his brother, owner of transport company R. Rietveld Transport, with loading the cucumbers from grower Qcumber for a…

Berry production is growing in Russia

The participants of the Russian berry production sphere have broken the downward trend on berry production in the Russian Federation. Beginning from 2016, berry production…
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Integrating STEM education and food literacy training in an elementary school

Aquaponics in the classroom

The main goal of a new study was to investigate how the GBG approach could be developed to be part of the curricula, and be integrated in a biology class setting. The…

In 20 years, what will the cucumber look like?

As the breeding manuals say, the challenge is not to introduce a new trait but to do it in a strong chassis, underlines Abad. “The chassis is still the most important point in…

Epoxy flooring – Protecting your commercial greenhouse twenty-floor seven

In order to meet the standards needed to grow crops to top quality and maximum yields, a commercial operation needs to select flooring that provides a seamless surface to help…

Coronavirus: no evidence that food is a source or transmission route

EFSA is closely monitoring the situation regarding the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that is affecting a large number of countries across the…

June 23-27, Bellingham

US (WA): IPPS Western Region hosts Annual Conference

The International Plant Propagators’ Society Western Region (IPPS-WR) is hosting their Annual Conference in Bellingham, Washington from June 23 to 27, 2020 at…

Turkey to resume tomato exports to Russia

On March 7, after a month-long disruption due to the yearly quota limit, Turkish tomato exports to Russia have resumed. Moscow decided to lift the yearly quote…

The hot topics at Energy and Rural Business Show 2020

Last week NFU Energy exhibited at the Energy and Rural Business Show, held at the East of England Show Ground in Peterborough. "We had two great days meeting new and existing…

AeroFarms grows projected investment in Dan River Region by $13M

AeroFarms, the company that announced in December it would bring 92 jobs and $42 million in investment to the Dan River Region over three years, plans to increase its…

BioSafe Systems adds to Engineering Team

BioSafe Systems has hired Don Hobro as the new Chemical/Project Application Engineer. Don currently lives in New Hartford, Connecticut and will be working out of headquarters…

The future of farming: straight up

Texas A&M University’s Urban Farm United (TUFU) is using vertical farming to produce high-value/specialty crops to help feed students. The project, started by December…

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Extraordinary strawberry campaign in Basilicata

"The strawberry campaign in Basilicata, which started much earlier than last year, is in full swing. Last year, we started commercializing strawberries on February 25th while,…

Skillpack introduces carton stretch machine ICE

Fresh produce with different measurements in carton sleeves

Consumer demand for more sustainable packaging with a more responsible, ecological footprint continues to rise. Skillpack is cooperating with its suppliers to meet this demand…

Capp-Plast

Italian plastic pallet boxes with Dutch roots

Are plastic pallet boxes a more sustainable solution than wooden crates? According to Gerald Langerak, representative of the Italian Capp Plast for the Northern European…

Spanish strawberries for children

Photos of a 1-kg crate of strawberries in a dedicated packaging perfect for children were sent to FreshPlaza by a reader from Rome who purchased it in his local supermarket…

Alfons and Henriette van den Hoek (Aldo):

"The Netherlands consumes less meat, but beef tomato is on the rise"

Alfons and Henriette van den Hoek grow organic tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. The choice to grow organically was made in 2015. "Organic cultivation is…

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