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Friday, October 30, 2020

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Lead Glasshouse Engineer - Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Laborant - Bleiswijk

Farm Manager - India

Maintenance Technician - Peats Ridge, Australia

Candidates for Vice-President Operations - Ottawa (Ontario) Canada

European Export Sales Manager (Asia Market)

Autonomous Greenhouse Manager

Sales & Product representative Pot & Garden USA

Supervisor International Horticultural Projects (USA)

Director Of Growing - Carleton (MI) USA

Video Vitro Plus to push the hardy ferns market

30 years ago, Vitro Plus started producing tissue culture of tropical ferns. Quickly after, the wish arose to add hardy ferns to their assortment. After years of research,…

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Lead Glasshouse Engineer - Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Carolina Sanchez, the Valley Springs

'It has been a hectic year, but an exciting one to say the least'

Dealing with COVID-19, supplying a new crop (spray roses & roses), and celebrating the 10th anniversary. For Valley Springs, it has been a hectic year, but an exciting one to…

30 producers with 430+ cultures at Denmark's Virtual Winter Trade Fair

This year, as a consequence of COVID-19, the traditional Trading Centre for Pot Plants, Handelspladsen, which is normally held in Odense (Denmark) four times a year, was…

Garden Centre Association

UK: Gardeners enhance their plots and cause hard landscaping sales to rise

Gardeners across the UK enhanced their outdoor spaces during September (2020) which led to a rise in sales in hard landscaping according to the Garden Centre Association…

Candidus

"We anticipate energy savings of approximately 2.4 to 3.3 kWh per square foot per year"

Candidus was awarded a $683,562 Conservation Innovation (CIG) Grant from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Working in collaboration with NRCS and CEA farmers…

Menno van der Haven | Dreamstime.com

CAN (ON): Leamington waits to follow Kingsville’s lead on ‘light pollution’ bylaw

One day after Kingsville’s town council unanimously approved a bylaw to stop light pollution from greenhouses and odours from cannabis production, Leamington’s council voted…

Survey commissioned by The Body Shop

"Average UK Brit spent 84 minutes more monthly during lockdown on gardening"

With lockdown allowing more time to pursue hobbies. The Body Shop looked into the habits of the British in during and after lockdown to analyse what had changed and where they…

Agroberichten Buitenland

Dutch delegation checks up on high-tech agriculture in China

Last week was a busy week for the China (Agri) network. Consul General Koen Sizoo, agricultural counselor Wouter Verhey, and agricultural advisor Xizhe Hu visited fairs,…

Special Management

Royal FloraHolland

Seven new Royal FloraHolland Members’ Council candidates selected

The Nomination Committee nominated Matthijs Barendse, Uri Bruck, Rotem Dvir, Martien Kroon, Arno van der Maarel, Mirjam van der Meer and Karolien Tesselaar for appointment as…

Video: Five tips on hydroponic substrates

Dr. Paul Fisher from the University of Florida IFAS Extension interviews Shawn Mallen from A.M.A. Horticulture in a new YouTube video where they discuss the different…

Anthura

Anthura celebrates reopening of Chinese market

Summer has turned into autumn. With its colour combination of purple and green, the Anthurium cut flower Jumbo suits this season, as does the copper-brown Phalaenopsis pot…

Monash University

Nufarm appoints Paul Townsend as Chief Financial Officer

Nufarm Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Greg Hunt, announced the appointment of Paul Townsend to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Townsend’s 30-year…


the story behind Atrium Agri "A collaboration like this is unique in our sector" In December 2019, the greenhouse horticulture sector was introduced to the name Atrium Agri when the Bom Group joined Atrium Agri. It marked the first time that the partnership between the entrepreneurs behind Havecon, VB, and PB tec was made public. Recently, Atrium Agri was in the news again, with the addition of VEK…

1-800-Flowers.com reports Q1 loss, tops revenue estimates

1-800-Flowers.com (FLWS) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.10 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.12. This compares to loss of…

December 2, 2020

Flowers Canada announces 2020 Annual General Meeting

Flowers Canada (Ontario) Inc. have decided to hold their 2020 Annual General Meeting Virtually to their grower membership on December 2, 2020. All details have…

APS

Economic studies reinforce efforts to safeguard specialty crops in the United States

Pathogen-tested foundation plant stocks are the cornerstone of sustainable specialty crop production. They provide the propagative units that are used to produce clean…

Frankie Gould/LSU AgCenter

US (LA): A flower for hurricane season

Surprise! There was a hurricane, and these lilies might be telling you about the weather. Have you ever noticed the beautiful red flowers that just seem to pop up out of…

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It’s the most magical time of the year @BattlefieldFarm ! With the crop changing every day we can’t wait to get started! @LowesSteveh @LBishPlants #Lowesgarden #lowes…

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Xylella fastidiosa and its insect vectors

The following research project has recently been carried out in the framework of Euphresco (network for phytosanitary research coordination and funding - hosted by EPPO). A…

Charlie Hall, Ph.D.:

"There is more willingness to experiment"

How are industry companies implementing and leveraging business-to-business e-commerce technologies — and what do changes, shifts and disruptions in those…

UK: OHAS Grower Standard Version 4 launches

The Ornamental Horticulture Assurance Scheme (OHAS) announces the release of the OHAS Grower Standard Version 4. The OHAS formerly known as the BOPP Certification…

GrowSpan

Preparing for the cold: How to winterize a greenhouse

With the winter months fast approaching, every grower knows that now is the time to prepare their greenhouses for the onslaught of winter weather and cold temperatures. It is…

Kerala Agricultural University

India: Floriculture centre to be opened in Wayanad

A Centre of Excellence for Vegetables and Flowers being established at Ambalavayal in Wayanad district with technical guidance from the Dutch government is set to be…

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