HortiDaily Newsletter | Friday, February 21, 2025

Gardener's Pride opts for ProCC

"Within a large company, you want to automate as many things as possible"

Gardener's Pride, a nursery specializing in various varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, and strawberries, started using ProCC's software on January 1 to…

Palesa Motaung – Bread Africa

Reviving Miriam Makeba’s agricultural legacy

Like Sleeping Beauty's castle choked by weeds, the centre set up by singer Miriam Makeba in Midrand, Johannesburg for young women removed by the state…

“We try to delay tomato harvesting as much as possible”

The Cretan tomato season has been experiencing a prolonged period of low prices. "For a month now, the producer price for local beef tomatoes of the…

Batteries hot topic at Dutch trade show HortiContact

We hope you're still in trade show mood because this week, HortiContact took place in Gorinchem, Netherlands. Originally a show for the Dutch growers,…

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New water soluble fertilizer launched at HortiContact

This week, during HortiContact in Gorinchem, The Netherlands, Haifa North West Europe (NWE) introduced Haifa Soluble DUO, a water-soluble fertilizer…

UK: Growers reap benefits of novel biological precision tools

Agrovista takes a closer look at the technology, developed by Koppert Biological Systems, which is now being extended for use across a range of…

Shanghai greenhouse 'guttered' in just one day

The team with Meteor announces a 3-hectare tomato greenhouse near Shanghai was installed in just one day. The project was executed by their long-term…

Hamburg Wholesale Market:

"Danish baby leaves are gaining in importance in all sales channels"

Two years ago, the management of Johann Quast GmbH first came across the high-quality baby leaves of the Danish producer AP Grönt. "We started with…

Plantanova adds new advisor to company

Mexican-Dutch Plant propagation specialist Plantanova has announced that horticulture industry veteran Sjaak Bakker has joined the company as an…

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Turkey tightens measures against virus infected tomato seeds

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has intensified efforts to prevent the entry of virus-infected tomato seeds that pose a severe threat to…

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New Zealand growers welcoming positive signals from government

New Zealand's vegetable growers are welcoming the commitment in the coalition Government's Q1 Action Plan to make "decisions on new national direction…

Brussels urges extension of EU pesticide ban to include imported products

Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of European Commissioners, Brussels approved the Vision on Agriculture and Food, a document in which Brussels reflects on the…

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Certis Belchim expanding presence in the Balkans

Certis Belchim BV and Redestos SA have announced an extension to their partnership in the Balkan region through the formation of a new joint venture…

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US (IA): Fishers AgriPark plants first seeds of 2025

While most of Indiana is still covered in snow, work is already underway for the 2025 summer season at Fishers AgriPark. This urban farm is run by…

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Looking at the design of a tomato picking robot

In the context of modern agricultural intelligence, smart picking is becoming a crucial method for enhancing production efficiency. This paper proposes…

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Extreme heat an issue with blueberry pollination, pollinator health

Extreme heat events are increasingly common, and if these align with pollen development, they can alter pollen nutrient composition. However, no…

Australia: Western Sydney University helping students in need with fresh produce

At a time when cost of living is hitting many people hard, Western Sydney University is helping deliver fresh, healthy produce to those who need it the…

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US (IA): Opening event to be held for new Venlo greenhouse

GrowSpan Greenhouse Structures has announced the grand opening of its new Venlo greenhouse at their Dyersville, Iowa campus. To celebrate this…

Smart greenhouse in Mykolaiv region automates farming

A farmer in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine has built an innovative smart greenhouse that automates watering, lighting, and heating. Maxim Netudyhata, who moved…

US: Using unsold flowers to make food

Many of the flowers lining store shelves for Valentine's Day have been gifted at romantic dinners. But what happens to the flowers that went unsold? A…

Australian berry industry reaches record $1.3 billion value as BerryQuest kicks off

Berries Australia welcomes new data released by Hort Innovation which shows that the berry industry maintained its position as the highest…

EU approves €98.6 million aid for farmers in Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, and Hungary after climate disasters

Today, Member States gave a positive opinion to the Commission's proposal to mobilize €98,6 million from the agricultural reserve to directly support…

Santa Maria, California strawberry harvest impacted by rains

Harvesting of strawberries in Santa Maria, California will be minimal for the rest of this week. "Our grower says they are still supplementing with…

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Additional cultivation towers in Agrotopia

The second and third vertical farming towers have been erected in the 12-meter-high facade greenhouse Agrotopia. Last autumn, a first tower for hybrid…

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US: Caldwell County FFA proud of refurbished greenhouse

The Caldwell County FFA and Agriculture Department is proud of the refurnished greenhouse located at the high school. The greenhouse is used by the…

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Lidl Ireland procured €1.2bln worth of goods from the Irish agrifood sector in 2024

Alibaba Group: December quarter 2024 results

Ahold Delhaize receives 2025 global Leading Employers awardAhold Delhaize reported: "At the 2025 Leading Employers event held in Frankfurt this month,…