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Third phase for RockBerry: high-tech strawberry greenhouse in Armenia

Continuing their cooperation, Rock Berry LLC and Richel Group are presently launching the third phase of a strawberry greenhouse complex in Armenia. Since 2018, Rock Berry LLC…

Harvey Cleeton - Vitafresh Produce

“The investment in Moroccan agriculture in the last ten years has been extensive"

The Dutch salad import season is coming to an end and UK importers are focussing on Spain and Morocco. “We have salads from Spain and Morocco coming in right now,” said Harvey…

Royal Brinkman visits Kazakhastan

“What we saw in a week would otherwise take two years"

Richard Hagedoorn and Daria van der Heijden-Kamalitdinova from the Dutch company, Royal Brinkman, travelled to Kazakstan last week to visit growers in the Nur-Sultan region.…

Next generation to lead Koppert

Koppert Biological Systems will be welcoming the next generation of leaders for the first time in over twenty years. CEOs Paul Koppert and Henri Oosthoek and CFO Robert…

Michael Mastronardi joins Ecoation

Ecoation is appointing Michael Mastronardi as General Manager of Ecoation’s Ontario office. “Michael’s dedication and understanding of our customers in the region…

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German company wants to help growers out of energy crisis

"Silver nanofertilizers optimise photosynthesis"

Last week, a call for help from the Netherlands reached B+H Solutions in Swabia's Remshalden, Germany: numerous tomato and cucumber growers can no longer…

Rosa Latorre, of Difrusol:

"There are still not many companies working with aromatic herbs"

The export campaign for aromatic herbs kicked off in the Spanish province of Murcia recently, which is where the country mostly grows them. Their main commercial window goes…

Korea Bizwire

"Vegetables grown on contaminated soil absorb microplastics through roots"

A South Korean scientist has found that not only fishery products but also vegetables can absorb microplastics. Yoon Hak-won, a researcher at the Korea Institute of…

Ali Arslan Jr. (Aysa Wholesale Bremen) on the season change

"For once, Spanish tomatoes are more expensive than Dutch goods"

In the loose vegetable category, Dutch greenhouse produce is gradually disappearing from the market in favor of Spanish produce. "Currently, the last TOVs, peppers, and…

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Horticultural exhibition coming to Poland

The Fruit and Vegetable Industry Fair TSW 2022 will be held on 12th-13th January in Ptak Warsaw Expo in Nadarzyn near Warsaw. TSW attracts more and more visitors every year.…

Special: A fresh start

Cucumber grower works with Delphy hygiene protocol

"Starting the year virus-free gives confidence"

For eight years now, Burhan Güzel has grown cucumbers in his 5 ha greenhouse in Almere, the Netherlands. "In the first year of cultivation, we had a CGMMV, in the second year…

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Dhaka entrepreneurs build indoor vertical farm in megacity

The vertical indoor farm in Dhaka's Mirpur is built by four young entrepreneurs at an abandoned house, known as 'Farm Imagination.' The indoor vertical farm, built with a…

Online auction of crate wash installation

Troostwijk Auctions organizes an online auction of a complete crate washing installation of Agrarisch Logistiek Centrum IJsselmuiden due to renovation. Until Monday, November…

South Africa: Bringing vertical farming to food deserts

“My vision is to bring vertical farming to food deserts: in villages to grow fresh vegetables and mushrooms, and on farms to help expand seed production,” says Richard Lomax,…


Q&A with Planet Farms founders Travaglini and Benatoff Last month, Italy’s Planet Farms officially opened its new farm in Cavenago, just outside Milan. Described as the largest and most advanced vertical farm in Europe, the operation is the brainchild of Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Luca Travaglini and Daniele Benatoff. Travaglini and Benatoff’s company emerged from the duo’s shared…

New knowledge about important biochemical reaction: a step towards increasing CO2 uptake in plants

Imagine being able to grow plants that could absorb even more CO2 from Earth’s atmosphere and thereby help solve the world's climate problems. Humans have selected, bred, and…

New sustainable packaging for Macrolophus predators

Biobest has recently launched sustainable packaging for its Macrolophus-System. "Recent field trials carried out in commercial tomato crops in Belgium and the Netherlands have…

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Indian school group in UAE teaches vegetable growing

Although many think of the UAE as a desert country with arid land, students of an Indian school group here have created history by learning farming in their schools and…

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AUSVEG highlights diverse range of jobs in the sector

AUSVEG, the peak industry body for vegetable and potato growers, has launched the Grow your Career in Horticulture video series highlighting the diverse range of careers in…

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Technology firm adopts Philippine community urban farm

A company in customer experience solutions and technology has partnered with the Quezon City local government unit (LGU) to launch a community urban farm showcasing modern…

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Uzbekistan Ministry of Agriculture team visits the Royal Agricultural University

A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture in Uzbekistan visited the Royal Agricultural University with a view of collaborating with the RAU to develop the curriculum for a…

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How vegetable breeders are handling organics: an overview

According to the most recent data, organic farming covered almost 13.8 million hectares of agricultural land in the EU-27 in 2019 (8.5% of the total utilized agricultural…

Increased competition from importers forces Russian growers to lower tomato prices

The Russian market has seen prices in the greenhouse tomato segment rapidly decline for the second week in a row. Producers explain this by a significant…

Dutch chef to use first LIF Herb Tower

It has been five months since the Local Indoor Farming (LIF) Herb Tower's crowdfunding campaign, which attracted 88 investors, has been successfully completed. On Monday,…

Alberto Palmí, director of FEDEMCO:

"The price of wood has tripled, and we have never seen anything like this before"

Fruit and vegetable growers and marketers are facing rising costs when placing their products on the market. One of the inputs that have seen the highest price increase is…

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Malta: 600 farmers unpaid for months due to vegetable market banking troubles

Financial troubles have left some 600 farmers waiting to get paid hundreds of thousands of euros for produce sold at the Pitkali Vegetable Market around three…

Wayne Johnson - Faedah Solutions

“We have targeted SMEs who want to digitalize"

When a business, especially a start-up, is looking at digitalization, it can be a daunting, not to mention expensive, affair. Faedah Solutions has technology aimed at Small…

Almeria's cucumber exports decrease by 21 million kilos

Almeria is Spain's largest cucumber exporting province, accounting for 73.22% of the country's cucumber exports. However, Almeria's cucumber exports have…

American Farm Bureau Federation

Farm Bureau survey results:

US Thanksgiving dinner costs up 14 percent

Enjoying a Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends is very important for many Americans. Farm Bureau’s 36th annual survey indicates the average cost of this year’s classic…

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Video Robots on the march

Agriculture robots are getting deployed to do farming work, from seeding and harvesting to plant inspection. These robots use specially designed grippers and 3D cameras to…

Edward Velasco - Rodanto

Slow start to Moroccan strawberry season, but volumes are bigger

The first Moroccan strawberries of the season arrived at Rodanto at the end of last week. Edward Velasco from Rodanto said it has been a slow start to the season, but the…

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