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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

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Japanese pepper harvest robot launched

Japanese agritech startup AGRIST has released their intelligence-powered harvesting robot at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The new robot "L" picks…

Automated beneficials dispenser saves money & helps optimize control

Offering fast and even distribution of beneficials in a wide range of glasshouse crops, Entomatic™ is a new adaptable automatic dispenser to help growers reduce labor costs…

Cucumber grower plans early harvest thanks to 'pre-war prices' in energy contract

The first 17,000 cucumber plants are in the greenhouse at Kwekerij Noord-Oost in Oosterhout, Netherlands and that number will grow to 41,000 in the coming…

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Utilizing real-time water quality testing data to transform your operation

In the last couple of years, real-time water quality testing has risen in importance, and for good reason. Fixing aging water infrastructure elevated in urgency as part of the…

Retail Sleeve offers plastic-free alternative to pots

As a sustainable alternative to the plastic pot at retail, Blackmore Company has developed the Air Tray Technologies Retail system. Working with partners Ellepot, Schur, and…

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AR glass easy to clean, researchers conclude

Modern, energy-efficient greenhouses are widely built with glass with anti-reflective coatings or surface treatments to get more sunlight into the greenhouse and, thus, more…

150 hectares of autumn tomato in the Netherlands during winter 2022-2023

Due to the energy crisis, lighting in tomato cultivation is declining. Joop Verhoeven, Senior Advisor Tomato and Paprika at Delphy, speaks of a decrease from 800 to now 100…

Thanet Earth Tomatoes

“It’s always good to learn new things. The way we grow has changed quite a lot over the years.”

This June, a small international group of dynamic growers of high-wire crops met at the GreenTech trade fair in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to take part in the Plant…

US: Rising farm worker wages suggest tightening farm labor markets

Between 2000 and 2022, the real (inflation-adjusted) hourly wage rate of hired farm workers increased by 28 percent. Growth in the average wage rate of hired farm workers…

Video 14 weeks after sowing first crop of strawberries grown on rockwool

ABZ Seeds is conducting a trial of growing the F1 variety Soraya on stone wool this winter. Twelve weeks after sowing, the first fruits are visible. In a video, the breeders…

What is the best way to approach energy-efficient LEDs these days?

"As we all know, plants use light to transform water and carbon dioxide into glycogen. However, not all wavelengths are equally efficient or as important. For instance, we…

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Rijk Zwaan to showcase 'Freshly Forward' at Fruit Logistica, Berlin

‘Freshly Forward, from Foundation to Future’ – this is the theme Rijk Zwaan has chosen to encapsulate its roadmap for tackling today’s challenges. The vegetable breeding…

Upcycling tomatoes: turning unsellable tomatoes into tomato chips

US company Just Pure Foods launched tomato chips. "These healthy alternative snacks are made using sustainable farming practices by upcycling tomatoes that would have been…

Greenhouses in Ukraine switched from cucumbers to tomatoes

Large greenhouse producers have reduced the cultivation of cucumbers and increased the cultivation of tomatoes since it requires less energy. Maksym Myronenko,…

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US (NV): Small family farm in Moapa meets high demand

The Mesquite Community Farmers Market held in December was a big hit. A huge turnout of local residents came to the event seeking farm-fresh produce. At the very center of the…

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Sculptural greenhouse opens up into a crown

Architect Thomas Heatherwick returned to his architectural roots this summer with Glasshouse, a beautiful kinetic structure that slowly unfurls into the shape of a crown.…

New report on findings from propagation tray trial to launch at Landscape Ontario Congress

For the past five years, A.M.A. Horticulture (A.M.A.) has partnered with Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (Vineland) to conduct a field trial comparing four commonly…

Fungi could be the future of healthier plants

A vital ecosystem is living under our feet. Below the world, we see a complex living network of plant roots, nutrients, and fungi. Kevin Garcia, an assistant professor in the…

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We are now finally in our first season production in one of two newly refurbished propagation greenhouses and getting some great results. It took so much more time than we…

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CAN: Prime Minister, no ‘one size fits all’ solution to curbing climate pollution from farms

Several times last year, Canadian Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau found herself stomping through fields talking to farmers dealing with unprecedented floods, drought,…

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Upcoming Webinar: “Squeaky Clean Start to 2023”

Getting off on the right foot in the new year is important on a personal level AND in your greenhouse, especially when it comes to pest management. Join two Canadian…

Germany: First Nuffield Farming Germany Scholarship awarded to young farmer in Lower Saxony

After an application period lasting several months, the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust has awarded Meinke Ostermann the first German Nuffield Farming Agricultural Scholar…


Ray Thek, Quill Labs: Capacity reached in 3 days: “There is an insane demand for risk-free cannabis clones” “Had we known the demand would be to this extent, we would have directed ourselves to a larger capacity. Now, we’ve already expanded our facility and are hoping to add a new one in the near future,” says Ray Thek, Co-Founder of Quill Labs. The new company has only been operational for four months and has already been…

Shade cloth aids in high tunnel pest control

Southern SARE reported on a High Tunnel Pest Exclusion research project in Alabama. As part of the project, on-farm participatory research and demonstrations conducted at 22…

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US (FL): Crops appear mostly unscathed by unusual cold

Florida’s citrus, fruit and vegetable crops appear to have escaped any widespread damage from some of the coldest weather in years, officials with state growers associations…

US: Something is hiding in the lettuce capital of the world

Thrips are roughly half the size of a grain of rice, so it’s hard to believe that an insect this small could do millions of dollars of damage to crops in the Salinas Valley…

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US (PA): New horticulture center under construction at central Pa. college

A new building is under construction on York College of Pennsylvania’s campus. The college is constructing the building on its campus to accommodate its Environmental…

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Video This is the sound of Mattoverse's banana-powered overdrive pedal

The Mattoverse, a company that originally stems from a site showcasing various creative projects, had previously announced their fruit and vegetable-powered pedal FloraVolt.…

US fresh produce industry tries to cope with higher labor costs

The percentage of US farm labor wages is rising and is as high as 38% for fruit and 29% for the vegetable share of production. Producers in the US are also struggling…

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U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement seasonal perishable products - weekly update

Movement of blueberries through Arizona, California and Texas is expected to increase

The national average diesel fuel price has been falling steadily for nearly two months from peak prices experienced earlier in the year. With these lower costs, many truck…

Evert works with aquaponics

"I have a business model, but investors now feel there is not enough projection yet"

Growing vegetables in a sustainable way with 95 percent less water. Evert Vierhout from Hengelo accomplishes this by using the feces of his 15 goldfish. He is…

Hans-Jürgen Filp from BayPack Vertriebs Ltd.

Stable prices and steady demand for transport packaging for fruit and vegetables

According to Hans-Jürgen Filp of BayPack Vertriebs Ltd., the poor asparagus sales in 2022 not only impacted growers and retailers but also led suppliers such as packaging…

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