HortiDaily Newsletter | Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Breeding and producing hybrid vegetable seeds in Azerbaijan

Bringing an innovative breath to Azerbaijan's agricultural sector, Azərbaijan Toxumçuluq Təsərrüfatı-Gözel Seeds has been taking a main role in the…

Floris Berghout new CEO

Viemose DGS secures future leadership at Greentech

During the Greentech event in Amsterdam, a pivotal deal was made that secures the continuation and future growth of Viemose DGS. Floris Berghout is set…

"Autonomous Growing makes me sleep better as a head grower"

JPI Farms from Canada grows cucumbers and bell peppers. Innovative tools are constantly being looked at to simplify and improve processes inside the…

The all-Ukrainian forum, "Intensive vegetable growing: profiting from greenhouses," marked the first large-scale specialized event in Ukraine dedicated to greenhouse vegetable growing technologies

Lviv hosts first all-Ukrainian forum on greenhouse vegetable growing

On June 19th, the city of Lviv, Ukraine, hosted the all-Ukrainian forum "Intensive vegetable growing: profiting from greenhouses," marking the first…

BFG acquires VG Supply

BFG has acquired VG Supply. "We were looking for a partner that shared our values, our commitment to great customer service, and could bring something new to our customers,"…

De Ruiter Experience Center welcomes hundreds of international visitors

Experimental ToBRFV resistant tomatoes, and a robot

Bayer welcomed more than 300 visitors from around the world to the De Ruiter Experience Center (DEC). Many of them were also visiting the GreenTech…

Syngenta to construct €9.6 million innovation center in El Ejido

Syngenta has announced that it will invest 9.6 million euros to expand and equip its R&D facilities in the Spanish municipality of El Ejido with the…

Distribution agreement SecondSky greenhouse covers in UAE

iyris (formerly RedSea) announces an exclusive distribution agreement with Sherwood Middle East, an agricultural supplies distributor and part of Silal…

Moleaer and Griffin Greenhouse co-host webinar Ahead of Renowned Horticulture Conference, Cultivate 24

"Economically oxygenating irrigation water has historically been challenging"

Moleaer Inc. announces a collaborative webinar with Griffin Greenhouse Supplies, Inc., their distributor, the week before North America's biggest…

Nine UK growers now work with strawberry harvester

Saga Robotics has expanded its Thorvald robotic services across the United Kingdom for the upcoming growing season. With newly established hubs in…

SolarEdge selected to provide the tech to the Uni

US (NJ): Rutgers University to research dual-use agrivoltaics

SolarEdge Technologies has been selected by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, as part of a research and demonstration program to explore the…

US: NIFA invests $8.6M in plant breeding for agricultural production

The Plant Breeding for Agricultural Production (A1141) program area priority within NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative supports public…

US (IL): Innovative Growers Equipment tours production facility

"We wanted to showcase our metal working facility where we produce Growtainers®, vertical racks for horticulture and other industries, greenhouse…

New Zealand tomato exports to Australia resume

New Zealand tomato producers have been granted access to export fresh tomatoes to Australia, following a suspension initiated in April 2021 due to the…

Chopped salad kits make debut

On July 11, at the exhibition of the Organic Produce Summit, Braga Fresh will introduce two chopped salad kits under the Josie's Organics brand: Organic Jalapeño Ranch and…

Commercial stock photos of farmworkers found lacking

A new North Carolina State University study examining the availability and content of commercial stock farmworker photos – images often used in health-…

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Aeres Group will help South Korea to make an international high-tech agricultural school

From 29 till 31 May, a delegation from Aeres Group, led by Mr. Bastiaan Pellikaan, chairman of the Aeres Group, visited South Korea to sign an MOU with…

Podcast episode Radio Inagro:

NL: "Water is becoming as precious or more precious than fertilisers"

How to use water more efficiently? Thoughtful use of available water is becoming increasingly important for farmers and horticulturists. In times of…

Ensuring fruit and berry supply in Kazakhstan amid Russian frosts

May frosts in several Russian regions, causing significant fruit and berry crop losses, have raised concerns about food security in neighboring Kazakhstan. The…

TikTok Jacket Potato craze in the UK

The UK has seen a surge in popularity for jacket potatoes, driven by viral TikTok videos. Ben Newman, known as Spudman, has become a sensation,…

Westland agrees to underground freshwater storage pilot

There will be a COASTAR project in Kwintsheul, at the Hooghe Beer, in the greenhouse horticultural area Broekpolder. This is a pilot project in which excess…

blueberry, viticulture and general horticulture

New Zealand engineers develop horticultural robots

University of Waikato engineers have introduced a series of robotic solutions aimed at addressing labour shortages in the horticultural sector. These…

Can they help each other?

Agriculture, horticulture and healthcare faced with major challenges

"I do not agree with you at all," exclaims one of the attendees at the seminar in Amsterdam, which was organised in the last week of June. The woman is…