HortiDaily Newsletter | Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Indoor AgTech comes to an end

The opportunities for CEA in retail: convenience products

The past two days were filled with critical panels that uncovered the CEA investment landscape, product opportunities, future markets, current projects…

Simon Grimaud, Anjou Automation

“Thanks to our software this climate computer can be adapted to both glass greenhouse- and plastic greenhouse-crops”

"Currently, we are experiencing the effects of climate change which bring new challenges for growers. Therefore, climate management has become…

Tomélon for the first time at all Aldi Belgium distribution centres this season

"There is increasing interest in our mini watermelon from abroad as well"

From next week, the first mini watermelons, Tomélons, from Tomeco, in collaboration with Coöperatie Hoogstraten, will be back on Belgian shelves. A…

Skytree launches Stratus Pioneer Program for CEA

Skytree launches its Stratus Pioneer Program for Controlled Environment Agriculture, offering exclusive access and discounted pricing, and priority…

Grower uses nanobubble tech to improve irrigation water

"We noticed a stronger end to the cropping year with these plants”

Based in Offenham, on the outskirts of the Vale of Evesham, family-run Tomato growers R&L Holt have been producing Tomatoes since 1980. Head Grower Roly Holt is passionate about his craf…

Félix Haget, Eauzons!

Tropical fruit produced in France using aquaponics and residual heat

Producing salmon, vegetables, exotic fruit and shrimp in the Gers department. That is the ambitious challenge set by Eauzons! for 2019. Created by 9…

"Hydroponics is our main business"

Offering one herb - basil - year-round, locally cultivated. The goal, however, is to ramp it up to four herbs by 2028, and Niek Monden of De Kruidenaer…

Football results, hygiene protocols and core values on screens in canteens at tomato grower

Lans is a tomato grower with seven locations in the Netherlands, totalling 88 hectares. Each location has its own characteristics, but they have one…

Viable alternatives to rockwool and perlite for tomatoes and cucumbers

In recent years, the search for sustainable alternatives to traditional growing media such as peat, coconut fiber, and rockwool has led to the testing…

Tom van der Meer, Combilo:

"With nice weather being forecast, we expect bell pepper consumption to rise"

Bell peppers now form one of the best-selling greenhouse vegetables within Combilo. Pepper sales have been represented by Rob van der Bas for many…

"The rapid dry-down makes it ideal for larger containers"

"This growing medium has a bark-based composition, good drainage, and rapid dry-down. These features make it an ideal growing medium for larger…

China-Romania joint lab for agriculture cooperation unveiled in Bucharest

The China-Romania Joint Laboratory for Cooperation in Agriculture was officially inaugurated on Tuesday at the University of Agronomic Sciences and…

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Nursery Supplies launches new parent company CREO

Nursery Supplies has formed the CREO Group. This new parent company integrates the rich history and innovative strengths of Nursery Supplies Inc. and…

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US (NC): Whiteville High School to build new greenhouse

Whiteville High School's Agriculture Department will be adding a new greenhouse to the campus. According to a WHS news release, it's expected to be…

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Breeding plants to address climate change

The CO2 Removal on a Planetary Scale (CRoPS) program at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies is developing crops to sequester carbon. "Six years…

USask professor emeritus to be inducted into Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame

Dr. Bruce Coulman (PhD), a University of Saskatchewan (USask) alumnus and professor emeritus in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources will be…

Euroseeds calls for fair competition and quality assurance in Plant Reproductive Material Regulation

Euroseeds, representing the vast majority of plant variety developers and seed suppliers in Europe, would like to thank the Belgian Presidency of the…

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NZ: Horticulture sector calls for sensible approach to emissions accounting

Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) is urging the Climate Change Commission to hold off counting international shipping and aviation emissions in the…

Irish farmers' mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviour explored in FarMHealth study

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Research and Development, Farm Safety and New…

Continuous rain in central Wisconsin is spoiling ripe strawberries

Central Wisconsin has been witnessing an unusual weather pattern, transitioning from a drought last year to excessive rainfall this year, impacting berry farms…

Fall Creek appoints new leadership in the Americas

Fall Creek® has announced updates to its management team to bolster its footprint across the Americas. Ricardo Polis has been named regional director…

Raspberry growers in Poland dissatisfied with low purchase prices

Raspberry growers in Poland are voicing their concerns over the stagnation of purchase prices, which they claim have remained unchanged for two…

Strong Pacific Northwest blueberry supply being projected

California Giant Berry Farms forecasts a bountiful harvest of conventional and organic blueberries from its Pacific Northwest growing region in the…

David Krause comments on Frutura’s 3rd anniversary and looks ahead

“Five years ago, I wouldn’t have believed berries were going to be one of my priorities”

It has been three years since Frutura made its initial acquisition in the produce industry. During this short amount of time, the company has gone from…

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U.S. will probably hit record agricultural trade deficit

For the second consecutive year, the U.S. is on track to register a record agricultural trade deficit, with American Farm Bureau Federation economists…

Climate change is impacting South Korean agriculture

The Korean Peninsula is experiencing a notable transformation towards a subtropical climate, leading to a decline in national fruit production areas…

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Ocado cut close to 1,000 jobs last year in a bid to reduce costs

Aldi predicts it will sell over 1,800 tonnes of strawberries this tennis season

Lidl cuts management positionsFor months, Lidl has worked secretly on a new management structure, which it has now announced. CEO Kenneth McGrath hopes…