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"Promising numbers not always meet expectations on high performance growing systems"

For good reasons the greenhouse and vertical farm industry is booming. "Especially in ‘’newer’’ greenhouse crops like leafy greens and herbs the number of suppliers moving to…

Merlice breaks tomato yield record in China

Since its founding in 1996, the Haisheng Group has become a well-known brand in the high-end fruit and vegetable market and started with high-tech glasshouse tomatoes. De…

Greenhouse kit enables rapid switch to leafy greens in existing greenhouses

Feel like growing something different in your greenhouse? Well, a Swiss and a French grower did. They wanted to start growing leafy greens hydroponically. Looking for an easy…

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Code for ToBRFV-resistant tomatoes cracked in Israel

TomaTech announces a major advancement in the fight against the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV), which has caused significant economic damage estimated as much as…

Glasshouse facility supports technology solution testing

Glasshouse growers can be assured that the latest technology advancements are relevant to them, thanks to a commercially-representative testbed facility in Yorkshire. The…

Chalking in the cold and between rain showers

Contractors are currently busy with chalk work. The changeability of the weather at the moment does not make planning these assignments any easier. Steef Bruinen, planner at…

The power of swirling, oxygen rich water

In 2019, former grower John van Ruijven sold his first Vital Oxidizer to a practicing colleague. There are now hundreds in use to enrich irrigation water with oxygen in a…

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Greenhouse plums from Silifke, Turkey exported to the Netherlands and Germany

Green plums produced in greenhouses in the villages of the Goksu Valley in the Silifke district of Mersinare were recently harvested and sold as out-of-season products.…

Georgia Southern University researching salt marsh habitat loss with new aquaponics garden

"Growing Spartina local and hydroponically"

Salt marshes in south Georgia are in constant need of restoration due to rising sea levels. Georgia Southern University graduate student Alexander Gregory is leading a project…

France: Photovoltaic solar power plant to protect asparagus from the cold

In Mallemort (Bouches-du-Rhône department), Laurent Chabert grows asparagus in a photovoltaic greenhouse of 3 hectares. The crops are therefore protected from the cold, as the…

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Biopesticide summit 2021 dates announced

The Biopesticide Summit, taking place via a virtual platform on Tuesday 6th July this year, will focus on regulatory challenges and calls for reform to create a regulatory…

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"We applied it to apricots and sweet cherries, and at -2 C they did not suffer any damage.”

In the last few weeks Europe has been hit hard by low temperatures and night frosts, this can cause large crop losses and many sleepless nights for growers. This is also a…

Study on dynamics of dormancy regulation in ‘Sonata’ strawberry and its relation to flowering and runnering

Dormancy regulation in strawberries is a dynamic process that is causally interrelated with the regulation of flowering. Interference between the two processes…

Virus-free sweet potatoes growing in Bejing greenhouse

The ends of the green stems are connected with new leaves, and one seedling is next to each other in the experimental bottle. In the cultivation room of Xisen Sanhe Potato,…

Foundation Farms

New website launched to honour first leafy greens crop production

Foundation Farms announced that production of the first crop of leafy greens has begun in the company's Red Deer area plant. Installation and commissioning of facilities were…
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China: long mulberries with sweet taste sold via WeChat orders

Spring is just around the corner, and in the Qingdao area, western China, mulberries are flourishing. This greenhouse grows the variety "Long Mulberry” which is rare. The…

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Webinars on greenhouse and vertical farming production

As technology becomes available, new crops and production methods are expanding opportunities in Northern Ontario. ​Learn from the experts about some of the key things to…

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Retired couple on greenhouse growing: “It’s cheaper than going to Florida"

Gus and Mary Picardo have been eating their own homegrown lettuce since February. By mid-March, they had tomatoes growing on more than four dozen healthy plants. The couple…

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NZ: Heather Feetham wins Pukekohe Young Grower competition

Heather Feetham, a 25-year-old production manager at T&G Fresh, has won the 2021 Pukekohe Young Grower competition. The competition tested the four contestant's vegetable and…

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US (MO): Fourth-generation farmer brings fruit, flowers, and vegetables to market

The Strope family has farmed and raised cattle in Osage County for more than a century. That changed somewhat in 2010 when fourth-generation farmer Bill Strope decided to…

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Trenton Middle School turns greenhouse into food pantry with “Growing Up Green” program

If you’re looking for fresh vegetables in Hancock County, look no further than the Trenton Middle School. The “Growing Up Green” program there is helping both students and the…

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IN: Variety of vegetable seedlings available at hi-tech polyhouse in Shopian

In order to provide a backup to upscale cropping intensity of vegetable seedlings under controlled conditions, a hi-tech polyhouse that was established by the Department of…

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535 tons of greenhouse tomatoes harvested in Tajikistan

More than 920 tons of greenhouse vegetables were harvested in Tajikistan. Over 534.6 tons of tomatoes, 102.4 tons of cucumbers, and more than 283 tons of other vegetables were…

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Revolution Farms partners with national brand to expand availability

Revolution Farms, a Caledonia-based indoor greenhouse farm, is partnering with Edible Garden, a national brand that works with local hydroponic growers across the United…

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Good year for Fortuna strawberries

Six months after the harvesting and commercialization of early Fortuna strawberries, the time has come to make an assessment of the current campaign. Harvesting is still…

Failed harvests pull the plug on soft fruit grower

On May 4, 2021, Van Elteren Tuinbouw from Hoeven was declared bankrupt. The grower grew strawberries, raspberries and asparagus. The grower wasn't able to…

Vision 2030 in the making for Bommelerwaard horticulture

A group of greenhouse growers, mainly younger entrepreneurs, are working on a vision for the future of greenhouse horticulture in the Bommelerwaard. The vision is intended for…

Fairgrow partners with Visy to make fresh fruit and vegetable donations go further

Global packaging and resource recovery leader, Visy, has partnered with Fairgrow to supply sustainable packaging to ensure fresh fruit and vegetables reach Kiwis in need, in…

High-tech is helping African and Asian countries win battle against desert locusts

For the unsuspecting farmer, the Desert Locust is a formidable enemy. These wretched pests have a voracious appetite, multiply rapidly and travel up to 150 kilometers a day…

Labor problems could mean food goes to waste on New Jersey farms

The labor crunch is a thing on New Jersey farms as well; some of which are already on the cusp on having to let food go to waste in their fields. Agriculture…

Moroccan tomato exports to France, the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands increase, while exports to Russia fall

Morocco exported a total of 596.72 million kilos of tomatoes in 2020, i.e. 13.68% more than five years earlier, according to data prepared by Hortoinfo. In…

Windowsill strawberry gains popularity

Windowsill harvesting is hot, which makes home grown edibles more popular than ever, in addition to the range of garden and indoor plants. “We sold a lot of seeds in the past…

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