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Sector | Company News

Greens Bali, a 1000m2 vertical farm, for sale:

Increasing clientele: "Grow what the customer wants, not what you want"

In Astana, nearly 3000 infected tomato seeds from Russia were burned

Decorum celebrates 25th anniversary with grand party

FPC Chief Executive

Nigel Jenney decries “extortionate costs” of border checks from April 30th

Horticultural heritage secures a special spot

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New Zealand: NZGAP celebrates 25th anniversary

US (CO): Paul Ciasullo retires, Starlett Carter appointed to board of directors at GrowGeneration

Philips Horticulture:

“There are numerous opportunities for product range and market expansion"

GLOBALG.A.P. c/o FoodPLUS GmbH - Brian Windsor:

GLOBALG.A.P. standard allows more room for farms’ own stories

PACA updates from USDA

Canada: Growcer raises $3 million in series A

Kuehne+Nagel:

First quarter of 2024: earnings down with cost measures intensified

Spain: Caudal completes initial phase of the first technology park specialized in irrigation

New vice president of marketing and sales at Progressive Produce

NL: Solar park for growers NEXTgarden

NL: International journalists visit herb grower with new concept

Azpromo facilitates meetings between Azerbaijani and European companies

Vertical Harvest secures $59.5 million project financing for its Westbrook farm

Saudi Arabia: Ministry of Environment launches urban farm inside stores, markets to improve food quality

Braga Fresh COO named Ag Woman of the Year

Peter van Dongen, Micothon:

"Interest in combating powdery mildew with UV-C is growing rapidly"

UAE: ‘How these vertical farms kept afloat during heavy floods’

Joss Bravo joins Meteor Systems Mexico as sales manager

The company SP "PAEK" in Ukraine launches early watermelon planting

"Companies in search of new markets and technologies for the supply chain"

"Business growth with Bulgaria is possible"

The company hired a new Head of Business Development:

Técnicas Sanjorge strengthens its expansion in Morocco

Nature's Miracle to acquire Agrify

Benoit Demedts, Demedts - De Mey:

"Starting next week, we expect to be able to supply the first volumes"

New COO at NatureSweet

Nijs and Teun van Zuilen, BerryBrothers:

"We're increasingly being seen as a year-round soft fruit supplier"

Royal Brinkman's strategy:

Global volume and market knowledge for specialization and innovation

Takano Fruit Parlour

Tokyo fruit shop showcases its fruit behind glass, like museum artefacts

UK agri-tech center launches in April

Celebrating mothers with new strawberry campaign

OP Zuccarella (Italy):

"We have been securing strawberries in supermarkets since early November"

"Over 100 pipe rail trolleys delivered to Mexico"

Buonanno:

“Our volumes of Spanish eggplants are increasing”

Revol Greens Expands to Family Dollar

Lineage expands integrated solutions services with new Canada cross-border program

Viva Fresh puts social responsibility initiatives on display

Shipping begins from new Salinas facility

Lucas Wennekers, Bessies:

"Ethiopian strawberries are my unique selling point"

Beekenkamp Group and Leo de Jong Transport celebrate 50 years of cooperation

Philip Van Overbeke's daughter joins the Van Overbeke partnership:

"Now we can look at future decisions together"

BrightFarms getting ready to showcase Texas greenhouse

A new variety from Seeds Technologies Italia

The reason to involve producers in the development of a plum tomato variety

Climate First’s second delegation embarks on UK Roadshow:

“Uniting Israeli innovation with British climate-tech ecosystem”

Conviron celebrates 60th anniversary

Tom Stenzel, CEA Alliance, on the next farm bill:

Opinion: The winter and summer promise of indoor farming

Germany: Balancing farm expansion with brand identity

Nigel Jenney, Chief Executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium:

"UK government's new import charges set to cripple fresh produce & flower industry"

Barron Lighting Group appoints Paul Gray as Director of Growlite

Lineage expands in U.S. market with new facility near Phoenix

Evja is a partner in the iGUESS-MED project for the production of tomatoes in greenhouses using brackish water:

A Decision Support System to improve irrigation and quality

NL: Vertify's demo greenhouse got a makeover

Robovision raises $42 million

Rose essential oil: A safe pesticide for organic agriculture

New warehouse in Lille for downgraded fruit and vegetables, Atypique:

“We are excited to build a more sustainable food future for everyone”

Colored vine tomatoes for the Tour de France Femmes

Dole plc announces mutual termination of agreement with Fresh Express for the sale of its Fresh Vegetables Division

Feedback from Dari Ecomeccanica clients

Harvesters made to meet the needs of agricultural entrepreneurs

AZUD:

"Reusing up to 40% of the irrigation water in blueberry growing'

BayWa AG expects earnings to improve in the financial year 2024

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CAN (SK): Horti company fined after worker seriously injured in horticulture work

next newsletter Tuesday April 2nd

Happy Easter!

Wouter Kolk, CEO Ahold Delhaize Europe & Indonesia, to leave Ahold Delhaize by the end of 2024

Changing habits: unlocking new value

Josey Heston joins the BioSafe Systems Horticulture team

Greenhouse grower gets on deck to support Little League baseball

Growers United opens new pepper packing station in Zwaagdijk

Gentile Group: "We ship 1500 packages of raspberries a day"

Lack of Italian raspberries but not everyone was caught unprepared

high-GABA tomatoes

South Korean farm grows tomatoes that improve your brain

ZA: Aquaponics training center to be opened in Johannesburg

Google Streetview

"Curator continues cultivation operations after eviction"

CASI reports historic results at its assembly for the second consecutive year

Perry Dekkers resigns as Commercial Director at Growers United

Ukrainian exporter expands 'Smakota' brand by exporting fruit & veg to Europe

Canadian greenhouse grower celebrates National Farmworkers Awareness Week

Edamah and Badia Farms:

New partnership for multi-million dollar greenhouse venture in Bahrain

Located in Prisma XII, Pacifico Industrial Park:

Maersk opens new warehouse facility in Tijuana for cross-border capabilities

Jan Willem Tolhoek, FreshRecruitment:

"We see ourselves as our clients' temp worker"

Polina Valkanova, Special Fruit:

"Very good Spanish strawberry season expected to continue"

Horticulture Wales participtes to Wrexham University's Go Green Week

Barry Michiels, Gebroeders Michiels:

"Now that more greenhouse vegetables are coming in, our drivers can finally get back to work"

Ray Rotar - Intralox:

Conveyor solutions supporting fruit and vegetable handling and processing applications

10–12 September in Warsaw, Poland:

FoodPLUS launches Changemaker Awards at GlobalG.A.P. Summit 2024

Eight hectares dedicated to Sabrosa-Candonga:

"I used to be a supplier, now my own strawberries are in markets and supermarkets"

Driscoll's named to list of the world's most innovative companies of 2024

Martin Noordam, Noordam Plants:

“Within two years, all our sodium lamps will be replaced”

Agricultural social responsibility symposium begins work in Guadalajara

Costa product innovation drives new premium offerings

KWS inaugurates new R&D facility in Navolato, Mexico

Hawthorne and BFG Supply forge strategic distribution partnership

Nasdaq

US: Nature's Miracle CEO rings closing bell at Nasdaq Stock Market

US: Mechanical pollination technology shipped for strawberry tests

New Costa Innovation Centre launched:

“We are excited to be able to diversify and extend our product offering”

Nature's Miracle signs MoU to explore acquisition of Future Tech

The team of Semillas Fitó:

"We don't want to be just another seed house, but an 'expert partner' for every link in the chain"

Resulting in €35,064 worth of damage, according to the press service of the Prosecutor's Office Department:

In Uzbekistan, an illegal connection to the gas supply was discovered in a greenhouse

AgCulture awarded HortiQ certification

Irénke Meekma named new CEO of RedStar

Riccardo Vanelli appointed as Regional Head of EMEA at Rovensa Next

CAN: Lufa Farms opens its fifth rooftop greenhouse

Christian Bünnemeyer, Rubetrans Logistics & Co.:

"In addition to using LNG, we are now also deploying our first electric trucks"

Vertical Harvest

US (WY): Vertical Harvest serves its community in more ways than one

GrowGeneration expands in Washington with new buyout

The Environment, Conservation, and Cover Crop Seed Resource Guide is updated

"Our added value also lies in our commitment to innovation"

From diffuse to AR to low-E glass?

China: aquaponic factory aims to contribute to rural revitalization

The Netherlands: Four bell pepper nurseries merge into one company, Rainbow Growers Group

Nearly EUR 600,000 have been disbursed to 5 farms for orchards and greenhouses in Ukraine

Initial investment of 5 million euros

An Israeli company will grow dwarf melons with edible rind in Spain

Three new members join Mycorrhizal Applications team

Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade and Governor of Querétaro visit Koppert Mexico

‘It is important to be prepared and understand the virus infection so as to effectively mitigate it’s spread or prevent potential outbreak’

Early ToBRFV detection and tracing virus point of entry

Canadian greenhouse grower expands tomato line

Felix Schmidling from Franken-Gemüse Bio:

"Since 2019, our organic production volume has more than doubled"

Syngenta to sell direct to active greenhouse growers in USA and Canada

Federico Stanzani, commercial director of CIV:

Shayda: the new strawberry conquering export and Northern European markets

Mondi to acquire DS Smith

Elevated Signals to digitize vertical hydroponic greenhouse

Limiting the spread of ToBRFV in tomato cultivation

"First two projects with Automated Guided Vehicles from Berkvens"

Kelly Devaere, Crop Protection Manager, Plant Products:

"With improved CGMMV management, growers can consider reducing the number of cropping cycles in a year"

10 years of Excalibur Plastics Mex:

"You can’t operate a Mexican company in the Canadian way”

Sustainable strawberry packaging initiative agreement signed

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Nature's Miracle and Lakeshore completes business combination

Ton Verheijke, Janyra Organics:

"With our first full-scale herb harvest, we should gain a foothold in the Netherlands"