Friday, June 2, 2023

AgriFORCE acquisition terminated

Delphy Group remains independent

Delphy Group has decided to terminate the merging process with Canadian company AgriFORCE Growing Systems. AgriFORCE, a publicly traded company, gained attention in the international horticulture sector over the past year due to a series of intended investments. Delphy Groep will no longer be a part of this journey. The…

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How to control the microbiome in soilless cultivation?

Although using microbes in traditional soil agriculture is very well established, the same can’t be said for soilless cultivation. “In this space, there’s an understanding that microbes in the system are crucial, but there’s simply a lack of tools to understand everything that goes on in there. So,…

LED growing tomato: Moisture, evaporation and sometimes still 'cakey tomatoes'

Choosing LED changes more than just the fixture. The cultivation also changes. Tomato growers realise this all too well. Moisture is a big challenge, as is keeping the crop properly generative, they revealed Wednesday afternoon at a meeting on LED in tomato. At the invitation of Glastuinbouw Nederland,…

'peace of mind, but lower yield'

Resistant varieties defeat New Delhi virus in Almeria's zucchini campaign

Almeria's zucchini export campaign is coming to an end. The season was characterized by a significant decrease in production compared to last season, stated Jose Luis Escobar, from Berdea, the agricultural society (SAT) behind the King Courgette zucchini brand. “This decrease has been due to a set of…

global market overview tomatoes

Multitude of challenges and opportunities in tomato market

From Europe to Africa and across the Atlantic, the tomato industry is encountering a multitude of challenges and opportunities.The Netherlands and Belgium grapple with a backlog in planning and skyrocketing prices, while Germany witnesses a decline in tomato valuations due to a surge in local supply.…

Jiffy Group:

"Our newly opened Innovation Center recreates highly controlled environment of vertical farming"

Jiffy Group and Light4Food are opening Jiffy’s new Innovation Center. It features a university-standard laboratory and a climate chamber. Essentially a space that recreates the highly controlled environment of vertical farming, the climate chamber includes Priva software to monitor the growing…

three main raspberry varieties in trials

"AVA Magnum® grows perfectly in the Scottish climate"

The Scottish strawberry season got off to a later start this year, as did the whole UK crop. This was due to the low light levels and colder weather, but picking is now in full swing at Angus Soft Fruit’s Arbroath farms. “We started picking on 6th of May,” said Allen Innes, Farm Manager at East Seaton…

Entering 57th year

Seasonal worker program essential part of Canada's ag industry

“It’s a very important program for us. It has enabled our industry to grow and if we did not have access to these workers who do great jobs and want to work here, we could not have large orchards in the apple industry.” So says Cathy McKay, chair of the Ontario Apple Growers and a grower with Nature’s…

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UK: Sussex growers celebrate British Tomato Fortnight

Following tomato shortages at the start of the year, the British Tomato Growers’ Association is thrilled that British tomatoes are now back on supermarket shelves. The shortages were caused by bad weather in Europe and Africa which impacted supplies. Local growers at The Green House Growers Sussex in…

Dutch growers boost sales with insights from neuromarketing

To get a complete picture of what drives consumers and also take their unconscious choices into account, Prominent has established a partnership with Unravel Research; a professional party focusing on neuromarketing. On May 16th, co-founder Tim Zuidgeest presented several fascinating insights at the…

Ruud Krul, Freshclusive:

"Fruit and vegetable exports to overseas markets picking up well; we meet that need alongside local production"

Fruit and vegetable exports to overseas markets like the Middle East, Singapore, and Hong Kong are picking up nicely. That is according to Ruud Krul of the Dutch company Freshclusive. "It's more attractive to ship trade again due to the tariff drop. That works in our favor," he begins. "Exports to other…

"The EU Agreement doesn't favor Moroccan growers"

Since the entry into force of the Association Agreement between the EU and Morocco in 2013, the country has gone from selling 365,695 tons of tomatoes to 557,225 tons in 2022,…

New guardian monitor Wi-Fi launched

Agri-tech company Bluelab today announced the latest upgrade to the Bluelab Guardian product line, the Bluelab Guardian Monitor Wi-Fi (BGUSTD02) and Bluelab Guardian Monitor Wi-Fi Inline (BGUNLN02). The monitors are the first in the Bluelab product portfolio to support the optional connection to Edenic…

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US (PA): Sugar Valley Greenhouse counting their blessings, one petal at a time

When word spread across Sugar Valley Tuesday afternoon confirming the cloud of thick black smoke seen in the sky just south of Loganton was coming from the Sugar Valley…


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