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US (GA): Greenhouse plans for Bibb County

A New York company wants to grow salad greens and more than 300 jobs in south Bibb County. The plan by BrightFarms LLC is scheduled to go before Macon-Bibb's planning and zoning commission Monday.They want to set up shop on nearly 200 acres at Hawkinsville and Feigin Mill Roads. That's near the Kohl's…

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US (NH): New Ipswich farmers move family greenhouse to their homestead

Moving slowly so as not to dislodge its oversized cargo, a truck hauling a flatbed made the short trek from Old Tavern Farm to Old Homestead Farm on Sunday, moving a 30-year-old greenhouse from one location to the other. Chelsea and Ben Hatcher, owners of Old Homestead Farm on Greenville Road in New…

The 2-hectare aquaponics greenhouse in Bahrain

After several months of hard work, the 2-hectare aquaponics greenhouse is almost finished in Bahrain. This 2-hectares greenhouse is the second-phase expansion for the first…

UK: Former visitor centre and glasshouse available for lease

Both the former West Leeds Country Park Visitor Centre and glasshouse in Pudsey Park have been put on the market to lease two-and-a-half years after last closing their doors, writes John Baron. Both of the facilities shut in February 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and never re-opened after a…

Oman: researchers succeed in farming Asian seabass and cherry tomatoes in aquaponics system

Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) succeeded in farming and producing Asian seabass (barramundi) and cherry tomatoes through an aquaponics system. Dr. Wenresti Gallardo, Associate Professor at the Department of Marine Sciences and Fisheries in the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, tested more…

How to solve efficiency in farm processing

“As harvesting, sorting, and packaging are mostly done manually in vertical farms, it creates a kind of inefficiency due to the fact that it’s time-consuming. Depending on the number of crops a farm is cultivating and the number of cycles, it can become quite inefficient to keep doing all of this…

"Sustainable solutions that solve logistical and waste issues in the agri-food industry"

The agri-food industry is facing several challenges today: the need to optimize transport and reduce its costs, adapting to the demand of an increasingly unpredictable consumer, regulatory changes and new consumption trends focused on sustainability. "Hinojosa will present at Fruit Attraction 2022, the…

Cronogard - new technology for the packaging sector

Nice Filler has patented a technology called Cronogard to extend the shelf-life and preserve the quality and freshness of food. It is an innovative system that introduces functional molecules into packaging materials, anchored on inorganic surfaces, to protect food in a controlled way.  Cronogard is an additive…

Maersk offers environmentally friendly rail solution for Spanish reefer exports

A Maersk Company, a subsidiary of Maersk and specialized in Intra-European logistics, is launching a new rail product from Spain to the UK especially designed for…

"Five years later, I'm proud to say we have more than doubled our forecasts"

Global Shop Solutions is celebrating the 5th anniversary of their Cloud ERP product. Designed to make technical support easier and reduce the total cost of ownership for manufacturers, Cloud ERP simplifies the software through increased speed, improved accessibility, stronger security, automatic data and…

Bonduelle

Business growth and profitability maintained in a particularly adverse environment

On September 30, 2022, the Bonduelle Supervisory Board, under the chairmanship of Martin Ducroquet, reviewed the statutory and consolidated financial statements for FY 2021 - 2022 as approved by the General Management and certified by the company's statutory Auditors. RevenueAt € 2,891.7 million,…

Dutch vegetable and pulses company HAK to shut down entire production for six weeks

HAK is one of the largest vegetable brands in Northern Europe. Now the company seems set to shut down the entire production for six weeks due to high energy costs. Managing…

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SA: Johannesburg engineer build hop farm on rooftop

Hops are a key ingredient in brewing beer. One might argue it is the lifeblood of beer manufacturing. Very much like wine grapes, these green leafy cones are geography-specific. In South Africa, farmers typically grow and harvest hops in George once a year as the climate conditions are optimal for the…

New Larvanem formulation with excellent dissolvability

Koppert's nematode products, Larvanem and Sportnem-H, are now available in a new formulation. The composition of the carrier material has been entirely changed with a new formulation based on 100% biodegradable formulants. The new formulation has the advantage of being much easier to dissolve, making it…

Deals that were agreed upon months ago still have to be honored at the agreed price

The UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced a 'mini budget' on the 23rd of September, which has resulted in the Pound dropping to an all-time low against the US Dollar and hit 1.079 against the Euro on Monday. This will have a massive impact on the imports of fresh produce into the UK as contracts with…

"High gas prices not abnormal, gas price crisis may soon be over"

Stef Proost, business economist at KU Leuven, explains how he believes the gas crisis could soon be over. Among other things, he predicts that Russia "has forfeited a lot of…

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Peruvian blueberry imports through Southern California ports of entry movement expected to remain the same

This hurricane season has been somewhat quiet until now. Hurricane Ian has changed all that and made landfall around Ft. Myers, Florida, and the surrounding communities. According to local farmers and growers in Southwest and Central Florida, now, it is too early to tell how much crop damage has…

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Israelis to push hydroponics in Guyana, help slash food bill

Hydroponics is becoming more prominent in Guyana, and now, investors from Israel are hoping to start a new project in Guyana. “We have an investor from Israel who will do some hydroponics on the East Coast (of Demerara),” Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha said at the sidelines of an event on Monday,…

EnviroCrops app – a decision support tool for the biomass sector

The EnviroCrops web app project has been awarded £1.57 million of funding from BEIS through the Biomass Feedstocks Innovation (BFI) Programme. The project is led by the Agri…

Nouryon to acquire ADOB Fertilizers

Nouryon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ADOB Fertilizers, a supplier of chelated micronutrients, foliars, and other specialty fertilizers. The acquisition…

Euroseeds replies to European Greens' report

Euroseeds represents the seed sector in Europe, with more than 36 national member associations and 67 direct company members. They represent the interests of those active in research, breeding, production, and marketing of seeds. Responding to the European Greens/EFA group and their recent report,…

"We have been able to contain the fur virus much better"

At cucumber grower Paul van Lipzig of Hortus in Futuro in Maasbree, the cucumber fur virus repeatedly popped up in the greenhouse in recent years. This year, too, an infection was present, but the virus spread much less than in previous years. The grower managed to curb the advance of the virus well with…

Automation and control are the main focus of the International Propagation Seminar

Last week, Grodan organized the International Propagation Seminar for the 9th time. Plant breeders from home and abroad saw their expectations come true: current topics under the banner of automation and control were on the program. Topics within this theme ranged from robotization during the propagation…

Texas A&M AgriLife research to improve organic spinach production

Despite the greatly increasing consumer interest for organic spinach in the U.S. and worldwide, production is not keeping pace with demand. To help overcome some of the challenges facing organic spinach production, Vijay Joshi, Ph.D., a Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant systems physiologist at the Texas…

New cling film is compostable with industrial versatility

Cling film once revolutionized the way food was wrapped and kept fresh. And consumers in the 70s discovered a new skill as they mastered the art of unrolling the film and sealing everything from fresh produce to their favorite workplace snacks. However, unfortunately, conventional cling film is often not…

GHGA recalls various ready-to-eat vegetable products due to possible Listeria Monocytogenes contamination

GHGA is recalling various products (see chart below) due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. No other GHGA products are affected by this recall.…

A multi-level discussion on the development of modern facility horticulture in China

Frequent extreme weather, increasing scarcity of natural resources, labor shortages, and rising energy costs all pose challenges to contemporary farming practices. The anti-risk ability of modern horticulture increases, and the scale and intensification help to improve the efficiency of management and…

Dutch Strawberry Day and International Soft Fruit Conference postponed to 2023

Due to COVID-19, Delphy decided to postpone the Dutch Strawberry Day and the International Soft Fruit Conference to 2023. Please reserve these dates in your agenda: Dutch Strawberry…

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Agriculture conference headed for Danville

A new conference for the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry will debut on October 25 at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) in Danville. One goal behind the event, dubbed CEA Summit East, is “highlighting some of the CEA growth that’s happening in Virginia — and…

Heatwave affects US supermarkets' produce sections

As high temperatures in the Western US are hitting the produce industry, US supermarkets have stated they are giving less shelf space to products with weather-induced…

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New Zealand to welcome 3,000 more seasonal workers

New Zealand is welcoming 3,000 overseas employees after it increased the limit of its Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Scheme. The latest increase is the largest one in over a decade, according to New Zealand's ministers, and officially raises the RSE cap to 19,000 workers. "The additional 3,000 places…

"More than 100 full spectrum designs for plants in wider range of wavelengths"

With the increase of extreme climate events and the lack of soil resources, traditional soil cultivation is facing increasing challenges, and modern soilless cultivation is rapidly emerging. "One of the most popular methods of cultivation is the vertical farm, which is being developed in different…

How to reduce water consumption by 95% and achieve 400 times more efficiency?

A German vegetable company has shown that it is possible to reduce the area under cultivation by 99% and the consumption of water by 95% without using pesticides or chemicals…

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In vitro larval rearing method of eusocial bumblebee Bombus terrestris for toxicity test

Bumblebees are important pollinators of wild and agricultural plants but recently have been declining due to various stressors, such as pesticides and diseases. Because of the haplodiploid sex determination system in hymenopterans, experiments using micro-colonies (small subcolonies without a queen) to…

Sensor-based drip irrigation to improve tomato production in semi-arid Nigeria

The current trends in population growth pose a unique pressure on limited water resources, especially in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. In such water-stressed areas, irrigated agriculture requires efficient water application methods like the drip irrigation system. Sensor-based drip irrigation…

Dragon fruit growers gather to learn from UCCE research and each other

Once you know what a dragon fruit looks like, you will never forget it. The bright red, sometimes yellow or purple, scaly skin makes for a dramatic appearance. One that will surely leave an impression. The flesh ranges from white to deep pink, and the flavor is often described as having hints of kiwi,…