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- Cultivation Manager - MI, USA
- Export Sales Manager (Europe Division)
- Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager
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"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 -last week
- "This new greenhouse model will withstand the test of time"
- Turkish entrepreneurs set up hydroponic strawberry greenhouse instead of investing in a café
- Supercharging light provides plants with energy cocktail to fight pathogens and thrive
- Swiss vote down ban on chemical crop protection
- Icelandic Lambhagi on a hydroponic adventure
Top 5 -last month
- South Africa: How an innovative smaller supplier helped to keep tomatoes on Shoprite shelves
- Hydroponic pepper farm expands in India
- 6 common greenhouse pests and how to manage them
- "We store CO2 from the outside air to make plants grow faster"
- Study on hydroponic lettuce production in hydroponic vertical farm
KUBO Greenhouse Projects boosts Chinese expansion with own office in Shanghai
"Dutch answer to growing demand from China combines technology with knowledge"
KUBO is the first Dutch greenhouse builder to open an office in China. The office is based in the commercial district of Hongqiao in Shanghai. KUBO China will be responsible for sales and marketing and for managing greenhouse projects’ construction. 95 percent of KUBO's turnover currently goes abroad.…
Cow afloat
A cow from the Floating Farm, a floating farm in Rotterdam where, among other things, lettuce is also grown, temporarily found themselves in the water yesterday. An accident that was solved after almost an hour with the help of the fire brigade. This is the second time in a short time that a cow has fallen into water. Source:…
Hishtil and Limex announce intensive collaboration
"Result of this collaboration is optimal sanitation and propagating material"
Hishtil, a global producer of grafted vegetable seedlings and vegetative herb cuttings, uses the washing process to ensure cleaner trays leading to reduced plant loss and a drastically lower risk of contamination in nurseries. The collaboration included the design phase as well as laboratory tests which…
Insight into all service and maintenance of technical installations
bQurius chooses Royal Brinkman's Service Engine to coordinate and manage all maintenance at twelve nurseries of five tomato growers, including Schenkeveld Tomatoes, Greenvalley, and Van der Voort. Richard Schenkeveld: "Due to growth, we were looking for a modern system to monitor maintenance activities.…
Netherlands: Rapid development of Soft Fruit Research Location ISFC
The construction of the Delphy ISFC, the research location for soft fruit, is progressing well so far. The greenhouse has been constructed and the screens installed. In addition, the basic installation in the corridor and technical area for the installation of water, electricity, and heating systems has…
Aljazeera
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi speaks of severe regional consequencesEgypt, Ethiopia & Sudan set for more dam talks
This weekend, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet this weekend to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which broke ground in 2011. The three countries are in a longstanding dispute over the project. Foreign ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to meet in the Democratic Republic of…
