HortiDaily Newsletter | Thursday, May 13, 2021

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Arlette Sijmonsma Email Elita Vellekoop Email Eelkje Pulley Email Priscilla Heeffer Email Annet Breure Email  Job Offers Grower - Location Manager Portugal Divisional Sales Manager - Canada Specialist meerlagenteelt / vertical farming - De Kwakel Farm Manager - India Production Manager - Dubai, UAE Supply Chain Coordinator - Kudelstaart, Netherlands Plant Buyer - Kudelstaart, Netherlands Hydroponic Grower - Livingston (Tennessee) USA Assistant Grower - Chatham (ON) Canada Director - Eastern U.S. High-tech greenhouse grows tomatoes with super-low CO2 emission On the west coast of Finland, a five-year-old semi-closed greenhouse is stocking supermarket shelves with nearly carbon-neutral, high-quality TOV and cherry tomatoes.… French cooperation grows with and thanks to stone wool slab French tomato grower Anne-Claire Goyer has been working with Cultilene substrate slabs and cubes for many years and is very happy with the results. She finds that Exact Air… NASA spinoff BIOS launches next-generation grow lights NASA spinoff BIOS announced its next generation of DLC-certified LED Grow Lights. Like any of the BIOS fixtures, Icarus is created with the grower in mind. "With higher… Better grip on watering strawberry crops with sensors In the Netherlands, 60-70% of total strawberry production comes from table-top cultivation. This protected type of cultivation ensures a clean and labor-friendly environment.… UV-disinfection already possible from 1 cubic meter per hour Never too much or too little, that's what UV water disinfection is all about. Including with the new Aqualux Slim Fit with a capacity of 1 cubic meter per hour. With this new… Rijk Zwaan's colourful Sweet Palermo pointed pepper mix is back in season New pepper family member in chocolate color called "Chocolonely" Now that the Dutch pepper-growing season is in full swing, the entire color mix of Sweet Palermo pointed peppers is available once again, including the eye-catching… Vertically Urban Design considerations for greenhouses vs. indoor farms "There are many lighting manufacturers in the vertical farming industry, but fewer players that offer customized turnkey solutions," says Andrew Littler, chief executive… What are the most important motives behind innovation these days? Yesterday, Bayer organized a ForwardFarming webinar. Jan de Ruiter, a Sector Banker Agricultural at Abn Amro, was one of the speakers. He kicked off the live… Technology leads greenhouse farm's growth With plenty of agricultural and technological moxie in tow, Jodi and Adrian Roelands are shifting the greenhouse farming industry while sowing their own success story. The… Wireless radio systems to remotely monitor greenhouses With a technology that does not need to be connected to the electrical grid, greenhouse activities can be managed, monitored and programmed. This is possible thanks to… Inari SEEDesign™ platform Inari raises over $200 million to unlock the full potential of seed Inari announced today it has raised $208 million in the successful completion of its latest fundraise, bringing its cumulative equity raised to more than $352… Special Crop Protection Indonesia - The Netherlands improves cooperation on plant pests risk analysis The Netherlands' Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority from the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (NVWA) collaborated with Indonesia's… "Small-scale Kentucky growers to also benefit from greenhouse technology" "We are excited to support new horticultural enterprises in Kentucky which could be transformational in controlled environment production of food, feed and pharmaceuticals,"… 163.com Shanghai develops blueberry planting technology to revitalize local agriculture Right now, it's exactly the season when blueberries are ripe in the greenhouse. In the greenhouse of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, blueberries used for… UK: East Yorkshire specialist builds medical cannabis glasshouse in hills of Scottish border Standing in the stunning surroundings of the Scottish borders hills, this new multi-million pound glasshouse has been built by a successful East Yorkshire business to house Scotland's first legal medical cannabis farm. Newport-based high-tech horticultural specialist CambridgeHOK began preparatory work on the undisclosed,… 4th generation family member returns to Tanimura & Antle Grower shipper Tanimura & Antle welcomes back a fourth generation family member, Brian Antle, as the company's executive vice-president of sales. Antle will oversee the sales… Greenhouse underway at Raritan Valley community college Raritan Valley Community College broke ground on a greenhouse that will be used by students to conduct rare plant research and grow organic food and native plants. The… US (PA): Drexel university greenhouse open to growing requests Drexel University has updated the greenhouse located on the third floor of Stratton Hall for botanical use by the Drexel community, and any students, faculty or professional… Ken Klotzbach / Post Bulletin US (MN): 'Endless possibilities' seen in new greenhouse learning center The boxes were sealed on the floor in a shed behind Grand Meadow school, Minnesota. Three teenage students started opening them. Inside: a collection of seemingly random… US (TX): DFW Airport is turning passengers' food into fertilizer to achieve carbon neutrality According to airport calculations, DFW's terminals generate about 32,000 tons of solid waste a year. And the airport says about a quarter of that trash is organic waste, or… US: USDA pleased with Mexico extending deadline for US organic exports Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Mexico's decision to extend deadline for U.S. Organic Exports "I am pleased to report that on May 7, 2021,… Today on social media LinkedIn        . Ghana agribusinesses organize conference on greenhouse production "Greenhouse humidity and temperature a major concern in Ghana" Private agribusinesses have organized the Fresh Green Ghana Project Knowledge Sharing Conference to deliberate on promoting safe greenhouse production in Ghana. CEO of… Bringing light automation to the Japanese market Heliospectra AB announced a new reseller partnership with Harahara Inc., a long-term supplier of cultivation solutions. Harahara will represent Heliospectra's… BLE- Market report week 17 / 21: 'Dutch strawberries predominant vs domestic and Italian goods' Dutch strawberry deliveries dominated over domestic and Italian deliveries. In addition, there were occasional offers from Spain, Greece and Belgium, but all in all, these… Turkey: tomato greenhouses in Harran provide employement for women in the area Women working in the greenhouses in the Harran Plain in Sanliurfa both increase the city's share of production in the sector and contribute to the family economy. Sanliurfa,… Analyticsinsight.net Top 5 agricultural robots that rule the world The impact that automation has left on each and every sector is commendable. We have got used to automation so much that getting done with certain tasks manually doesn't just… One of the longest periods with low prices in recent memory for the sector Zucchini oversupply prevails in Almeria and prices hit rock bottom Zucchini prices stand at an average of 20 cents per kilo in the auctions of Almeria, having fallen even to 12 cents in previous weeks. The prices of this product have thus… Seattle-King County area, Washington US investigators identify organic produce as possible E. coli outbreak source Organic produce could possibly be behind an E. coli O157 outbreak that has affected children in Washington's Seattle-King County area. Seven patients were… Open Calls for proposals in the BreedingValue project: European berry breeders invited to apply for funding The EU-funded research project BreedingValue, focusing on genetic resources in berries, has launched the first Open Calls for proposals. The Open Calls are a mechanism to… Eduard Ràfols, manager of Fruits Ràfols: "It's difficult to do large volumes of strawberries with such a demanding brand" For all products there is an interesting market segment in which quality is more important than prices, and in which brands play a leading role. "We realized that many of the… Mexican lettuce production increases by 4.5% The United States is the main export destination with a 98% shareMexico produced 539,000 tons of lettuce in 2020, i.e. 4.5% more than in the previous year.… Beijing: Strawberry nursery takes "high quality" as the leading standard "To produce a good strawberry, 30% is based on management, and 70% is based on the quality of seedlings," says Ms. Zong Jing, strawberry expert of the Bejing Innovation Team.  Starting… Funny Cup winner Unsubscribe Copyright (C) 2021 Hortidaily.