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the first year of growing in a remote location

"The best growers can go crazy in these environments"

PCA 2025:

Teaming up with AusAgritech to launch Agtech Alley

Global market overview strawberries

AGF Price Monitor week 18

Cucumber price differences remain small, while vine tomato prices vary significantly

AGEYE CEO Nick Genty:

“Automation means nothing if growers can’t operate or afford it"

CAN: University of Guelph invention can kill pathogens in seconds

Sector | Greenhouse expansion projects

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Tel Barak farmers turn to summer vegetables after grain losses

NL: Construction underway in pleasant weather for Dutch pepper giants

St. Vincent and the Grenadines move forward with Shade House Vegetable production

Philippines: Island of Palawan to get greenhouse venture
energy model to reduce import dependency and labour needs

UK: 100-acre low-carbon greenhouse enters planning

Spain: Modernization of a glass greenhouse for raspberry cultivation

China: Henan greenhouse project combines energy efficiency with yield

Sector | Cultivation

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NL: Intensified blueberry production requires more pollination

US: Research confirms that tunnel systems can extend Oregon's strawberry season
The potential of flower mapping:

Bert Meurs of Plantalogica on everbearers and hybrid seeds

Relieving waterlogging stress in cucumbers

NSAC responds to USDA announcement on partnerships for climate program
Marc Groenewegen, South West Growers:

Balancing sunlight and careful planning in the Dutch tomato sector

Improving the quality of ‘Hongyan’ strawberry fruits

Sector | Technique

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Henry B. Berman on the future of citrus:

Why more growers are betting on controlled environments
IUNU on why growers must demand ownership

"Stop paying for your own data"

Using automotive knowledge to automate crop forecasting and pest detection

Technology used in aircraft toilets also proves successful in greenhouse horticulture

The benefits of UV-C in horticulture

Two recent product launches from Ridder: Hortimax Pro and Smart Drive
TEDxDresden insights from GreenHub

Vertical farming a bridge to a planetary health diet

Sector | Climate

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India: Crops damaged by unseasonal rain

Spring frosts destroy Ukrainian tomato and strawberry crops
Carbon Less Future fights corporate greenwashing with an on-site subscription model

"It's a powerful shift from passive carbon credits to hands-on carbon sequestration"

US (IL): Strawberry season underway after historic rainfalls

Romanian growers hit hard by variable weather
Phormium CLIMA+ 65 O Screen

Finca El Saladar Boosts Asian vegetables production

US (FL): Problems mount for growers thanks to climate, trade war

Sector | Company News

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NatureSweet chief legal officer joins CEA Alliance Board of Directors

New partnership aims to use technology to create disease resistance in crops

Prospiant appoints new General Manager CEA for Canada

Number of produce companies make Canada's Best Managed Companies list

HB RTS secures 145 million euro refinancing

iGrow Marketplace announces the addition of SGS Crop Science’s laboratory services to its brand portfolio

New ICL acquisition aims to strengthen microbial ag solutions

Sector | Grower in the Spotlight

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Afghanistan: Paktia growers call for greenhouse promotion from government

Several Dutch growers receive royal honor

Georgia: Akhmeta Municipality gets new greenhouse

Argentina: Michelin star chef collects seeds from around the world for his restaurant

Dutch fruit and vegetable experts visit A-brand BelOrta
Kai Reinheimer on outdoor tomato cultivation:

"In the future, people will look for alternatives to greenhouse cultivation"
Organic grower David Hermans starts second season of organic strawberries

"The biggest challenge in growing organic strawberries is market security"

Sector | Crop Protection

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Nigeria: Growers losing money due to outbreak of tomato leafminer

Amoéba obtains Dutch permit for biocontrol trials

US (NY): Trials show that ground barrier may aid fight against swede midge
Practical innovation for tomato growers

"Improved monitoring of Nesidiocoris tenuis using PheroNesi pheromone"
Establishment and retention

Helping natural enemies thrive in the greenhouse

New pepper virus spreading rapidly in Spain

Germany: Fighting against fire blight and microbial priming in lettuce

Sector | Market Information

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National Retail Report - Specialty Crops:

Produce ads rise with festive deals and price shifts

U.S. raspberry production up 27%

US (MI): MSU issues a statewide crop report for May

Highly anticipated local fiddlehead season is about to kick off

Japanese strawberries enter Philippine market

FPC urges UK government to act on post-Brexit border delays

US (GA): Georgia growers will get Hurricane Helene disaster relief ‘soon,’ USDA official says

Sector | Energy

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Thermal batteries can also effectively cool the greenhouse

Sharing CHP heat through former geothermal pipeline

Spanish fruit and vegetable sector hit hard by power outages

NL: Geothermal activities Polanen in full swing

Generating heat from electricity: from 20 to 120 degrees Celsius in one step
Division Q invests in Skytree

Koppert Cress intends to capture CO2 from the atmopshere

Yeager Energy after acquisitions: “Focus now on geothermal growth in greenhouse horticulture”

Sector | Fertilizers

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Using nutrient support to maximize blueberry yield

Strawberry cultivation can be effectively managed with organic fertilization too

US: Greenhouse trial confirms usefulness of Windfall's fertilizer

Using circular nitrogen as a fertilizer
From Wolverhampton to the world:

Aptisens’ Ion-sensing technology that completely moves away from lab testing

Healthy amounts of boron in vegetables
Qatar's Al Khor Farm boosting yields and shelf life with Biota Nutri:

"From pesticides to fertilizers, everything we use now is 100% organic"

Sector | Breeding

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Study shows that vegetable grafting technology offers resilient yields for climate-stressed cultivation
Arwen, of Berries del Oeste

"We are proud to have brought stability and security to the market, with a variety about which nobody has any complaints"

India: Research shows that grafting technology can significantly boost vegetable yield
Breedx:

Breeding for the consumer, not the commodity

Nico van Vliet joins Yuksel Seeds

Seed coating with biostimulants: aimed at a strong cultivation start
rootstock, variety and IPM protocol

Taiwan Research Center presents solutions to optimize mini tomato supply chain

Sector | Product Info

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Greenhouse tomato demand expected to pick up with warmer temperatures
Drones in British farming:

Aerial tools for shade, seeds and soil
Zeljko Fabijanic from Surplus Systems GmbH:

"Exportability makes Ernte-Box interesting for the international market"

50 years of Van Dijk Heating with new leadership and innovation ahead of GreenTech 2025
Canadian consumers ask for locally grown produce

“It’s such a good feeling to see the pull in demand”
Scaling vertical farming through partnerships and social impact:

“I cannot sit in Sweden and dictate how farmers in India, South Africa, or Nigeria should grow their crops”

The difference between active and passive greenhouse cooling systems

Sector | Open field vegetables

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Leaf lettuce movement still slow

Mature green tomatoes experience a good market only once every five years

Demand strong for Michigan asparagus as imports drop

AI-powered cultivator surpasses 60,000 acres and three billion plants scanned

Lipman Farms acquires Tennessee tomato grower

India: BAU develops new open-field cherry tomato varieties

American tomato growers applaud decision to terminate Tomato Suspension Agreement

Sector | Substrates and starting materials

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Why priming is needed for seed X-ray upgrading
Sinterra develops substrate-free plant pot

Eliminating one of the most traditional elements in growing

Points of attention when growing on new substrates

Call for horticulture seed center in Papua New Guinea

Hydrogel formulated substrate allows crop-specific recipes

An introduction to the root zone microbiome

Coco peat from India’s Cauvery River delta

Sector | Organic cultivation

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Gunther De Vadder (BelOrta):

"In organic growing, it's essential to identify market needs"

Kazakh farmers to gain easier access to EAEU markets for organic products
Ontario's 2024 Organic Market Report released

"Ontario's organic market continues to see robust growth"

On-the-vine snacking tomatoes now offered as organic

Sector | Today on social media

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Clock House Farm

Christopher Higgins
General Manager @ Kurt Group of companies

Fatih Kördemirci

Nicky Mann

"Building trust is what it's about in the current industry"

Thriving tomato plants
Entomology🐛 Plant pathology 🌿 Biological control 🐞 Hydropony 🍅 Fruit gorwing 🍏 Professional in plant protection. Speicalization on free from pesticide residue growing and biological pest control.

Václav Psota

Sector | Food Safety & Sanitation

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Azerbaijan bans Turkmen tomatoes over virus

US: Open field tomatoes recalled in multiple states over salmonella risk

32 tons of tomatoes from Turkey rejected at Georgian border due to pest contamination

Taylor Farms says it wasn’t the source of E. Coli outbreak in Romaine lettuce

Lawsuits filed over E. coli outbreak linked to Taylor Farms

Study links fruit and vegetable intake to reduced hospital stays and costs

Illegal crop protection agents found during raid at soft fruit grower

Sector | Events

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Food & Beverage Business Event by Aptean

"The food company of the future is powered by data and sustainability"
Feedback on the AGENTIAL AI and Priva partner training events

What is going on in the digital transformation of agriculture?

Reflecting on IFPA’s The Retail Conference

Plant Empowerment launches first workshop in the UK

NL: New day program announced for Delphy ISFC Field Day

Recapping the 2025 China Seed Congress

Sanifruit to hold a conference in Almeria on post-harvest solutions for tomatoes, peppers, and zucchini

Sector | Labor and automation

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Automation in motion, from seeding to harvest

"We’ve designed a system that works across multiple farm formats"

Survey reveals insights into skin cancer in the horticulture workforce

ProJoules expands platform to allow for smarter bell pepper performance tracking

UC San Diego develops tape-inspired gripper for delicate produce

Studying autonomous navigation methods for agricultural robots
"One day, you could suddenly find yourself hacked"

Meeting held on 'Working smarter and safer with AI'

Zordi secures investment to advance robotic dexterity in agriculture

Sector | Retail

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Iceland Foods set to open first ever Asia-Pacific store in China this summer

Eroski expects to take the 6bln euro sales cap
East of England Co-op has announced it has returned to profit

Ahold Delhaize: Strong first quarter sales growth
European Commission approved ICA Gruppen's divestment of Rimi Baltic to Salling Group

New initiative to get young people in Sweden to eat more fruit: ICA
Colruyt said its full-year result would likely miss forecasts

Lidl is rapidly expanding in Spain with the aim to open 50 new stores in 2025
Morrisons first UK retailer to deploy Simbe Tally robot

Sainsbury’s: First supermarket conversion of 2025 completed
Shinsegae Department Store: Home-grown papayas soar in popularity

First Spar Supermarket has now opened in Rwanda

US: Tomato industry going through significant changes

Sector | Lighting and technique

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The impact of spectral manipulation on crops

Cucumbers under dynamic lighting: when strategy meets performance
REGACE to unveil improved system:

Greece: Improved sun-tracking greenhouse system at upcoming general assembly
Collaboration between C-Led and Green Has

Specific lighting for an experimental fruit and vegetable centre

CAN: Greenscale adopts Sollum Technologies dynamic LED lighting

NL: Using intelligent lighting to improve production

US: Almendra brings ‘night interruption’ LED tech to open fields for ‘dramatic’ boost to crop yields

Sector | Irrigation

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How can reverse osmosis help in the greenhouse?

Predictive irrigation to redefine the future of water management

RDAR grows partnership with Whole Leaf to enhance Canadian food security

NL: Rainlevelr welcomes 100th participant
Sumika Agrotech’s Sumisansui:

Irrigating smarter with Japanese technology

World Water Day should be viewed as a regular checkpoint
Irrisense: efficiency, sustainability, and optimal productivity

A new way to irrigate soilless crops

Sector | Post-harvest & Packaging

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World Container Index - 01 May:

Drewry World Container Index drops 3% to $2,091 per 40ft box

Expanding reusable packaging partnership with retailer
Sapori Antichi - Gruppo Muraca

Italian tomato flour wins an award
Laurenz Vincke, Alpagro Packaging

Lidding films for every crate size

WECO and Multiscan Appoint Davide Varzè as President

Automation via optimization

Looking at the impact of different precooling methods on the quality and storage of strawberries

Sector | Education and research

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Looking into the mining of candidate genes for pepper fruit color and development

University of Florida Greenhouse Training Online course starts on June 2

The impact of amino acids on hydroponically grown lettuce

Ground broken for the Agrosciences and Agritechnologies Innovation Complex in the Agtech Zone

Leaf absorption contributes to accumulation of microplastics in plants, study finds

Using plant growth bacteria as a biofertilizer

Using hydroxide and zinc salts to enhance fruit shelf life

Sector | Cartoons

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Frustrated resident throws rotten produce at noisy cars

Chinese university’s admission letter can cut fruit

Sector | Logistics

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Why driver safety training for new hires is essential in the horticulture industry
Chris Ortiz from the Bremen-based freight forwarding company CoolerU GmbH:

"We see significant potential for hydrogen compared to electric trucks"
Cold chain sensor to be unveiled at Transport Logistic 2025 in Germany

“We hope to provide safe cold chain logistics for fresh produce”
Hermus International enters peak season

Transport company embraces digital transformation

UK: Easement of the attachment of UK Plant Passports in EU Member States extended for 19 months

Latvia extends ban on fresh produce imports from Russia and Belarus for another year

Flynas launches direct cargo flights from Entebbe to Riyadh

Sector | Management and funding

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US (NY): $8,500 contribution to aid in building hydroponic garden

Turkey: Ankara growers get 50% grant for greenhouse cover

Gardin raises $4.5M in latest round of funding

Jamaica: Strawberry growers get financing of $43 million

US (MN): Combined total of $100,000 in grants aid growers

US: Growers Edge receives $25M in new funding round

CAN: $75K contribution to help Bethesda’s Greenhouse Project