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Niagara Propagators: A new chapter for the Schenck legacy in greenhouse horticulture

“We’ve applied five generations of knowledge to build this facility”

Ronald Thijssen, Ammerlaan Construction

“Building a leafy greens facility starts with production goals and cultivation decisions, not technical specifications”

New electric Ecoster E: Efficient with certainty, even when growing on organic substrates

Hans Elenbaas, Elenbaas Zeegroenten:

"Sea bananas have now firmly established themselves as the third key sea vegetable after samphire and sea lavender"

New Chairman announced for Enza Zaden's Supervisory Board

Innovative substrate solutions for a changing market

Light Science Technologies appoints new Business Development Manager

"There's a robust crop ready for the summer"

Sector | Greenhouse expansion projects

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Update Monday afternoon

The cause of the Agro Care greenhouse collapse
Greenhouse tomatoes 30% more expensive than last year

Tomato and potato prices drop in Ukraine

Netherlands: 9 hectare modern greenhouse collapsed

Mongolia: Smart greenhouse complex to be established in Ulaanbaatar

Philippines: Baguio City stresses importance of smart farming

“It’s a trial project - but we’ve integrated a lot of our new technology”

Nigeria: Firm unveils greenhouse to boost smart farming in Jos

Sector | Cultivation

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Improving target identification to aid in strawberry growth

US (LA): On a mission to protect pollinators
Exceeds 2 hectares for the first time

Tomélon mini watermelon returns to supermarket shelves
Walmart to source only from suppliers that adopt IPM practices

Retailers are increasingly creating pollinator health policies

Looking at greenhouse practices for better stigma yield and corm quality of saffron
Georgia series – part 4:

Georgia's first yearround hydroponic strawberry producer uses geothermal energy

The role of CEA and Integrated Pest Management in the organic produce category

Sector | Technique

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Dutch and international growers dive into hydroponics innovation

UK: Using technology to boost strawberry yields by up to 250%
Sandra Gostner: "Production increases with premium tomatoes, long and snack-sized cucumbers"

Floating and ground-mounted photovoltaic systems with rainwater collection increasingly eco-friendly choices
also new: continuous insight into assimilate balance

Harvest forecast adjusted daily with new software
Bruce Carman on engineering modular micro-environments for urban food production

“You can keep adding capsules to your overall operation as finances permit”

Thanks to Ria, no more gaps: accordion mesh with a personal twist
Take Root Bio Technologies' Kirk Siderman-Wolter:

“Revenue diversification isn’t just a hedge against risk, it’s a growth engine”

Sector | Climate

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US (VT): "Backwards spring" helps state strawberry growers
Navigating horticulture in Mauritius

“We spent nights on Google Earth”

Heat wave and Hurricane Erick tighten tomato supply

Belgian strawberry season struggling as heatwave continues

Ukraine: Strawberry, raspberry production damaged by freezing weather for a second year

“In the summer, we’re flying in strawberries from the U.S., tomatoes from Spain. It doesn’t make sense.”

US (NH): Growers hopeful for good strawberry season despite rain

Sector | Company News

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Dyson engineers vertical strawberry system to boost UK food security

“We get two-and-a-half times uplift in the output of the greenhouses”

New Account and Systems Specialist for the Midwest Region

AmericanHort elects new board leadership, members

New production hall for Van der Waay
Green City Farming raises SEK 7.5 million from current investors

“The funding round came together through strong relationships with our existing investor base"

New Global Sales Leader announced for Signify

Texas Governor signs bipartisan resolution supporting cross-border tomato trade

Sector | Grower in the Spotlight

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Elevating growth literally with a raised greenhouse
40 acres of greenhouses, with an option to expand to 80 acres

US: Little Leaf Farms will more than double capacity with new Tennessee campus

Alaska: Growing lettuce in temperatures that reach -60 degrees

US (PA): UPMC Memorial Hospital campus gets year round greenhouse service
Malaia's Microgreens cultivates for the culinary elite

Tailoring vertical farming for Michelin-starred restaurants

US (WI): New berry offered by Cottage Grove growers

Moldova: Woman dies after being struck by lightning outside greenhouse

Sector | Crop Protection

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US: Effective use of crop protection agents in greenhouses, tunnels

Vietnam: Authorities warn of dangerous residues on imported vegetables

New mobile disinfection cart launched for greenhouse growers

US: Nitrogen and insect pressure in focus when growing leafy greens

Taiwan: 82 of 877 tested farm products non-compliant for crop protection agents

AI-powered scouting flags pests before outbreaks, cuts labor costs

"Resistance to ToBRFV should not come at the expense of quality"

Sector | Market Information

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NL: "Strong cucumber demand, slight rise in vine tomato prices, green peppers remain scarce"
Agreste

Lower production expected for zucchinis in 2025

FAO has built over 2,000 greenhouses in Afghanistan since 2020

Driving innovation and investments in Indonesia’s horticulture sector

"This scenario brings Polish blueberry season back to back to normality"
Gartenbauzentrale Papenburg eG on the marketing of fruit vegetables:

"We are all hoping for the market to stabilize in the second half of the season"
Agreste

Less French cucumber greenhouses, but more cucumbers

Sector | Energy

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CO2 to greenhouse horticulture

NL: Queen Máxima opens CO2 capture installation Twence
ZVG criticizes unequal treatment with regard to electricity tax in horticulture

"Differentiation is not only disappointing, but also objectively incomprehensible"

Japan: Year-long tomato cultivation made possible with geothermal heat
Carlos Reuven and Co ten Wolde, Digital Energy

Using heat from AI data centers to warm greenhouses
Geothermal grower Leon Ammerlaan:

"To maintain horticulture and industry in the Netherlands, we need solutions like these"
Aquasol Solar, Dutch specialist in floating solar panels

"There is now a system in place that we are proud of"

Using 50% less energy for disinfection

Sector | Fertilizers

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Tensions in Middle East threatening global growers

NL: Cucumbers grown on fertilizers derived from sewage water

University of Florida offering nutrition management course

A fungus to help plants absorb nutrients
how micro organisms help crops grow

"Bacteria are not Pac-Man, they don't just eat things"

Using nutrient support to maximize blueberry yield

Strawberry cultivation can be effectively managed with organic fertilization too

Sector | Breeding

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Hazera

"We want to enrich the healthy snack segment with colorful and milder radishes"

New blackberry Loch Katrine to debut at Fruit Focus

US (MA): New bioscience company launches

Preparing resistant crops for newly identified downy mildew race

Russia closes all routes for Dutch propagation material
Pedro Pleguezeulo, Syngenta:

First cucumber variety highly resistant to ToLCNDV

South Africa: New rights for plant breeders come into effect

Sector | Product Info

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Nogales tomato trade faces tension amid duty threats

Canadian greenhouse grower exhibits for the first time

€20 million blueberry project launched in Cariñena

Premium salad kits make debut

New cherry tomato variety added to organic line

Indian scientists develop seedless tomatoes
"we put the whole fruit in"

16 fruits and vegetables power new skincare line

Sector | Open field vegetables

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Azerbaijan’s tomato exports up nearly 15% in 2025

Zimbabwe increasing horticultural exports to UK

US (IN): Federal cutbacks threatening food supply

Taiwan: Boosting spring onion growth with LED lighting

Stronger pricing on shorter field bell pepper supply

US (MI): Downy mildew disease confirmed on cukes in Lenawee County
Levantia Seed offers high-performing rocket and pumpkin varieties

Summer sowing - how to successfully cope with stress

Sector | Substrates and starting materials

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“Kronosor can compete with my standard rootstock”
Sakata anticipates European regulation to stop using products containing microplastics

"The coating of our seeds is now 100% bio-sourced and biodegradable"

UK: Switching substrates could aid strawberry industry to decrease emissions

“Recirculating sounds good in theory, but the reality is much different”

Sakata EMEA anticipates new regulations on microplastics

“For our growers to succeed, they need a reliable start”

“Some growers don’t want to wait - they want the machines now”

Sector | Organic cultivation

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The effects of green synthesized silver nanocomposites on organic tomato plants

"We are one of Florida's pioneers of organic berries"

US (CA): Celebrating National Fruits and Vegetables Month by aiding growers

EU: Farmers, breeders and seed saver organizations call on Member States to protect farmers’ seed exchanges

Nepal: Fully organic produce collection center launched
Gunther De Vadder (BelOrta):

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

Sector | Today on social media

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Great Lakes Greenhouses Inc.
Grower-Manager at Naumann

Manuel Melgoza Magdaleno

MANDY'S

Thriving tomato plants

Sector | Food Safety & Sanitation

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US: Salmonella outbreak declared over by CDC

Fuentes Farms recalls open field cucumbers over Salmonella risk

US: The shoppers guide to food grown without contaminants

US: First lawsuit filed over salmonella outbreak

Kazakhstan denies Russian accusations over virus in tomato shipments

US: FDA elevates tomato recall thanks to renewed salmonella risk

Cucumber products recalled over salmonella risk

Sector | Events

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Strong turnout at first-ever CO₂ Knowledge Event

Pest control experts to appear at Cultivate '25

Del fresco Pure to exhibit at Organic Produce Summit

Keynote speakers for IFPA’s 2025 Global Produce & Floral Show announced

US: Women in Ag Tech Returns to Tech Hub LIVE 2025

Jolly Farmer named Greenhouse Canada's 2025 Grower of the Year

Prime Minister of New Zealand visits World Horti Center

Sector | Labor and automation

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Looking into the blood health of greenhouse workers

"New micro vegetable slicer increases efficiency and reduces manual work"

Fully automated harvesting system for pepper grower

Weighing in on Trump's promise of immigration reform

AI sorter launched for fruit and vegetable grading

Using AI and computer vision to collect data and generate actionable insights for growers
KÖHRA-Frische already processes 80 per cent of orders digitally

"There are simply too few people to handle all processes manually"

Sector | Retail

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Lidl GB launching campaign to bring back half-time orange slices ahead of UEFA Women’s Euro 2025

Studenac has secured €300mln in funding
Coop Italia remained among the top 3 in Italian large-scale distribution

Sainsbury’s: Highest market share since 2016
Southern Co-op to sell 22 of its directly operated food convenience stores

Lidl: 25 years in Ireland
Lidl celebrating its role as Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Partner of UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™

Consum has reached a milestone of 1,000 stores
M&S - New strawberries and cream sandwich just in time for Wimbledon

Driscoll’s - London’s first-ever pop-up devoted to berries 3 days this June
EDEKA Beckesepp self-service checkouts with AI-powered fresh produce recognition from Diebold Nixdorf

Kantar data: Value sales of cavolo nero or ‘Italian kale’ have grown 19% YOY
Amazon plans to invest £40bln in the UK

Kantar: UK sales of mangoes and blueberries climbing by 27% and 10% each

Sector | Lighting and technique

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38 years in the industry

"We let our customers focus on their end products without the IP concerns"

Precision light and climate monitoring with a four-year warranty

Using a dynamic spectrum to light tomatoes like never before
from cowboys to standard: 15 years of LED lighting

“Intensities and DLIs to rise, dimmability will be standard, tunable will become more economically viable”

Signify extends GrowWise to allow for remote light steering
Sollum to host

Grower led webinar on LED lighting
"We stand with our customers"

Hawthorne responds to Osram’s legal action against grower

Sector | Irrigation

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4evergreen begins work on new water reservoir

"We are reducing our reliance on rainwater"

New food safety requirements for irrigation water
Grupo La Caña completes its participation in the iGUESSmed project

Reducing water use without with climate and soil sensors
Rainbow Greenhouses on their 40-year operations

A simplified assortment as the best recipe for continuous expansion

Evaluating irrigation strategies for tomato and pepper crops

New double rail suspended mobile irrigation officially hits the market

New intelligent irrigation solution to be unveiled at GreenTech

Sector | Post-harvest & Packaging

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Innovative packaging technology by Siropack (Italy):

The 'Respect' technology patent extends across the Americas

Scientists find a way to extend shelf life through melatonin injections
Packaging as part of the production chain

“It doesn’t end at the gutter”

Belgian packaging supplier celebrates new premises and 25th anniversary of Sint-Truiden branch

“Dynamic weighing line leads to a noticeable productivity boost, by 30%”
Frank Hessing, Hessing Supervers:

“We are coming from a labor-intensive industry and are going to a capital-intensive industry”

"We hope this data logger can help reduce the losses in the cold chain for fruits and vegetables"

Sector | Education and research

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How to extract protein from tomato plant leaves

Using dry matter distribution to simulate strawberry yield

Dolls that husk and wow

University of Guam launches second cohort of Community Backyard Aquaponics Systems program

Looking at how light fluctuation affects tomato growth

UK: University of Lincoln recognized for role in nation's industrial strategy

200+ sensors and two indoor climate cells support data-driven trials at Proefcentrum Hoogstraten

Sector | Management and funding

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US (IA): $10,000 awarded to high school greenhouse project

Wales gets Agri-tech & Food-tech boost through funding

New financing opportunities available in the Romanian vegetable sector

NL: Scope Biosciences announces follow-on investment round

USDA accepting applications for plant health funding

AAB: “We want to make the horticultural and energy sector responsibly sustainable”

Farm Credit Canada to invest $2 billion in agri-food innovation

Sector | Logistics

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Uwe Koch from Smox – Smart Logistics:

"Our system can save significant costs for storage and transport"

Israel: Inspectors foil attempted vegetable smuggling

Mega ships gradually return to Suez Canal

Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan explore direct fresh produce trade and joint logistics hubs
Tzone launches TT19 4G real-time temperature and humidity GPS sensor at Transport Logistic 2025 in Germany

"With rising shipping costs, real-time temperature and humidity data loggers help reduce losses in fresh produce logistics"
Mercedes Pérez, manager of Miratrans:

"With Covid, costs increased by 30%, and they have not been regulated again"

Another Dutch train strike on Friday