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What to expect at HortiContact this year?
2024-03-01 00:00
The significance of HortiContact is evident from the fact that it is chosen as the platform to launch innovations. This aligns with the trade fair's slogan: HortiContact; Where the future begins.Please find below the complete trade fair program and a few examples of the innovations.
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The Netherlands: RHP certification for Van Egmond Potgrond
2024-03-01 00:00
The company Van Egmond Potgrond in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) is RHP certified with end products Horticulture and the renewable raw material wood fiber.
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Special labor and staff
2024-03-01 00:00
Robots aren't fully ready yet, and there's a widespread lack of human labor in many sectors. Wages, work conditions, but also skill level, are all points to address, currently. That's why this month, the special is going to focus on labor and staff.
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The Perennial Plant Association (PPA) is pleased to announce an updated awards program to recognize leaders in the herbaceous perennial plant industry.
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Improving crop growth and worker comfort with Phormium's Clima+ 35 O at Amerigo Farms
2024-03-01 00:00
John Albers is the proud President at Amerigo Farms, located in Mt. Dora, Florida. With a passion for cultivating flowering crops, John has expanded his farm with the latest greenhouse technology from Cravo, the Cravo Retractable Cooling House. The primary focus of this expansion is to grow
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For the 2024 International Women's Day celebration in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, over 1 million flowers from various countries have been imported. These flowers will be brought in by the retail chains "Krasny Yar" and "Baton."
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UK: Opportunities in Horticulture Careers Fair at CAFRE
2024-03-01 00:00
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise hosted an 'Opportunities in Horticulture Careers Fair' for students studying Floristry and Horticulture at Greenmount Campus, Antrim.
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Thrips control in roses: strategy, action and results
2024-03-01 00:00
The floriculture sector is of great importance worldwide. Colombia and Ecuador are the second and third largest exporters of flowers per year, accounting for 24% of the world market share and supplying major markets such as the United States, Russia, and the Netherlands (Chambers, 2024).
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Hopman Flower Farms celebrates fifth anniversary
2024-03-01 00:00
Hopman Flower Farms celebrates five years in business today. In this article, Lawrence Hopman, the firm's founder describes the feeling of building a start-up from nothing.
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New appointments and promotions at Jiffy
2024-03-01 00:00
Jiffy has appointed and promoted several individuals. Kent Carrell, North American Sales Manager at Jiffy, shared his enthusiasm for the developments: "With our North American business growing, we're excited to introduce several strategic changes, including the expansion of our Preforma line.
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The second stage of the pilot project on training women in progressive horticultural practices has concluded at the Polissia National University, marking a significant step in the revitalization of Ukraine's agricultural sector. The initiative was conducted in collaboration with the Department
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Floriday looks for opportunities to simplify processes within the floriculture industry and make them more efficient. The supply chain sticker is a solution for more control and efficiency in the logistics process, for both growers and buyers. This is further explained below and in the video.
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Soft robot fingers carefully squeeze without sensors
2024-02-29 00:00
With a brief squeeze, you know whether an avocado, peach, or tomato is ripe. This is what a soft robot hand also does, for example, during automated harvesting. However, up until now, such a gripper needed sensors in its 'fingers' to determine whether the fruit was ripe enough. Shibo Zou and Bas
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Nigeria: Plateau ACReSAL greenhouse initiative to tackle land degradation, desertification
2024-02-29 00:00
In tackling the challenges of land degradation and desertification faced by farmers and as part of efforts to enhance food security in Nigeria, the Agro-Climate Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) has ushered in a new technology-driven approach for local agriculture with its innovative
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Market for edible flowers blossoms in Tunisia
2024-02-29 00:00
A Tunisian entrepreneur growing edible flowers says she is surprised by the appetite for her homegrown product in the North African country and hopes to see a "new culinary culture" bloom. Sonia Ibidhi, a 42-year-old journalist, turned to organic farming of the niche but in-demand product "out
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Kuehne+Nagel Air Logistics expands services at JFK
2024-02-29 00:00
Logistics company Kuehne+Nagel has expanded its John F. Kennedy International airport (JFK) facility with a 4,500 sq. ft. stand-alone, GxP-compliant, temperature-controlled area, as well as an additional 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse space. The expansion of their 78,763 sq. ft. warehouse also
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Finding alternatives to peat
2024-02-29 00:00
Among the challenges growers face, the reduction in peat use certainly gives more than one headache. Reducing the peat content in substrates by up to 50% presents minimal challenges, especially in certain climates where alternative materials can complement or even improve growing media
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International Rootstocks Symposium to be held at Macfrut 2024
2024-02-29 00:00
The Plant Nursery Area, which is a plant nursery and varietal innovation exhibition, will return to Macfrut 2024 (8-10 May, Rimini Expo Centre). As part of the Plant Nursery Area, the International Rootstocks Symposium will take place on May 8th and 9th. During this event on genetic innovations
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That Flower Feeling initiative appoints Advisory Board members
2024-02-29 00:00
CalFlowers introduces the eight individuals forming the inaugural Advisory Board for their "That Flower Feeling" initiative.
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Plants for Perennial continue to bloom
2024-02-29 00:00
Plants for Perennial are back blooming in homes and gardens across the UK in aid of all those who work with plants, trees, flowers, or grass.
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