Holland: Retail turnover up by 2% in OctoberStatistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that retail turnover was 2.0% higher in October 2024 than in October 2023. Turnover in shops selling food, beverages and tobacco was down by 1.8% in October, year on year. Sales volume was 5.4% lower. Turnover in…
Amid growing concerns about environmental sustainability and food security, GeoBitmine hopes to a new standard for utilizing energy waste. Founder Jay Jorgensen has a vision of transforming heat waste from data centers into a resource for agriculture. Data centers are essential to modern life, powering…
Attune Agriculture has announced that its new line of insecticides has received EPA registration and will soon be available for use in all states, including California. Entrapment is a new class of insecticide that uses a purely physical mode of action to control insect and mite pests on a wide range of…
In 2021, Annogen, the Amsterdam-based biotech company behind the SuRE technology for the functional annotation of the non-coding part of the genome, and KeyGene started a collaboration to systematically screen for variants that result in important crop traits.This project has now led to the…
A dedicated group of students at Kentucky State University recently wrapped up their urban agriculture project under the guidance of Dr. Nzaramyimana Theoneste. This initiative focused on cultivating fresh produce and aimed to address food accessibility in areas that desperately need it. Over three…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a US$30 million loan to Türkiye’s Team Agro Gıda Sanayi Ve Ticaret, helping the company to finance its first geothermal greenhouse project and meet its working capital needs. The company’s newly built geothermal greenhouse in…
For many Thanksgiving dinner tables this year the salad greens had a very short trip from farm to table. About nine miles from downtown, Juneau Greens is growing lettuce and other fresh leafy greens in a new vertical hydroponic farm. On Nov. 8, John Krapek and his crew opened the new Juneau Greens retail…
“We have contracts based on volume and in the winter, prices are fixed for a good part of the production but we also collaborate with other growers to project the cucumber supply for the coming weeks then make price recommendations,” says Kristian Solbergs, Chief Executive Officer of Solbergs Gartneri.…
Scientists have uncovered genetic variation in the unexplored DNA of the photosynthetic and energy factories of Arabidopsis plants, which plays a crucial role in the efficiency of photosynthesis in plants. These groundbreaking insights—published today in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the…
Pepper growers all over the world are facing damage caused by root problems. According to some experts, a shift in emphasis in cultivation management can prevent problems. Ary de Jong (HortiTech) and Antoni de Bruin (ACB Agro) advocate investing in strong roots at an early stage and managing stable…
Amid workforce challenges, the horticulture sector is poised to adopt the latest in automation technology for pollinating, spraying, harvesting, and packing to boost productivity, with estimated labor savings on the table of up to 90 percent. Driven by industry, delivered through Hort Innovation, and led…
Some companies are now introducing a system that allows employees to grow and pick fresh strawberries at the office every day of the year. Companies that adopt the system only need to refill it with water mixed with fertilizer and pollinate the strawberries using a brush about once every two days. Light,…