Greenhouse Covers News
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Ko Kolk Hortensia builds new greenhouse 400 metres from existing business
In 1995 Ko Kolk stopped growing roses. The Amstelveen-based grower started focusing on Hydrangeas. A quarter of a century later, father and son Bartjan lead the way in hydrangea cultivation. Their own cut flower varieties mainly find their way in arrangements to destinations as far away as the Middle East. When the municipality needed the land for housing, Ko Kolk Hortensia was offered a ...
By Kubo Group
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First Ultra-Clima greenhouse by KUBO in Uzbekistan operational from March 2020
In March, Uzbekistan acquired its own high-tech horticulture. In that month, cultivation started in the 5.5-hectare Ultra-Clima greenhouse delivered by KUBO. The project is in the Khorezm region, an area in the west of the Central Asian country with a population of 32 million people. Interestingly: the government is the driver behind the use of modern horticultural technology. ‘Sowing ...
By Kubo Group
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The 22nd international pepper conference Nov. 17-20, 2014 Vina del Mar - Chile
The aim of the conference is to bring together those with an interest in the current status of pepper and Capsicum research, extension and technology. Topics of interest will include to: Breeding, genetics, genomic. Plant physiology and stress physiology. Horticultural management and production (rootstocks, production methods, cultural systems, irrigation and sustainable approaches). ...
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Adapt8 Appoints D.J. Domeyer Sales Manager
Adapt8, best known as the manufacturer of the greenhouse covering Solexx, has named D.J. Domeyer sales manager. Domeyer will lead the sales team and create and execute strategic sales programs. The addition of Domeyer is part of Adapt8’s strategic growth plan which calls for significant growth and business process development. Domeyer has 25 years of experience in sales and sales ...
By Adapt8 Inc
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Adapt8 Launches Tree Guardians Produced In-House
Adapt8, original developers of black and white tree trunk protectors, has moved production of Tree Guardians in-house. Manufacturing the product internally allows the company to offer both standard and custom sizes, provides significant freight savings and ensures product availability nation-wide and year-round. Tree Guardians are black and white corrugated plastic tree guards that provide trees ...
By Adapt8 Inc
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A day in the entomology lab: Beetles
Did you know that the average American eats 124 lbs of potatoes a year, that the potato was the first vegetable to be grown in space, and Vincent van Gogh painted four still-life canvases devoted entirely to the potato!? It’s true and protecting potatoes, which are grown in all 50 states in the U.S., is one thing AgBiome is striving to do. Part of AgBiome’s vision is to have the ...
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Adaptive Plastics Launches Brand Identity
Adaptive Plastics, best known as the maker of Solexx greenhouses and greenhouse coverings, is embarking on the next chapter of the company’s future with a comprehensive re-brand. The company has a new name, Adapt8, which reflects the innovations within the organization and its products, innovations that meet the rapidly evolving market the company has navigated throughout its 48 year ...
By Adapt8 Inc
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Savings made from a true IPM approach
The benefits of taking a hands on approach to pest management are being realised by one strawberry growing business in Essex. Paul Roberts, co-founder and partner of Ashdown Nursery, established nearly 30 years ago, now grows approximately 160,000 strawberry plants in greenhouses covering 1.6 hectares. All produce is marketed through Berry Gardens, a Kent based co-operative, whom Ashdown ...
By Certis UK
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Multiple datasets combined to make first global cropland and field size maps
A global cropland percentage map and a global field size map have been created for the first time to guide scientists and policymakers interested in global agricultural modelling and assessment. Both maps are for the baseline year 2005 and combined multiple data sets from global, regional and national levels to achieve a high level of accuracy and 1 km2 resolution. As the global population ...
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Decrease water emission in Egyptian vegetable production
Egypt is an important exporter of vegetables to Europe (like the well-known beans) and the Middle East. For the intensive cultivation of tomatoes and sweet peppers plastic greenhouses are used. Problems with soil diseases, water use and emission of nutrients are increasing. The collaborating Egyptian and Dutch governments are stimulating Egyptian companies to organise research into biological ...
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Turn-key Project 10 ha. Vallealto - Mexico
Verbakel-Bomkas is starting a 10 ha. greenhouse project in Monterrey, Mexico for Vallealto Produce. The first containers of materials have arrived on site and the first part of the greenhouse construction has been erected. Vallealto Produce is a first class bell pepper growing operation. The new greenhouse is an innovative plastic greenhouse with an extruded aluminium gutter and roof system. The ...
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High-tech greenhouse research facility for Australian horticulture
Supported by Wageningen UR Greenhouse horticulture, a new high-tech greenhouse research facility will be built on the campus of University of Western Sydney, 50 km West of Sydney, Australia. Greenhouse horticultural industry is fast developing in Australia. Several new large vegetable production sites have started their operation during the last years, some of them with Dutch technology. ...
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‘The best ways to increase yields are not necessarily high-tech’
According to Ernst van den Ende and Sjaak Bakker “Whatever the local conditions may be, Wageningen UR can contribute to the sustainable intensification of agriculture anywhere in the world,” says Ernst van den Ende, general director of Wageningen UR Plant Sciences Group. “Our starting point is improving existing systems rather than simply introducing the latest technologies. ...
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Greenhouse gases: 2011 emissions lower than previously estimated
Greenhouse gases fell by 3.3 % in the EU in 2011, leading to the lowest level of emissions in reports going back to 1990. The decrease in 2011 was also the third largest over this period, according to official data compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and reported by the EU to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The European Union’s total ...
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Greenhouse gases: 2011 emissions lower than previously estimated
Greenhouse gases fell by 3.3 % in the EU in 2011, leading to the lowest level of emissions in reports going back to 1990. The decrease in 2011 was also the third largest over this period, according to official data compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and reported by the EU to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The European Union’s total ...
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India Protected Cultivation Industry Outlook to 2017 - Government Initiatives Paving the Way for Future Growth
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: India Protected Cultivation Industry Outlook to 2017 - Government Initiatives Paving the Way for Future Growth ...
By ReportLinker
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