Greenhouse Production News
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Vytelle Secures USDA Climate-Smart Grant As Part of An Industry Consortium to Advance Sustainable Beef Production
$10 Million Grant to Support Industry-Driven Lifecycle Approach to Reduce GHG Emissions Announced today, Vytelle released their participation in a pilot project that is part of the USDA Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities Initiative. This project, led by Low Carbon Beef, a certification company, will implement climate-smart methods in beef production, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) ...
By Vytelle, LLC
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SVG Ventures | THRIVE and Bayer Announce their Sustainability Challenge Winners
Today, SVG Ventures | THRIVE and Bayer announced the winners of their 2021 Sustainability Challenge. The Sustainable Startup Award was presented to Haystack, a US based company that enables carbon market scalability by helping farmers and carbon markets quantify carbon accurately and cost-effectively. Haystack will receive a prize package that includes investment from SVG Ventures and a place ...
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HPGen™ improves crop yields, reduces irrigation system maintenance in Almeria greenhouse
Located in the highly productive greenhouse area in the Almeria region in southern Spain, a greenhouse grower with cucumbers in winter and watermelons in summer ran into some irrigation issues: the soil in the region is dry, the climate warm and the operators use organic fertilizers. The plants are grown in the typical Almeria sandy soil (enarenado) and are irrigated with a modern drip irrigation ...
By HPNOW
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Netafim, an Orbia Company, Acquires Dutch Greenhouse Company Gakon to Meet Growing Demand for Local All-Climate Food Production
Netafim, the global leader of precision irrigation solutions and agricultural projects and part of the Orbia community of companies, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dutch turn-key greenhouse project provider Gakon Horticultural Projects. Netafim has been active for several decades in the greenhouse market and is now expanding its offering in the production and ...
By Orbia
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Valoya Launches Two New Greenhouse LED Grow Lights
Valoya, the research driven manufacturer of horticultural LED grow lights has expanded its RX-Series line of greenhouse LEDs with two new models – RX500 and RX600. The new models are higher power, higher efficiency versions of the existing RX400 model and can be used as true 1-to-1 HPS replacements. RX500 and RX600 produce up to the staggering 1700 µmol/s of uniform light output. They ...
By Valoya Oy
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There are still a few places available for the advanced course “Technological innovation for intensive greenhouse production” in March 2020
In March 2020, the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ-CIHEAM) and Fundación CAJAMAR will host an advanced course on technological innovation for intensive greenhouse production in Almeria (Spain). In a context of steadily increasing greenhouse production, technological innovations can contribute to preserve yields, improve product quality, control energy consumption and ...
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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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Reinforced Ultra-Clima greenhouse can cope with snowfall in the north of Russia
Russia aims to have more control of its food supply. This is coming under more and more pressure because of the ongoing boycott of Western vegetables and fruit. KUBO has now realised some 200 hectares of modern greenhouses. The most recent project is in Sosnogorsk, a city in the north of the country. The production greenhouse will be eleven hectares, including a nursery section. The Russian ...
By Kubo Group
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Tracking Global Price Indicators: Adifo Software Aids Feed Producers
Control your costs, reach your goals Producers of feed and food do not have an easy job. Whether you are involved in growing and processing raw materials or producing food stuff, cost control is a vital concern. Even the slightest variations can have dramatic effect on a company's bottom line. Myriad ongoing efforts exist to stabilize costs for farmers, growers and feed producers. Adifo had ...
By BESTMIX
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Commission still needs to do better on palm oil
Revised text to phase out biofuels feedstock driving deforestation reflects stakeholders’ concerns, but maintains loophole BRUSSELS, 13 March 2019 – With its newly adopted Delegated Regulation defining biofuel feedstocks associated with conversion of high-carbon-stock land, the European Commission has taken a few steps in the right direction on the issue of palm oil. But even though ...
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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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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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Save the date: October 4th at the CTIFL!
Thursday October 4th, the Agrithermic team will be present at the Balandran operational center for the National Technical Day, that will take place at the CTIFL. To register you, please click here. This day will focus on greenhouse innovations, and the production of tomatoes, strawberries and cucumbers. It will be an opportunity to meet you and to talk about our software Hortinergy and ...
By Agrithermic
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GreenTech is over: flash back on our conference
During GreenTech 2018, Vincent Stauffer gave a conference at the Climate, Water & Energy Theatre and talked about energy prediction in greenhouse ...
By Agrithermic
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Hortinergy is online !
After 5 years of Research & Development, Agrithermic a French engineering office is marketing the first online software to facilitate the construction of energy efficient greenhouses. Called Hortinergy, this decision-making tool enables producers and agricultural consultants to compare and size different equipment in order to reduce energy costs. “Energy is a major expense in ...
By Agrithermic
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Simulating Agricultural Climate Change Scenarios using Controlled Growth Chambers
Extreme weather, believed to result from climate change and increased atmospheric CO2 levels, is a concern for many. And beyond extreme events, global warming is also expected to impact agriculture.1,2 Although it is expected that climate change will significantly affect agriculture and cause decreases in crop yields, the full effects of climate change on agriculture and human food supplies ...
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Finalists Announced for the World Agri-Tech Demo Day
Rethink Events, hosts of San Francisco’s upcoming World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, together with Royse AgTech Innovation Network, are delighted to announce the twelve companies selected to pitch their ag and food-tech solutions to local VCs at the newly launched “World Agri-Tech Demo Day”. The Demo Day, taking place on March 27, offers an opportunity to very early-stage, ...
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Pedro Torres and Horticultorres Introduces New FibreDust Products in Mexico
In the summer of 2015, Pedro Torres Plaza founded Horticultorres S. de R.L. de C.V., a new company active in the field providing horticultural supplies and consulting to the Mexican greenhouse industry. Before the start of Horticultorres, Torres, an entrepreneur, realized early on that horticulture was his passion. After graduating from ITESM, campus Queretaro as an Agronomist, he gained ...
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Caterpillar Inc. and Sun Select Produce Inc. Announce Plans for Greenhouse Collaboration
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) and SunSelect Produce, Inc., known for producing premium greenhouse-grown vegetables for more than 30 years, today announced a strategic collaboration that will take the waste products of Caterpillar’s combined heat and power cogeneration facility in Mossville, Illinois, and put them to productive use in SunSelect hydroponic greenhouses. The agreement is subject ...
By Caterpillar
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End-of-production LED Lighting Increases Red Pigmentation in Lettuce
Growing vegetables in greenhouses extends crop production seasons in northern latitudes, but the greenhouse environment is far from ideal for providing plants with optimal photosynthetic light. In fact, available photosynthetic daily light in greenhouses can be reduced by up to 50% or more by the structures' glazing material, superstructure, and shading. In northern latitudes, low light is ...
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