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Groundbreaking Step Makes Van Der Hoeven The Largest Turnkey Greenhouse Supplier On The Chinese Market
Joining forces after years of successful collaboration with partner Yonghong. Van der Hoeven Horticultural Projects launches the first joint venture ever set up in China by a company of its kind. Together with its partner Kunshan Yonghong Greenhouse Co., Ltd., Van der Hoeven takes an important step in the chain. This groundbreaking collaboration makes them the largest and most complete turnkey ...
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Van Der Hoeven Brings New Dimension To Controlled Environment Agriculture By Opening Office In The United States
The world is increasingly realizing that we need to preserve our planet and that it requires a more sustainable approach on agriculture. Additionally, people across the globe deserve access to healthy food. The demand for locally grown and healthy food continues to grow in the U.S. as well. Moreover, the U.S. continues to be a strategic hub for global decision-making in Controlled Environment ...
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Van Der Hoeven Horticultural Projects Realises Doubling For Costa
Costa is located in New South Wales in Australia, near the village of Guyra. This client grows tomatoes for the Australian market. The construction of the current project started in 2019. However, work temporarily halted, caused by the bushfires that raged in Australia at the end of 2019, but the project eventually resumed in September 2020. Daan Kristel (Project Coordinator) explains the details ...
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Celebrating Research Centre’s Third Anniversary with Notable Accomplishments & Milestones
Urban Crop Solutions (UCS) launched its research centre in 2020. The fully equipped state-of-the-art research centre, housed at its HQ in Belgium, boasts multiple controlled environment growth chambers for crop cultivar screening, nutrient formulations, plant cultivation techniques, LED light spectrum research, hydroponic irrigation, and cultivation development. The research centre is operated by ...
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AlfaTech (SG) Becomes Integration and Service Partner of Urban Crop Solutions for South East Asia
AlfaTech will become the integration and service partner for the products of Urban Crop Solutions (UCS) in the South East Asian region. After an already first successful joint project for the National University of Singapore, both technology companies will now work together for indoor vertical farming projects. Urban Crop Solutions has since 2014, been active in the engineering, procurement, ...
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Urban Crop Solutions Ranked #4 in Fact Company’s List of Most Innovative Companies
Urban Crop Solutions has been named the fourth Most Innovative company in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by Fast Company. The only indoor farming company to be named in this category, it stood out for the launch of PharmSpeeTM – a platform enabling the use of plants, instead of animal cells or synthetic materials, for the production of ingredients for the biopharmaceutical, life ...
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Urban Crop Solutions Launches E-Shop for Spare Parts and Consumables
In a further extension of their service offering, Urban Crop Solutions has launched an e-shop to better support their existing, and new customers in the day-to-day as well as long-term operation of their indoor farming businesses. Everything that an operator needs – from seeds and substrates to sensors and container parts – can be ordered via the e-shop. The e-shop is a separate and ...
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Carbon Robotics Disrupts Farming Industry with Autonomous Weeders
Carbon Robotics, an autonomous robotics company, today unveiled its third-generation autonomous weed elimination robots. The Autonomous Weeder leverages robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and laser technology to safely and effectively drive through crop fields to identify, target and eliminate weeds. Unlike other weeding technologies, the robots utilize high-power lasers to eradicate weeds ...
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Cultivating change: Sri Lanka’s smallholder farmers explore climate-resilient solutions
On the north-central plains of Sri Lanka, in the small rural village in Galenbindunuwewa, a community of maize farmers are reshaping their farming practices to respond to the growing challenges posed by climate change. They recently welcomed researchers from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and a delegation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food ...
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Duo promoted at award-winning AgTech business Light Science Technologies
Two members of staff at AgTech company Light Science Technologies (LST) have been promoted across two key departments, as the business goes from strength to strength. Linzi Naisbitt has been promoted to Business Development Manager after two years with the Derby-based firm that provides sensor and lighting technology for indoor farming, including vertical farming and greenhouses. Linzi ...
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Streamlining Wood Processing: Zibo Chenze’s Complete Wood Handling System
Streamlining Wood Processing: Zibo Chenze’s Complete Wood Handling System In the dynamic landscape of the paper pulp and wood-based panel industry, the efficiency of wood handling from logs to chips is paramount. Zibo Chenze Machinery stands at the forefront, offering a comprehensive wood handling system that transforms raw logs into high-quality wood chips. Let’s delve into the key ...
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Balancing Act: Reconciling the Laws of Minimum and the Maximum
Does going to the extreme in fertilizer application overcome yield limitations? When it comes to plant development and yield, imbalance is more likely to threaten soil health, production and your pocketbook. Instead, achieving nutrient balance is crucial to crop success. With that in mind, we reflect on the often-perceived conflicting theories – Liebig’s Law of Minimum and ...
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Women in Benchmark, who make a difference in aquaculture: Berta Contreras Mutis
Since September 2023, Berta Contrera Mutis, marine chemist by profession occupies the position of General Manager in Benchmark Genetics Chile, based in the city of Puerto Varas, surrounded by lakes and mountains in the south of the country. From there, she leads a large group of professionals, which includes the operation of two piscicultures: Curacalco and Ensenada, where, after sophisticated ...
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Unveiling of “ground-breaking” sugar beet cleaner loader
Embarking on a new era in sugar beet technology, CTM has introduced the Optimus – a state-of-the-art sugar beet cleaner loader. Following 25 years of success with the CTM9000 series, the Optimus is designed to tackle the evolving challenges faced by modern farmers during the harvesting process. ...
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IOC Mission To Slovenia
The IOC’s Olive Growing, Olive Oil and Environment Unit travelled to Slovenia from 14 to 17 February at the request of the European Union and following an invitation of the country’s Institute for Oliveculture (IZO), headed by Maja Podgornik. The visit was centred around the organisation of a workshop on fertilisation and cryptogamic diseases of the olive tree. The IOC delegation also ...
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The IOC welcomes the organisers of the QOCO competition 2024
The 16th edition of “QOCO, a trickle of extra virgin olive oil in the plate”, was presented at the IOC headquarters in Madrid on Friday 9 February. The ceremony gave the world’s olive-growing community – from Uruguay and Argentina in the West, to Japan in the East, and including Iran, which holds the presidency of the IOC Council of Members in 2024 – the opportunity ...
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The IOC hosts a Refresher Course on Olive Oil Standards
On Wednesday 7 February, the IOC welcomed representatives of the Spanish Supermarket Chains Association (ACES) for a refresher course on international standards applying to olive oil and an update of the current market situation and forecasts. The training was organised by the IOC’s Standardisation and Research Unit, headed by Mercedes Fernandez, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry ...
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Alfa Chemistry Unveils Its Range of Dietary Supplements: Fruit Juice Powder, Enzyme Powder, and Probiotics Product
In recent years, the demand for dietary supplements has been on the rise as more and more individuals seek to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Alfa Chemistry, a renowned chemical supplier, has unveiled its selection of dietary supplements, offering consumers a wide range of options to support their nutritional needs. With its new product line, including Fruit Juice Powder, Enzyme Powder, and ...
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The Ioc Welcomes Grandes Pagos Del Olivar
On Wednesday 21 February, representatives of the founding partners of the Spanish association Grandes Pagos del Olivar were received by IOC Executive Director Jaime Lillo at the Organisation’s headquarters in Madrid. The association took the opportunity to congratulate Lillo on his mandate and took stock of the situation of the olive oil sector, mainly in what regards EVOOs. The meeting ...
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Why are alien invasive plants a problem?
You’ve probably heard that we need to combat the spread of alien species, but is this a problem we should be concerned about? For those of us living around the Oslo Fjord (Norway), have experienced the Pacific oyster. Where we used to be able to walk barefoot on the beaches just a few years ago, it is now densely populated with razor-sharp Pacific oysters. Without natural predators, it has ...
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