mushroom News
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State-of-the art mushroom growing and packing facility East Yorkshire
The new state of the Art Mushroom growing and packing facility in East Yorkshire is in progress. We are looking forward to the end result of this great project. Hereby an article written by Minster FM news about this great project! ...
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I love your hat
Ward Bunyan took a snapshot of this view of sister mountaintops in Arizona (about 40 miles west of Flagstaff) sharing a fluffy white chapeau, and thought we'd like to see it. We did. Thought you would too. Ward knew it was a giant lenticular cloud topping the two peaks. "What is not readily apparent in the photo is that the cloud has the outside edges slightly rolled down all the way around ...
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Biocontrol of Sciarids in Mushroom Cultivation
Sciarid flies are serious pests there. Their short life cycle (4 weeks from egg to adult) and their high reproduction rate can lead to mass reproduction and serious threats in mushroom cultivation. Beneficial nematodes are used for successful biocontrol in mushroom cultivation. Learn more about this in the following video: nemycel ® - The safest and most efficient way to control Sciarid ...
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Warwick Expansion is moving along
This picture shows the existing and new extension of Warick Mushrooms in the USA. This facility already had 2 buildings of each 24 growing rooms of 907m2. The new expansion containes 8 rooms of 907m2 and 16 rooms of 453m2. In spring 2016 the new expension will be ...
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New button mushroom varieties need better protection
A working group has recently been formed to work on a better protection of button mushroom varieties. It’s activities are firstly directed to generate consensus among the spawn/breeding companies to consider using fertile single spore cultures to improve strains as the generation of EDV’s. For this reason the working group has generated a position paper. The group consists of ...
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Matexcel Offers Animal-free Chitosan for Worldwide Researchers
Matexcel, one of the leading service providers in material science that is committed to providing better materials for worldwide customers, now provides various animal-free chitosan for research use. What is chitosan? Chitin and chitosan are natural biopolymers found in crustacean shells, insect and mollusk exoskeletons, and fungi cell walls. These biopolymers have numerous applications in ...
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Eaton Provides the Missing Ingredient for Leading Mushroom Farm
A prominent, family-owned mushroom farm in the United States that prides itself on performance, quality and innovation has turned to an Eaton filtration solution to help increase productivity, lower costs, decrease consumption and result in a projected savings of more than $22,000 per year. Proper washing of produce is essential to ensuring that the healthy fruits and vegetables everyone loves ...
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Wild food is an important ecosystem service, study argues
Wild plants and animals consumed as food provide an important ecosystem service that deserves more policy attention, claims a recent study. To support their argument, the researchers gathered data which show the significance of wild food to European traditions, cultural identity and recreation. Many countries around the world are creating maps of their ecosystem services to support environmental ...
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Our Natural Europe: conservation stories show importance of local action
When fishermen in the Koster Sea in Southern Sweden understood the value of the ecosystems beneath the waves, they voluntarily agreed to change fishing practices. The area became Sweden’s first marine national park in 2006. The Swedish story is one of three new publications from Our Natural Europe, or ‘ONE’, a series of articles published by the European Environment Agency ...
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Everything about Agricultural Lighting Systems you should know
The use of LED lighting in agriculture has skyrocketed its demand to much extent in modern times, not to mention the dimmable agricultural system. The advent of dimmable agricultural lighting systems proves to be the most useful and advanced technology that can fulfill farmers'specific requirements. With the help of the latest dimmable agricultural lighting system, modern farmers are aware of the ...
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Methods For Choosing An Egg Carton Machine Available For Purchase
The manufacture of paper egg trays has turned into a lucrative business considering the high demand for that product. Usage of eggs has radically increased both in industries and households. The circumstance has led to the mushrooming of companies making egg trays for storage. Beston egg carton making machine is the primary machinery employed for this task. When you are in the market, you will ...
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Vertically integrated partnership serves hot thanksgiving-style meal to Nickelsville tent city residents
Recently, several Vertically Integrated Partnership (VIP) partners, including University of Washington Housing & Food Services, Hirai Farms, Food Services of America, Annie's Fun and Sodexo, served approximately 100 residents of the Nickelsville Tent City (http://www.nickelsvilleseattle.org/) in Seattle a hot Thanksgiving-style meal. The meal included smoked turkey with mushroom gravy, ...
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Innovation in the spotlight at the 2019 PEFC Members Meeting
“Moving forward together” was not only the motto of our 2018 PEFC Forest Certification Week – our Members Meeting also saw innovative projects and promising ideas for the future. Taking place last week in Geneva, the Members Meeting was the chance for the whole PEFC alliance to meet up, discuss key issues and share experiences and new ideas. “It is great to see ...
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Exciting News for Vineland with FedDev Investment Announcement
Member of Parliament Vance Badawey, Niagara Centre and Member of Parliament Chris Bittle, St. Catharines announced $5.76 million in FedDev Ontario funding for Vineland’s new Collaborative Greenhouse Technology Centre at a special event June 3. Hon Jeff Leal, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Alan Caslin, Niagara Regional Chair were also present to discuss the ...
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AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide Now Approved for Use in Food and Cannabis Production in Canada
Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, BioSafe Systems’ AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide has been approved for foliar spray treatment around food crops and cannabis in Canada. The approved label reads: AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide can now be used around berries, grapes, orchards, carrots, ginseng, onions, potatoes, hops, cannabis, nursery crops (field and container-grown ...
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Mastering Greenhouse Efficiency with Robotics at Vineland
Imagine technology that could preemptively find disease in plants, allowing growers to address it proactively. Or sensors that could help irrigate more resourcefully. Or robots that could selectively harvest ripe crops. At Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Niagara, it seems as though the future is now. Vineland’s Robotics & Automation team — comprised of 5 PhDs and 6 ...
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Understanding phosphorus in soils is vital to proper management
Phosphorus is one of the key nutrients that can cause algal blooms and related water quality problems in lakes, rivers, and estuaries worldwide. Phosphorus entering waters originates from a variety of sources. Agricultural land receiving long term applications of organic by-products such as animal manure is one of the major contributors. Such soils often become enriched with P, leading to ...
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Unearthing the Roots of Fungal Symbioses
To understand the bases of mutualistic symbiosis between soil mycorrhizal fungi and plants, an international consortium of researchers conducted the first broad, comparative phylogenomic analysis of mycorrhizal fungi. Scientists describe how the comparative analyses of 18 new fungal genomes allowed them to track the evolution of symbiotic fungi interacting with trees, heath plants and orchids. ...
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Eucalyptus essential oil as an alternative to chemical pesticides
Controlling pests with natural products can have greater environmental benefits than using chemical pesticides. A recent study reviews the use of eucalyptus essential oil as a natural pesticide and offers recommendations for its future application. Chemical pesticides have played a major role in securing food supplies the world over. However, excessive use has led to increased environmental ...
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EPA Issues Pesticide Tolerance Crop Grouping Program Amendment IV
On May 3, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule that amends current pesticide tolerance crop grouping (Crop Group) regulations. Crop groupings allow petitioners to request a tolerance for multiple related commodities based on research data for one or more representative crops. This final rule is the fourth amendment in a series of planned Crop Group updates ...
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