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Continuing its growth path fueling significant plans for expansion, Pure Flavor announces the acquisition of Cervini Farms C5 in Leamington, ON to add to its expanding portfolio of greenhouses and distribution centres.
On the 15th of February a high-level delegation of Kazakhstani governmental officials and investors, led by the Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, visited the World Horti Center in Westland. The visit aimed to strengthen the...
In the two weeks before Valentine's Day 2023, Royal FloraHolland's marketplace sold 160 million tulips and 151 million roses. The number of roses sold was 8 million lower than last year.
HortiFlora Expo, the international floriculture trade fair of Ethiopia is on again after 4 years of absence. Corona also here being the reason why the last edition took place in 2019, the Ethiopian Horticulture Producers Exporters Association EHPEA is warmly welcoming international visitors to...
High humidity levels inside greenhouses are a by-product of growing crops indoors. Left uncontrolled, humid air can reduce crop growth and result in poor quality produce, so growers have traditionally resorted to ventilation to manage the issue. While effective, this strategy also causes heat...
The International Floriculture Trade Exhibition AGRIFLOR is on again and scheduled for Monday the 2nd to Wednesday the 4th of October, 2023.Especially organised for the Ecuadorian flower growers, this exhibition will serve as a platform for the international flower buyers sourcing Ecuadorian grown...
With Valentine's Day, the cut flower industry mastered a seasonal highlight yesterday. Now is the time to make further seasonal planning and think about the expansion of the supplier network. The Import Promotion Desk (IPD), together with its partner Kenya Flower Council, is inviting buyers to...
With the introduction of the new "Monarch High Efficiency", Oreon takes another step forward in the combination of light output and energy efficiency. The latest generation of the Monarch has an output of 4730 µmol/s at an efficacy of 3.8 µmol/J. At 50% dimming, the efficacy even increases to 4.0...
At IPM ESSEN 2023, the world's leading trade fair for horticulture, the editorial team of DEGA international sought out discussions with representatives of international horticulture. In the following, we present the situation of horticulture in five countries.
The winner of the start- and scale-up challenge, organized by GreenTech Americas in cooperation with the Netherlands Embassy in Mexico and the Netherlands Business Support Office Querétaro, is Valto Biocontrol with the product V10. The Dutch start-up was selected out of 7 impressive entries. The...
Under the motto "Quality & Innovation, the French Touch! the 15 exhibitors at the "Choose France" joint stand showcased a wide range of nursery, bedding and balcony plants, flower bulbs and seeds. Exhibitors presented new varieties and their top sellers, including agapanthus, alstromoeria,...
Traditionally, the International Horticultural Forum at the IPM trade fair in Essen is held on the respective trade fair partner country, this year Great Britain, a country with a long horticultural tradition.
Great Britain (GB) was partner country of this year's International Plant Fair IPM in Essen. The Commercial Horticultural Association (www.cha-hort.com) invited visitors to its joint stand to get to know the British exhibitors. In addition to plant suppliers, label manufacturers were represented...
Danish gardeners have long focused on trendy and easy-care plants, often in modern decorative pots, that is, ready-made directly for convenient placement in the living room.
With only four participants, the participation of companies from the southeastern United States at the IPM International Plant Fair in Essen was quite weak. There is still too much anxiety about the pandemic at the moment, as Anouk Dijkgraaf explained, who represented the Susta association at the...
Belgian horticulturists showed their plant specialties at the IPM trade fair in Essen, Germany, at three joint stands of the Flanders Agricultural Marketing Bureau (VLAM). The Belgian horticulture cultivates an area of almost 6,200 ha. The most important sector is nurseries with 5,553 ha. Potted...
After introducing a new brand identity in January 2022, Koppert is entering the next phase and proudly presents a new product branding. Each product will have its own premium look-and-feel, but at the same time remain recognisable as a Koppert product. Over the coming year Koppert will redesign...
It was almost continuously rush hour at the Flower Council of Holland stand during the IPM in Essen. The event devoted a great deal of attention to everything sustainability related. But the same can also be said for the stand of the Flower Council of Holland. Activities included presenting the...
Breeder and propagator Dümmen Orange is on track with sustainability certification for its worldwide production sites. Last year five sites in four countries were added to the list of fully certified companies. Dümmen Orange wants all its production sites to be fully certified to Floriculture...
Its the age of autonomous growing, in which artificial intelligence and data-driven solutions enable growers to make more informed decisions about their crop production, and even automate parts of their production. Autonomous growing has received a lot of hype in recent years. But the hype is...
