NEW ONLINE COURSE: Hydroponic Vegetable Production Our last Greenhouse Training Online course for 2020! The most requested course by participants of the award-winning Greenhouse Online Training program from University of Florida IFAS Extension is here! Learn to manage different hydroponics systems, as well as the fundamentals of climate, water, nutrition, and plant health in these systems. This intermediate course is designed for growers with some experience and training. Topics covered include hydroponics growing systems and structures, specific vegetable crop examples, business management, and food safety. The course is offered in English and Spanish. The course is taught by a team…
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Get your greenhouse and controlled environment agriculture questions answered! CropKing is hosting a series of greenhouse grower question-and-answer sessions via Zoom on select Fridays in October and November. Topics will include controlled environment agriculture, hydroponic growing, integrated pest management, disease troubleshooting, plant nutrition, and more. Everyone is welcome to participate, whether they are an experienced grower, curious about the industry, or just getting started with hydroponics or controlled environment growing. Each session will be different, relying on questions from session participants. Registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link. Dates:Friday October 16, 2020 Friday November 6, 2020 Friday…
Horticulture is rooted in soilless culture, with ample opportunities for ever-evolving systems to better produce specialty crops while overcoming a diminishing availability of soil fumigants, increasing pest pressure, and the need for flexibility in a constantly changing world of new cultivars and production methods. Soilless culture, specifically using growing media (i.e. soilless substrates), provides an unprecedented opportunity to rethink how we produce nuts, small fruits, tree fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, pharmaceuticals, and hemp. The foundational science and knowledge used to produce containerized greenhouse and nursery crops over for the past half-century can inform future innovations while also incrementally improving existing…
Have You Registered for JPFA Training Course 2020? The Japan Plant Factory Association is offering its renowned Introductory Training Course on Plant Factories with Artificial Lighting (PFALs) online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, as reported earlier. The course in English has just started!! The course scheduled for Oct. 8-Nov. 2 is available for not only JPFA members but nonmembers as well. It serves people who have started or are going to start the PFAL business or research. Have you finished your registration? If not, send in an application. The course has academic and practical lectures by professionals from…
Data-driven, connected and sustainable vegetable production is the future Together with corporate and academic partners, BASF Vegetable Seeds is making progress in the application of autonomous growing concepts. The company has already applied the concept to seed production, cultivation of a tomato variety and the screening of hydroponic lettuce varieties. A new project for cucumber is underway. “At BASF Vegetable Seeds we want to make healthy eating enjoyable and sustainable. Therefore, we strongly believe in the development of a connected, data-driven, automated and sustainable production system with consumers’ needs in mind,” says Anne Jancic, Marketing & Business Development High Tech…
Are you interested in growing tomatoes hydroponically? Join the University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center for the Hydroponic Online Intensive Workshop – November 16 & 17 via Zoom. Taught by Dr. Stacy Tollefson, this two-day event is perfect for novice growers and will be packed with tons of critical information and research discoveries that UA-CEAC has assembled into their courses and programs for over 20 years. You will get access to numerous lecture materials, personal question follow-ups, certificate of completion, and tons of knowledge! Click here to register! Limited seats are available. For questions, please email arizona.ceac@gmail.com
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The combination of crops, livestock and aquaculture products lost as a result of Hurricane Sally will likely be valued between $55 million and $100 million, University of Florida economists predict. The estimate was released as part of a new document, “Preliminary Assessment of Agricultural Losses and Damages resulting from Hurricane Sally,” from the UF/IFAS Economic Impact Analysis Program. “Unlike most hurricanes, where wind is the driving force behind a majority of the damages, Hurricane Sally also included a lot of rainfall in a short period of time in an area that already had saturated ground,” said Christa…
Autogrow has ramped up their activity in the Northern Hemisphere by establishing a new Sales Director Europe and U.K. role based in the Netherlands supporting their expanding customer base for new digital farming solutions FarmRoad® and Folium®. CEO Darryn Keiller says, “this expansion into Europe is counter-intuitive during a pandemic however innovation and crop production doesn’t slow down, and the challenges growers face haven’t disappeared because of COVID-19. In fact, they have been exacerbated by the pandemic. We think now is the perfect time to introduce solutions that will help growers with productivity, gain greater economic benefits and transform the…
272 Arize Element L1000 LED fixtures are being gifted to OSU’s horticulture program to help bring light to a future greenhouse on campusThe greenhouse aims to be operational in 2021 CLEVELAND—GE Current, a Daintree company has gifted 272 horticultural lighting fixtures to The Ohio State University to benefit the university’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. The Arize Element L1000 LED fixtures will illuminate a state-of-the-art greenhouse being built within the new Controlled Environment Food Production Research Complex. The greenhouse was made possible with funding from Nationwide Insurance, as well as support from other Ohio-based companies. “We are excited…
A new YouTube video (https://youtu.be/lkSiSmDwIqw) by Dr. Paul Fisher from the University of Florida IFAS Extension describes how to sample, interpret, and solve chemical issues for water used to irrigate greenhouses and nurseries. Dr. Fisher introduces the free online WaterQual tool at cleanwater3.org to interpret your water quality analysis. This video is the first in a new series called “Five Tips for Horticulture” featured on the Greenhouse Training Online channel (https://tinyurl.com/ufgto). The series will highlight technical topics from university and industry experts. Look for upcoming videos on topics such as growing media, vermicompost, and nutrient control in hydroponics. The channel…
AppHarvest, a Pioneering Developer and Operator of Sustainable, Large-Scale Controlled Environment Indoor Farms, to Become a PublicAgTech Company CNBC highlights AppHarvest announcement Press Release – AppHarvest (“the Company”), a developer and operator of large-scale, high-tech controlled environment indoor farms, and Novus Capital Corp. (Nasdaq: NOVS) (“Novus Capital”), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, announced today a definitive agreement for a business combination that would result in AppHarvest becoming a public company. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will be named AppHarvest and is expected to remain listed on Nasdaq under a new ticker symbol. The combined company will…
Save the date! The Ohio State UniversityGREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP Improving Production via Listening to PlantsJanuary 27-29, 2021 A virtual workshop from 10 am to 2 pm (ET) daily Topics focus on fundamentals and use of sensor technology for improved environmental control for food and ornamental crop production, including: Greenhouse management fundamentals: Plant physiological and physical aspects, pests, and diseasePlant monitoring tools: Just in time irrigation, graphical tracking, and moreCommercial plant response-based technologies and toolsOSU research updates Speakers (confirmed) include Ohio State University faculty: Dr. Luis Canas, Dr. Francesca Hand, Dr. Michelle Jones, Dr. Chieri Kubota, Dr. Peter Ling, and Dr. Uttara Samarakoon;…
University of Florida Greenhouse Training Online courses Earn CEUs with Weed Management starting October 26! Understand all aspects of weed management in nurseries and greenhouses including weed identification, developing herbicide programs, and the latest non-chemical methods of weed control that work. Weed Management is part of the award-winning Greenhouse Online Training courses offered by the University of Florida IFAS Extension. This intermediate course is designed for growers with some experience and training and offers Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for many states in the United States. Topics covered include weed identification, herbicides, calibration, non-chemical methods of weed control, impact of production…
We have been following Stephen Ritz for years and have always been one of his biggest fans! We agree that everyone should have easy access to healthy food choices and support the work being done in public schools in The Bronx and beyond. Generation Growth – Theatrical Trailer from Mu Sun on Vimeo.