New Greenhouse Disease Management Recommendations for Vegetables and Herbs Originally written by e-Gro (Heidi Wollaeger) on Jan 24, 2019 Dr. Mary Hausbeck in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences at Michigan State University and her colleagues have released a new guide for disease management for vegetable and herb crops. The new guide provides […]
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By John Porter, Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator, Extension Educator & Assistant Professor at the Nebraska Extension/Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture On a cold and snowy Saturday, producers, experts, and extension educators gathered at the Great Plains Growers Conference, held at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, MO to hear the latest and greatest in a […]
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Las Vegas Low Voltage to Become First Reseller of Integrated Operations and Plant Health Platform Press Release – Agrilyst today announced Las Vegas Low Voltage as its first reseller of its grower management software now fully integrated with Scanit Technologies airborne pathogen detection devices. Growers are increasingly seeking integrated solutions to handle all of their […]
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In this month’ Indoor Ag Science Café, Chieri Kubota at the Ohio State University, reviewed two metrics that scientists and indoor growers can use to assess the crop productivity grown under electric lighting. ‘Working with numbers to assess your productivity – gram yield per kWh & gram yield per mole PAR’ was a number-intensive talk […]
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Press Release Fifteen dynamic international start-ups will take the spotlight at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco (March 19-20), with breakthrough solutions ranging from soil health, crop optimization, fertilizers and healthy biotics, to precision irrigation, insect monitoring, off road automation, AI and digitized farming operations. From the summit’s acclaimed Technology Showcase pitching sessions […]
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Join us on Tuesday, March 12, and explore additional tools for expanding farm revenue through vertical farming innovations. Virginia Tech and Virginia Cooperative Extension invite you to register at http://bit.ly/Register-2019-Vertical-Farming for the 2019 Virginia Innovation in Greenhouse and Vertical Farming Conference Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Virginia Farm Bureau 12580 West Creek Parkway; Richmond, Virginia Keynote Speaker Neil […]
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Center for Food Safety Files Petition with USDA to Revoke Existing Organic Certification for Nearly All Microgreens and Significant Volumes of Berries, Tomatoes and Leafy Greens BY THE COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE ORGANICS The Center for Produce Safety delivered a petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture calling for the USDA to Issue new regulations prohibiting […]
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Regardless of whether specialty crops are grown in hoop houses, greenhouses or indoor vertical farms, growers are incorporating technology to improve production and profitability. When it comes to technology, most controlled environment growers are looking for ways to produce their crops as efficiently and as economically as possible. Purdue University horticulture and agricultural economics professor […]
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The conference where technology meets agriculture, the Silicon Valley meets the Silicon Prairie, and innovation comes back to the farm. We aspire to apply the Silicon Valley model to bring together promising ideas and leverage agricultural applications to build great new companies, exchange ideas and generate interest in this promising industry. Don’t miss an incredible […]
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German AgTech startup Farmee teams up with leading Dutch consulting company Delphy to support farmers remotely German AgTech startup Farmee and well-known Dutch crop consulting company Delphy just launched the online platform Farmee Experts (https://experts.farmee.io). With their service, both partners provide affordable crop consulting services online. Any farmer in the world having an issue with […]
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Moleaer Inc., the leading manufacturer of industrial-scale nanobubble generators, announces the addition of Michiel de Jong as Director of Business Development of Europe & Horticulture effective January 1, 2019. Michiel de Jong has worked the past years as Sales Manager for Oreon, a leading horticulture LED manufacturer. In his role he has built an extensive network around […]
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Our friends at Indoor Ag-Con like to trial new approaches at their events; they’ve featured everything from specially commissioned indoor ag adult coloring books to a series of industry white papers. One of their more frequent requests of late has been for a space for participants to share their own ideas with fellow indoor ag enthusiasts. […]
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The 2018 Farm Bill (H.R.2) passed both the House and Senate and will be signed into law by the President imminently. The Bill creates the USDA Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production which should boost aquaponics, hydroponics, and other sustainable growing methods. The Bill establishes the Office “to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other emerging […]
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The University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center is gearing up for it’s Hydroponic Intensive Workshops that will occur in January 2019. The CEAC’s unique facilities support a quality of learning experience, where knowledge from classroom lectures is immediately applied in the greenhouse. The length and thoroughness of CEAC intensive workshop is unmatched! You’ll be ripe […]
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