"I am now the only one offering asparagus in the Munich Gärtnerhalle"
The season for Schrobenhausen asparagus has been going well so far, but is now slowly coming to an end. "We have heard from some farms in the area that they will stop harvesting in the course of

Farming Fortnight returns for fifth year
LEAF Education, the UK’s leading agri-education charity, has announced the return of Farming Fortnight – which will see hundreds of schools take part in a two-week campaign promoting farming

"Asparagus season was great, price-wise, but with very erratic supply"
The last month of the Dutch asparagus season is here again. "We're not dissatisfied. Price-wise, it was definitely a good season, with no lows," says Will Teeuwen of Teboza. "However, this

Bureaucratisation, a brake on Farm to Fork
The European Commission's 'Farm to Fork' (F2F) strategy is the focus of attention for many players in the sector. On the one hand, agricultural organisations and producers of the conventional

Vertical Future partners with Modi Fresh in India
Vertical Future partnered with Modi Fresh to bring its advanced vertical farming and crop science insights to the Indian market. The partnership will see a joint venture established between the

"The platform is an essential tool for field workers and remote managers alike"
TieUp Farming, a provider of advanced farm management software, will be participating in the upcoming Hort Connections trade show in Adelaide. The company will showcase their innovative modules

Vertical farming business Eider VF enters administration
Worcestershire-based Eider VF (EVF) has become the latest casualty in the global vertical farming sector, announcing that it has entered administration and is selling the business and its assets.

Mattarella, in Forlì the homage with fruit and vegetables from Romagna
A basket with the products of Romagna agriculture saved from the floods, from salad to garlic, from radishes to artichokes, from cucumbers to asparagus, was handed over by Coldiretti farmers in

Nuffield to host ‘super conference’
Nuffield Farming is holding a “super conference’ in November featuring a bumper crop of scholars. After several years of delayed travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic, nearly 40 Nuffield Farming

Plastic made from asparagus in the Lower Saxony Asparagus Museum
Can we use asparagus peels for new plastics? The Lower Saxony Asparagus Museum in Nienburg/Weser vividly demonstrates that this is possible in its new permanent exhibition with a research project

Vietnamese durian gets more farming area codes, enabling increased exports to China
Vietnamese durians will receive 47 additional farming area codes and 18 packaging facility codes from China, enabling more export of the fruit to that country. Farming area codes enable

Vertical Farming: Opportunities for Moldova
Vertical farming and the development opportunities for this sector for Moldova was one of the most discussed topics of the international conference “HortiTech: the latest digital technologies in

Labor costs are the big caveat to high asparagus prices
The asparagus season in the northwest usually starts mid-April, but this year the crop was almost a month late due to a really cold spring. “When Mexico stopped shipping the third week of April,

Vegetable cultivation trend in Germany seems to decline
In Germany, vegetables were grown on around 126,000 hectares in 2022 - a decline of around four percent compared to the previous year. This is according to the report of the "National Dialogue on

BMEL/Öko-Landbau: New platform ÖLAF links research, practice and advice
In order to strengthen organic farming, practice-oriented research is to be intensified and the exchange with farmers expanded. To this end, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is