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The need for investment
From the moment he starts talking about the industry, you can hear the passion in Pas Milazzo’s voice. He speaks enthusiastically about the glasshouse sector and is clearly very proud to be growing in the Lea Valley, alongside some of the best producers in the country and in a region steeped with horticultural history. “I...
Read MoreNew technology opens up investment
Almost any process in the nursery or greenhouse can be automated to some extent, from seeding and potting, to complex systems for moving plants around and even harvesting. On top of this, most environmental controls and many irrigation systems are automated to some degree. However, because of the many different processes involved in different types...
Read MoreSecuring finance for growers
The market for finance in horticulture has for the past 12 months afforded growers the opportunity to invest in their businesses at historically low rates. However, to access competitively priced finance requires the correct approach to the right lender, yet it remains a common failing that many lenders fail to fully comprehend the requirements of...
Read MoreLess distinction between polytunnels and glasshouses
The use of polytunnels in commercial horticulture has expanded greatly over the last ten years or so, particularly as growers of field crops such as soft fruit and salads have embraced them, both as a way of extending the season but also of protecting high value crops from the unpredictability of the British weather. At...
Read MoreAdaptive Control for LED Lights Can Reduce Costs of Supplemental Lighting
Research in Greece has been developing more efficient control methods for supplemental lighting, taking advantage of the dimmability of light-emitting diode (LED) grow lights (HortScience). The work compared 14 hours per day of full power supplemental LED lighting and turning the LEDs on, at full power, only when the ambient photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) dropped...
Read MoreBPOA Conference
Robotics was a major theme at the annual spring conference of the British Protected Ornamentals Association. Coupled with this very modern topic, five speakers dealt with aspects of pest and disease control, an issue that goes back to the dawn of agriculture. Twelve speakers altogether took part in the one-day programme. Three were from the...
Read MoreGCA making progress but needs to improve awareness
The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) is delivering real benefits for direct suppliers to UK supermarkets, but there is still more to do and a need to increase awareness of both the GCA and the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (CSCoP). These were two of the key messages from GCA Christine Tacon at the third GCA...
Read MoreAdding value for the grower
As growers will know, the collapse in the value of the pound following last June’s EU referendum pushed up the price of imported goods and many of the raw materials needed to make horticultural pots and trays. However, key UK-based suppliers have been making a concerted effort to minimise the impact of these changes –...
Read MoreA first for Finland
LAUNCHED at last summer’s GreenTech horticultural show, in Amsterdam, the Finnish-conceived vertical farming concept is the result of joint development work between Finnish firms Netled and Novarbo. Called the Vertical Farming Concept (VFC), Netled’s role was to develop the water-cooled LEDs that can be combined with a heat recovery system to transfer the heat to...
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