Artifical Lights at Night Do More Harm Than You Realise: Here’s How to Light Your Garden Responsibly

Lighting is a crucial part of garden and landscape design. Lights are used to extend the hours of use in the garden, light driveways and pathways to make them safe and for general security. However, all artificial lighting has an effect on wildlife and the local ecosystem, so it is important to light gardens responsibly.

Papaya quality issues affect supply in North America

Papaya production is facing difficulties across the entire industry in the present. “We’re having some issues with quality due to the weather conditions in Mexico and this is creating some fluctuations in the market,” says Anthony Serafino from Exp Group, LLC, noting that the bulk of the papaya that is available on the market comes […]

The short supply of strawberries pushes prices up. price

It is difficult to find a supply of strawberries from California due to a myriad of reasons. One among them is the recent rainfall. “In Salinas-Watsonville as well as Santa Maria, nobody can be productive unless the strawberries are cultivated under hoops,” says John Wilkinson of Blazer Wilkinson Gee, LLC. He adds that Oxnard production […]

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Emergency permits granted to ToBRFV fight

It was announced today that Huwa San TR-50 has been granted an important emergency license for the prevention of Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) in Belgium. This permit is temporary and that runs from the 13th of November in 2024 through the 12th March of 2025 allows the Flemish tomato industry to employ Huwa […]

The launch of research into aeroponics to support the production of potatoes

China is the biggest producer of potatoes due to their superior yield in comparison to other crops of the same type. However, they are especially vulnerable to extreme heat and the climate change that is triggered by emissions of fossil fuels has pushed temperatures to alarming highs, while also increasing the effects of flooding and […]

Odisha potato prices rise after West Bengal export ban

After the announcement of government officials of the West Bengal government to ban the export of potatoes as well as onions Odisha has seen a rise in prices for potatoes. The move comes in the aftermath of the reduced production of potato within West Bengal, leading to an increase in the availability of potatoes to […]

Black Friday is a black day to make sales on the market in South Africa

The long, lazy summer days spent with great food and good company and accompanied by an ever-growing pile of mango peels as well as nectarine pips, watermelon rinds seem to have gone out that’s gone. Presently South Africans are driven by the desire to make use on Black Friday deals (or what they believe are […]