Tag: growers
Fruit growers with their hands in their hair by apple blossom beetle: ‘Even tried to squeeze them to death’
The apple blossom beetle is on the rise and affects the apples of fruit growers. They used to use the biological pesticide Raptol, but that is not allowed this year…
Mother’s Day: florists and growers facing the challenge of the “eco-responsible” bouquet
The flower will not cut it. At a time when the public is interested in the impact of its consumption on the environment, the conditions of production and the origin…
Pumpkin growers sought for Petrolia’s Fiery Faces
News Local News Published May 24, 2023 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 2 minute read Cheryl Veary, founder of Fiery Faces, heads into a tub of cold water…
Pears are more popular with fruit growers than apples: ‘Pears thrive in our climate’
“Climate change is not good, but it has actually turned a bit for the better for the pears,” Gerritsen explains. “Because of the sun, more sugars enter the fruit, so…
Home growers of medicinal weed do not receive a permission letter from Utrecht: ‘Does not add anything’
Utrecht – Utrecht residents who grow medicinal cannabis at home do not have to count on a permission letter from the municipality. Various parties in the city council asked for…
Explosion among beet growers: “We fear early factory closures for lack of surface area”
Concern of French beet growers after the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union which considers illegal the exemptions granted in France to prohibited phytosanitary products. Sowing…
Organic growers suffer from pesticides from the neighbour
Pesticides that blow over organic farms have become a problem in Scania. Voices are now being raised for the use of the agent Prosulfocarb to be limited. – It is…
Tulip growers’ smart move: Heating greenhouses with bitcoin
In the Netherlands, tulip growers have found a new and original way to deal with the European energy crisis, and at best avoid bankruptcy. Here, the heat generated by solar-powered…
Weather has been a challenge for Chatham-Kent’s seed corn growers
There’s an old adage in areas of Southern Ontario where seed corn is grown: yields of the specialty crop are an indicator of what farmers growing field corn can expect.…
President Petro offers talks to coca growers
In Colombia, the new president Gustavo Petro multiplies the proposals to fight against drug trafficking: on Wednesday August 24, he had called on the traffickers to surrender, promising them not…