Kennis & innovatie

05

Sep

Acquisition in automation for horticulture

KOAT in Someren is being acquired by camera inspection and robotics company One of A Kind Technologies in Eindhoven.

05

Sep

'Bokashi' for healthy soil life

In cooperation with the Limburg Water Board, farmers Marc and Thieu Corsten and Thieu Bongers from Kelpen-Oler have constructed two Bokashi fermentation piles fro

Climate and energy in agro

03

Sep

Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality launches #LNVCommunity

Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality has launched the #LNVCommunity platform.

03

Sep

Greenhouse growers most positive according to Agro Confidence Index

The mood index for agricultural and horticultural businesses stands at 18.5 points in the second quarter of 2019.

30

Aug

Takeover of Schreurs Plant Nursery by Gipmans Plant Nursery

Schreurs Plantenkwekerij helped Gipmans Planten out of the fire last year when the company was hit by severe hail damage.

30

Aug

Green colleges join forces in research on sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry

The four Dutch green universities of applied sciences will jointly conduct practice-based research in the next 4 years to accelerate the transition to sustainable

29

Aug

Collecting data for healthy trees

Tree nursery Fleuren collects as much data as possible to know as much as possible about its trees.

29

Aug

Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo expands with Bright House and Bright Village

Developments on the campus are moving at a lightning pace.

Food waste: action required throughout the chain

If we want to stop climate change, secure human food supplies and protect remaining biodiversity, action is needed throughout the chain.

23

Aug

Farmer's sons take over cow farm and start soy farm

The Grobben farming family has always done farming their way.

18

Aug

Growing popularity among consumers: self-selected animal and meat

Crowdbutching is the company behind koopeenkoe.nl. Through this website, consumers can buy meat with a guarantee.

16

Aug

Agricultural land potential for additional CO2 storage

Smart soil management can help combat climate change, Dutch researchers and farmers report.

09

Aug

Human land use needs to change radically according to UN climate report

Last Thursday, the UN climate organization IPCC presented a new report on the interaction between climate change and human land use.

07

Aug

Young Agrofood Professionals learn from each other

Young agricultural entrepreneurs do not have to reinvent the wheel, but can learn from each other and from colleagues.

06

Aug

Drought in the Netherlands: how do we tackle it?

In 2018 and in 2019, the effects of drought will be very noticeable in many areas - and therefore also in Limburg.