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UK: Aldi to offer quicker payments for smaller produce farmers and suppliersAldi is offering quicker payments for small produce farmers and suppliers as part of its continued commitment to supporting British businesses and the wider farming community. The move follows a period of dry weather across the…

AgroSpheres has announced the commercial launch of Fun-Thyme, a groundbreaking, broad-spectrum biofungicide derived from thyme oil and delivered through the company’s proprietary AgriCell encapsulation platform. Through an exclusive distribution agreement, Wilbur-Ellis will introduce Fun-Thyme to growers…

Here we are, back at the Ruth Bancroft Garden, aka Heaven in Walnut Creek (Part 1 here). Thanks to everyone who encouraged the posting of LOTS of photos. Today I’ll be sharing 40 more, starting with these  Xanthorrhoea, or Australian grass trees…

Furcraea macdougalii

Agave nickelsiae

A tale of two bloom spikes…

Love those teeth…

Check out the yucca bloom on the right…

A close-up.

Grevillea petrophiloides?

Agave mitis (?)

I think this is Mangave ‘Lavender Lady’.

Aloe capitata (?)

Ruth’s folly…which was once the entrance to the garden.

Near the “off-limits” employees only area.

Agave victoriae-reginae

There were many.

No clue who this handsome fellow is.

Look at that bloom spike circled on the left. It looks like a mangave?

Lots of plants forming on the spike!

Agave ‘Sharkskin’

The shade structure from the opposite end to Monday’s post..

Another sexy Agave nickelsiae, at least I think that’s what it is. Reading this “plant highlight” from the garden’s Brian Kemble has me a little confused.

Aloe polyphylla, the spiral aloe

Okay, my visit to this beautiful garden is drawing to a close…

Will it be another six years before I visit? I sure hope not.

Botany One interviews Dr Rocío Deanna, an Argentinian botanist fascinated by the evolution of the Solanaceae family.

The post Rocío Deanna: Tracing Plant Diversity from Fossils to Ecosystems appeared first on Botany One.

Many tomato growers in Morocco, as well as European importers, have reported that certain newly introduced ToBRFV-resistant varieties do not deliver optimal fruit coloration. According to reports from industry sources, the quality of some of these new varieties has declined, leading many growers to…

A joint venture between másLabor and LaborMex has launched the másData AI-powered enterprise platform for seasonal labor hiring.

The post Introducing másData, an AI-Powered Labor Management Platform appeared first on Greenhouse Grower.

In Part 5 of our look at greenhouse structures and components trends, we speak to manufacturers on whether they’re seeing more new builds or retrofit projects in the market.

The post Suppliers Seeing a Steady Balance in New Greenhouse Builds vs Retrofit Projects appeared first on Greenhouse Grower.

Two Ice Age wolf pups once thought to be early dogs have been identified as wild wolves, thanks to detailed DNA and chemical analysis. Surprisingly, their last meals included woolly rhinoceros meat—an unusually large prey item—hinting that ancient wolves might have been bigger than today’s. Their well-preserved bodies also shed light on wolf pack behavior and Ice Age environments.

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